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IKEA's in-store second life: how it works

Aggiornato il 2026-06-10

The second-life area (formerly 'as-is')

Most IKEA stores have a dedicated area, usually after the tills, where items that can no longer be sold as new are resold at a discount: former display models, customer returns in good shape, damaged packaging, slightly defective or unmatched articles.

Each item is labelled with its reduced price and, in most cases, a condition and a reason (display, return…). Items are sold assembled, as-is, and stock changes daily with the store's returns.

How items end up there

Three main sources feed these shelves: end-of-display (showrooms get renewed), customer returns (IKEA takes back items even assembled in most cases), and the buy-back programme through which IKEA purchases certain furniture in good condition from customers against a gift card — those pieces then return to the second-life shelves.

Exact conditions (eligible items, amounts offered, online reservation) vary by country and store: check your local IKEA website before travelling.

What to know before buying

• Items are sold as-is: inspect them on site; return policies usually differ from new items.
• The displayed price is final — the discount is already applied by the store.
• The same article may exist in several units with different conditions and prices: compare labels.
• In some countries the second-life stock is browsable online and items can be reserved for in-store pickup; elsewhere only visiting the store tells.
• The best deals (PAX, STRANDMON, EKTORP…) go within hours: an alert on the reference is the only reliable way not to miss them.

What this site does

We continuously aggregate the second-life offers published by IKEA stores across several countries, link them to the exact catalogue reference (and thus its current new price), and keep the history: observed prices, time before sold-out, most active stores. You can judge an offer objectively and set an alert on a precise reference instead of scanning shelves by hand.