Zoara - Affordable GIA Diamonds

For those that wish to get a GIA graded diamonds, do consider Zoara diamonds. Like other great companies, such as WhiteFlash and Brian Gavin Diamonds, I am affiliated to this great company too. While both WhiteFlash and Brian Gavin Diamonds offers Hearts & Arrows diamonds at reasonable prices, Zoara is a budget friendly company and this means that certain things will be taken out of the equation - IdealScope image, ASET image, and H&A image. However, this puts Zoara as good as any other jeweler in Malaysia, if not better, heck, I have confident that it can compete with BlueNile as well as far as GIA loose diamonds are concerned, so those who wishes to buy from BlueNile, but found out that BlueNile does not ship to Malaysia, then Zoara is your best choice. If you are wondering why I do not focus solely on Hearts & Arrows alone, reason is simple - Not all people needs a Hearts & Arrows diamond, and some actually need a budget friendly diamond that is reasonable and not too shabby.

Zoara offers Fedex International Priority Shipping for purchases USD 400 and above. It is free, but there is a USD 30 handling and insurance fee applicable to the final price, so I would say not entirely free, but reasonable enough. From the time a person places an order, on average it takes about 10 days to receive it. Every product arrives in a branded Zoara box. Rings arrive in a classical ring box, while loose diamonds arrives in a smaller box. Customers can also request not to receive the box and instead, use other packaging (probably can try to ask for ring box + temporary ring setting combo. No guarantee, but no harm trying) or even request for a non-branded box.

Zoara's packaging

Zoara's packaging

I am not joking when I say they offer the best price because I have randomly picked a diamond from one of the local jeweller and one of the US jeweller and Zoara's price beats both of them hands down. For example, the 40-pointer diamond I am comparing to a local vendor is cheaper by hundreds (yes, with an 's'). That being said, if you ever come across a GIA diamond that is not available physically in-store, but on the vendor's listing, this means that that diamond is still available for purchase on any vendor's sites, as long as the vendor is tied to that particular supplier. In this case, do let me know the GIA number of the diamond you are looking at because I am able to do price comparison for you as long as Zoara is tied to the same supplier. I will then let you know the approximate price for you to get your hands on it in Malaysia. In order to get the final price of the item, remember to add USD 30 for handling and insurance fee on top of the diamond price, as simple as that!

Just in case you do not know yet, most jewellers that are not as big as Wah Chan or Tomei will rely on suppliers' listing to sell diamonds. This listing is known as Multiple Listing Service (MLS). You can read more about it here: http://www.myengagementringexperience.com/2017/11/multiple-listing-service-mls.html. By doing so, they do not need to stock up loose diamonds in their inventory and this will certainly lower their business cost, and hence, part of the savings are transferred to the customers as well.

I hope this article shed some light to those who wishes to purchase a GIA graded diamond at a reasonable price. Let me know if you need any help. As mentioned in my other blog post,feel free to search my blog using the keyword "Zoara" for my postings on GIA diamonds provided by Zoara. Also, I can also help you to filter out some better GIA diamonds from the Zoara list. What I mean by better is the proportions will score at least 97% on Enchanted Cut Score Calculator (usually I will aim for 100%) and the HCA score will be below 2.0.

I am reachable in Lowyat forum. My username is "kambingkoh". I am also reachable via email, so drop me an email at myengringexp at gmail dot com if you need any help.

Good luck and happy hunting!