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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
Clothing item from SheinFashion apparel by SheinMerchandise from Shein clothing lineShein fashion product

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 1.8 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 1932nd among Women's Clothing sites.

service
1,651
value
1,540
shipping
1,632
returns
1,232
quality
1,459
This company responds to reviews on average within 4 days

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Colorado
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I bought a waist trainer but got wrong size and they won't work with me, so I bought something I can't use. I won't buy from tgem.

Date of experience: March 29, 2021
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over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For better service, we suggest you contact our customer service via: https://sourl.cn/AVmS3g. Please enter【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️

Kansas
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Fleas
April 28, 2021

I was abt to make a order until a saw that shein is trending on tiktok and not for a good reason. The packaging started having fleas and they've had fleas coming in packages since about the beginning of march. If you do buy from shein while this is happening please remember to sanitize and wash everything you purchase. There are many diseases you can get from these fleas so please be careful and spread this around! :)

Date of experience: March 27, 2021
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For better service, we suggest you contact our customer service via: https://sourl.cn/AVmS3g. Please enter【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️

North Carolina
1 review
2 helpful votes
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This was my first time buying from shein I payed extra money to make sure my packages would be here before April and all throughout the past week it has been fine until they were suppose to get here yesterday when randomly it tells me there's been issues and the app completely crashed over and over as i tried to figure it out well now i have to wait 5 more days supposedly and i have to drive an hour and a half to get my packages from the nearest place i could because they are to stupid to send it to my house.

Date of experience: March 26, 2021
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For better service, we suggest you contact our customer service via: https://sourl.cn/AVmS3g. Please enter【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️

New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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DONT DO IT
April 25, 2021

They issue shipping labels and never send the item. You'll have to FIGHT to get a refund. DONT DO IT

Date of experience: March 26, 2021
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For better service, we suggest you contact our customer service via: https://sourl.cn/AVmS3g. Please enter【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️

Michigan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Refund Policy
April 25, 2021

USE CAUTION WHEN ORDERING FROM THIS COMPANY. I have been waiting for over a year for a small 94.00 refund..

Date of experience: March 26, 2021
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For better service, we suggest you contact our customer service via: https://sourl.cn/AVmS3g. Please enter【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️

Hawaii
1 review
0 helpful votes
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They shipped faster then they quoted and the swimming coverups were great. My bottoms worked great. The tops are super cute but only last one wearing and stretch out which sucks. TTS. Would be awesome for the price and style if the tops didn't stretch out and not be wearable after one use

Date of experience: March 21, 2021
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For better service, we suggest you contact our customer service via: https://sourl.cn/AVmS3g. Please enter【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️

Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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This company its big scam and bad customer service. I order over 7 months ago never recieve. I called them they just hang off my phone. Never order my clothes this company again. They are asus hole scam.

Date of experience: March 18, 2021
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For better service, we suggest you contact our customer service via: https://sourl.cn/AVmS3g. Please enter【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️

Norway
1 review
1 helpful vote
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SCAM
April 17, 2021

They order your item from china, and takes expensive shipping, for shipping thats free anyways. Your item will be delivered from china NOT Shein, china standard shipping is free. Ordered for 34£ ( 21£+13£shipping), item cost 7.5£ in china, Shein made 26.5£ for doing nothing)

Date of experience: March 18, 2021
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for the inconvenience. You may contact Customer Service in SHEIN app, or simply click https://www.shein.com/robot?page=navigationBar. We'd be happy to assist you! Thank you and have a nice day!

Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Size up
April 14, 2021

I love how this site is affordable BUT size up in almost everything. I'm 5 ft tall and 100 pounds and have been a size small my hole life. Every single top I ordered in a small is way to tight, and every single pj pant with the elastic are way too tight. Like super uncomfortable tight. I am disappointed. Yes, their stuff is cute and cheap but size up if you're ordering anything!

Date of experience: March 15, 2021
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For better service, we suggest you contact our customer service via: https://sourl.cn/AVmS3g. Please enter【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️

South Africa
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Never received my parcel
April 13, 2021

Shein sells us dreams. Shein used Baffalo couriers to me and other people they use Aramex, I'm very much disappointed. I trusted this store and even recommend it. I needy refund so that I'll continue with Zaful. This app is a scam, TRUST ME. And I'll take this to social media. Urll should contact the Baffalo couriers since they don't respond to my emails
Thank you

Date of experience: March 14, 2021
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For better service, we suggest you contact our customer service via: https://sourl.cn/AVmS3g. Please enter【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️

Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Very deceiving!
April 9, 2021

First time ordering, I have ordered three of their swim suites, which I qualify for free shipping. While process my payment at the bottom state DHL clear duty fee ahead. What an idiot, I was, I had decided to go ahead paid that $26.00 to clear duty fee from DHL. Turn out the site scam you to pay express shipping for $26.00 claiming its to clear duty fee. The actual company DHL won't delivery your package until you pay the duty fee. So in other words I paid $50 on shipping and duty fee. I will never and won't recommend anyone purchasing from this site. Poorly manage.

Date of experience: March 10, 2021
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For better service, we suggest you contact our customer service via: https://sourl.cn/AVmS3g. Please enter【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️

Georgia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Order process
April 8, 2021

I ordered something from SHEIN 02 March 2021 with Express shipping. And it said that it will reach to address 11-12 March 2021. I paid extra cost for express shipping. So far, The order is till processing and I contacted with customer service they said that it will reached me within 8-9 days. It means 17-18 March 2021. This is really bad experience for me that I've ever encountered in online shopping.The shipping process is terrible. I will never buy any products from shein.

Date of experience: March 9, 2021
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For better service, we suggest you contact our customer service through the link below: https://us.shein.com/robot?page=navigationBar. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️Please enter 【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us.

Iowa
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Never Again!
March 19, 2021

I'm not one to leave reviews unless it has been a horrific experience with the said business. After dealing with these crooks, I felt compelled to share my experience... I submitted an order for $59. Upon receiving the package and opening one out of four items, I literally threw it in my garage. The stench—Dear God, the smell was atrocious! Like a combo of rotted onions, rotten eggs and chemicals. When I took it to get mailed, I had to double bag it in an effort to spare the postal clerk from having to endure this offensive odorous package. The clerk's response-"I can see what you mean, I can smell it through the bags!" Since they charge a return fee, I submitted a message to their pseudo customer service dept (clearly they don't have one!) No response from these crooks and when I received my refund. I was in fact charged the fee. I will NEVER order from Shein again!

Date of experience: March 4, 2021
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For better service, we suggest you contact our customer service via: https://sourl.cn/AVmS3g. Please enter【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️

GB
7 reviews
3 helpful votes
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I've made 3 orders so far on this website and haven't had any major problems with them.

The clothes I've bought were all vey nice and lovely to wear. Materials are really nice and they all come in a kinda zip lock packaging(?) which I like to use to it store the clothes and to protect it from getting dusty. You can also use it for travelling to such as to keep your shoes separately from your clothes etc. which is why those bags are really useful so definitely keep them!

I've also purchased other items such as jewellery, homeware. All products are really good, no problems with it and they work really well.

As with websites and companies like this, clothes can be a hit or miss as some clothes can be too big or too small as they are I think mainly Asian sizes. But you can always read the thousands of reviews people make on items and returns can easily be made.

Returns are very easy to do. As you can submit your refund, pack it up in the same packaging or your own packaging. Shein also provides a free label (free one for each order) for you to print off and then you can send off at the post office or use your own label. Refund takes at least 7-10 days from the day you send off the item.

I haven't had any problems with the refund process or buying process from this company.

Overall, products are really nice and cheap too. Easy website to use and return process is easy too. I definitely recommend!

Date of experience: February 26, 2021
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I chose free shipping when I qualified for express but was charged for express shipping and now I have to pay custom fees

Date of experience: February 23, 2021
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For better service, we suggest you contact our customer service via: https://sourl.cn/AVmS3g. Please enter【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️

GB
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Awful
February 19, 2021

The clothes look nothing like the pictures. Which is a shame as the designs are just what I like... badly made. Terrible material

Date of experience: February 19, 2021
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over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For better service, we suggest you contact our customer service via: https://sourl.cn/AVmS3g. Please enter【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️

Pennsylvania
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Won't refund me
February 21, 2021

I shop a lot on shein. I placed an order recently and added $12 express delivery fee to have my items before vacation. It's been 3 weeks, it's still sitting in Japan? I'm in the US. Leaving tomorrow for Vegas. No order. I have reached out 7 times to shein who is asking me to be patient (wait another 7-10 days). Cool, BUT REFUND MY EXPRESS SHIPPING FEE! They will not. They credited me 50 cents in my shein wallet as compensation for my troubles. I think that is such a $#*!ty way to handle issues with customers who spend consistent money with their business. I will resend all the items once THEY EVER ARRIVE and never spend another penny with this company. Over $12! A service I paid for that was not held up on their end.

Date of experience: February 19, 2021
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For better service, we suggest you contact our customer service via: https://sourl.cn/AVmS3g. Please enter【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️

Portugal
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Not delivered
February 11, 2021

I ordered a month before christmas and it never arrived. Ive been trying to get the post office to solve the situation. All of a sudden there are no orders registered from me on the website? Scam. No concern for their customers whatsoever.

Date of experience: February 11, 2021
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For better service, we suggest you contact our customer service via: https://sourl.cn/AVmS3g. Please enter【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️

Massachusetts
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Stolen Card Info
February 9, 2021

I bought a cloth from Shein (the first time I'd online shopped) and all was well. Until about two weeks later I saw my card information was being used on suspicious websites. I then had to get a new card which took about a week. Shein is not a safe website your info will be stolen!

Date of experience: February 8, 2021
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For better service, we suggest you contact our customer service via: https://sourl.cn/AVmS3g. Please enter【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️

New York
1 review
19 helpful votes
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Express shipping not worth it
February 6, 2021

I recently ordered from shien for the first time I absolutely love their merchandise however I never received my order from fedex whom they used to express ship my items. Long story short nothing can be done about the situation bc they marked my package delivered... Since the pandemic all of my shopping is online sad to say as much as I love their merchandise I'll never place another order just because I don't want to lose out on any more money bc of their shipping service

Date of experience: February 5, 2021
Viviana F. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For better service, we suggest you contact our customer service via: https://sourl.cn/AVmS3g. Please enter【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️