Amazon shipping costs from another European country: what you will really pay
It is the most common objection to a tempting price on another European Amazon: sure, but once you add shipping, the saving disappears. Sometimes that is true, often it is not, and the only way to know is to think in delivered price: the product price plus its delivery to your door. Here is how Amazon charges for delivery between European countries, and how to sidestep the two classic mistakes people make when doing the maths.
The three possible cases, always shown before you pay
On Amazon, an offer delivered to your country falls into one of three cases: free delivery, free delivery above a certain basket amount (the threshold is shown on the offer), or an exact delivery cost displayed in euros. There are no hidden fees: the amount appears on the product page and again at checkout, before any payment is taken.
The Prime badge is a useful shortcut here: it means the offer is shipped by Amazon, and delivery is then free or a few euros, never a nasty surprise. Whatever the case, you see the full picture before committing a cent, which is exactly what makes cross-border comparison possible in the first place.
Mistake number one: comparing bare prices
An offer at 199 € with 6 € delivery costs more than an offer at 202 € delivered free. That kind of reversal is invisible when you only scan the price column, and yet it is precisely what decides the real winner. Bare prices tell you where the product looks cheapest; delivered prices tell you where it actually is.
This is why Comparezon ranks offers by delivered price by default: the shipping costs exactly as Amazon displays them for your country are built into the ranking, and the offer at the top is the one that costs you the least once it reaches your door. And when Amazon shows no delivery information at all for an offer, we do not invent a number: the listing says so honestly instead.
Mistake number two: assuming weight rules out big products
Intuition says a vacuum cleaner or a coffee machine must be expensive to ship between countries. In reality, on items shipped by Amazon, weight generally makes no difference to the shipping cost. Bulky products benefit from cross-border price gaps just as much as small ones, and it is precisely on home appliances and high-end tech that the gaps sometimes reach 200 to 300 €.
Once again, no need to take anyone's word for it: the delivered-price ranking settles the question. If delivery really did eat the saving, the foreign offer simply would not rise to the top of the list. When it does, the maths has already been done for you.
So, is it worth it or not?
The figures we observe across our searches: around 85% find a saving on at least one European Amazon, with an average of about 27%. The gap depends on the product: sometimes a few euros, sometimes several hundred. The right habit is not to guess either way, it is to check in a single search, delivery included, and let the numbers decide.
And the wait is not the price you might imagine paying: on items shipped by Amazon, expect 1 to 2 days for delivery within your own country and 2 to 3 days from another European Amazon. For most orders, that is a difference of a day or so in exchange for a real saving.
How to check in practice
On the Comparezon site, one search queries the 6 major European Amazon sites (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium) and shows you the ranking by price delivered to your door. We only show offers that are genuinely deliverable to your country: if a price appears, you can order it. No guesswork about availability, no dead ends at checkout.
The Chrome extension makes the check effortless: on every Amazon product page you visit, it displays the delivered prices from the other countries, read from your own session with your address and your Prime status. These are the amounts you would see yourself if you opened the tabs by hand, not an estimate.
FAQ
Is shipping more expensive from another European country?
Not systematically. Many offers shipped by Amazon are delivered free or free above a basket amount, including across borders. The exact amount is always displayed before you pay, and Comparezon builds it into the ranking by default.
How do I know if the saving survives the delivery cost?
By comparing delivered prices rather than listed prices. That is Comparezon's default ranking: the offer at the top is the cheapest with shipping included. If delivery eats the gap, you see it before you click.
What about a heavy or bulky product?
On items shipped by Amazon, weight generally makes no difference to the shipping cost. Big products are actually where the gaps between countries are most spectacular, sometimes 200 to 300 €.
Are there any fees beyond the price and the delivery?
No. Within the EU, goods move freely and the price shown before you pay is the final price, in euros.