89%Would buy again
Idealo is a price comparison platform founded in Germany that lists products from a broad network of online retailers and marketplaces, allowing shoppers to compare prices and offers for the same item in one place. The site covers categories including electronics, fashion, home and garden, sports equipment and household goods, and visitors can filter results by price, availability and merchant rating. Idealo does not sell products itself, instead directing visitors to the retailer's own website to complete a purchase, and it earns its income from merchants who pay for referred traffic.
The UK site offers price alerts that notify users when a product they are watching falls in price. Users can also read reviews of retailers and products, which helps them judge a seller before following a link through to checkout.
Top positive review
Used it for a new washing machine
I bought a washing machine through the site after comparing a few listings. The price alert came through when it dropped, which was handy. The seller I picked shipped it within two days and it arrived in one piece with the install instructions in the box. Pretty painless from start to finish.
Read moreTop critical review
The seller page was confusing
The seller page that came up first confused me the most. It was hard to tell which deliveries were included in the price and which were extra. I had to go through three screens before finding out the postage cost. The item itself arrived fine but it took longer than I'd like to sort out.
Read moreMost detailed review
nicer than going on Amazon
Compared with checking Amazon myself, this was way quicker for finding a laptop bag because it pulls up the listings from loads of shops at once. The bit that bugged me was that one of the sellers I clicked through to wanted me to sign up before I could see the final price, which was annoying. Once I got past that the delivery came when they said and the price was fine. Might still check the shop…
Read moreprices were fine, nothing special
Prices were decent and I found a lawnmower cheaper than the big chains. The checkout was slow and the site kept logging me out halfway through. It did the job in the end.
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