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How it works

Paste a product URL from a supported boutique. We do the rest — matching the exact piece across regional sites, converting currencies, and modeling the tourist VAT refund to show you where it's actually cheapest.

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1. Paste a product URL

Drop the link to any product page from a supported maison. We identify the brand from the domain and pull the price, product name, and reference (SKU) directly from the boutique's own page — no manual entry, no guessing.

HermèsLouis VuittonChanelGucciPradaDiorChristian LouboutinCartierTiffany & Co.BvlgariValentinoSaint LaurentVan Cleef & ArpelsTom Ford

2. Match the exact piece across regions

Luxury sites localize everything — category slugs, product URLs, even reference prefixes (Cartier's B6091917 becomes CRB6091917 outside the US). Rather than guessing URLs, we search each regional boutique for the extracted SKU (or product name as a fallback) and scrape the matching page.

When a region doesn't carry the piece, we say so. When we can't confirm a regional price, that row is marked as an FX estimate and excluded from the "best deal" ranking — you'll never be pointed at a fake win.

3. Model the true landed price

For every region we start with the boutique's local, VAT-inclusive price and subtract the tourist refund you'd actually receive after the operator's cut. That figure is converted to your home currency and compared against your at-home price plus your state sales tax.

  • · Base price — scraped live from the regional boutique.
  • · VAT included — broken out so you can see the ceiling of the refund.
  • · Refund — operator-accurate, not the headline VAT rate.
  • · FX — converted to your home currency at a recent snapshot.
  • · At-home comparison — includes your state and ZIP sales tax from your Profile.

4. Tourist tax refund by region

The headline VAT rate is rarely what you receive. Refund operators (Global Blue, Planet, eTRS) take a cut. Here's what we model per region:

🇫🇷France
VAT 20% · Operator Global Blue
Net refund after Global Blue commission, paid to credit card at airport.
🇮🇹Italy
VAT 22% · Operator Global Blue
Min spend €70.01. Operator commission applied to VAT portion.
🇩🇪Germany
VAT 19% · Operator Global Blue
Min spend €50.01. Customs stamp required at EU exit.
🇬🇧United Kingdom
VAT 20% · Operator None
No tourist VAT refund — scheme abolished January 2021.
🇯🇵Japan
VAT 10% · Operator In-store exemption
Immediate consumption tax exemption at registered stores. No operator fee.
🇭🇰Hong Kong
VAT 0% · Operator —
Hong Kong levies no VAT/GST/sales tax. Price shown is final.
🇸🇬Singapore
VAT 9% · Operator eTRS (Global Tax Free)
Min S$100 per same-day, same-store purchase. Refund at Changi via eTRS.
🇰🇷South Korea
VAT 10% · Operator Instant / Airport
Instant refund up to ₩5M per transaction; airport refund above cap.

5. Reading your results

  • Green — the confirmed best deal after refund, FX, and sales tax.
  • Yellow — regional price couldn't be confirmed; shown as an FX estimate only.
  • Not sold here — the maison doesn't carry the piece in that region.

Caveats

  • · Prices are live scrapes but reflect boutique listings, not real-time in-store availability.
  • · Refund eligibility requires non-resident status, customs validation, and a same-day exit.
  • · Card FX spreads, ATM fees, and shipping/duties on the way home aren't modeled.
  • · The UK no longer offers a tourist VAT refund (scheme abolished January 2021).
  • · Pages behind sign-in walls or marked "price on request" can't be scraped — you'll see a clear error.
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