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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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About the Business

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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Reviews Summary

Shein has a rating of 1.8 stars from 4,925 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 1962nd among Women's Clothing sites.

This company responds to reviews on average within 8 days
Nevada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Return issue
August 7, 2023

The first time I ordered some items from shein and didn't satisfied with the quality and I had to return some of them but unfortunately I tried more than ten times by the time I submitted my return only one item showed for return and they sent me the return label for only one item so to me this is a cheating because they promoted that free shipping if you sending everything in one time but it's not true they made the return system the that you couldn't do what ever you want to return the same time I'm very disappointed with their return policy and cheating with customer please don't trust them so disappointed there is no phone number to contact them and tell them the issue I have to tell my friend and family to not shop from shein. The items that I want to return was poor quality and they did not let me do the return under one order only sent me label for the last item that was in my return list and they ignored the rest of it.

Date of experience: August 7, 2023
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hi! Hope you have a nice shopping experience here.
For any issues, you may contact Customer Service by app.
Click "me"-->support-->customer service-->type your question directly in the message box to get an answer or solution. If the answers don't match, please go ahead and describe the issue in detail.
We'll be glad to help you further.

Australia
1 review
23 helpful votes
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This is a Chinese rag merchant selling cheap but nasty trash, wrong sizes, poor construction and appalling marketing and customer service. They refuse to remove you from their forced sales messages and drown you in rubbish even after you request that you be removed from their list. Your orders never arrive on time and if, and that's a big if, they do, you can expect something to be wrong and no way to get a refund. ABSOLUTELY NOT RECOMMENDED!

Date of experience: May 14, 2020
molly m. 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!

Maryland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Refund policy
October 12, 2023

The refund policy makes returning anything not worth the time (and in my case I will not use this site again), go on to something else that is really WORTH your time.
Having to take a photo of each item you have purchased in order to make a return is just stupid-my advice-go to Ali Express-that's where they get all their stuff anyway, pay less, and if you REALLY want to make a return, they make it much easier.

Date of experience: October 12, 2023
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hi! Hope you have a nice shopping experience here.
For any issues, you may contact Customer Service by app.
Click "me"-->support-->customer service-->type your question directly in the message box to get an answer or solution. If the answers don't match, please go ahead and describe the issue in detail.
We'll be glad to help you further.

California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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A purchase was made on their website under my information and when I tried to contact them about it they never replied. I spammed their email with my concerns and they replied to me in a "automatic email" saying that their management was on holiday vacation until October 7th. This is total nonsense. They just want the order to be shipped so its too late for me to get my money back. I tried to cancel the order on their website and i have to wait 1 business day to get a reply. Heres the catch... THEY HAVE NO SET BUSINESS DAYS OR HOURS. They have no immediate way of contact them. I have to sit around for them to email me back whenever they feel like it. This company is a total scam.

Date of experience: October 2, 2015
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,
Nice day.

Sorry for keeping you waiting and all the inconvenience we have brought to you.
Due to our seven- day National holiday, we could not reply to you in time. Hope you can kindly understand and trust us. We promise that we will reply to you as soon as possible once we see your message.
We have checked for you and found that we have arranged the refund for you, the refund will be back to you within 10-20 business days. Hope you can kindly understand. We treasure all of all you and never try to deceive you.
You are our precious customer, all your problems and worries will never be neglected. All our colleagues will spare no efforts to help you solve your problems. Please give us one more chance, we promise we will do better in the future.

If there is any problem, please feel free to contact us via dispute@shein.com.
Thank you for your support.
Best wishes.

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Customer service
October 15, 2023

I have been a loyal customer for years with Shein but I believe this will be my last time shopping with them. They had made many changes where it is difficult for someone to assist you when it comes to refunds. Years ago I use to order and if something fit me big I would return it and they would ask if I wanted store credit or funds back to original payment. This time it is a robot in the chat and it's hard to speak with someone directly who can help you. If you go to your profile and click contact support you can speak with the support team. I told them I wanted to return item and refund back to original payment method. The agent made a mistake and refunded the funds to shein wallet which is basically shein credit. I complained on how the agent made a mistake. Nothing has been handled. The agent keep copying and pasting the same message. Like if you don't know what to do transfer me over to someone above like a manager don't neglect the customer by copying and pasting the same message. All they keep saying is "we understand your frustration hope we find your needs helpful have a wonderful day". Their comprehension skills suck not sure if they speak English or using a app to transfer the message but the messages they send me doesn't make any sense. All they had to do was cancel the store credit payment and refund the money back to my credit card but they have been giving me a hard time and this has been the third time this has happened.

Date of experience: October 15, 2023
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hi! Hope you have a nice shopping experience here.
For any issues, you may contact Customer Service by app.
Click "me"-->support-->customer service-->type your question directly in the message box to get an answer or solution. If the answers don't match, please go ahead and describe the issue in detail.
We'll be glad to help you further.

Sweden
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Where is my clothes?
November 30, 2016

Omg I Think Im being fraud here!

I order some clothes for like 90 dollar on 11th of november with Express Delivery and the order hasn't even been handed over to GLS yet? The order is stll on their way to them?

On their website it say it's gonna take 4-7 Days for delivering with Express to Sweden but nothing has happened?

When I contact the support they only give me standard answer with no solution or no clue.
Now they finally admit that something is wrong and just tell me that "it might be something wrong with this shipping" No $#*! Sherlock!

I'm NOT happy with this Company and their lack of good shipping methods.

SHEINSIDE: Please do not give me some meningless standard answer now, just bring me my clothes!

Date of experience: November 28, 2016
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Gabriella,

Thank you for ordering from our website, and we are so sorry for keeping you waiting.

We checked your order, now the package is in transit. Before, the package is on the way form our warehouse to Belgium, now the package has been arrived at Belgium, you will receive it soon, please kindly wait a few days.

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

Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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It's crazy how when you purchase something from this site and can't fit it, it's hard trying to return the items. It wouldn't let me upload my pic to return the items. It shouldn't be that hard to do a return. I will never order from shein again it's impossible to talk to someone from shein!

Date of experience: December 3, 2023
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hi! Hope you have a nice shopping experience here.
For any issues, you may contact Customer Service by app.
Click "me"-->support-->customer service-->type your question directly in the message box to get an answer or solution. If the answers don't match, please go ahead and describe the issue in detail.
We'll be glad to help you further.

Mexico
5 reviews
29 helpful votes
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What they don't tell you is that they sell replicas of what the supposedly sell. They present images of original clothes (they even blur out the brand in case it shows on the label) sell it to you a bit overpriced and it is not always what you expect.

-The materials are just OK, borderline of very cheap ones.
-Sometimes, items will come not sewed from a few places.
-They don't always stick to the measurements they show.
-Take ages to process order.
-Takes even more to get to you.
-If you pay more for a better shipping service it will be the same as the "free one." (Not my case but the case of a lot of people I know.)
-Customer service is HORRIBLE! They don't really help you, they just try to make you settle for what they say, either because you have to "wait more for it because sometimes it takes longer," or "you should sew it yourself."

It's a hit or miss, though 85% more miss than anything else. Don't really recommend this site unless you can take all that was written above. It's stressful and not really worth as the items are just OK. (Even if some pants i ordered were totally the wrong size.)
The site isn't really CHEAP but they charge as if they sold better quality things.

UPDATE: the customer service will contact you and demand to change the review. They say things like "sorry for the negative experience. 3 stars are fine." Ask you to give them a second chance, either buying from them again with your own money or blindly changing the review just because they ask nicely. I don't see them being nice and giving me a refund. JUST AVOID IT!

Date of experience: April 28, 2015
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,
Nice day.

Sorry for all inconvenience we have brought to you.
We are sincerely sorry for leaving you such impression.
And sorry to hear that you are not satisfied with our quality. You can send us the images of the items which can show defects.
Due to light and pixel problem, the real items and the picture shown may be appear slight differences. Hope you can understand.
With regard to the size, you can refer to http://www.sheinside.com/How-to-measure-a-277.html, and then take photos of your measurement so that we can check for you.
You have mentioned that if you pay more for a better shipping service it will be the same as the "free one".
We have checked for you, you did not pay more for the shipping, so we sent package to you in standard shipping.
Maybe you can sent us the screenshot of you deal record so that we can confirm it with you.
We sincerely apologize that our customer service did not give you useful help. You are our valuable customer, we are willing to help you.
You can give us the screenshot of the online chat record. We will also improve the quality of our service in the future.
Hope you can kindly understand and trust us.
Looking forward to your reply.

If you need further assistance, you can contact us via dispute@sheinside.com without hesitation.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely

Germany
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Afraid
August 4, 2016

Omg I have readed so many bad things that now I am really afraid that the stuff will not arrive, I am from Germany and in 11 days we are going to vacation, I have ordered so much stuff because they Look very nice but theres still no e-Mail. I Hope there is a Chance that the stuff will really arrive into 10 days... I mean the People is paying for the stuff and its not ok to let them wait that Long, this is not reliable.

Date of experience: August 3, 2016
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hi dear,

Thank you for ordering from our website. We’re truly sorry for keeping you waiting.

We cannot find any effective information through the order number you provided. Please send us (our e-mail address is dispute@shein.com) your correct order number or the email address you registered on our website so that we can help you as soon as possible.

Apologies again for all the trouble. Waiting for your reply.

California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered four bikinis, all in medium. (I usually order a medium top, and a small bottom from actually clothing stores. But since they came in a set I thought it would be best to order a medium.)
When I opened the package, not only did it stink, there was a dead bug in it. However, each bikini was in separate bags so I just ignored it.
I open up all the bags to see what they look like and honestly they all were disappointing. I bought a one piece and the strap was broken, nor did it fit nicely (There was no reliable review for that swimsuit so ai guess I should've known). Then I open up my tie dye bikinis (which were in slightly damaged and tinted bags). I bought two exact same ones but in different colors. And they are horrible quality... my blue one came with a hole and had terrible stitching while my pink and white one had an orange stain. I was able to wash off the stain but I am still disappointed. And lastly, my cow print bikini. This one was the best one out of all of them, no flaws except for the fact that the bottoms were a bit baggy than I thought and that it smells but they all smell so...
Before I bought all of these I made sure to look at the sizing charts and reviews with pictures for each them so I have the right size. This was a disappointing purchase especially since I had high hopes for them because I heard they were doing better but sadly it's still a poor quality clothing site. And what's even more disappointing is that I can't even return them to get a refund. Debating if I should just throw it away or go donate it. Sad because I was so excited to wear them for the summer.

Date of experience: April 16, 2020
molly m. 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
3 helpful votes
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TODAYS EXCUSE FOR STILL NO REFUND AFTER 6 WEEKS!

Kyle (SHEIN)
Jul 11,16:20 CST

Hi,
The checking result has not come out yet, how about we refund you 60 percent of your order first?
Once we have figured it out, we will inform you the result without delay.
What's your idea?

Date of experience: July 10, 2017
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hi Margaret,

Thank you for ordering from our website, we are so sorry for keeping you waiting.
We checked with our logistic department, but there is still no reply from the shipping company.
How about we refund 60% of cost to you first?
Once we received the information from the shipping, we will refund the rest to you as soon as possible.
We will certainly help you to solve this problem.

Waiting for your reply!

Maryland
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Keep expectations low
August 11, 2019

Clothing is ok quality. DO NOT PAY FOR FASTER SHIPPING. It is a rip off and will not arrive in 2-4 days. When I inquired about the status of my package they lied and said it was at my local parcel facility when it had not even left Hong Kong yet.

Date of experience: August 8, 2019
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

The customer was contacted and the issue was fully resolved to the customers satisfaction.

Saudi Arabia
1 review
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STOPPED SHEIN
June 26, 2022

I was Regular customer for SHEIN until I found they support the pride month and this is against our religion and humanity nature so I guess SHEIN will lose a big amount of customers because of this poor decision

Date of experience: June 26, 2022
Australia
1 review
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Shein took my order, took the money from my account and then my orders disappeared - numerous emails went unanswered and I am still fighting to get my money back even though I have presented them with the Bank Transaction screenshots. I DO NOT recommend this business - I feel I have been scammed. Bad business ethics and unscrupulous behaviors!

Date of experience: December 1, 2022
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for the inconvenience. For any issues, you may contact Customer Service in app for assistance. We are happy to assist you!

Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Horrible shipping
December 6, 2021

Its been more than a month i have not received my parcel yet and they dont even know when will i get it because according to them its delay in their logistics. I need a full refund to it!

Date of experience: December 6, 2021
molly m. 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://sourl.cn/AVmS3g.
We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️

New York
1 review
7 helpful votes
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The stuff on the site is ADORABLE... BUT I placed an order a couple days ago marking that I wanted express shipping which on the site said would take 2-4 days, and cost me an extra $15. I need it to come for a special weekend get away this weekend, so I emailed customer service who DID respond in a fairly timely manner, but then they informed me it took 5-7 days to process my order BEFORE they ship out. I feel like I was misled and hope they can do something to ensure I'll receive my order in the time I was guaranteed and payed for so I can have it by this weekend.

Date of experience: October 15, 2014
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Sorry for the late response, hope your problem was solved already. For further issues, 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!

Nevada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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You can't call their customer service. They have a number but when u try to call them the number doesn't work! And they don't give the correct tracking ID! I'm not ordering from shein ever again!

Date of experience: August 10, 2022
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for the inconvenience. For any issues, 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!

New Jersey
1 review
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PROMOTING HATE
July 9, 2020

NO STARS! This company advertises a swastika necklace on their site. This is the type of hate that we as a world are trying to stop. What a disgusting display of hateful prejudice. I'm appalled. NEVER AGAIN WILL I GIVE THIS COMPANY ANY BUSINESS. I only wish I had seen this before ordering a few days ago.

Date of experience: July 9, 2020
molly m. 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! ❤️

Wisconsin
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Amazing!
December 1, 2019

I absolutely love shein. Hands down the best shopping app I've had so far and most of the items are super nice for the low prices. Highly recommend if your looking for something hot and affordable.

Date of experience: November 28, 2019
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I'm sad to read all of the bad reviews about the site and products. I thought I found a gem and have ordered over 4 times from them within the last 2 months because I love the products and pricing. I started off with just a couple of blouses for work which were cute and trendy I spent around $70. I'm 5'2 125 lbs and ordered medium in everything it all fit perfectly. After receiving my products in less than 2 weeks and totally satisfied with the way everything looked I decided to buy some coats and jackets since winter was around the corner spent about $80 on these and again was completely satisfied with every item. I then decided I also needed some long sleeve blouses for work so I ordered for the thirds time and received two separate packages one sooner than the other because apparently one item was a little more popular but still satisfied! Now I'm waiting on another order that I placed this week with a couple of dresses I thought were priced great and looked great! If this is my 4th order in two months that should speak to how satisfied I am with my purchases. Everything is wrapped nice and neat and looks great when opened. I hardly leave reviews but with all the negative reviews thought I should give my input to encourage others to at least give it a try!

Date of experience: November 25, 2016