5 cheapest electronics stores in Russia

Player.Ru boasts not only cheap goods, but also an impressive assortment. Any member of the family can find a gift here: parents, daughters and sons, grandparents, there is even a department for animals. In the "spring-summer" category, the online store offers to order everything you need for a picnic, outdoor recreation, gardening and gardening.

Let's move on to comparing prices. To do this, we have selected several popular products from the online electronics section. The sensational LG TV will cost a little less than 31,000 rubles. Xiaomi smart watches will have to pay 3869 rubles, and the iPhone 12 costs from 66 to 70 thousand (64/128 GB of internal memory). This is the cheapest option in the ranking, the cost is much lower compared to the giants Eldorado, M.Video or MTS.

An unpleasant feature of the store is a hopelessly outdated website.It looks unprofessional, navigation is inconvenient, even information about promotions and delivery radius takes several minutes to find. Because of this, many buyers put negative ratings, even inexpensive goods of good quality do not save. In the Internet space, there are “exposures” of the store, where Player.Ru is accused of selling fakes, but there is no real evidence of this. But the service in retail outlets and by phone is not always competent - because of this, the service takes the last place in the top.

Svyaznoy has been around for many years. There are different reviews about it on the Internet, but after the rebranding, the opinion of users has improved significantly. The twelfth iPhone here costs 69,990 or 74,990 rubles (64/128 GB of memory), Xiaomi Mi Watch smart watch costs 4,990 rubles.The most popular LG TV with a diagonal of 49 inches will cost 36,990 rubles, but during the discount period you can buy it for two thousand cheaper.

A feature of the Svyaznoy loyalty program is a branded card that can be used to pay at retail outlets, accumulate bonuses and spend them in a chain of stores. Also, customers are offered to download a mobile application in which there are products with additional discounts. As for delivery, it is also pleasantly pleased. You can order a parcel to a post office, to a store or to a pick-up point, call a courier at a standard rate or express (from 30 minutes).

The reviews advise to be vigilant when communicating with store employees. They don't do anything wrong, but they may be too aggressive in offering related products and services. Among the minuses, not always high-quality goods are mentioned, but for such cases there is a return function - and it works well. To make purchases really cheap, you need to use a mobile application and issue a card, and this is not convenient for all buyers.

Almost all buyers agreed that Citilink prices are lower than those of competitors. For example, 12 iPhones will cost 69,790 rubles (64 GB of memory) or 74,790 rubles (128 GB version). LG TV with a diagonal of 49 inches and a resolution of Ultra HD 4K can be ordered for 34,990 rubles. Smart watches from Xiaomi cost 5,000–10,000 rubles, depending on the chosen model. In some online services, prices are almost the same, but only during the period of promotions and discounts.

It's nice that the creators of the store are constantly improving navigation. Thanks to the abundance of categories on the site, you can easily find the thing you need. Discounted items can help you save a lot. Buyers like a flexible system of discounts and periodic bonuses for subscribing to news, pickup, etc. In addition, the store constantly holds promotions. And for loved ones, you can purchase a gift certificate in the amount of 500–20,000 rubles.

Negative reviews about the online store are most often associated with delivery times. Sometimes the courier does not arrive on time, it also happens that the transportation of goods to the point of issue is delayed. Also, users are advised to carefully check the ordered electronics after purchase. If the devices are defective, the return can take a lot of time and effort. Otherwise, Citilink is doing well: really cheap goods, more than 65,000 items in the assortment and 500 points of issue in Moscow and the Moscow Region.

The Kholodilnik.Ru online store has an average customer rating, it is recommended by approximately 50% of Internet users. As the name implies, the range includes a large selection of household appliances, as well as wearable electronics. The twelfth generation of a smartphone from Apple costs 63-72 thousand rubles during the discount period. Xiaomi Mi Watch will cost at least 3999 rubles. LG TV with Ultra HD support - 34,990 rubles.

The section with promotions is conveniently sorted by brand; you can also see sales leaders and reviews of new electronics on the site. By entering promo codes, customers receive discounts. An interesting feature is certificates as a gift for a review on the site or ordering certain goods.Also, Kholodilnik.Ru has become one of the few online stores where you can pay with SberMegaMarket bonuses.

The reviews praise the multi-level discount system and the pleasant design of the site. Delivery works well: couriers warn of their visit in advance, there is a team of movers and the opportunity to carefully examine the contents of the boxes before paying. The equipment purchased on the site is of high quality and inexpensive. She has served successfully for several years. As it happens in cheap stores, sometimes operators try to impose additional services or cannot find an order for a long time. But over time, the service is getting better, so we can confidently recommend Kholodilnik.Ru.

DNS is currently running enticing promotions on the iPhone: together with a discount, the 64 GB version will cost 65,999 rubles, a smartphone with 128 GB memory will cost 69,999 rubles.But other products cannot be called so inexpensive compared to competitors. LG TV standard costs a little less than 35 thousand, Xiaomi Mi Watch smart watch - 4199 rubles. It's still cheaper than most popular offline stores.

The site is well designed, but some filters are questionable. For example, you can't sort TVs diagonally. But there are many other useful options, including displaying only products with the best rating (from 4 stars). The loyalty program is well thought out: you can collect bonuses and pay with them. The store also offers gift cards with a fixed (1,000/2,000/3,000 rubles) or flexible denomination (500–50,000 rubles).

In the top compiled by the Data Insight research center, DNS ranks 4th among all sites and is the first if only electronics stores are counted. Customer reviews confirm the high rating of the site: complaints about the quality of goods or delivery are encountered, but extremely rarely. But the periodic absence of the selected names spoiled the final impression. There are also inaccuracies in the description and a fake start of sales of new products.