Affiliate Disclosure

Last reviewed: June 14, 2026

This site is free to read because some of the companies we cover pay us when a reader becomes their customer. That arrangement deserves a full explanation, because you should know where our money comes from and how we keep it from bending what we write.

Where our revenue comes from

IRAInvesting.com runs on referral income. If you follow one of our links to a Gold IRA provider and later open or fund an account, that provider may pay us a referral fee. It is the same model that funds large personal-finance publishers such as NerdWallet, Investopedia, and Forbes Advisor. It costs you nothing extra. Partners draw the fee from their own marketing budgets, so your pricing, your account fees, and the service you receive are exactly what they would be if you had never visited this site.

The companies that may pay us

We currently hold, or may come to hold, paid referral arrangements with these Gold IRA firms:

  • American Hartford Gold
  • Augusta Precious Metals
  • GoldenCrest Metals
  • Goldco
  • Noble Gold Investments

Whenever one of them appears in a review or comparison, a plain-language note near the top of that page spells out the relationship. If you do not see such a note, we did not have an active paid arrangement with that company when the page was written.

What happens when you click a partner link

Our outbound recommendations pass through a short branded link, for example https://irainvesting.com/goldco. Clicking it drops a small cookie so the provider can credit the referral to us, then forwards you to the provider’s own website, where its own terms and cookies take over. The credit window typically lasts 30 to 90 days, depending on the program. You are free to ignore our link and reach any provider straight from a search engine. We earn nothing that way, and you give up nothing.

Why a paid relationship never sets the ranking

Our scoring rubric is published and applied the same way to every company, and the weights are not up for negotiation. A firm that pays us nothing can finish ahead of one that pays well when the evidence calls for it. A firm that trips a hard gate, such as steering clients to a non-approved custodian, refusing to put buyback terms in writing, leaning on high-pressure sales, or pushing collectibles into an IRA, drops off the recommended list no matter what it would have paid. The full method is laid out in our Editorial Policy.

Lines we do not cross

  • We do not sell placement or let anyone buy a higher rank.
  • We do not let a partner read, edit, or approve a review before it goes live.
  • We do not accept gifts, trips, or hosted travel from a company we cover.
  • We do not soften or hide a negative finding to protect a commission.
  • We do not dress up an advertisement as editorial content.

If that ever changes, this page will say so.

Going past the legal minimum

Federal Trade Commission rules require affiliates to disclose paid relationships. We go further than the rule asks. A disclosure sits at the top of every page that carries an affiliate link, this page collects every relationship in one place, our Editorial Policy shows how we keep commercial and editorial decisions apart, and our Privacy Policy explains how click tracking interacts with your data. If you want to know whether a particular link pays us, or how much, write to info@irainvesting.com and we will tell you plainly.

Tim Schmidt’s own stake

Tim Schmidt holds physical precious metals inside his own Self-Directed IRA and completed his rollover before any of these commission arrangements existed. What he personally owns has no bearing on which firms we list or where they land in the rankings.

Changes to this page

Each time we add a partner, end a relationship, or change how we are paid, we update this page. The date shown at the top marks our last revision.