# The South Sea Pearl

> Specialist online store for cultured pearl jewelry and loose pearls, with guides to Tahitian, South Sea, Akoya, and freshwater pearls.

For current prices, availability, variants, shipping eligibility, and checkout capabilities, use the live storefront or the agent-commerce endpoints below.

## About and expertise

- [Pearl expertise](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/pages/about-our-pearl-expertise): The people, sourcing approach, and grading experience behind the store.
- [Pearl guides](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/pages/pearl-guides): Curated hub for buying, grading, origin, care, and comparison guides.
- [Pearl tools](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/pages/tools): Interactive pearl size, color, value, and comparison tools.

## Shop by pearl type

- [Tahitian pearls](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/collections/tahitian-pearls): Browse Tahitian pearl jewelry and loose pearls.
- [Loose Tahitian pearls](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/collections/tahitian-loose-pearls): Browse individual Tahitian pearls for collecting, jewelry, and matching.
- [White South Sea pearls](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/collections/white-south-sea-pearls): Browse white South Sea pearl jewelry and loose pearls.
- [Golden South Sea pearls](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/collections/golden-south-sea-pearls): Browse golden South Sea pearl jewelry and loose pearls.
- [Akoya pearls](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/collections/akoya-pearls): Browse Akoya pearl jewelry.
- [Wholesale pearl lots](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/collections/loose-south-sea-pearls-wholesale-lots): Browse loose pearl lots for professional buyers.

## Buying, grading, and authenticity

- [How to buy pearls](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/pages/how-to-buy-pearls): Decision guide by pearl type, size, luster, shape, and use.
- [Compare pearl types](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/pages/pearl-types-comparison): Comparison of Akoya, Tahitian, South Sea, and freshwater pearls.
- [Pearl grading guide](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/pages/pearl-grading-guide): Guide to surface quality, shape, luster, size, and seller grading systems.
- [Pearl authentication guide](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/pages/pearl-authentication-guide): Practical guide to distinguishing cultured pearls from imitations.
- [Pearl price benchmark](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/pages/pearl-price-guides): Versioned catalog asking-price benchmark with transparent methodology and CSV/JSON downloads; a dated retailer snapshot, not an appraisal.

## Gifts and sizing

- [Pearl anniversary gifts for your wife](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/pages/pearl-gifts-for-wife): Decision guide with a budget-filtered shortlist sourced from current catalog availability and presentment prices.
- [Pearl size guide](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/pages/pearl-size-guide): Millimetre chart and practical guidance for choosing earring, pendant, and necklace sizes.

## Care and customer information

- [Pearl care guides](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/pages/pearl-care-guides): Cleaning, storage, restringing, and long-term care resources.
- [Frequently asked questions](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/pages/f-a-q): General customer and pearl questions.
- [Shipping information](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/pages/shipping-policy): Public shipping and delivery information.
- [Returns and exchanges](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/pages/returns): Public return and exchange information.

## Live catalog and agent commerce

- [Canonical agent instructions](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/agents.md): Current commerce protocol, browsing routes, citation rules, and curated answer owners for shopping agents.
- [UCP discovery](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/.well-known/ucp): Live commerce capabilities, versions, and service endpoints.
- [Sitemap](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/sitemap.xml): Complete current inventory of indexable storefront URLs.

## Optional

- [Contact](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/pages/contact-us): Customer service and custom-order contact options.
- [Image license](https://www.thesouthseapearl.com/pages/image-license): Terms for reuse and attribution of original imagery.