Top electronics in the USA can be bought much cheaper than in Russia. Xbox, Playstation, Dell/HP/Microsoft laptops, PC components, any Apple products — all of this is sold at prices 30-40% lower than Russian ones. Buying just one iPhone or MacBook in America can save you tens of thousands of rubles. Besides, it will be brand-new products with top quality. And the most famous electronics store in the USA is Newegg. It’s like Amazon, only with a more convenient device search and prices that are often even lower.
The History of Newegg
The company was founded in 2000 by Fred Chang, a big fan of computer components who moved to the United States from Taiwan. He started selling motherboards, processors, and memory cards online, and his little online shop grew to the scale it has now. Today Newegg.com is a business with annual revenue of $4-5 billion, one of the most popular online stores for electronics on the internet. At the same time, Newegg's profit steadily remains within just a few million, because prices here are kept very low and margins minimal. Products are mostly sold almost at cost.
Since 2005, Newegg has been included in the list of the top 10 best retailers in the United States. Fred Chang achieved all this in just five years thanks to low prices, innovative approaches to retail, and customer focus.
What Newegg sells
The Newegg.com store is primarily known for PC hardware. Video cards, motherboards, processors, coolers, RAM, SSDs, and M.2. At prices much lower than in Russia. You won't find multicookers, grills, or kitchen accessories here. Serious electronics for advanced users are sold here.
The most popular sections on Newegg.com are:
- computer systems (laptops, monitors, peripherals, printers, headphones, UPS);
- components (CPU, power supplies, HDD and SSD, motherboards, and more);
- electronics (smartphones, tablets, portable headphones, gadgets, smartwatches).
You can also buy everything for the office on Newegg.com: scanners, printers, routers, calculators, Wi-Fi adapters, safes, shredders, even office furniture. And also be sure to visit the Today's Best Deals section, where new discounted items are sold every day at discounts from 10% to 60%.
In America, it is especially выгодно to order things that weigh little but cost quite a lot. The same RAM sticks or even video cards (especially new ones, which have large markups in Russia). On average, the difference compared to the largest Russian chains is 40-45%. That is, for the price of two items in the Russian Federation, you can buy three of the same in the USA.
Most often, judging by the reviews, people order laptops, smartphones, and various small electronics (smartwatches, headphones, gaming mice) from Newegg.com with us. For the latter, the savings usually amount to 3-5 thousand rubles. When buying a good SSD or M.2, you save about 2-3 thousand rubles. But if you buy a top laptop or one of the latest iPhones on Newegg.com, you can easily save 20-30 thousand rubles. The price difference turns out to be quite serious. At the same time, as you remember, shipping with Prostobox costs only a few dollars.
Moreover, if you want, you can save even more. The store constantly offers discounts (the same Today's Best Deals section), quite real and fairly substantial. Newegg also has a Price Match Guarantee policy, that is, it can't be cheaper on the internet, and the store keeps an eye on this so as not to give up first place to anyone else. Sometimes during promotions you can enter a promo code on Newegg, which knocks off an additional $2-$5, or go through cashback services Ebates/Mr.Rebates, which return up to 3% of the purchase.
In the end, the savings are very substantial. Besides, many products simply are not available in Russia. New video cards, headphones, mice, and other devices appear at Newegg much earlier than in the Russian Federation, and the selection options are much wider.
The store does not ship products outside the country. However, within the USA delivery from Newegg takes only 1-3 days. Moreover, it is either free or within $5 (depending on the price of the product). The exact shipping cost (or what is listed here as “Free Shipping”) is indicated on the product page, next to its price.\
Therefore, in the Shipping fields, it is enough to specify the address you received when registering with Prostobox. And when the store gives you the order tracking number, enter it in your personal account with us — and follow the short instructions. This will allow you to arrange delivery from Newegg to Russia for as little as $6.99. And if you did not enter the tracking number, and the package has already arrived to us, the cost of delivery to Russia will be from $9.99, but you will be able to choose additional options, for example, special protective packaging.
