What's the Asos of baby clothes & gear?
July 23, 2017 5:56 AM Subscribe
What are the best online sites to shop for baby clothes and gear (swaddles, baby alarms, cloth diapers etc.)? Must be EU-based (so there is no import VAT) and free or cheap shipping.
I am looking for places like well-established, user friendly sites like Asos, Amazon, Nest, Yoox etc. I have found Alexandalexa, which is kind of what I'm looking for, but only has more high-end clothes.
There must be some kind of "Asos for kids" that sells low-cost, attractive baby clothes and another place than Amazon where I can buy baby gear? (Amazon and eBay both have pretty high shipping prices to my country - like a swaddle that costs £20 has a £10 shipping charge.)
I am looking for places like well-established, user friendly sites like Asos, Amazon, Nest, Yoox etc. I have found Alexandalexa, which is kind of what I'm looking for, but only has more high-end clothes.
There must be some kind of "Asos for kids" that sells low-cost, attractive baby clothes and another place than Amazon where I can buy baby gear? (Amazon and eBay both have pretty high shipping prices to my country - like a swaddle that costs £20 has a £10 shipping charge.)
Best answer: In the UK, it's supermarkets (Sainsbury's and Asda both have surprisingly nice and dirt cheap baby and child clothes ranges, plus all of the usual baby electrical goods and soft furnishings).
H&M stuff is great (very fashionable, and cheap) but they only do clothes. Mothercare.com has a huge range of everything, and often has really good reductions - my baby bouncer was £25, reduced from £50, travel cot was £30 from £65, and I got £30 off my activity mat. Delivery costs are about £13 to Europe though, and I'm not a huge fan of their clothes.
John Lewis baby clothes are really adorable, and it costs £7.50 to ship to Europe. If you bulk buy it would probably be worth doing, though you'd have a problem with returns. M&S also have surprisingly lovely baby stuff (I hate their adult clothes) and assuming your profile is correct they have free delivery to Denmark for orders over DMK750. I don't know how their prices compare - they are quite reasonable in the UK but might have ramped the prices up on the Danish site.
For things like swaddles, I looked at JL etc to decide what I wanted, then went on to the manufacturer's website and bought it direct. Might be worth checking if there's an EU website or distributor for the things you want and ordering it from them?
posted by tinkletown at 1:20 PM on July 23, 2017
H&M stuff is great (very fashionable, and cheap) but they only do clothes. Mothercare.com has a huge range of everything, and often has really good reductions - my baby bouncer was £25, reduced from £50, travel cot was £30 from £65, and I got £30 off my activity mat. Delivery costs are about £13 to Europe though, and I'm not a huge fan of their clothes.
John Lewis baby clothes are really adorable, and it costs £7.50 to ship to Europe. If you bulk buy it would probably be worth doing, though you'd have a problem with returns. M&S also have surprisingly lovely baby stuff (I hate their adult clothes) and assuming your profile is correct they have free delivery to Denmark for orders over DMK750. I don't know how their prices compare - they are quite reasonable in the UK but might have ramped the prices up on the Danish site.
For things like swaddles, I looked at JL etc to decide what I wanted, then went on to the manufacturer's website and bought it direct. Might be worth checking if there's an EU website or distributor for the things you want and ordering it from them?
posted by tinkletown at 1:20 PM on July 23, 2017
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