Amazon has taken over a large part of the market when it comes to Internet purchases. The well-known e-commerce portal is undoubtedly one of the most visited online, already having different warehouses anywhere in the world to meet all the needs of its customers.
Despite being one of the most important eCommerce, there are many portals which keep the pulse of what is the preferred service of many millions of people. Learn about the best alternatives to Amazon, including some quite known to have been operating for many years.
eBay
It is one of the pioneering e-commerce portals on the Internet, operating from 1995 to the present. It is considered by many the perfect place to find what you are looking for, having bargains at a great price, even the possibility of bidding on items that are auctioned daily. Another option is to sell your own items.
It continues to be one of the leading platforms thanks to the millions of users who visit the website and the application available for mobile devices. The ease of use makes it one of the best today, being a great alternative to Amazon and over others today.
On eBay we can find all kinds of products, sorted by categories such as garden, home, electronics, sports, leisure, art, motor and many more categories. The bids remain active today because they are of general interest, in addition to having sections with daily offers. The payment of the platform is by card, transfer and PayPal.
AliExpress
Its growth in the last two years makes it undoubtedly one of the giants of electronic commerce in which to find everything you are looking for. It is owned by Alibaba, the product catalog is extensive, in it you can find electronic products, DIY tools, jewelry, household items, for pets and many other different categories.
It stands out because it has daily offers in view which it calls "Super Deals", top rated products and shows the highlights of each of the categories. For registration usually gives a promotion with an extra to spend inside the store.
There are many known productsSince many manufacturers of phones, tablets and electronics products sell their products directly. AliExpress through its application shows all the detailed information, as well as whether or not it has stock of that specific product.
Newegg
It is undoubtedly one of the perfect sites to find all kinds of products online, from electronics, computers and accessories, mobile phones, tablets, televisions, clothing, toys and many other categories. Newegg has millions of products online at deep discounts, but also at the best prices.
Newegg is very similar to Amazon, although on the left it shows the menu of all available categories, shows the brands through images and all this at first glance. It is an eCommerce created 20 years ago, specifically its online foundation was in 2001.
There are offers and promotions as in other e-commerce portals, it is undoubtedly one of the avant-garde that is renewed from time to time. Once you go down you will see the special offers of the day, the recommendations by the community and many more new features introduced.
Walmart
Walmart is one of Amazon's biggest competitors, being a great online alternative, in addition to having physical stores in different territories. Like the portal created by Jeff Bezos, it has important offers of all kinds, be it a technology product such as clothing.
It offers the possibility of collecting the products by ordering through the website, it also has a price comparison on similar products and information on all of them. The different offers appear once the main page is opened and shipping is always free under a minimum order.
Within the application add several million items for purchase, with availability both online and in a physical store to collect. Walmart is undoubtedly number 1, with a similar appearance to that of Amazon and is a great alternative if you live in the countries where it has physical headquarters.
Free market
It is a marketplace dedicated to the purchase and sale of items of any kind, either to find the technology you are looking for or a product for the home, among other things. It is one of the largest pages created for Latin America, in addition to having its own application.
It gathers millions of products, all organized by categories and like others on the main page you will find all kinds of offers available at that time. Mercado Libre is one of the great and a great alternative to Amazon if you live in Latin America by focusing on that market in a specific way.
The application operates in the following countries: Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Panama, Paraguay, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Puerto Rico.
Media Markt
It is one of the most important stores when it comes to selling products of many types, including electronics, consoles and video games, household appliances, beauty and health, as well as many other categories. Another option apart from those mentioned is to be able to get hold of music discs, books and movies in different formats.
Known for its television commercials, the well-known German chain also shines for the days without VAT and products at really competitive prices. You can reserve products to collect them in stores physically as happens in Walmart and other well-known chains.
The good thing about MediaMarkt is the order of the categories, within each one of them it also has subcategories and any product can be purchased, but sometimes you may find "Temporarily out of stock". MediaMarkt has been updated over time to improve the user experience on the page and in its Android and iOS applications.
FNAC
The well-known French chain FNAC offers different products on its website and through physical stores available in Europe, but it also operates outside of this continent. You can find all kinds of things, including electronic products, toys, appliances, music discs, DVDs, as well as different services.
Through the application, FNAC makes it available to users to be able to purchase things and collect them physically in the store, being able to pay in advance. The company has more than 33 stores in Spain and offers the possibility of being a member for just 15 euros with exclusive advantages both on the web and in the store.
Rakuten
The Japanese marketplace Rakuten has been growing in recent years in a huge way to stand up to Amazon and other portals that are still working today. It gives the option of being able to buy from any country, since the shipment will be made by delivery companies that reach any corner of the world.
There are many options, the categories are visible, besides it has subcategories to find that product you are looking for at that precise moment. Rakuten is today one of the Asian giants whose mind is set on other territories, including Europe.
SoloStocks
The service was born in 2000 with a B2B audienceToday, it has been expanding significantly to offer all kinds of products through companies. SoloStocks has been growing and today there are many thousands of people who keep it as one of the favorites when looking for a product.
Companies and individuals can start selling in it with just a prior registration, this will not take a lot of time by having to enter a few data. SoloStocks in 2018 had to enter bankruptcy, but already in 2021 he is seeing the light little by little and coming out of that pothole.
Wish
The US company has become one of the important thanks to online sales through the application launched in 2010. It is oriented in sales of products of all kinds, where companies and businesses can sell those things for really low prices.
Wish has more than 200 million users worldwide, its downloads exceeded 500 million and is at the height of the largest. It sells mobile phones, clothes, accessories and many things at a low price, the valuation of it allows it to be in the top 10 of eCommerces in Spain.
Carrefour
The French chain Carrefour is another one that includes great content both on your page and in the application. In the app you can find many thousands of products, whether they are electronics, home, appliances, toys, computers and other endless categories available.
It gives the option to see the offers of the day, for this you have to click on a category and then click on a subcategory to see the most interesting ones. Carrefour has everything in stock, in addition to working with external pages for the sale of products with a wait of a few days.
There is no ecommerce, with a customer service, that gives a level of satisfaction and in case of needing to make a guarantee that it is not even close to Amazon ... It is that even the English court has become a crap by its side ... . attest
Absolutely right Hummer, at the moment few give a fast and personalized attention. With Amazon, I have not had problems when it comes to making a return, being able to return an amount charged for a service that I did not contract, among other things.