Who is behind PadelStand

PadelStand is a free price comparison for padel rackets in Germany – with a Racket Finder, ratings, a tournament calendar and market data on the German padel market.

PadelStand used to be called “Padel-Kompass” – same people, same comparison, new name.

Hi, I’m Theo Diether – the founder of PadelStand. The idea came from a simple problem: padel is booming, but anyone looking for a racket mostly finds confusing shops, scattered prices and reviews where you never know who wrote them or why. There was no honest price comparison for padel rackets in Germany. So I built one.

Today PadelStand compares 507 current rackets with full spec sheets and the real prices of several specialist retailers – updated automatically, with the cheapest shop listed first. On top of that there is the Racket Finder, buying guides and head-to-head model comparisons.

How we work

Three principles run through the whole site: Real data – prices, photos and availability come straight from the shops’ product data; nothing is estimated or made up. An open method – our ratings are editorial assessments based on manufacturer data and market comparison; rackets we have played ourselves are labelled “tested” and carry a note next to the rating. How the ratings come about is explained under “How we rate”. No bought reviews – no manufacturer and no shop can buy a rating or a place in the ranking.

How we make money

PadelStand is funded by affiliate links: if you buy through one of our shop links, the shop pays us a small commission – your price stays exactly the same. Which shop pays the commission has no influence on the order or the ratings: we sort by total price or by rating, never by the size of the commission. Important to know: the price comparison only lists shops we work with – shops we earn nothing from appear only as an exception and carry the note “no commission”. Other shops may be cheaper. Amazon is shown without a price directly below the cheapest offer: we cannot retrieve the Amazon price up to date every day, so it does not count towards the ranking.

Questions, feedback or a racket that is missing from the comparison? Just write to me: