# Rapaport

> Rapaport supplies the diamond trade with a weekly pricing benchmark, a subscription marketplace, auctions, news and market intelligence. Founded by Martin Rapaport in 1976, the privately held group helps jewelers, dealers and manufacturers compare asking prices, source natural diamonds and gems, and sell inventory across borders. Its trading network, formerly RapNet, became Rapaport Trade in 2026.

- **Founded:** 1976
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Martin Rapaport (Founder and Executive Chairman)
- **Products:** Rapaport Price List, Rapaport Trade (formerly RapNet), Rapaport Trade Price List, Instant Inventory, Rapaport Auctions
- **Notable:** Price List published since 1978., Online trading network launched in 1996 as Internet Diamond Exchange (INDEX)., Trading network reached one million diamonds offered for sale in 2012.

## Products & services

- **Rapaport Price List** — Weekly USD benchmark of high cash asking prices for specified natural white diamonds; a negotiation reference, not transaction-price data.
- **Rapaport Trade (formerly RapNet)** — Vetted B2B marketplace for natural diamonds, colored gems and jewelry; direct negotiation, search, messaging and pricing tools. The online network dates to 1996; current branding began in 2026.
- **Rapaport Trade Price List** — Best and average asking prices for qualifying stones listed on the marketplace, with discounts relative to the benchmark.
- **Instant Inventory** — Subscription add-on that displays supplier inventory on a jeweler’s website with the jeweler’s markup.
- **Rapaport Auctions** — Trade tenders for single stones, melee and jewelry, including recycled polished diamonds.
- **Rapaport News and Magazine** — Diamond and jewelry reporting, analysis, newsletters, podcasts and video.
- **Rapaport Intelligence Report and MarketIQ** — Paid research and market analysis supporting pricing and inventory decisions.
- **Colored Gemstone Trading** — Marketplace expansion developed with the American Gem Trade Association, launched February 3, 2025.
- **AI market-analysis agent (pilot)** — Internally tested tool announced June 2026, intended to answer inventory and diamond-pricing questions; public availability is not established.

## Achievements

- Price List published since 1978.
- Online trading network launched in 1996 as Internet Diamond Exchange (INDEX).
- Trading network reached one million diamonds offered for sale in 2012.
- Expanded trading to jewelry in 2019 and colored gems in 2025.
- Company reports over 20,000 professionals using its tools in 100+ countries.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Price List access consolidated on Rapaport Trade from August 16; existing pricing-only subscriptions retained their terms.
- **2026-07** — Dan Mano described a workflow-focused strategy and said a previous Buy Now feature had not worked for negotiated diamond trades.
- **2026-06** — Announced internal testing of an AI market-analysis agent and updates to search, messaging and seller intelligence.
- **2026-05** — RapNet’s transition to Rapaport Trade officially began May 27.
- **2026-04** — Published an explicit group policy excluding synthetic diamonds.

## Links

- Website: https://rapaport.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rapaport
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rapaport
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rapaportYT
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rapaportgroup/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rapaport

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Last updated: 2026-10-02