Wayfair Credit Card Review

What we love about Wayfair Credit Card

This card provides generous rewards on Wayfair purchases and 0% interest financing options of up to 24 months. If you are a frequent shopper at Wayfair, you can save a lot of money (particularly if you frequently buy on credit). We love that it doesn't charge an annual fee and is available to consumers with less fair or even poor credit.

What could Wayfair Credit Card do better?

This card can only be used at Wayfair websites, which will limit your options if this is your only credit card. However, eligible customers can opt for the Wayfair Mastercard, which can be used anywhere Mastercard is accepted and provides rewards in additional categories. The other downsides of this card are the high APR and that the intro 0% interest offer only applies if you pay in full before the intro period ends. This is called the deferred interest financing model. It is common among store cards but can be a trap for people who don't understand how it works.

Wayfair backstory

Wayfair Inc. is an e-commerce company that sells furniture and home-goods. The company was founded in 2002 and offers 14 million items from more than 11,000 global suppliers. Previously, the Wayfair credit card was issued by Comenity, but it is now provided by Citigroup.

The Verdict

If you like shopping at Wayfair and you are looking to buy on credit, this is a credit card worth considering. The 0% interest rate for 24 months is hard to beat. Just make sure you can pay it in full before the intro period ends, or it could get expensive. If you're not sure you can repay in time, consider a balance transfer card with a regular 0% APR intro period that does not charge deferred interest.