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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
Bulgaria
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Every time I order from this website I tell myself that maybe next time it will be better. But it never gets better.
First of all, I never know which size would fit me. Regardless if I order from American or European site, I'm always size S. But with Asian sites its always a gamble.
Secondly, I never know when to expect my order. Sometimes it comes relatively fast (2 weeks) and sometimes it can take up to a month.
Thirdly, the quality is terrible especially since its not as cheap as it used to be (since the dollar has risen but they didn't reduce their prices).
Finally, the most recent thing that pissed me off is when they sent me a coupon code for -45%. Initially I thought it was a nice gesture and very thoughtful of them. I immediately started browsing and chose a couple of things but when I got to the cart and filled in the coupon code, the website told me that my order has to be above 30$ to use it. I went back, spent another half an hour thinking of something to add to my cart. Finally I had an order worth 38$, filled in the coupon code and got final price 34$ instead of the expected 21$.
It turned out that the coupon code makes a discount only on the original price of the item and not on the sale price. Which doesn't even make any sense, since all items on this website are with sale price. Also I specifically looked through my email for any disclaimers and nowhere it was mentioned that my order has to be above 30$ nor that the discount is on the initial price.

Date of experience: January 19, 2016
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,
Nice day.

Thank you for choosing SheIn again and sorry for leting you down.
But we want to express our appreciation that you shared your feedback with us so that we can resolve your problems.
Actually we have marked the detailed size description of each item, you can see the size description before placing the order, and there may up to 2-3 cm error because of manual measurement. Hope you can kindly understand. Sorry that you are unsatisfied with our qaultiy. You can send us some images which can show any clear defects so that we can check for you. After confirmation, we will arrange the refund for you for any quality caused by us.
About the delivery time you referred, as the logistics has uncertainty, there may be a little delay because of weather and other problems. We never try to keep you waiting. Hope you can trust us. Finally we have mentioned that the coupon using method on our web, you can refer to http://www.shein.com/FAQ-a-366.html for the detailed information. Your satisfaction is our best comfort, we promise that your problems will be solved perfectly.
Also we noticed that the date of order HKL2920 you offered is at 2015-1-29, we need to confirm with you again.
Looking forward to your reply.

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

New Hampshire
1 review
0 helpful votes
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During this pandemic I expected delays. I was ready and patient for a month before I got in contact with customer service. I ordered my items on April 29th, it got into the US on the 10th of May and has since sat in whatever a "local courier facility" is. I contacted them once and they told me they weren't able to track anything anymore or help me. On the 28th of May, I contacted them for a second time. They then GUARANTEED it would be here by the 4th of June, over a month later. Well, the 4th of June has passed and I still have not gotten my $#*!. Unacceptable and the customer service is not responding to me. This has put me off ever shopping here again.

Date of experience: June 5, 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!

South Africa
1 review
0 helpful votes
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FRAUD
June 9, 2022

I ordered from Shein for the first time. It was the ONLY purchase made on my card for the last 2 months. I received my order and immediately found fraud on my bank account TWICE which can only mean that Shein did NOT PROTECT my personal information. Contacting customer service yielded NO RESULTS. Will never order from them again. TOTAL SCAM!

Date of experience: June 9, 2022
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! Please enter 【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us.

Canada
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Absolutely avoid!
October 16, 2014

Absolutely avoid! I have been trying to exchange items for a different size and it has been a horrendous experience. First they asked me to pay $20 via Paypal for the exchange which I did. After not receiving the items that I was supposed I inquired multiple times about what was happening. Every time you email them its a different person that replies that seemingly knows nothing about your order. I had to re-explain myself multiple times. I even received an email from them saying I was being refunded but not stating for what or what amount. I had never even requested a refund but it didn't seem to matter because despite this email I never received a refund anyways. Eventually I was told that one of the items I wanted to exchange was out of stock. At this point they still had my $20 for the exchange and nothing had been done (this is two months later by the way). Interestingly enough after writing a poor review of them on another site they almost immediately responded saying that my 3 items were "being prepared"... not too sure how this is possible since I was already told one item was out of stock so an exchange was no longer possible... currently still trying to resolve this mess.

Date of experience: October 13, 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!

Florida
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Scam Company! Never again
December 25, 2015

FUTURE BUYER BEWARE! I would give them zero stars if I could, $#*!ty company with crappy cheap clothes. You will get what you paid for, basically cheap China crap they try to sell to you, and steal stock photos of items from other company's websites, even though the item looks nothing like the picture. Don't even rely on the reviews on the website because most of them are only up there if your review is approved by them, aka if they don't like your honest review they won't approve your review so no one can see it. I got a pair of shorts that were horribly cheap/ made and mention it was too big with one star in my review, and they declined my review because it wasn't five stars. Scam. Scam company. Just overall scam. NEVER SHOPPING THERE AGIAN. Crappy $#*! company!

Date of experience: December 22, 2015
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,
Nice day.

Really sorry for bringing you such negative impression.
And sorry to hear that you are unhappy with our items. The slight difference between real items and shown pictures can not be fully avoided because of light and pixel problems. Moreover, due to manual measurement, there may be up to 2-3cm error. Hope you can understand. But we never try to neglect your problems, you can send us some images which can show any defects and the clear measurement of the item so that we can confirm with our factory. After confirmation, we will be responsible for size and quality problems caused by us.
Our company has our own designers and models, hope you can trust us. Moreover, we sincerely apologize for the reviews you mentioned, but we never deceive our customers. It might be caused by the system, and the review needs time to show up. We have informed our our colleagues to help you figure out its problems already, you can check your review later. SheIn pays attention to any reviews of our customers, we never try to ignore these reviews. Hope you can trust us.

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

Pakistan
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Very Poor Customer Services
August 9, 2021

My order was never delivered, however Shein record shows it delivered. I followed up with Shein for 14 days without any outcome. Absolutely poor support from Shein

Date of experience: August 9, 2021
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for the inconvenience. 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!

Ohio
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Bull sh*t...
April 1, 2014

Bull sh*t... I ordered a gift from here for my gf and paid for faste rshipping and everything... come back a few days later and it says i didn't pay even though I did... I email them... they NEVER answer. I open the chat system and talk to a nice lady named vivian but as soon as I give her my transaction ID to confirm that I did in fact pay, she claims the syatems are down... OK. Now I am waiting for an email confirming my transaction but I am skeptical and thik I may need to pursue the chat system again soon. Also the chat system offered nothing to me for my grievances persay. No free shipping or faster shipping so the item, if ever sent, will not arrive in time for my girlfriend's birthday. This site BLOWS.

Date of experience: April 1, 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! Please enter 【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us.

Georgia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Delays Delays Delays
April 29, 2017

Shein has great clothes but I ordered a dress labeled priority processing on March 26th. I needed it for May 2nd so I didn't really care that it told me I'd still have to wait 17 business days but on April 2nd, I received an email telling me there would be a 3-5 day delay in processing and they'd contact me about it in 5 days. I contacted them 5 days later.
It is April 27th and I still have no dress. The tracking information is not helpful in the slightest and is rarely updated. The representatives just keep telling me about more and more delays. Just yesterday they told me it would be another 10 days until they either reprocess my order, refund me, or resend the order.

Will NEVER order from Shein again.

Update: the package arrived on May 3rd. Good thing I needed it on the 2nd!

Shein attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: April 27, 2017
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Hannah,

Thank you for ordering from our website, and we are so sorry for keeping you waiting.
We checked your order, the item (dress161202717) is in high demand, it takes more time for processing.
The package has been shipped out on April 14.
The tracking number is LW13434XXXX, you could check through the link http://www.fedex.com/us/.For more details, please check your email.

The package has arrived at the USPS facility, please kindly wait a few days.

Apologize again for all the troubles, if you have any other concern, do not hesitate to contact us.

Illinois
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Ladies, please read and learn...

I was attracted to this clothing site because the clothes were cute and the prices were fantastic. I made my purchases with my PayPal account and not directly using my credit card which was a good idea cause you can dispute charges on PayPal.

After I paid, I logged on to my PayPal account to see if my transaction was correct and was surprised to find out that the company contact info is listed with an address and phone number in China. The website clearly list a California contact location. I immediately disputed my transaction on PayPal resolution center. Luckily, the company agreed to refund my money in a manner of a few days. I made sure I received my refund before posting.

I am reading all the negative reviews on this site and I can see everyone's frustration regarding delivery time and company's customer service. Well now you all know why this is happening. In addition, I noticed that for every negative review there are multiple positive FAKE reviews posted after to boost the stars again.

So be warned and learn from my experience. If you still want to purchase from this company make sure to use PayPal account so that you are protected. But if I were you, you are better of with a trusted US company name. Good luck!

Date of experience: September 22, 2014
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello,
Hope you are well.
Yes, we are a company from China. But we are a formal company.
Why you don't trust us and said that there are fake reviews.
That's a vicious smear.

Have a nice day!

Italy
1 review
12 helpful votes
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I am waiting for my order since more than a month... it is lost somewhere and from the helpdesk they cannot help at all!
First and last time i use this website for my shopping

Shein attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: April 9, 2018
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I tried to contact customer service 1st day i recieved my order to return some items but no answer however they reply to refund me the shipping fees only when i reviewed a negative feedback

Date of experience: October 17, 2019
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! ❤️

Missouri
1 review
0 helpful votes
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No communication
July 29, 2023

My package was lost in shipping & I cannot reach anyone to file a claim. I've tried messaging through social media & nothing. 5 thumbs down. I gave it a star because it made me

Date of experience: July 29, 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
0 helpful votes
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BUYER BEWARE, didnt get 90% of what I ordered and they claim parcel is the same weight as order. Customer service (or lack or service) is non existent, can only reach them on paypal, where they go around in circles trying to avoid the matter and will blame the customer. I am left without my complete order and I PAID FOR IT. AVOID

Date of experience: May 21, 2023
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello, sorry for any inconvenience. For any issues, you may contact Customer Service in app for assistance. We are happy to assist you! Please click "me"-->support-->customer service to enter 【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us.

California
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I got my items in the mail they were all great but I didn't realize that I had ordered a year ago from the same company. The same thing happened to me as before except last time it took 2 months to get only half the items I ordered came and BOTH TIMES my credit card was used in a Asian country for $300+ in other items. This time it was for a bus ticket to Singapore for almost $400. The is the only times I have had related charges so I KNOW for a fact it's this company! It's a shame because the items they have are cute but I will be reporting them to Instagram who supports and advertises there awful service. I wouldn't buy anything from them again as I'm most positive it is to get your credit card information. BE CAREFUL!

Shein attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: May 1, 2017
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Sarah,

Thank you for ordering from our website.
We checked your order, you have only made one order in your account, did you have any other account on our website?
We seriously promise that we wont reveal our customer's personal information to others.
If your credit card was used by other people, please report this to your bank.
If you need us to provide anything, please let us know.

Looking forward to your reply!

California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Shady business
June 7, 2017

DO NOT BUY FROM SHEIN. They are so shady. Charged me return insurance but when I needed to return, they told me I need to pay shipping of $5.99 plus another $3 for shipping since the original order was free shipping to me(what the f)

Date of experience: June 5, 2017
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hi Cecilia,

Thank you for ordering from our website, we are so sorry for all the troubles.
Please see the free return label in your email.
$0.99 is shipping insurance which is for the case if your package has been lost on the way to you. For now we only provide the $1.99 return insurance on http://us.shein.com/, please kindly understand.

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

Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Rigged
August 1, 2023

This is sooo stupid my friend was playing the game we're you get coins to make points wich gives you the chance to get 100 dollars for shein she got to 99 points and started to send it to others so she could get points but then it stated giving her 0.01 or 0.02 it's soooo stupid it says that they'll give you points but then doesn't even give points and starts to give less the 1 and less the half of 1 sooo rigged

Date of experience: July 30, 2023
New York
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Shein Stinks
September 17, 2019

Order 3 sweaters & they are cute, but have a strong smell of mildew & the kind of look used, 2 didn't have tags & one did, but you could tell it was cut off & tied again!

Shein attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: September 14, 2019
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Christine,

A member of Shein's US Team has sent you an email from dispute@shein.com.

TT
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I absolutely love this site I buy a lot of there clothes for everyday wear. Their customer is prompt when you get a ticket. I lover their app and I also like the reviews, it helps with my purchases.

Date of experience: March 30, 2017
Arkansas
1 review
6 helpful votes
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After my initial review, a lovely customer rep reached out to me and completely resolved my issues. I feel like they care about their customers and their concerns. I will continue shopping with SHEIN. THANKS ALEXIS

I actually like their clothes but after ordering the wrong size or changing my mind SHEIN lied about not receiving my items and and charged me shipping on the items they did receive. There customer service representative KIAME is the absolute worst.

+3
Date of experience: July 24, 2019
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Kaneesha,

A member of Shein's US Customer Support Team has sent you an email from dispute@shein.com.

North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I was looking on shein and was looking at girls accesories and not baby and toddler accesories and there was so much baby and toddler stuff and not muc girls stuff. It made me mad that they categoriezed wrong i thought they were supposed to give 100% guaranteed satisfied

Date of experience: March 23, 2020
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

This is Alexis from Shein's US Escalation Team. On behalf of Shein, I apologize for the experience you had in doing business with us. I would love to help you resolve this issue. Can you please provide me your order number or the email you used to place the order. Please send to: dispute@shein.com with the subject line "RESOLUTION via SITEJABBER". I hope to hear from you soon.