Pick the letter's size first, then plain gold or diamonds, the karat and the chain
Start with a small letter. Every initial pendant sold here in the past year weighed 6 grams or less, though most letters on the page are far heavier. Then choose plain gold or diamonds. Plain 10K letters took more than half the pieces sold. Every listing is the letter alone, so plan the chain. For a letter no listing shows, ask the live chat before you order.
Letter size: initial pendant size, a small or big letter, and its grams
Start small. The letters sold here in the past year all weighed 6 grams or less. None was wider than an inch. The page itself runs bigger, with its middle letter at 19 grams.
Read the height and the grams together, as the table below lays them out. Past 3 inches, every letter here carries diamonds. Those weigh 30 grams or more. A big letter is a statement. A small one is the letter you put on and leave on.
Plain or diamond: plain gold initial pendant, diamond initial pendant, natural or lab-grown
Diamonds are set on all but eight letters here. Even so, most pieces sold in the year were three small plain 10K letters.
The diamonds are natural by their listings, apart from six lab-grown letters that say lab in their titles. Most diamond letters here carry 2 carats or more. The diamond letters that sold were small, nearly all a fifth of a carat or less. Prongs hold the stones on most, and the usual grades are SI to VS clarity, G to H color.
Gold: 10K or 14K gold initial pendant, 18K, and yellow, white or rose gold
The buyers here split it cleanly. Every plain letter sold was 10K, and every diamond letter sold was 14K. 14K holds more gold and a richer yellow, and it suits the stones. 10K is paler and a little harder, which keeps a plain letter crisp.
Three in four letters on the page are 14K, and two are 18K. The gold color is your call on nearly every listing, with yellow, white and rose offered for the same letter.
The letter: any letter A to Z, two initials, custom initial pendant
Two letter menus hold every letter from A to Z between them, the baguette diamond letter and the small diamond letter, both in yellow gold. They sit on men's initial pendants and women's initial necklaces. On this page, titles name fifteen single letters, and none offers a menu. Before you order, ask the live chat whether the design you like can be made in your letter and how long it takes, or call or text 212-872-9692 from 10 AM ET.
Two titles here carry two letters. For a whole name, see men's name pendants or name necklaces.
Chain and returns: chain for an initial pendant, sending one back, the live chat
Choose the chain for the letter's weight, since none comes with one. A heavy letter wants a sturdier chain under it, which the men's pendants guide covers. Shop women's gold chains or men's gold chains.
A finished letter may be sent back within fourteen days of its delivery, unworn and unaltered, once customer service says yes at service@traxnyc.com or 212-391-3832. It travels on our return label. The refund keeps back five percent for restocking, along with the return shipping. A letter made to your order is final under the refund policy, and many listings here say made to order, so ask which yours is before you pay.