Takealot price history · South Africa

Was it ever really that price?

Takealot's "was" price is a list price from the supplier, not necessarily a price it ever sold for, and it can be changed at any time. Watchalot records what products actually sell for every day, so you can tell a real drop from a fake special.

We check 15 391 products every day, and have since 3 Oct 2026. Watchalot is an independent price tracker, not affiliated with or endorsed by Takealot. Product names and images belong to their owners; the price history and verdicts are Watchalot's own.

How we judge a special

  1. Paste a link. Paste any Takealot product link into the search bar. If we aren't tracking it yet, we start today.
  2. We log the real price. Once a day we record the price it actually sells for, next to the "was" price Takealot shows.
  3. You get a verdict. After 14 days we compare today's price with what it usually sells for: a real deal is below its usual price and near its lowest; a normal price is about what it usually costs; a fake special shows a discount, but it sold for this price or less in the last 60 days.

Why "30% off" can mean nothing

Takealot works out its discounts from a list price: the recommended retail price the supplier gives it. That isn't necessarily a price the product has ever sold for, and the supplier can change it whenever they like. Raise the list price from R999 to R1 399 and a product still selling for R979 goes from 2% off to 30% off, without its price dropping a cent.

When shoppers have complained, the advertising regulator (the ASA, now the Advertising Regulatory Board) has more than once accepted the supplier's recommended price as a fair "was" price, so the practice carries on. That's why Watchalot ignores the list price when judging a deal, and compares today's price with what the product has actually sold for.

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