Looking for free tile samples online? Here’s how it works with us: each sample costs €5, arrives at your home by express courier in 24-48 hours and, once the delivery is recorded as completed, the €5 comes back to you by email as a discount voucher to use on the real order. The sample tells you colour, surface and thickness; the exact tone and calibre depend on the production batch.
Why order a sample before spending €2,000 on tiles
A floor of 60-80 m² often costs more than €2,000, laying excluded. And you risk choosing it by looking at photos on a screen, which shows colours however the monitor decides: the same grey can look warm on your phone and cold on your laptop. No photo, however faithful, replaces the real piece in your hand.
The sample solves the problem at the root. You touch the surface, feel the weight, see the colour in the light of your own home, set it beside the furniture, doors and walls it will actually sit next to. It’s the smallest expense of the whole project and it avoids the costliest mistake: receiving a pallet of material that doesn’t convince you in the flesh.
There’s also a second, less obvious reason. Tiles are almost always chosen in pairs: floor plus wall covering, or two effects paired between kitchen and living room. Only with the physical pieces on the table do you understand whether a marble effect like Athena holds up next to a wood effect like Woodland, or whether the two tones clash. On screen, that comparison is pure guesswork.
Free tile samples online? With us it’s €5, which all comes back to you
Many sites promise free samples and then recover the cost with inflated shipping charges or endless waiting times. We’ve chosen the simpler, more transparent route: the sample costs €5, express shipping included, and the €5 comes back to you as a voucher. In practice: if you then order, the samples cost you nothing; you only pay if you stop at the sample.
Here’s the path, step by step:
- Find the SAMPLE button. It’s on every product page of the site, next to the price. One click and the sample goes into your cart: €5, all included.
- Order as many samples as you like. You can put several ranges and several colours in the same order, and compare them all together on your table at home.
- Delivery by express courier in 24-48 hours. The samples leave our warehouse and travel like a normal parcel, not on a pallet: they arrive in one or two working days.
- The voucher arrives on its own. As soon as the sample order is recorded as delivered, you receive by email a discount voucher equal to what you spent on the samples. It’s automatic: no forms to fill in, no refunds to request.
Two things to know about the voucher. First: it’s single-use, spent in one order only, so it’s worth spending on the big order. Second: it’s valid for 6 months from the delivery of the samples — more than enough for a normal job. If your project is still a way off, order the samples when the choice really gets close.
What the sample tells you — and what can vary in the batch
A sample is a piece of real production, not a demonstration print. But the batch you’ll receive will almost certainly come from a different production lot, and something changes from one lot to another. It’s not a defect and it doesn’t concern only us: it happens with any tile of any brand. The important thing is to know in advance what the sample guarantees and what it doesn’t.
| Feature | Is the sample reliable? | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| Base colour and finish | Yes | Colour family, matt or glossy, surface texture: what you see is what you get. |
| Surface to the touch | Yes | Perfect for getting a real feel for an anti-slip surface, even trying it barefoot. |
| Thickness and weight | Yes | Useful for working through thresholds, level changes and joins with other floors with the tiler. |
| Tone | Partly | It can vary slightly from lot to lot: the sample indicates the direction, not the exact shade. |
| Calibre | No | It’s the actual dimension of the lot: you read it on the boxes at delivery, not on the single sample. |
| Shade variation | Partly | In highly varied ranges (V3-V4) a single piece doesn’t show all the graphic variety. |
Shade variation deserves a separate note. Ranges with highly varied graphics — a wood effect like Woodland, for example — are designed so that each piece is different from the others: your sample is one of the many “faces” of the range, not the only one. You’ll find the code in the technical sheet of every product; if you don’t know it, we’ve explained everything in the guide to the V1-V4 shade variation scale.
The 3 mistakes to avoid when assessing a sample
- Judging it in the wrong light. The colour changes hugely between the cold light of a warehouse, the neon of the kitchen and the afternoon sun. Assess the sample in the room it’s destined for, at least two times of day, in natural light and with the lights on in the evening.
- Assessing it dirty or just unwrapped. After transport the sample can have dust or residue that dulls the colour and misleads on the feel. Wipe it with a damp cloth, let it dry and only then judge the finish and shade.
- Looking at it only in your hand. A floor isn’t viewed 30 cm from your eyes: set the sample on the ground and look at it standing, from a few metres away. If it’s for the wall, fix it or hold it vertically at its real height. The same tile changes face with perspective.
How many samples to order and how to compare them well
The method we’ve always recommended in the showroom: narrow the choice to 2-4 candidates per surface and order them in the same order, so they arrive together and you compare them on equal terms. A sample on its own is nearly always likeable; it’s the direct comparison that reveals the winner.
A few practical tips:
- Set the candidates side by side on the existing floor, spaced a few millimetres apart to simulate the grout line.
- Bring next to the samples whatever will stay in the room: kitchen cabinet fronts, doors, skirting, fabrics.
- If two of you at home are deciding, look at them together: the physical sample settles the debate far faster than photos.
- Take the chosen sample to the tiler: they’ll immediately grasp the format, thickness and surface, and tell you whether the laying you have in mind is realistic.
When the finalists are on the table, one last comparison remains: the price one. Watch how you read other sites’ quotes — we always show the price per m² including VAT, and in that guide we explain why it’s the only honest way to compare two offers.
In short: sample first, then order
To recap: €5 per sample, express courier in 24-48 hours, automatic discount voucher by email once delivery has taken place, valid for 6 months. The sample confirms colour, surface and thickness; for tone and calibre the lot you receive is what counts, and that’s why the entire quantity should be ordered in one go.
The next step is simple: browse the catalogue, open the pages of the products that intrigue you and use the SAMPLE button on the ones you want to see in the flesh. In a couple of days they’ll be on your table — and the choice, at that point, makes itself.