Guide
Compare before you pay: how to tell if a sneaker deal is good
· By Javier Marí Lobato
A deal is good when it beats the other shops on the same shoe, in your size, with delivery included. Four checks before you pay tell you whether it does.
A sale price only means something once you compare it. One shop's crossed-out price does not tell you whether another shop sells the same shoe for less today. Before you pay, check four things: the style code, the final price with delivery, your maximum price and the price history.
Compare the style code, not the name
Each shop names a shoe the way it likes, and some translate the colour. The brand's style code stays the same. The black adidas Samba OG with the gum sole, for example, has the code B75807.
Look for that code on each shop's product page before you compare prices. Two shoes with the same name and a different code can be another colour, another season or the kids' version. On HYPEIBIZA, each product page shows the code and puts together the offers from the shops that sell that pair.
The same shoe changes price a lot from shop to shop
In late October 2026 we compared more than twenty thousand trainers that three or more shops sold at the same time. For half of them, the dearest shop asked at least 38% more than the cheapest. Even the shop in the middle charged a median 18% more.
That study uses the price of each shop's cheapest size in stock. Your size can cost more or be gone. So pick your size on the product page before you look at the price: the page tells you which shops have it.
Add delivery and taxes to the price
The lowest price on the list is not always the cheapest at checkout. On the product page, the "With shipping" option orders the offers by price plus delivery. It works for the shops whose delivery cost we know, on offers in euros, and it counts free delivery above a minimum order.
Taxes matter when the shop ships from outside the European Union, for example from the United Kingdom. The parcel can then pay import VAT and duties when it arrives. That amount is not part of the shop's price.
If you live in the Canary Islands, read the delivery terms before you compare. The islands are outside the EU VAT area: an order from mainland Spain needs a customs declaration, the DUA, and pays the local IGIC tax. Many shops do not deliver there, and others do not say.
Two staples that several shops sell at once. Open the page, pick your size and order the offers by "With shipping".
Product
adidas Samba OG Black White Gum
Style code: B75807/BZ0058
fromRRP 120,00 €
Cheapest today: AW LAB, ASOS, KICKZ
View product
Set your maximum price before the release
A release gives you little time and a lot of pressure. Decide beforehand the most you will pay, delivery included, and write it down. If the final price goes over that figure, you do not buy that day.
The dates in the release calendar are the ones the marketplaces list, and they move. If the date passes and the price stays high, turn on the price alert on the product page. It emails you about price drops and restocks in your size, free and with no account.
Check whether the discount is real
A high crossed-out price makes any discount look big. The product page has a chart of the lowest recorded shop price over the last 90 days. When today's price is the lowest of that period, the page says so.
The deals page shows the price drops since yesterday across every shop we check. There, the crossed-out price is one the shop itself showed, never a made-up RRP.
- Copy the style code and search for it at each shop.
- Pick your size before you look at the price.
- Order the offers by "With shipping" and add taxes if the shop ships from outside the EU.
- Compare the final price with your maximum and with the 90-day chart.
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