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What digital gold actually is

Every few months someone asks whether digital gold is “real”. It is a fair question, and the answer is not a slogan: it depends entirely on whether a specific, weighed, insured bar exists somewhere with your name attached to it. On a properly run platform it does. Here is how to tell.

Gold basicsBeginner4 min readUpdated 24 September 2026
FINE 999.9

When you buy a gram of digital gold, three things happen within a few seconds. A refiner sells you a gram at the live bullion rate. That gram is allocated to you in a vault — recorded against your name in the vaulting agent's register, not merely owed to you by the platform. And a receipt is written that says how much metal, at what purity, bought at what price, on whose behalf.

The crucial word is allocated. Unallocated gold means a company owes you a gram; if that company fails, you join the queue of its creditors. Allocated gold means a specific quantity of metal is held in trust for you; if the platform fails, the metal is still yours, because it was never the platform's to lose.

What you actually own on Ticgetz

Ticgetz Gold is powered by Augmont Goldtech, one of India's larger refiners and bullion houses. Metal is 24K at 999.9 fineness — four nines, the standard a refinery hallmark is struck to — and it is stored in insured, audited vaults operated by Sequel Logistics. Your holding sits in your name, outside Ticgetz's own balance sheet. That last part is not a courtesy; it is the entire structure.

Allocated custody: the refiner sells, the vaulting agent holds, the platform only keeps the ledger. Three parties, so no single one of them can quietly become your counterparty.

How it differs from everything it gets confused with

Digital goldGold ETF / fundSovereign Gold BondJewellery
What you ownAllocated metalUnits of a schemeA government bond priced in goldMetal plus craftsmanship
Minimum₹10One unit (~₹6,000+)1 gram, in issue windows₹10,000+ in practice
Can you take delivery?Yes, as coins or barsRarely, in large lotsNoYou already have
Demat account neededNoYesNot alwaysNo
Purity riskNone — 999.9 certifiedNoneNone18–22K typical
Making chargesNoneNoneNone10–25% of value
Four different products that all move with the gold price and are otherwise nothing alike.

Digital gold is the only one of the four that lets you start at ₹10, add to it whenever you like, and then walk away with a coin in your hand. That is its whole reason to exist: it is the savings-jar version of an asset that was historically sold in ₹50,000 lumps.

What it costs you

  • GST at 3%, charged on purchase, exactly as it is on any physical gold you buy from a jeweller. It is shown separately at checkout, never hidden in the rate.
  • The buy–sell spread. The rate you can sell at is a little below the rate you can buy at. That gap is the market's, not a platform fee, and it is why gold is a holding rather than a day trade.
  • Minting and delivery, only if you convert grams into a physical coin. Nothing is charged while the metal stays in the vault.

The three ways out

  1. 1

    Sell it back

    At the live sell rate, straight to your bank account, any day, in any quantity. No lock-in and no exit load.

  2. 2

    Redeem it as metal

    Convert grams into a certified coin or bar and have it delivered. You pay minting and delivery; the gold was already yours.

  3. 3

    Leave it alone

    The most common answer. It is a holding, it costs nothing to keep, and it moves with the bullion price.

One honest note to finish on: digital gold is not regulated by the RBI or SEBI the way a bank deposit or a mutual fund is. What protects you is the structure — allocated metal, an independent vaulting agent, third-party audits and insurance — rather than a regulator's guarantee. That is a real difference, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something.

Questions people ask

Is digital gold actually backed by physical gold?

On Ticgetz, yes — every gram you buy is bought as physical 999.9 metal by Augmont and allocated to you in an insured Sequel Logistics vault. You can ask for it as a coin at any time, which is the only test that really matters.

What happens to my gold if the platform shuts down?

The metal is held by the vaulting agent in your name, not on the platform's books, so it is not available to the platform's creditors. You would deal with the vaulting agent to sell or take delivery.

Is digital gold regulated in India?

Not by the RBI or SEBI — there is currently no dedicated regulator for it. Protection comes from the custody structure, audits and insurance instead. Gold ETFs and Sovereign Gold Bonds are the regulated alternatives, with higher minimums.

What is the minimum I can buy?

₹10 on Ticgetz. You can buy by rupee amount or by weight in grams; fractional grams are normal and are recorded to four decimal places.

Written by the Ticgetz Gold team and reviewed before publication. It is general information about how digital gold works in India, not investment or tax advice, and rules change — check the date above. Rates quoted anywhere on this site are live market rates and are not a forecast.

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