hypercor It is one of the best known brands in the The English Court Group: a reference in the world of supermarkets that, for some time now, has also had a curious eCommerce version. An online store where you can buy (almost) everything, but which has a long (very long) series of factors to improve: today we will carefully analyze for you how to buy online at Hipercor.
Hipercor Online: design and usability
Hipercor online is, above all, an eCommerce easy. A grey-oriented design, with elements very very simple, and that allow shopping without too many distractions. Of course, sometimes the simplicity is so accentuated that it becomes difficult to find what you are really looking for.
As when using filters that allow you to refine your search. If you type “trousers” or go to the “trousers” subcategory, you will find a good number of results that you can sort according to their price or popularity, but you will not be able to filter based on who is going to use them, whether man, woman or child. In addition, the product sheets, so important in other eCommerce, are resolved with a industrial coldness. A small table with basic data, a couple of enlargeable photographs and little else.
Buy at Hipercor Online: prices and catalog
One of the legends/myths/rumors about Hipercor supermarkets is that their prices are not expensive, but the following. A common place that, however, is easy to verify. As we told you in October 2015, Hipercor Online occupies 16th place in the list of the 18 cheapest online supermarkets in Spain, just behind its older brother ElCorteIngles.com.
In other words, according to the OCU, the Hipercor online supermarket was the 3rd most expensive in the country. An arguable bronze e-medal. In any case, it must be recognized that the catalog is, at least, varied. In Hipercor online you can find a good number of different categories, with products as diverse as foods, home appliances, shoes, t-shirts…or game consoles.
In this sense, hypercor.es it continues to be a company clearly dependent on El Corte Inglés. If we take into account that the supermarket of the department stores has never been cheap, it should not surprise us. It must be said, however, that Hipercor’s extensive catalog is an interesting possibility for potential clients. Among other things, you can find gourmet products from El Corte Inglés, with a good value for money. This is a supermarket that you can try if you are looking for certain products that do not exist in other supermarkets.
Hipercor Online: shipments and returns
Determining whether shipments for purchases made at Hipercor online are expensive or cheap is, to say the least, complicated. not to say chaotic. home delivery costs they range between €2.90 for video games and €15 for furniture and large appliances, being €5.90 in other cases, such as purchases of toys or clothes. They send it to you for free from €120, which drops to €100 if you use the El Corte Inglés card. In any case, Hipercor online customers also have the possibility of accessing the service that allows them to pick up their purchases for free at any of the brand’s physical points of sale throughout Spain.
Of course, be careful with returns. Because its cost can become more expensive. And a lot: «In the event of returning items whose collection is made at home, the direct cost of returning the good or service will be assumed by the customer as stated in the LGCU. The amount of this cost in the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands is: bulky items (more than 15 kg or special volumes) such as large appliances, 30€. Other items: if the return is partial, €5.90, and if the return is total, €8.90.
In any case, Hipercor Online shows in its logistics phase one of its main limitations: Compared to what might seem in such a recognized brand, online shopping is not available throughout the territory. At least, without leaving your website. In the event that your postal code is not within the list of areas covered by the brand, the web will redirect you kindly to the website of or even tell you to go to your nearest physical store to complete your purchase.
Hipercor Online beyond its own borders: SoySuper
we have talked to you about IM supera online supermarket aggregator which has been growing at a spectacular rate in recent years to reach more than 80,000 registered users and more than 100,000 visits per month. Without a doubt, one of the references within the in Spain. announced in mid-2015 the integration in its comparator of Hypercor Online. With this incorporation, there are now eight online supermarkets integrated in Soysuper: Alcampo, , Condis, DIA, El Corte Inglés, Eroski, Hipercor and .
The price comparison in Soysuper is made with the current prices and updated offers of each of the eight integrated supermarkets. Today, Soysuper compares prices between more than 120,000 products and in more than 4,600 zip codes. Once a postal code is selected, the price of the shopping cart is compared with the supermarkets that serve your area.
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