Keep An Eye On Costco For Luxury Kitchen & Home Appliances

If you're interested in purchasing kitchen appliances at a cheap price, the Costco Next program is worth considering. It promises to deliver low prices by offering certain products directly from the provider at special member prices. Although the program has been around since 2017, the warehouse retailer is reinvigorating it now with Costco Next luxury brands for your home.

With Next, shoppers can purchase high-end products from the websites of the suppliers, rather than from Costco itself. The supplier provides a special price for members of the warehouse, ensuring you still receive that great price that makes Costco so popular among members. If you are already a Costco member, you don't have to do anything differently to your membership to begin using Next. It's already part of either membership package that the warehouse retailer offers. You just have to visit the Costco website and click the Costco Next link in the upper-left corner. You'll see the featured brands and products displayed on the Next page. You may have to enter your name and Costco membership number before you can see prices or make purchases.

Because Next constantly adds new products and luxury brands, the company hopes that members will treat the program almost like an online scavenger hunt. The idea is that members will visit the website regularly to find amazing deals popping up that they can't live without.

You'll find a wide range of products at Costco Next. Some of the luxury kitchen products that Costco Next offers include knife block sets, steak knife sets, dinnerware sets, flatware sets, drinkware sets, luxury glassware, serving bowls, food storage containers, and kitchen gift sets.

Some of the kitchen gadget and cookware products you'll find through Costco Next include rice cookers, pressure cookers, air fryers, aluminum bakeware, cake pans, fry pans, sauce pans, griddles, air fryers, range hoods, microwaves, wall ovens, blenders, mixers, kitchen faucets, and pot-filler faucets.

You'll also find home appliance and collectible products at Costco Next, including water purifiers, decorative figures, holiday decor items, gift sets for grilling, wine racks, wine chillers, beverage coolers, wine shelves, and wine dispensers. Costco Next consistently adds new brands and products and offers others on a rotating basis, hoping that members will regularly check back with the site.

Does Next give you true discounts versus shopping at other retailers? We randomly did some price comparisons to help you decide. The Mikasa Daphney 65-piece flatware set costs $124.99 for Costco members through Next. We found the set directly at Mikasa for $216.99 and for $412.99 at Kohl's, so the Next discount is impressive on this product. Another product we picked at random was the Cuckoo 6-Cup Induction Heating Pressure Rice Cooker, which costs $339.99 with Next. The direct price from Cuckoo is $359.99, while we found it for $448.49 at Walmart. Overall, we did find impressive discounts on most products. If you are looking for a particular product, we'd suggest checking out Costco Next to see if it's available before you buy it.

Costco Next does have some drawbacks. For starters, you don't receive the 2% reward on your purchases when using Next, even if you pay for the Executive Membership level. The supplier handles all customer service complaints and returns when you shop with Next. Being unable to take advantage of Costco's generous return policy may cause some shoppers to steer clear of Next. If you prefer shopping in person at Costco because you like being able to see the products before you buy, it's important to understand that Next is a completely digital service. And, of course, you have a limited number of products available. Still, because the program consistently gives you such significant discounts versus buying the products elsewhere, you may not mind these disadvantages.