🧰 Xcat – DIY Help, Tool Advice & Real Solutions
Welcome to the Xcat Community, a friendly place for DIYers, tradespeople and tool users to share advice, solve problems and learn from real experience. Whether you’re choosing the right tool, fixing a project issue, or looking for trusted recommendations, the Xcat Community connects you with people who actually use the tools.
Here you can ask questions, post project photos, discuss tools, and help others build better results. In addition, members earn loyalty points for contributing helpful answers and sharing their knowledge.
What You Can Do in the Xcat Community
- Get practical DIY advice from experienced users
- Discuss power tools, batteries, and workshop setups
- Share project ideas, fixes and techniques
- Earn Xcat points for helpful contributions
For product recommendations, browse our Power Tools, Power Tool Batteries, and Power Tool Accessories. For official UK safety guidance, you can also visit the Health & Safety Executive.
Finally, if you’re new here, introduce yourself and let the Xcat Community help you get started.
We are pleased to announce that the new Xcat Shipping Engine is now live across Xcat Global Marketplace.
Xcat Shipping has been developed specifically for our global multi-vendor marketplace. It replaces our previous fixed shipping system and gives sellers much greater control over how and where they deliver their products.
What Xcat Shipping provides
Sellers can now create and manage:
- Delivery zones covering individual countries or global regions
- Countrywide and regional delivery areas
- Multiple carriers and shipping services
- Weight-based postage rates
- Free shipping for selected weight ranges
- Standard and Next Day delivery services
- Order preparation and dispatch times
- Delivery estimates for each shipping service
- Different rates for remote or surcharge areas
Local-currency shipping rates
Sellers enter shipping charges in their own local currency.
When a buyer uses the same currency, the original shipping charge is displayed without conversion. For international buyers, Xcat converts the shipping charge into the buyer’s currency automatically.
Clearer information for buyers
Available shipping methods are displayed directly on participating product pages, including:
- The carrier or service name
- The shipping charge or Free delivery
- The order cut-off for Next Day services
- The estimated basket total
- An estimated delivery date or delivery range
Xcat Shipping also checks the buyer’s country and delivery area before displaying the available services.
Built for a global marketplace
Every seller controls the countries and regions they are prepared to serve. This allows sellers to start locally, deliver nationally or gradually expand into international markets.
Multi-seller orders are calculated separately for each fulfilment seller, helping ensure that the correct shipping service and charge are applied to every part of the order.
The launch of Xcat Shipping is another major step in Xcat’s development as a truly borderless marketplace:
Sell Globally. Browse Locally.