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How to Use Rapaport ListingIQ (formerly the Diamond Insights Tool)

How to position, rank and competitively price your diamonds on Rapaport Trade using Rapaport ListingIQ

Written by Philippa Corrick

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Find the positioning and ranking tools

Go to Diamonds > Market Intelligence > Rapaport ListingIQ.

  1. Position your diamond: Rapaport ListingIQ shows where your diamond sits on Rapaport Trade compared with a similar group of diamonds — the gauge compares your price or listing age against the market average.

    • Rapaport Trade defines the size groups by default but with customization, you can set up your own groups and really unlock Rapaport ListingIQ's true power.

    • Click here to learn how to customize the size groups.

  2. Rank chart: set of live data relating to your diamond's performance in the search results and ranking on Rapaport Trade, plotted against comparable diamonds by price per carat.

    Rapaport ListingIQ dashboard on Rapaport Trade showing the diamond price and age positioning gauge alongside a price-per-carat comparison chart of similar diamonds

Important Notes:

  • Rapaport Trade defines the size groups and properties by default.

  • You can customize and set up your own size groups and choose which diamonds appear in your groups by defining the flexibilty of a diamond's properties.

  • Click here to learn how to customize the size groups and control which diamonds appear in your groups.


Understand the Rapaport ListingIQ data

  1. Search Results Ranking: your diamonds' ranking in the search results by price. You can see:

    • Your number ranking in search

    • How many similar diamonds are listed on Rapaport Trade

    • In the top X % of diamonds

  2. Bar Graph shows price distribution of your diamond's pricing group.

    • Blue bars indicates how many diamonds are available on Rapaport Trade within a price point. The green line where your diamond positioned.

    • Hover over any of the bars to see how many diamonds fall into particular range.

  3. Looking for category-wide price benchmarks? Average price, best/max price, and top 10% pricing for a whole diamond category — rather than just where your own diamond ranks — is covered by a separate tool, Rapaport MarketIQ, not Rapaport ListingIQ. Go to Diamonds > Market Intelligence > Rapaport MarketIQ to compare average and top-10% prices by shape, size, color, and clarity, and track how they move over time.

  4. Price Simulator lets you interactively simulate your diamonds' ranking in its pricing group by adjusting its price, helping you price your diamonds on Rapaport Trade more effectively.

    • Type in your new price in the $/ct or Rap% field, click check new ranking to see your estimated Rapaport Trade search ranking.

    • If you are happy with the estimated rank and new position, click Update Diamond Price to instantly update your listing with the new price and improve your diamond's ranking in search results.


Read this article to understand Rapaport Trade's default diamond groups used for Rapaport ListingIQ and how to customize them.

NOTE: We advise members uploading through Excel or API to take the simulated price and put it directly in the Excel file or stock program instead of updating directly on Rapaport Trade


More Diamond Pricing Tools

Visit the Rapaport Trade diamond pricing tools page to learn more ways to make diamond pricing easier for you and your customers.

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