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Venus

venus.com
resort, swimwear, casual womenAge 19-25, 26-45
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Boutique styles and looks right to your front door! Why wait in line at your local shops and stores when Venus has everything you need? Looking your best has never been this easy.


venus.com
+1 888-782-2224
USA
Venus is part of Bonprix
Founded in 1984
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Business Highlights

General

Parent Company: Bonprix
Year Founded: 1984
Target Gender: women

Shipping

Shipping Cost: $7.95
Free Shipping: no
Shipped From: USA (Florida)

Returns

Return Policy: not free
Return Instructions: unworn and unwashed clothing will be accepted as returns
Return Cost: $8.95 fee

Sustainability

Recycling Program: no
Responsible Materials: recycled

Product

Style: resort, swimwear, casual
Body Fit: regular, plus size
Available Sizes: Women's (XS, S, M, L, XL, 1X, 2X, 3X)

Customer Service

Support Channels: email, chat, phone
Support Phone: +1 888-782-2224
Support Email: [email protected]

Payment Options

Payment Methods: card payments, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, financing
Buy Now Pay Later: Shop Pay

Membership Programs

Rewards Program: Swagbucks, Rakuten

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Venus Reviews Summary

Venus has a rating of 1.9 stars from 1,302 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Venus most frequently mention customer service, credit card and return label. Venus ranks 225th among Swimwear sites.

service
157
value
169
shipping
165
returns
134
quality
169

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Pennsylvania
1 review
19 helpful votes
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Bad reviews
October 23, 2016

Too many disgruntled customers! I changed my mind about ordering.

Date of experience: October 23, 2016
Virginia
1 review
16 helpful votes
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Nay Nay Stay away
October 23, 2016

I stumbled onto this Venus website by accident surfing the internet. They have fabulous pieces. So, since I purchased a lot of their items I decided to apply for their card. Well, when you get the card, it reads as followed... please call before use to confirm receipt of your card. I never called to confirm receipt of card, I just decided to use my own credit card to make purchases. So then the first time I decide to use the card I made a purchase of 74.00. When I register online to make my payment it gives me a balance of 322.00! WTF... I immediately call the chat line and ask the rep to explain to me why I have a balance of said amount if I have been making purchases with my own credit card. See gives me some lame excuse about she couldn't see certain purchase but ask me about... well, did these items ship to my address on and I told her yes, but what does that have to do with you explaining to me about my bill. So now I have to pay a 322.00 balance for purchase that I thought were being made on my own personal credit card. I explained to the rep that they will no longer receive any of my business and I will be informing others about their shady business. So pissed!

Date of experience: October 23, 2016
New Jersey
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Venus is not the same
October 23, 2016

I have ordered from Venus in the past and all their clothing was of a very high quality, very elegant and yet affordable. My recent order however, put me in a state of shock. The clothing was cheaply made, sizes were off, and some pieces completely did not resemble the pictures from the catalog. Out of 15 pieces, I decided to keep only 5. The sudden change in Venus quality reminded me of Victoria's Secret drop in quality as well. I will never order from either again.

Date of experience: October 22, 2016
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have bought so many elegant dresses from Venus, very classy and sophisticated dresses, especially the olive belted dress I just bought, great quality, great fit awesome.

Date of experience: October 20, 2016
Maine
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Could use improvising
October 20, 2016

I have a lot of (upper body) clothes from Venus. This includes all season attire. I however at the height of 5 foot 2 inches cannot buy ANY of their pants, leggings, jumpsuits or even capris. I can wear SOME of their maxi dresses and skirts, but with heels. I swear it's as though the people who make these clothes assume all women are at least 5 foot 6 or taller. I do however absolutely love a lot of their shirts (definitely not all though), sweaters, cardigans and their boots. Boots however are a little too pricey so I have yet to buy any. The heels on the models always look amazing so I have bought a couple pairs. However, each pair that I have bought have unreasonably long heels that don't depict that in the pictures so I stopped buying the heels. Other shoes (not heels) I have bought are nice.

Additionally, SOME of their clothing is cheaply made while others have nice quality. It's a gamble to be honest.

I just recommend that they make sizes for shorter women too and I would buy a lot more of their stuff because the lower extremity clothing just does not fit me.

Date of experience: October 20, 2016
California
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Ok! So I truly do like some of there there clothing... NOT ALL... Some! And I got this 25 $$ Off Email on a purchase of 50.00$$s or more. There was a Maxie Sweater I have been eyeing for a few weeks. Well I thought GREAYT! Now I can get the 39.00$ sweater and another pair of jeans and save 25.00$$$... NOOOOOO! That is not how it works. First you have to buy then they send you a "Gift Card" after the purchase! SHAME ON YOU VENUS! NOT ONLY MISLEADING! I believe ILLEGAL!

Date of experience: October 18, 2016
Oklahoma
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Love Love Love
October 17, 2016

I'm a first time buyer and I got my items in 5 days. I loved them, they were well made :) I'm very happy with Venus and I made another order 5 tops for 150 dollars. Great prices and really cute sutff!

Date of experience: October 15, 2016
South Carolina
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Just close your doors!
October 10, 2016

Horrible! Do not shop here. This place is notorious for doing " pre order items " Then back order it! Then email you right before its time for it to ship and cancel your order because ENOUGH PEOPLE DIDN'T HOW INTEREST?! That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard! And I feel is horrible Customer Service...
JUST CLOSE YOUR DOORS VENUS... You guys are ridiculous... And your CS sucks!

Date of experience: October 10, 2016
Nebraska
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Ordered a few item and got free shipping. A few items didn't fit but I was leaving for a trip. I couldn't wait for exchange so I just reordered items in right size. When I returned from trip I called their customer service to ask if it is possible to receive store credit on item purchased with a visa gift card. The money on the gift card was used and thrown away. The customer service rep said no problem! Just put a note in with the return stating that you no longer have the card and we will issue store credit. I received an email that not only was the money refunded back to the credit card but was also charged shipping (after also paying return shipping) emailed the company and they pretty mush said 'sorry, nothing we can do'. I was excited to find this company as I liked the clothing but I will no longer order from them!

Date of experience: October 10, 2016
Nebraska
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Love 3 dresses I purchased! Great fit! Nice quality! True to the size! I'm a happy customer!

Date of experience: October 5, 2016
Minnesota
1 review
6 helpful votes
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So mad at this company
September 29, 2016

I agree with Jill... so deceptive on this "FREE SHIPPING" My original order was 168.00 and returned two items and it dropped below 100.00 so I got charged 19.90 for shipping What a waste of money! I love their bathing suits but I will never shop at this company ever again. How can a company like this stay in business when the competition (MACYS) offers free shipping and free returns... bye bye Venus

Date of experience: September 29, 2016
New Jersey
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I ordered, with much trepidation, a swimsuit from Venus. I had read all the reviews, and it seemed as though I was making a big mistake... but I loved the swimsuit and as hard as I tried searching for another similar suit, I couldn't find one even close. So, I took a leap and ordered from Venus. I was pleasantly surprised: my shipment arrived sooner than I expected and the suit fit perfectly! I did my due diligence and used Venus' measurements and maybe that helped in the fit. I'm planning on ordering again and hoping to have the same good experience.

Date of experience: September 29, 2016
North Carolina
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I have always had excellent service with Venus during all orders in the last 2 years... Whoa! Something radical happened with these last two orders! Lousy service. Ridiculous wait time - poor phone service when I called for an explanation, wishy washy answers that kept changing. I am heartsick at how disappointing this last order was. Worse yet, I placed two orders on the same day and they completely lost the last one! No explanation. WHAT? Off to the mall! I hate getting such poor service from a company I depended on! This is NOT ok! I do not accept poor service. There are lots of companies that are happy to take good care of me!

Date of experience: September 28, 2016
New York
1 review
3 helpful votes
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This order sealed the deal
September 27, 2016

I have been ordering from Venus for years. I have spent thousands of dollars on clothes and shoes. So naturally when I got engaged I thought I'd look for my wedding dress on Venus because I'm loyal like that. Now mind you in all these years I've been ordering I've had an item here and there not fit but have never had anything but great customer service and always been pleased with the quickness of my refund or exchange. So with that being said I found the dress I wanted and ordered it. I received it yesterday and it's like the dress was made for me. As usual high quality material, beautiful just like the picture and fit me perfectly! This just solidified my faith in them and I will continue to order and recommend them to my friends. As far as I'm concerned Venus is a Rockstar and I will continue to spend my money with them. Keep up the good work you guys rock!

Date of experience: September 26, 2016
Georgia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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MY GO TO CLOSET
September 25, 2016

I love Venus. I love the variety, prices and quality.

Date of experience: September 23, 2016
Canada
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I tried to UNSUBSCRIBE at least 50 times. And I am still receiving an email every day... I reported the incident 5 times. Nothing to do. Of course I would never make an order with them, their customer service is inexistant.

Date of experience: September 15, 2016
California
2 reviews
25 helpful votes
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When I order an item from the magazine or online, the quality looks great. But when it arrives after I have ordered it, the material looks nothing like in the photos. I honestly think that they make high-quality stuff for the models to wear, and make cheaper versions to ship out. Also, the restocking fees and shipping label fees when you're doing a return ( because everything I've ordered from there has been made out of low grade material, nothing like what you see in the pictures) are outrageous, makes it to where you hardly get your money back.

Date of experience: September 13, 2016
California
1 review
14 helpful votes
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So, I have ordered a total of 3 times, all together I spent about 500 dollars on clothing from here. Most have been dresses and tops. Some were gifts for my daughters. Overall, the items look nice in the photos and for the most part they are okay, fit semi decent and look okay on me. My problem is the fabric is super thin and not the best quality, maybe that's why it's priced so well? I do like the clothing in general, colors and styles are okay but every little figure flaw is visible. I am a size 12-14 and never once in my life have I had to wear a body shaper with any other dress except for the ones I buy here. I guess we get what we pay for. The customer service and shipping has always been great.

Update, I just saw the photo option, I will add photos of me and some of my dresses from Venus including the light pink see through one which I cannot wear as it is extremely see through. The photos of me wearing the other 2 dresses, I have nothing bad to say. A little think but still wearable.

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Date of experience: September 4, 2016
California
1 review
9 helpful votes
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I order online all the time and this is unheard. Not only did I pay the $6.95 return shipping I had to pay the original $12.95 shipping when I returned a couple items and my order dropped below $100. I ended up paying $20 in shipping! This is not clear and their Customer Service team is beyond rude and unhelpful. The clothes are fairly cheap as well, hence the pricing.

Date of experience: September 2, 2016
Virginia
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I must say that I am normally very happy with my purchases from Venus and would give a 5 stars for all of my other purchases and the items I had to return. However, this time I purchased the crochet tunic in March 2016 and wore it in July and then again in August. I hand washed it in August in the washing machine and it falls apart at the bottom. I have washed similar items using the same method and have not had any issues prior to this one. When calling Venus to complain they were very customer nice but could not return my item because of their 60 and 90 days return and exchange policy. This policy needs to be changed for poor quality items or they need to fix these items. I filed a complaint with Quality Control and I will see what happens next.

Date of experience: September 1, 2016