Top electronics stores compared

About Top electronics stores compared

This ranking covers electronics stores, from broad generalists that sell computers, phones, audio, tv, gaming, cameras and appliances in one place to narrow specialists that deal only in refurbished kit. The shortlist is drawn from the 115 brands the site tracks, and every entry is judged on the same questions: what you pay at checkout, what the store offers around the sale, and who stands behind it. The trade-off runs between breadth and aftercare. A store that answers the phone, extends the returns window and offers collection pays for that, and the cost often lands in a delivery threshold rather than in the product price. Akkuk.hu makes the shape explicit, with free delivery once orders pass HUF 20,000 and a returns window of 14 days. At the other end, stores serving a single market keep prices low and catalogues short. Budget the whole cost in one go: the checkout price, any delivery charge and any warranty add-on land on the same bill, and the entries below weigh them together, each in rank order.

How we picked

Every store here is scored on cost, weighted 40%, on what an order brings you, weighted 40%, and on trust, weighted 20%. Cost covers the basket price and whatever delivery adds on top. The offer weighting covers what a store stocks, how long you get to change your mind, and extras such as price matching, trade in, extended warranty and click and collect. Trust covers the legal entity behind the storefront, the support channels on offer, and how long the company has been trading. Facts come from each store's own pages: delivery and pricing pages, terms and conditions, returns policies, help centres and FAQs. Where a store publishes a number, that number is used, and where a store states a feature in words, its own wording carries. Return windows across the wider dataset run 7 to 100 days, which is why the individual windows in the blurbs matter so much: the gap between a short one and a long one decides how risky a purchase feels. Partners that serve your country are listed first in this ranking, then the rest by score.

Our top picks

1. AM8. AGM Mobile

   AGM Mobile closes this ranking as a compact specialist rather than a generalist. It sells computers, phones and audio under computers, phones and audio, was founded in 2008 and trades as AGM MOBILE LIMITED from HK. It delivers free to US, and its returns window of 15 days is shorter than the longest windows elsewhere in the list. Support runs on email, help centre and community, so email and the help centre carry the load with a community board behind them. The store ranked above it, YeeSite, covers a comparable range of help with phone and chat added and a 30 day window, so AGM Mobile suits buyers who want the small catalogue and the free delivery over wider aftercare.

   • Price from: $59.29
   • Warranty: 12 months
   • Return window: 15 days

   Pros

   • Price from $59.29 puts AGM Mobile at 4 of 29 brands on entry price.
   • Handsets are sold unlocked and run Android, so there is no carrier lock to work around.
   • Cover is included: a 12 months warranty on phones and 1 year on audio and accessories.
   • The audio line adds noise cancelling earbuds with 30 battery hours and IPX7 water resistance.
   • One store covers phones, computers and audio, with free delivery at a $0 threshold.

   Cons

   • Returns run 15 days, placing AGM Mobile at 28 of 42 brands on the return window.
   • Support runs on email, help centre and community, and a voice line is not among those channels.
   • A 12 months warranty ranks 12 of 33, so cover sits in the middle of the field rather than above it.
   • The accessories line does not include Gan charging, which matters for anyone packing light.

What to look for

Checkout price, not headline price

Storefront prices in this ranking centre on €79.99, with the lower quartile at €32.50 and the upper quartile at €149.07. Laptops and desktops make up the bulk at 24.7% and 27.4%, so the middle of that range is a whole machine rather than an accessory.

Delivery threshold shapes the real price

A free delivery threshold is a price, not a perk. Akkuk.hu waits for orders to pass HUF 20,000 and Farnell for £40, while JBL, Sony, SOVOL, YeeSite and AGM Mobile list delivery with no order minimum. Build the basket past the threshold or count the shipping into the total.

Returns window as a risk measure

Return windows run 7 to 100 days across this data, and the gap matters more than most buyers expect. A 30 day window and a 15 day window feel very different when a laptop arrives with a dead screen, and a longer window also lowers the risk of buying second hand.

What the store actually stocks

Computers lead at 63.5%, audio matches at 65.9%, and refurbished stock shows on 49.4% of stores. A generalist covers the whole basket in one order, while a specialist such as Mozillion covers a single category closely.

What happens after the sale

A help centre is close to standard at 96.6%, with email on 76.1% and phone on 58%. Extras split the field: click and collect on 65.2%, price match on 54.5%, extended warranty on 86.2% and trade in on 95.8%.

Frequently asked questions

Top electronics stores compared by country

• Australia
• Canada
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Spain
• United Kingdom
• United States

The data behind this ranking

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