Allegro.pl
Hacker ApprovedRanked 5 of 8 online marketplaces by recommenders
Polish marketplace many recommend for next-day shipping and better service than local rivals; critics note pick-up point glitches and a failed Czech expansion.
Polish marketplace many recommend for next-day shipping and better service than local rivals; critics note pick-up point glitches and a failed Czech expansion.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 76%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Next-day shipping from most sellers
“99,9% of sellers basically ships on the same day (for orders before 15:00) and it arrives next day.”
Comment from 14 Oct 2026 in “How Amazon pushes up prices all across the Internet” “next-day is the rule, their website doesn't scream it was made in the late '00s”
Comment from 14 Oct 2026 in “How Amazon pushes up prices all across the Internet” Better than local rivals
“I use it because it’s better, not because I’m trying to make a political statement.”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 in “European Alternatives” “local companies are eating their lunch, but better”
Comment from 18 May 2026 in “Why does Amazon have no Western rivals?” Formative experience for game programmers
“Allegro will always have a warm place in my heart, and it was a formative experience”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “How Quake.exe got its TCP/IP stack” “DJGPP/Allegro key life experience on my parents Windows machine”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “How Quake.exe got its TCP/IP stack” “DJGPP rhide and allegro that was my gateway drug!”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “Borland Turbo Basic” Allegro library praised by programmers
“Saved me a lot of time when I was writing code for our musicdisk.”
Comment from 24 Apr 2026 in “SDL Now Supports DOS” “Allegro in particular was great.”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “Borland Turbo Basic” “the mailing list was great”
Comment from 18 Nov 2025 in “How Quake.exe got its TCP/IP stack”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Pick-up point switching annoyances
“The one that recently kept "accidentally" switching pick-up points?”
Comment from 5 Feb 2026 in “Battle-Testing Lynx at Allegro” “Strasznie denerwujące, też mnie to spotkało.”
Comment from 5 Feb 2026 in “Battle-Testing Lynx at Allegro”
Other online marketplaces people recommend
The four most recommended other online marketplaces, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 238 | 605 | 28% | 13 | 10 yrs14 owners | — |
| eBay | 101 | 146 | 41% | 12 | 20 yrs13 owners | — |
| AliExpress | 62 | 76 | 45% | 12 | 3 yrs3 owners | — |
| Temu | 15 | 64 | 19% | 6 | — | — |
| Allegro.plThis page | 13 | 4 | 76% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
16 of the 17 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“99,9% of sellers basically ships on the same day (for orders before 15:00) and it arrives next day.”
“next-day is the rule, their website doesn't scream it was made in the late '00s”
“I use it because it’s better, not because I’m trying to make a political statement.”
“Allegro in particular was great.”
“DJGPP rhide and allegro that was my gateway drug!”
“local companies are eating their lunch, but better”
“just absolutely messed up the attempt at conquering Czechia”
“they bought some successful small companies in my country and shut them down to reduce competition”
“Saved me a lot of time when I was writing code for our musicdisk.”
“as opposed to Xpedition and Allegro”
“Strasznie denerwujące, też mnie to spotkało.”
“The one that recently kept "accidentally" switching pick-up points?”
“They have the strictest, most inconvenient software possible (everyone uses the site).”
“DJGPP/Allegro key life experience on my parents Windows machine”
“Allegro will always have a warm place in my heart, and it was a formative experience”
“the mailing list was great”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.