{"id":835611,"date":"2026-09-04T00:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T00:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/835611\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T00:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T00:34:11","slug":"costco-next-disappears-from-website-seemingly-without-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/835611\/","title":{"rendered":"Costco Next disappears from website seemingly without warning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The ‘Barron’s Roundtable’ panel discusses big-box retailers beating competition on value, their innovation and revenue models.<\/p>\n

Costco Next, an online marketplace Costco members often regarded as one of the retailer\u2019s most coveted hidden perks, has quietly disappeared from the company\u2019s website.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The service gave members up to 40% off on certain products not offered at its warehouses. The program featured items from a specific list of vendor partners, ranging from home goods and luggage to electronics.<\/p>\n

Shoppers visiting the Costco Next online page are now met with a message: “Access to Costco Next storefronts is no longer available.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Costco said shoppers seeking to return items previously purchased through the program should contact the vendors directly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

COSTCO’S LESSER-KNOWN MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS, EXPLAINED<\/a><\/p>\n

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FILE \u2014 Costco appears to have shut down its online marketplace, Costco Next, ending a members-only program that operated for nearly a decade. (Eric Thayer\/Bloomberg via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“Please refer to the list below for contact information for vendors with active return policies. For eligible returns and warranty inquiries, contact the vendor directly,” the retail giant<\/a> said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The program previously featured about 80 vendors, including Anker Electronics, Caraway, Travelpro and Priority Bicycles. In the program, shoppers who selected an offer through Costco\u2019s website were redirected to a custom storefront on the vendor\u2019s website, where they completed the purchase directly with the brand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Some shoppers said they noticed the closure on Sept. 1, with the move apparently coming without warning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“A real bummer for the deals,” one Reddit user said<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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FILE \u2014 The Costco Next page now directs shoppers to vendor contacts for returns and warranty questions after the online marketplace suddenly disappeared. (Lindsey Nicholson\/UCG\/Universal Images Group \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The decision came as the platform appeared to be gaining momentum.<\/p>\n

During the company\u2019s third-quarter 2025 earnings call on May 29, 2025, Costco Next\u2019s quarterly sales<\/a> equaled the platform\u2019s total sales for the entire 2022 fiscal year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nino Garcia, assistant general merchandise manager<\/a> at Costco Next, previously said the concept was born in 2016 and took several years to fully materialize as the retailer refined the program.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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FILE \u2014 Costco Next\u2019s sudden closure appears to have occurred at the end of August, with some shoppers noticing the change on Sept. 1. (Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“The Costco Next idea was born in 2016 but did not fully materialize until a few years later,” Garcia said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“There was a real learning curve as we developed the program, and there were a lot of refinements, from site improvements and product selection, to ensuring that every supplier understood the concept. In the end, Costco\u2019s goal will always be the same: offering our members quality goods at a great value.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

FOX Business reached out to Costco for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ‘Barron’s Roundtable’ panel discusses big-box retailers beating competition on value, their innovation and revenue models. Costco Next,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":835612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-835611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}