Favorite warehouses
Star stores to keep them on your dashboard. Check the recorded stock and observation time before deciding to drive.
Let’s set up your first restock alert.
Choose how you want to buy, follow the steps, then check that your alert is saved. You can add more products and stores later.
Keep this guide open while you work: app links open in a new tab. Screenshots are from the app on September 24, 2026; their products, stock and settings are examples, not your current account.
Choose your starting point
Online stock and warehouse stock are separate. Follow both paths if you want both.
Online tutorial
Open Online alerts ↗Build your product watchlist
Choose delivery defaults
In Delivery defaults, select Email, Text message, or both. Text delivery needs Premium and a phone number. These choices apply to alerts you add during this visit.
Add the products you want
Select Add products, or Browse products if your watchlist is empty. Search by product name, weight or item number. Select the bars or coins you want, then choose Add selected products.
Wait for the save to finish
Your products appear under Products you follow. A row marked Watching is active; Paused is not. Changes save automatically. If you see Change not saved, use Retry save before leaving.
Check delivery on each row
Each alert has its own email and text choices. To copy your defaults to existing active alerts, use Apply to all active alerts. Paused alerts stay unchanged.
You’re done when: your chosen product says Watching, the save has finished, and its delivery choices are correct.
Did you arrive from a product’s trial button?
You may see a setup dialog with that product already selected instead of the watchlist catalog. Confirm the product, choose delivery and save the alert. Starting checkout or creating the account alone does not save it.
What if the product is already in stock?
Open Costco’s listing if you want to buy now. The alert watches for a future return to stock; it does not send immediately just because you added an available product. It stays active after later restocks.
What does New arrivals do?
New arrivals watches for newly discovered gold or silver listings. It does not automatically add those products to your restock watchlist. Add a new product separately if you want to follow its future restocks.
In-store tutorial
Open In-Store Alerts ↗Choose warehouses you would visit
Open the warehouse finder
Select Add warehouses, or Find your warehouses on an empty watchlist. Enter your ZIP code and select Search. Results are nearest first; use Show more warehouses to see more.
Select stores and delivery
Check the warehouses you would visit. Under Build your watchlist, choose gold, silver or both, then Email or Text message. On a phone, use Review alerts to reach your selection.
Add the selected warehouses
Choose Add warehouses beneath your selection; the button includes the number you selected. Wait for the save to finish. Stores already in your watchlist are labeled so you do not add them twice.
Check each warehouse card
Under Your warehouses, look for Watching. Confirm Alert me about and Send via on each card. Later changes save automatically; resolve any save error before leaving.
See the warehouse search screen
You’re done when: each chosen warehouse has a saved alert with the correct metal and delivery channels. Starring a store adds it to your dashboard; it does not replace saving its alert.
For either alert type
Open Settings ↗Make sure messages can reach you
Check your account details
Confirm your email address. For SMS, enter your phone number in the requested format, choose your Time Zone and save the account changes.
Review quiet hours
Read the description beside Quiet Hours to see which delivery channels it affects. Choose times that suit you and save notification changes. A held message may arrive after the stock has sold out.
Check the actual alert
Settings defaults seed new alerts; they do not rewrite existing alerts. Return to Online alerts or In-store alerts and check the channel choices on each saved alert.
Before you leave: check that the save succeeded. SMS needs an active Premium trial or subscription; email delivery still needs to be selected on the alert.
After your first alert is saved
Open dashboard →Use the dashboard to check in
Online inventory
Compare product weight, availability, price and premium over spot. An in-stock observation can change before Costco checkout.
Alert management
Use Online alerts and In-Store Alerts to review delivery, pause watching or change selections. You do not need to leave the dashboard open for a saved alert to run.
Optional · Add these when you need them
Go beyond availability
You can skip this section and still receive standard restock alerts.
Personalize purchase costs and resale estimates
Open Purchase Profiles and enter the rewards and costs that apply to you: card rewards, membership rewards, tax and shipping. Review the saved profile before using its calculations.
A displayed resale margin depends on the dealer bid and your inputs. It is an estimate, not a locked sale or guaranteed return. Use Profit alerts only when you want a threshold-based signal in addition to availability.
Watch a metal’s spot price
Use Spot Price alerts to set a market-price target. This follows the metal price, not a Costco product’s availability. Review the alert’s status after it fires before relying on another notification.
Compare bids or record a purchase
Broker prices compares buying bids. Portfolio helps you record purchases and sales. Neither is required to start receiving restock alerts.
Troubleshooting
Something doesn’t look right?
Check the saved alert first, then your delivery settings.
Contact support →I starred a warehouse. Why haven’t I received an alert?
A favorite puts the warehouse on your dashboard. Open In-store alerts and check that its card says Watching, has the metal you want selected, and has a delivery channel enabled. A favorite alone is not a saved restock alert.
I added a product but no message arrived. Is it working?
An online restock alert watches for a future return to stock. Adding an already available product does not trigger an immediate message. Check that the product is Watching, its changes are saved, and email or text delivery is selected.
Text message is unavailable. What should I check?
Check that your Premium trial or subscription is active and that a valid phone number is saved in Settings. Return to the alert screen and refresh it if necessary, then enable text delivery on the alert itself.
Why am I still getting email after changing delivery defaults?
Defaults apply to new alerts. Existing alerts retain their own channels. Change the saved alert’s delivery choices, or use Apply to all active alerts on the Online alerts page to copy its delivery defaults to active online alerts.
What if an online change won’t save?
Stay on the Online alerts page and look for the error message. Use Retry save after resolving the problem. Change not saved means the new choice is not confirmed; do not assume it is active. Discard change returns to the saved choice.
An alert arrived late or the product was sold out. What next?
Compare the alert time with when you opened it. Review quiet hours, daily delivery limits, spam folders and device notification settings. Stock can sell out during confirmation or delivery. Check that the alert remains active for another restock; no alert reserves inventory.
Your first-alert checklist
Correct product or store. Correct metal. Saved and active. Delivery checked.
You can come back here whenever you add another alert.