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Shein

shein.com
casual, preppy, streetwear, general men, womenAge 0-3, 4-12, 13-18, 19-25, 26-45, 46-60
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Shein is a global online fast-fashion retailer. It utilizes an on-demand business model, providing a vast selection of affordable clothing and accessories. Shein serves customers across numerous countries, primarily targeting younger demographics with its trend-focused offerings.


shein.com
China
Shein is part of Nanjing Lingtian Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Founded in 2008
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Business Highlights

General

Parent Company: Nanjing Lingtian Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Year Founded: 2008
Target Gender: men, women

Shipping

Shipping Cost: $3.99
Free Shipping: sometimes
Free Shipping Detail: for orders over $29

Returns

Return Policy: free
Return Instructions: items must be returned in new, unworn, unwashed, undamaged, and unaltered condition and have the original tags attached and the hygiene sticker
Return Cost: free for the first return only, then returns are $7.99

Sustainability

Sustainability Score: We avoid
Recycling Program: no

Product

Style: casual, preppy, streetwear, general
Body Fit: regular, plus size, petite & short
Available Sizes: Men's (2XS, XS, S, M, L, 0XL, XL, 1XL, XXL, 2XL, XXXL, 3XL, XXXXL, 4XL, 5XL), Women's (2XS, XS, S, M, L, 0XL, XL, 1XL, XXL, 2XL, XXXL, 3XL, XXXXL, 4XL, 5XL)

Customer Service

Support Channels: chat

Payment Options

Payment Methods: card payments, financing, Google Pay, Apple Pay, PayPal, Venmo, Affirm
Buy Now Pay Later: Afterpay, Klarna, Zip Pay

Membership Programs

Rewards Program: Rakuten, TopCashback, Mr. Rebates, Active Junky

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Shein Reviews Summary

Shein has a rating of 2 stars from 4,970 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Shein most frequently mention customer service, tracking number and credit card. Shein ranks 1897th among Women's Clothing sites.

service
1,651
value
1,540
shipping
1,632
returns
1,232
quality
1,459
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California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I always love the items sold at Shein, while the quality is not always 100% good, I cannot complain considering the low price. I am talking about the items that I have purchases in the past. I like them all... I love how easy the checkout process is however, they always failed to meet their promised delivery times. If you need an item urgently, you cannot rely on SheIn even if you pay for their fastest shipping. Trust me. BUT if you are okay with waiting, considering the quality of their items and the low price, SheIn is one of them good options to buy clothes from.

Date of experience: May 14, 2017
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The 1st two ordered I made with SheIn made me gave them a two thumbs up. Both items were delivered to me within 2 weeks. But the 3rd order I did till now haven't arrive yet. Made the order last April 26,2017 and it's already May 14. Though they have sent me e-mails saying sorry for the delay and they will give me points for it. Well, at least they are trying their best to go back on tracks with their costumers. I understand that they move to other place so I will give them another chance. And oh by the way I made another order last night and hope to receive them all soon. I will give you 3 starts for now till I receive all my orders. :)

Date of experience: May 14, 2017
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Rialyn,

Thank you for ordering from our website.
We checked your order, we are so sorry that your first order was delayed because we are upgrading our warehouse.
The package has been shipped out on May 3, the tracking number is 92612909805366008XXXX, you could check through the link http://www.fedex.com/us/.For more details, please check your email.
The scheduled delivery date is May 17, you will receive it soon.
And for another order, it has been shipped out on May 15.
The tracking number is 92612909805366012XXXX, you could check through the link http://www.fedex.com/us/.
Now the package is on the way from our warehouse to Fedex US center, after it arrives, the shipping company will update the tracking information and provide the scheduled delivery date.

If you need any help, do not hesitate to contact us.

New York
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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The usual: I have not received paid-for clothing. They "apologize" for the delay saying it's because of a warehouse location change.

Date of experience: May 13, 2017
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Linda,

Thank you for ordering from our website.
We are so sorry for the delay of your order, your package has been shipped out on May 8.
The tracking number is 9261290980536702XXXX, you could check through the link http://www.fedex.com/us/.For more details, please check your email.
We checked with the shipping company, the package has arrived at US, and it is now transit to Fedex US center.
After it arrives at the US center, the shipping company will update the tracking information and provide the scheduled delivery date.

If you have any other concern, do not hesitate to contact us.

New Jersey
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Average Experience
May 15, 2017

I was originally disappointed with SheIn because I placed my order on April 26th and as of May 8th my items were still being processed. I specifically ordered these items for my vacation on May 17th but I didn't realize that the order would take so long to be processed. After several emails back and forth with a customer service representative, I didn't feel confident that my order would be received prior to my trip so I decided to cancel the complete order. I was told that it would take 10-20 working days to receive my refund back to my card since it was an international transaction, but surprisingly my refund was placed back into my account about 2 days later. Despite being slightly disappointed with the shipping time, I am extremely satisfied with the time that it took for them to refund my money as well as the transaction fee. I do have plans to order from SheIn again in the near future, but I now know not to order items if they are needed in a short amount of time. I hope that my next experience with SheIn will run as smooth as it did this time and looking forward to being able to post a review about the actual items that I'll receive on my next completed order. This time I'll patiently wait the 5 weeks or so that may be needed to receive the order and I don't mind the wait, as long as I'm satisfied with the items. I will definitely give SheIn another try.

Date of experience: May 12, 2017
New York
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Disappointing Wait
May 14, 2017

Let me start by saying that Shein has very cute clothes going for them. However, I had ordered some pants about 5 weeks ago and was just now sent an email that said my order had finally been processed. They redirected me to a website in my conformation email that now said that shipping would take an extra 3-5 days on top of the probable extended wait of another 6-8 days.

Long story short: They have cute clothes for cheap, but don't expect to get them for a month or two.

Date of experience: May 12, 2017
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Brianna,

Thank you for ordering from our website, we are so sorry for keeping you waiting.
We checked your order, the package has been shipped out on May 7.
The tracking number is 92748909805367024XXXX, you could check through the link http://www.fedex.com/us/.For more details, please check your email.

The scheduled delivery date is May 19, please kindly wait a few days.

If you have any other concern, do not hesitate to contact us.

New York
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I ordered from SHEIN for my daughter on April 14th. Still know package. Received all the bogus excuses regarding their warehouse update. Inaccurate status regarding my shipment being shipped when it haven't. Why take money out of your customers account when you know damn well that your warehouse is going through a transition and you CANNOT deliver on-time? This is unacceptable!

Date of experience: May 12, 2017
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Harriet,

Thank you for ordering from our website, we are so sorry for keeping you waiting.
We checked you order, the package has been shipped out on May 3.
The tracking number is 926129098053670XXXX, you could check through the link http://www.fedex.com/us/.For more details, please check your email.

The scheduled delivery date is May 17, please kindly wait a few days.

If you need any help, do not hesitate to contact us.

Texas
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Ok. I ordered these shorts that got me looking like, omg, wedgie up the front, and back in these shorts I don't know what's the point of having pants, and not in a good way. I ordered a dress. The dress was way too big and made for giants, and that's great if that is your size, not good measurements. Also the shoes were NOT a EURO size 39. It was off by a cm. Yes, then I told the customer service rep, "Kelly", or so they say, and anywho, I was informed it was MY fault I didn't buy a label. The product advertised it would have the string to hold up the dress, and it never came with it. SERIOUSLY?! How am I supposed to hold up the dress without the string to the dress, and they are claiming this is, "MY FAULT"? For them not putting it in the darn box, they didn't do math in making the shoes, and dont even get me started on those shorts. The made my $#*! flat too, very thick material in hot weather where I'm at right now. I don't want no booty for your vagina shorts front butt action going on. I want shorts that are wearable, with a beautiful booty I already have... So yeah I'm a little concerned they could not fix this and lost customers over them being $#*!ty. It's like we are going to $#*! up as much as we can, have you pay for it, and make sure it's your own darn fault. No thank you. I really really wanted to like this place, and have a wonderful shopping fun. Too bad.

Shein attempted to help this customer through the SmartCustomer Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: May 11, 2017
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Courtney,

Thank you for ordering from our website, we are so sorry for letting you down.
The sizes on our site are not standard US or UK sizes, thus we have measurements on the each product page for your reference when purchasing, hoping to make it easier for you next time.
We would like to provide you a return label to ship the items back.
Please wait until you received all the item, then you could return the unsatisfied items back together.
If you are not willing to wait for the rest items, you could also contact us the cancel them.

Looking forward to your reply!

Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Placed an order on may 3rd & it's been more than a week & haven't got anything on the mail nor email from this website? Should've read the reviews before buying stuff :/

Date of experience: May 11, 2017
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Maricruz,

Thank you for ordering from our website.
Normally it takes us 3-7 business days to process the order, please kindly understand.
We are so sorry for the delay of your order.
Now we have marked your package as priority dispatch, we will ship it out as soon as possible.
Once it shipped, we will inform you by email.

If you need any help, do not hesitate to contact us.

Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Scammers
May 14, 2017

They have the worst customer service I've ever experienced. I ordered my items three weeks ago and it still hasn't been shipped. I talked to a customer service rep, Lyle, through livechat and she just left the conversation without assisting me. So I restarted the chat with a rep with the account name David, and told him what just happened, then he literally just said, "sorry, internet dropped". It was so unprofessional. If that was the case, Lyle could've restarted the chat with me, but she chose not to. So all David did for me was basically tell me to wait because it'll take another month. In total, two months. It felt more like they were going to keep dragging out my order and eventually I probably wouldn't receive anything. So I left the conversation and rated it poorly because I did not find it helpful. So this David guy, restarted the conversation and felt the need to ask why I left him a bad rating and demanded that I left him a good rating and proceeded to say that I'm rude. He asked me not once, but three times why I left him a bad rating. His chat window kept popping up when I tried to end the conversation. It was unnecessary and unprofessional so I asked for a refund. I will never shop from sheinside again and I will let all my friends and family know about their bad customer service and what scammers they are.

Edit: Btw, last week, I received an email from them with a few points that I could use to spend on my next order and it would need to be used within 15 days. Another way for them to scam their customers. That's the compensation they give you for not shipping your items for almost a month. What a joke.

Date of experience: May 11, 2017
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Rika,

Thank you for ordering from our website, we are so sorry for letting you down.
Normally, it takes us 3-7 business days to process the order.
But because we are upgrading our warehouse, there is some delay of your package.
And we are sincerely sorry for the unprofessional behavior of our customer service, and we will offer more professional training to every customer service in the future, so that the same situation wont happen again.
We have already cancelled your order and we will refund you as soon as possible, but the bank may takes 10-20 business days to process the refund, please kindly wait a few days.

If you need any help, do not hesitate to contact us.

Texas
1 review
6 helpful votes
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It's going to be a month since I placed an order CHP*******and it has not shippped and on the website they show me its deliver b. All they say is the warehouse upgrade is causing delays. What a vague answer. No store does that to customers. DO NOT BUY. STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS FAKE SCAM STORE.

Date of experience: May 11, 2017
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Shaima,

Thank you for ordering from our website.
Normally it takes us 3-7 business days to process the order, please kindly understand.
We checked your order, the package has been shipped out on May 2.
The tracking number is 927489098053660075XXXXX, you could check through the link http://www.fedex.com/us/.

The scheduled delivery date is May 15, you will receive it soon.

If you need any help, do not hesitate to contact us.

Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Most of the stuff I've gotten have fit really well. I always get compliments on my clothing from this website! Highly recommend and so affordable!

Date of experience: May 11, 2017
Australia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Hi Fanny,

My order number is ZYP*******.
I just got told by someone named DORA on your team that my order is still pending as the warehouse system got upgraded recently (?)
And now you say that the order has been shipped yesterday? When I put my tracking number on the website, I get no information... Is this even a real tracking number?
I need information about where my package is, and how long it's going to take for the package to get delivered. I want all the details.

Thanks

Date of experience: May 11, 2017
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Nayantara,

Thank you for ordering from our website.
Normally, it takes us 3-7 business days to process the order.
But because we are upgrading our warehouse, there is some delay of your package.
We checked your order, the package has been shipped out on May 11.
The tracking number is 55510495XXXX, you could check through the link https://www.dpex.com/.
Normally, it takes 5-15 business days for the shipping, please kindly wait a few days.

If you need any help, do not hesitate to contact us.

France
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Disapointed
May 13, 2017

I ordered something 2 weeks ago, thinking it would come in time before I move, and now I'm leaving and still haven't received anything. I tried to find the order to change the address or to write a note to leave it with an old roommate, but their services were no help. Very disappointed, and money down the drain.

Date of experience: May 11, 2017
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Lauren,

Thank you for ordering from our website, we are so sorry for keeping you waiting.
We checked your order, the package has been shipped out on May 7.
The tracking number is YT17127271623XXXX, you could check through the link https://www.trackingmore.com/carriers.php?lang=en.

Now the package has arrived at Paris, could you ask your old roommate to collect the package for you?
You can submit a ticket on your account if you need any help next time, it is easy and convenient to contact customer service this way, they'll get back to you within 24 hours.

Apologize again for all the troubles, if you need any help, do not hesitate to contact us.

California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Shein
May 13, 2017

I have been waiting for almost a month for my package and their only excuse is the warehouse being relocated. They offered to give me 500 Shein credit, but I do not even know if they already gave it and the status says" Awaiting you reply". How am I suppose to reply?

Date of experience: May 10, 2017
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Faye,

Thank you for ordering from our website.
Normally, it takes us 3-7 business days to process the order.
But because we are upgrading our warehouse, there is some delay of your package.
We will ship your package as soon as possible, once it shipped, we will inform you by email.
And we have added 500 points to your account, please log in your account on our website and check your Bonus Points.

If you need any help, do not hesitate to contact us.

Georgia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I ordered a dress i was supposed to wear to my prom after party on april 19th. My prom was on may 6th and i STILL dont have my dress. I spent $11.00 on a party dress WEEKS AGO! Im tempted to go to my bank, file for fraud, and DEMAND MY MONEY BACK!

Date of experience: May 10, 2017
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Nia,

Thank you for ordering from our website.
Because we are upgrading our warehouse, your order has been delayed, we are so sorry for keeping you waiting.
How about we cancel the order and issue the refund to you?

Apologize again for all the troubles, if you need nay help, do not hesitate to contact us.

Pennsylvania
2 reviews
19 helpful votes
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I'm returning 13 out of 15 items (only because I can't return the other ones). It took 1 month (!) for me to get my order, however, they charged me ASAP. Delivery time is not the same as shipping time - they ship in a few weeks, directly from China! I paid HIDDEN FOREIGN TRANSACTION FEE - 5% of my order price, which they refused to reimburse. Now I'm afraid to return it all because they are giving you some store credit and I'm not sure how to get my money back to my credit card. Even for a Chinese website, this is TERRIBLE.

You can buy the same cr@p 10 times cheaper on buyincoins or aliexpress. Sizing is absolutely inaccurate - one shorts of my size are huge and the other ones are tiny. Oh yeah, you have to take pictures of every item that you want to return! Ridiculous!

I'm going to tell EVERYBODY about my experience with this website so other people never get SCAMMED. They have no respect for their customers and they are not gonna last long, especially in America. You are lucky and smart if you are reading this before you ordered anything from there. If I'm not getting my refund - I'm reporting online shopping FRAUD!

Date of experience: May 10, 2017
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

Thank you for ordering from our website, we are so sorry for letting you down.
We checked your account, it shows you have already download the free return label.
Please do not worry, we will certainly refund to the credit card you used to pay on our website.
After we received the returned package, we will refund you as soon as possible.
But the bank normally takes 10-20 business days to process the refund (because it is an international transfer).
If needed, you could contact us to get a reference number to check with your bank.
Normally it takes us 3-7 business days to process the order.
Because we are upgrading our warehouse, there is some delay of your package, we are so sorry for keeping you waiting.

Apologize again for all the troubles, if you need any help, do not hesitate to contact us.

Washington
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I love their merchandise because it is so affordable and most of the time their fabrics are good quality but they do take FOREVER to ship the orders. Shipping is free so you pay for what you get

Date of experience: May 10, 2017
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I have ordered quite a few items from Shein and I have loved pretty much every piece. They are trendy and VERY affordable which is the best part! It's hard to find cute clothes that the average girl can afford. The quality is there too I mean for the price it's not bad! The only down fall is it does take a little longer to receive the merchandise but if your not needing it that week it's not a problem! I will keep ordering lot of cute stuff from Shein! :)

Date of experience: May 10, 2017
North Carolina
1 review
1 helpful vote
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So far, i've had positive experiences at shein. They have trendy clothes for afforable prices, so i don't have feel too bad about spending money on clothes that may be out of style in a few months/years. That being said, the quality is what you pay for. The customer service at shein is pretty decent as well, and they always try their best to satisfy the customer.

Date of experience: May 10, 2017
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Good experience
May 10, 2017

I've had a great experience with Shein, they are quick to respond to concerns and the quality of the items has been good for the price!

Date of experience: May 10, 2017