CBMint Review 2026: OPRS Assessment

Updated: August 4, 2026

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CBMint, in short (2026 review)

Status: Active and trading. The CBMint LLC website was live at the time of review, running a functioning e-commerce catalog and a self-directed precious metals IRA landing page.
Business model: Small online precious metals retailer based in Plano, Texas. The IRA program is an add-on to a WooCommerce bullion shop, not a full-service gold IRA specialist workflow.
Verified regulatory record: Zero registrant filings for CBMint on SEC EDGAR full-text search. No public FTC action naming CBMint surfaced during the OPRS review. No CFTC press release naming CBMint surfaced either.
Named IRA custodian: The Entrust Group is the sole custodian named on the CBMint IRA page as of this review. IRS-approved depository storage is required, and the specific vault is set by the custodian, not by CBMint.
Public transparency gap: CBMint does not publish setup, annual custodian, storage, or minimum IRA investment figures on its public IRA page. Every fee needs to be quoted individually before you can compare offers.
Our stance: Small functioning dealer, one custodian pairing, thin public disclosures. 3 of 27+ gold IRA dealers reviewed by OPRS make the 2026 trusted list. CBMint is not one of them, because the IRA offering reads as a retail add-on rather than a dedicated retirement product with published fees and multiple named custodians.

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Who is CBMint?

CBMint LLC is a small online precious metals retailer registered in Plano, Texas. The company sells gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and rhodium coins and bars through a WooCommerce storefront at cbmint.com. Its main line of business is direct retail bullion sales, and a self-directed precious metals IRA option is offered as an add-on.

A prospect who wants a gold IRA fills out an application with the named custodian, funds the account, and CBMint supplies the IRA-eligible metals. The underlying rules are set by IRS Publication 590-A and 26 U.S.C. section 408, both cited in full at the bottom of this page.

What we could verify from primary sources

Zero-invention rule. Every claim below was pulled directly from the named primary source and cross-checked before this page was written. If a document could not be reached live, the claim is not made.

Company is still trading in 2026. The CBMint homepage returned an HTTP 200 response at the time of review, served over Cloudflare. The site is a WordPress and WooCommerce build with a live product catalog and an IRA landing page. The footer copyright reads “© 2024 CBMint. All Rights Reserved.” The IRA landing page was last modified on 2024-11-21 based on the Yoast article-modified timestamp in the page HTML.
Named custodian. The CBMint IRA page names The Entrust Group as its precious metals IRA custodian partner. No alternative custodian is displayed on that page. Prospects should confirm the chosen entity appears on the IRS list of qualified nonbank trustees under 26 CFR 1.408-2(e).
Depository storage. Storage is at an IRS-approved depository selected by the custodian. CBMint does not name a specific vault on the public IRA page. The buyer should confirm the exact vault name and whether the storage is commingled or segregated at the time of account opening.
SEC EDGAR. A full-text EDGAR search returns zero filings where CBMint or CBMint LLC is the registrant. CBMint is not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer. That is normal for a bullion retailer, but worth stating on a review page.
FTC public case archive. A public FTC search returned no results naming CBMint at the time of writing. Absence of a public enforcement release is not an endorsement. It is the current documentary record.
CFTC public records. The CFTC press-release archive returned no release naming CBMint. Same caveat applies. Buyers who want a live check should re-run the search on the day they sign.
BBB profile. A Better Business Bureau profile exists for CBMint at bbb.org, under the Plano, Texas metro. The BBB profile page is served through a bot-mitigation layer, so OPRS was not able to render the live BBB letter grade and current complaint totals from a server at the time of writing. CBMint itself displays a BBB “A rating” badge on its homepage that references a February 2024 asset. Confirm the current BBB grade and trailing complaint count directly on the BBB profile the day you rely on it.

Where transparency is thin

The numbers a serious retirement buyer needs before signing are not published on the CBMint public IRA page as of this review:

Setup fee. Not published on the CBMint page. Set by the custodian, disclosed on the account application.
Annual custodian fee. Not published. Set by The Entrust Group and disclosed at account opening.
Annual storage fee. Not published on the CBMint page. Set by the depository, and can be flat or scaled with account value.
Minimum IRA investment. No hard dollar floor is stated on the CBMint IRA page. Ask CBMint and Entrust directly, and get the current minimum in writing before you commit.
Buy-to-sell spread. The retail-buy versus wholesale-spot spread on individual IRA-eligible products is not published as a formula. Spread economics are the main driver of long-run return in a metals IRA, and buyers should always ask for it before ordering.
Named IRA buy-back schedule. CBMint states that it buys back products, but a fixed IRA-specific buy-back price formula is not published on the public IRA page.

None of this is unusual in the metals-IRA industry. It is still friction. A gold IRA specialist that prints setup, annual, and storage fees on the public site is easier to compare than one that leaves every number to the custodian and the sales call. That gap is a scored line item in our custodian-selection framework.

What the single-custodian pairing means for a buyer

CBMint’s IRA page names only The Entrust Group. A single-custodian setup is not a defect by itself, and Entrust is a long-running self-directed IRA administrator. It does narrow choice, though. A shortlisted gold IRA specialist typically lists two or three named custodians so a prospect can compare fee schedules before signing. With one custodian, the fee schedule and the storage terms are effectively fixed by the paired administrator.

A buyer who wants a second data point should pull the Entrust public fee schedule directly, then compare it against another IRS-approved nonbank trustee before deciding. The trustee list under 26 CFR 1.408-2(e) is maintained by the IRS and is cited in the sources section below.

How to pressure-test CBMint, or any gold IRA dealer

The same short checklist applies to every retailer. The full decision framework lives at how to choose a gold IRA custodian framework.

Ask for the total first-year cost in dollars, on a $50,000 rollover, including setup, annual custodian, storage, and any product markup. Get it in writing.
Ask for the named IRS-approved custodian, and confirm the entity appears on the IRS list of qualified nonbank trustees under 26 CFR 1.408-2(e).
Ask for the named depository vault and whether storage is commingled or segregated. Segregated is safer, and it costs more.
Ask for the buy-back policy in writing. What price will the dealer pay for the exact coins they are about to sell you, if you liquidate in twelve months?
Confirm every metal quoted meets IRS purity standards under 26 U.S.C. section 408(m). Ask for the mint and the fineness in writing.
Compare the retail-buy price on the same product across at least two independent dealers on the same day, at the same spot price. That is the only reliable way to size the spread.

Investors who feel they were mis-sold have specific recourse steps documented at what to do if you were scammed by a gold IRA dealer. Pattern signals we watch for during the sales call are catalogued at how to spot a gold IRA scam. The rollover mechanics themselves are documented at how a gold IRA rollover actually works.

Where CBMint sits on the OPRS list

Not on the shortlist. CBMint is a small, functioning bullion retailer with a normal single-custodian pairing. No public regulator has flagged the company at the time of writing. The IRA program itself is a retail add-on, not a dedicated retirement specialist.

The gap that keeps CBMint off the OPRS 2026 shortlist is not a scandal. It is the missing public fee schedule, the single-custodian setup, and the retailer-first structure of the account.

Only 3 of 27+ gold IRA dealers reviewed by OPRS pass the full checklist. The ones that do publish a comparable fee schedule and stand up an IRA-specialist workflow. If CBMint publishes a full public IRA fee schedule, adds a second named custodian, and prints a buy-back price formula in a future update, that ranking is worth revisiting. This page will be refreshed if that happens.

For a broader comparison, the working shortlist and the anti-shortlist both live at gold IRA dealers to avoid. The gold IRA rollover mechanics guide is the correct companion read for a first-time buyer who is comparing dealers side by side.

FAQ

Is CBMint a scam?
No public regulator has labeled CBMint a scam at the time of writing. SEC EDGAR returned zero filings where CBMint is the registrant. Public FTC and CFTC archive searches returned no enforcement release naming CBMint. Absence of a regulatory action is not an endorsement. It is the current record.

Is CBMint still in business in 2026?
Yes. The CBMint homepage and the CBMint IRA landing were both live at the time of review, and the site is served through Cloudflare with a functioning WooCommerce catalog.

Who is the CBMint IRA custodian?
The Entrust Group is the sole custodian named on the CBMint IRA page. Prospects should still confirm that the chosen custodian appears on the IRS list of qualified nonbank trustees under 26 CFR 1.408-2(e).

Where is CBMint IRA metal stored?
Storage is at an IRS-approved depository selected by the custodian. The exact vault name and whether the storage is commingled or segregated should be confirmed in writing with the custodian at account opening.

What is the CBMint minimum IRA investment?
Not published as a hard dollar floor on the CBMint IRA page. Ask CBMint and the custodian directly, and get the current minimum in writing before you commit.

Does CBMint publish its IRA fees?
No. Setup, annual custodian, and storage fees are set by the custodian and the depository, and none of those numbers are printed as a public schedule on the CBMint IRA page. This opacity is the main reason CBMint is not on the OPRS 2026 shortlist for a retirement buyer who wants a full pre-signature cost comparison.

Where is CBMint based?
CBMint LLC lists a Plano, Texas address on its contact page. The public toll-free number displayed on the site is 1-888-422-6468.

Where does OPRS rank CBMint for a gold IRA?
Not on the shortlist. 3 of 27+ gold IRA dealers reviewed by OPRS make the 2026 trusted list. The full list, and the anti-shortlist of dealers to avoid, lives at gold IRA dealers to avoid.