ᐅ Comparing IKEA Prices Abroad

Dear IKEA enthusiasts,

I already shared this as a reply in another thread, but I think it’s interesting for everyone:

While planning the furnishings for our new home, we noticed that IKEA prices vary significantly across neighboring countries. Since there hasn’t been an easy way to compare these prices (without visiting each country’s website separately), we created one:

At koettbilligar, you can simply enter the article number to find the best price in Europe with ease.

Currently, not all items are available yet because the site has only been running for three days, and some products have different article numbers in different countries. Also, not every IKEA product is available in every country.

Soon, we will also publish very insightful Top 100 lists showing products with the highest saving potential.

For us, the takeaway was that trips to the Czech Republic or Poland definitely pay off. An interesting side note: beer glasses are 85% cheaper in the UK than in Germany.

Best regards,
Alex

P.S. To the admin: I hope this is not seen as unwanted advertising. Our intention is to help customers benefit from the globalization strategies of large corporations – and that’s what our website aims to do for all IKEA fans.

Cool!!!
Here’s what I can contribute:
I found out that you can easily change the article list of the IKEA online kitchen planner by using a different country code, which then shows the kitchen price in another country.
Procedure:
1.) Plan your kitchen in the kitchen planner and save it online.
2.) Go to "File" and select "E-mail..." to send the design to your own email address.
3.) In the received email, there will be a link that looks like this, for example:
[code:1nxq5gid]http://kitchenplanner.ikea.com/AT/UI/Pages/VPUI.htm?LoadDesign=39cb8ad300364fd6938d643bea63cd3f&UIContext=Kitchen&IsSharedDesign=1[/code:1nxq5gid]
Since I’m from Austria, the link contains “AT.” Now you change the link by replacing the AT (or DE for Germany) with the country code of the desired country. In my case, I replaced AT with SK for Slovakia, for example:
[code:1nxq5gid]http://kitchenplanner.ikea.com/SK/UI/Pages/VPUI.htm?LoadDesign=39cb8ad300364fd6938d643bea63cd3f&UIContext=Kitchen&IsSharedDesign=1[/code:1nxq5gid]
Note: This link no longer works.

4.) Enter the new link in your browser, and the kitchen planner for the other country will open with your planned kitchen. If you then look at the article list, you will see the kitchen prices for that country. In my case, the same kitchen is over 1000 Euro cheaper in Slovakia.

Best regards,
Sektionschef

Great idea, well executed – thank you very much!

Hi,

an interesting option for customers living near borders.

I’m just wondering if this is legal. Isn’t it the case that permits are required for comparisons involving only one company because you are then “working” under their name? 😕

Best regards

Nayla

I don’t see any issues here, as we only analyze publicly available data (just like Google does) and clearly state that we have no affiliation with IKEA. We also deliberately chose not to use the brand name in the domain to make it clear from the start that this is an independent project.

I believe this site does not harm IKEA—quite the opposite. Even if people end up spending slightly less at IKEA, they are still purchasing from the same corporation. And let’s be honest: when you visit an IKEA in Poland, you might end up buying a bit more than planned anyway, given the low prices.

Best regards,
Alex

Not long ago, there was a comparison website (ikea.mocsi.eu), which was basically an IKEA page showing prices from different countries. Did IKEA intervene? Or did changes on IKEA’s website require an update? In any case, I hope you don’t encounter any problems.