How buying works

Four steps from your first message to the stones arriving.

  • Every export cleared by the Ministry of Mines
  • Payments under National Bank of Ethiopia rules

  1. 1Tell us what you need

    Write to us with the material, sizes and quantity you have in mind, through the enquiry form, by email or on WhatsApp. Your delivery country and a budget help us choose. We reply within 24 hours.

  2. 2We prepare a selection

    You receive a private link with photographs and video of each parcel, with its weight and price. Ask questions and request more photographs on the same page.

  3. 3Inspect it your way

    See the stones in person in Addis Ababa with Sebsibe and other professionals, with us by live video, or through samples sent to you.

  4. 4Pay and receive

    You pay by international wire, and we send the parcel to you, with shipping and insurance agreed per order.

YouMaedotYour enquiryReply within 24 hoursParcelExaminedWeightPricePhotographs, weights and prices for each parcelIn personBy live videoThrough samplesWire transferExport documentsShippingInsurance

How your parcel is shipped

  1. 1Contract and payment

    We send a proforma invoice and a sales contract, and you pay into our account at an Ethiopian commercial bank.

  2. 2Approvals

    Our bank issues the export permit, the Ministry of Mines clears the parcel and Ethiopian Customs records the export. We make every application.

  3. 3Your documents

    We prepare the commercial invoice and packing list, and a certificate of origin from the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce when your customs needs one.

  4. 4Insured air freight

    The parcel leaves Addis Ababa by air with its air waybill and insurance certificate, on the delivery terms in your contract.

Proforma invoiceSales contractYour parcelPaid into our bank in EthiopiaExport permitFrom our bankShipment clearanceMinistry of MinesExport declarationEthiopian CustomsYour parcelCommercial invoicePacking listCertificate of originEthiopian Chamber of CommerceYour parcelPrepared for youAir waybillInsurance certificateYour parcelAddis AbabaInsured air freight
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Questions buyers ask

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What quantities do you sell?

Wholesale parcels, weighed by the gram and the kilogram, and single stones on request. Tell us the quantity you need and we put a selection together to match.

How are prices quoted?

Per gram, carat or kilogram, or for the whole lot, in US dollars or your own currency.

Are the stones treated?

Each parcel in your selection lists any treatment or testing on record. A laboratory report travels with a stone when one has been made.

Are the photographs edited?
Photographs in a selection are unedited. On this website, some photographs have a replaced background; Image information says what was done to each one.
Do you ship to my country?

Tell us where you are and we confirm the route and the cost. Our team has worked with partners in ten countries on four continents.