AliExpress returned a code −80 € to Germans, and the same phone is still 115 € cheaper for them. This is how you can buy it too

From Thursday, 12. 11. on AliExpress, the big codes are working again 11.11, in Germany as well as in Slovakia. Germans have back the top code 11DE80 (−80 € over 469 €), for us the best one is OEUD1179 (−72 € over 420 €). So the difference between the codes is smaller than on Wednesday, but prices for Germany stayed lower. Honor 600 from the same seller from the same warehouse is therefore, even after subtracting the Slovak code, cheaper by €115 with a German address.

On Wednesday, it looked much worse for Slovakia. The big codes reported exhaustion and only worked for those up to −26 €, while Germans were still getting −60 €. That’s why we went through all the products from the original selection again and recalculated them with today’s codes on both sides. Four of them AliExpress meanwhile pulled; for two, the difference almost disappeared, and the remaining 14 are still cheaper via Germany.

We’ve been using this method for more than a year. You can find the whole thing in our detailed guide, which shows step by step how to set up a German address, configure AliExpress, and our first test order. So here we’ll only summarize the main steps and show the products where buying through Germany during 11.11 is worth it the most.

How to buy at German prices

AliExpress changes prices based on the delivery country, and when you set Germany in your account instead of Slovakia, you’ll see the prices Germans have. However, the item still has to be delivered to an address in Germany—which is exactly what the forwarding service Mailboxde is for. After registration, you get your own address in the city of Zittau for free, where you order the parcel, and the company then ships it from Germany to Slovakia via GLS courier.

1. Register with Mailboxde and you’ll get your German delivery address with your ID to your email within a few minutes.
2. On AliExpress, switch the delivery country to Germany and leave the menu in euros; the language can stay English.
3. Add your German address to your account exactly as Mailboxde sent it to you, including the ID in the name line.
4. Add the product to cart, enter the German code, and choose PayPal as the payment method.
5. When the parcel arrives at the warehouse, inside your Mailboxde account you select the carrier and pay for forwarding to Slovakia.

Forwarding a regular parcel by GLS courier costs about 10 €, for our first order it was 9,63 €. Mailboxde can combine multiple small shipments into one, so when buying two or three things you pay shipping only once. Delivery to Slovakia takes one to three working days; to Bratislava it’s usually one day.

You need to consider three limitations. Mailboxde doesn’t accept shipments from countries outside the EU, so order only from European warehouses (Germany, Poland, Spain, and the like) where all products from this article ship from. For Slovakia, they ship parcels up to 30 kg and don’t ship hazardous goods, so we left out things like charging stations or standalone large batteries, for example. And TVs don’t make sense to send this way due to size and fragility.

Coupons for Germany on 11.11

German codes work the same as ours, only they have different tiers, and you enter them in the cart when ordering to a German address. Copy the code by clicking, and the overview below will update automatically when AliExpress disables a code or adds a new one.

For delivery to Slovakia today in our test, the codes work up to OEUD1179 (−72 € over 420 €). The two highest tiers—OEUD1290 (−82 € over 520 €) and OEUD12110 (−100 € over 545 €)—the cart won’t accept. All the Slovak codes you’ll find in the main article AliExpress coupons.

PayPal discount: up to 33 €, if you catch it

The second advantage of a German account is an AliExpress PayPal promo running until 18. November till 23:59. When you choose PayPal payment in your cart, AliExpress itself deducts 20 € for orders over 199 € or 33 € for orders over 299 €. What matters is the amount you actually pay after the code is applied, and shipping isn’t included in that. On Wednesday it was only −20 €, on Thursday morning already −33 €. Xiaomi 17T with 12/256 GB from the official Xiaomi Germany Store—so with code 11DE80 it came out in the cart at 395 €.

But the promo has limitations: you get the discount for only one order, according to the terms it’s for German PayPal accounts, and AliExpress offers it per day to at most 2 275 customers. On Thursday morning we received −33 € in the cart; a few hours later AliExpress no longer offered the discount. If you don’t see it at checkout, count on the price after the code only—or try it the next day. That’s why for each product below we list as the main price the one with the code, and the PayPal discount price only underneath.

The Elite line −5 % on the cart screenshot is a discount for your account’s loyalty tier, which not everyone has — that’s why we didn’t include it in the article prices. Without it, the POCO X8 Pro would cost 260,16 €.

Products where Germany is worth it the most

We verified the prices again 12. 11. directly on AliExpress, always for the same product, seller, and variant—once with delivery to Germany and once to Slovakia. The higher price is the German price after deducting the code; below it is the price with the PayPal discount, if the product is eligible. And the Slovak price is also after deducting the highest code that works for us today, and the saving is the difference between these two prices without PayPal.

From the savings, subtract roughly 10 € for forwarding via Mailboxde, which you pay for the whole parcel, not for each individual product. All offers are from European warehouses, so you don’t pay customs duty (clo) or an import fee. We picked products from offers that the German website smartzone.de was tracking on 11.11, but we checked and prepared the prices and links ourselves. During the day, things may still change, so what matters is the total in your cart.

📱 Phones

The biggest difference today is Honor 600, which with a German address is cheaper by 115 € even after deducting the Slovak code −72 €. You’ll pay almost 100 € less for Realme 16 Pro+ with a 7 000 mAh battery, NFC, and eSIM—even compared to the flagship POCO F8 Ultra, where the highest code 11DE80 goes through for a German address. Among the cheaper Xiaomi phones, the best deal is POCO X8 Pro with Dimensity 8500—it’s via Germany by 79 € cheaper.

With Xiaomi 17T, the difference after the return of Slovak codes got smaller. The version with 12/512 GB from the Polish warehouse is cheaper by 33 € via Germany, so after paying shipping you save only about 23 €, and with PayPal discount it’s roughly 56 €. For the 12/256 GB variant from the Xiaomi Germany Store, Germany isn’t worth it at all. In the cart it came out to 395 €, but on Heureka we found it for 399 €—no waiting for reshipment.

• Honor 600 (8/256 GB, orange)Slovakia 405,09 €115 € cheaper289,71 €with PayPal 269,71 €11DE60Buy
• POCO F8 Ultra (12/256 GB, black, global version)Slovakia 653,50 €98 € cheaper555,91 €with PayPal 522,91 €11DE80Buy
• Realme 16 Pro+ (12/512 GB, gold, EU version)Slovakia 387,88 €97 € cheaper290,44 €with PayPal 270,44 €11DE60Buy
• POCO X8 Pro (8/256 GB, black)Slovakia 359,19 €79 € cheaper280,16 €with PayPal 260,16 €11DE40Buy
• OnePlus Nord 6 (8/256 GB, black, EU version)Slovakia 421,02 €77 € cheaper344,37 €with PayPal 311,37 €11DE60Buy
• Xiaomi 17T (12/512 GB, black, global version)Slovakia 543,33 €33 € cheaper510,05 €with PayPal 477,05 €11DE80Buy
• POCO M8 Pro (8/256 GB, black, global version)Slovakia 265,52 €31 € cheaper234,58 €with PayPal 214,58 €11DE40Buy

For the two phones from the original selection, the difference was almost gone, so we removed them. Redmi Note 17 Pro Max costs with a German address after the code 321,97 € and in Slovakia 332,85 €, so after paying shipping you save almost nothing. Redmi Note 15 Pro+ is cheaper by 23 € via Germany—so it’s worth it only with the PayPal discount.

📲 Tablets and watches

For tablets and watches, the differences are smaller today. OnePlus Watch 4 is cheaper via Germany by 39 €, and Redmi Pad 2 Pro by 34 €. Xiaomi Pad 8 and Honor Pad X8a, which were in the original selection, AliExpress has since removed from the offer for both countries.

• OnePlus Watch 4Slovakia 222,63 €39 € cheaper184,09 €warehouse in Poland11DE24Buy
• Redmi Pad 2 Pro (6/128 GB, silver)Slovakia 226,74 €34 € cheaper193,01 €warehouse in Poland11DE40Buy

🏠 Home, sound, and accessories

The biggest proportional difference is with the Magcubic HY450MAX projector, which costs in Slovakia after the code 158,99 € and with a German address 88,39 €. You can buy it for almost half the price with the travel Wi-Fi 6 router GL.iNet Beryl AX, which also costs in Slovakia after the code 99,17 € and with a German address 57,99 €. For cheaper add-ons, like the Geoid bike computer or the Sonoff thermostatic head, buying via Germany is worth it mainly when you add them to one package with another item, so you pay shipping only once.

• Magcubic HY450MAX (projector with automatic focus)Slovakia 158,99 €71 € cheaper88,39 €warehouse in Germany11DE13Buy
• GL.iNet Beryl AX (travel Wi‑Fi 6 router)Slovakia 99,17 €41 € cheaper57,99 €warehouse in Germany11DE08Buy
• Edifier MR3 (studio speakers, white)Slovakia 104,99 €39 € cheaper66,39 €warehouse in Germany11DE13Buy
• Geoid CC700 (GPS bike computer)Slovakia 53,15 €26 € cheaper27,59 €warehouse in Poland11DE03Buy
• Sonoff TRVZB (Zigbee thermostatic head)Slovakia 27,74 €13 € cheaper14,74 €warehouse in GermanyBuy

What you can’t buy through Germany

We didn’t include offers that can’t be sent via Mailboxde, or whose reshipment isn’t worth it. These are things like TVs—for example Xiaomi TV S Mini LED 55—charging stations like EcoFlow Stream Ultra, refrigerators, and electric scooters. Outside the game are also products that ship from a warehouse in China. From the original selection, AliExpress has since removed the robot vacuum JONR P20 Pro, OnePlus Nord 5, Xiaomi Pad 8, and Honor Pad X8a. The Nintendo Switch 2 console was already sold out via Germany by 11. 11. And Realme 16 Pro is not in the German offer at all.

What to watch out for

1. Codes and PayPal discount also have quotas. If the code reports as exhausted, try it again in a few hours or use a lower tier.
2. Don’t change the address on AliExpress after payment. The order must be sent from the very beginning to the German address with your ID from Mailboxde—otherwise the warehouse in Zittau won’t match it.
3. Returns/refunds go through the seller on AliExpress. If you need to send the item back to Germany, Mailboxde has a service for that with a pre-paid label.
4. You will wait one to three extra days for the package to pass through the warehouse in Zittau and for GLS to deliver it to Slovakia.
5. Don’t count on the Elite discount if you don’t see it in the cart. The prices in the article are without it.

If you haven’t shopped via Germany yet, start with our detailed guide, where you’ll also find photos of the entire process. If you open AliExpress through our links, it costs you nothing and helps us prepare more price comparisons.

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