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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
New York
1 review
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I purchased the Grey Hooded Long Sleeve Drawstring Loose Sweatshirt and was super pleased with not only the speed in delivery, but the product itself. It was soft, comfy and just a perfect fit! I even washed and dried it already and I can tell it's of very good quality because there was really no shrinkage or fading, which I love! Sheinside.com has such a huge selection of products, everything I could ask for and at prices I love too. I also had a question about another product and received wonderful customer service which is really important to me as well. All in all, I plan on being a long-term customer of SheInside.com and highly recommend them!

Date of experience: July 15, 2014
GB
1 review
57 helpful votes
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Awful and dishonest
December 10, 2021

Returned items and did not get correct amount. Said things were not in parcel. Lies!
I have proof of posting with weight so they could check. THEN they kept £41 + for "processing fee". No mention of this previously. Terrible customer service and total disregard for their potential customer. Out to make money and cheat. Raising complaint with Paypal.

Date of experience: December 10, 2021
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!

Massachusetts
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I love my yellow buckle drawstring backpack that I order from shein. Its a great product and it really completes an outfit. Superb quality. The ordering process was very smooth and I did not experience any problems at all. Quick shipping. Wonderful service. I will be buying from shein again soon.

Date of experience: September 28, 2015
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I'm in Canada and bought some items from Shein for my daughter as she begged me for some. They were all way too big and poor quality. I went to return them, it says $8 will be taken off, fine okay, this is unreasonable but I will do it. I try and it says they don't accept returns on my items (even though the site stated so).

I file a claim with Paypal and they side with the Seller and give no reason for this. Paypal isn't fair either, only sides with buyer if seller is a small-scale scammers.

Never buy from here, you are asking for trouble. Shipping took almost a month too.

Date of experience: June 21, 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!

Virginia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I placed my order exactly a month ago. Still haven't received it so I tried to contact Sheinside but there isn't a phone number. They do offer online chat but I haven't had any success connecting. Tried email, the response was a tracking link. For over three weeks it was processing and when I tracked it after that it has just said that a shipping label was being created. That is where I am today, a month out and I've received nothing. Definitely will NOT be ordering from this site again, no matter the quality of the items or value.

Date of experience: November 5, 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!

Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Horrible!
April 22, 2021

My grand daughter ordered almost 50.00 worth of merchandise with her own money. Got someone else's order. A lot of merchandise that we can't use. No answer to either customer care number only busy signal. No response to e-mail. VERY disappointed! Will never order from them again!

Date of experience: April 22, 2021
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! ❤️

Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Lost shipment
August 8, 2023

Customer service is nonexistent! If anything goes wrong with your order, you'll never be able to talk to a real person! So there's absolutely no hope that your problem ever be solved! It's such a shame because I really like Shein's products!

Date of experience: August 8, 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
0 helpful votes
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I had a pleasant experience with them. Was glad I found the perfect dress for my occasion here at a very reasonable price. Honestly I didn't know which one to pick, they have an array of clothing, in different colors and with the latest trends. I ended up buying more than I intended to. The whole experience was fantastic, this place is not bad at all. If you love fashion, you need something trendy, you don't have to look further. I'll recommend Sheinside!

Date of experience: September 30, 2014
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I ordered two items from this site, both of which were promised to be shipped in 24 hours. I also ordered them with expedited shipping, and a week later, they have finally announced that the items were shipped. However, they have not given me a tracking number, even after I have asked multiple times. I have no idea when my item is coming, and I am outraged by their customer service. I used their online chatting system, and the person who was responding to me even said "You have been cheated. Ask for a refund." I have screenshots proving this, in case anyone wants proof of this. I will never shop here again.

Date of experience: May 13, 2015
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,
Nice day.

Sorry for the waiting time and all inconvenience we have brought to you.
And we sincerely apologize for leaving you such impression.
Generally we can ship these items that marked with "ship in 24hrs" within 24hrs. We have checked for you, and found the necklace of your order sells well, it takes longer
Than usual to stock it, so the preparation of this necklace in your order caused the delay of your whole order. It is out of our expectation. We are really sorry for the delay of your shipment. Hope you can kindly understand.
Your package has been shipped on May 12, and because the tracking company needs time to update the information, you did not get the tracking number. But we promise that once we get the tracking number from the logistics company, we will inform you the tracking number. Do not be worry, we cherish our every customer, and giving you happiness is our best honor. Hope you can kindly trust us and give us one more chance.
We are truly sorry that you are unsatisfied with our customer service, we apologize for that. Due to time difference, our customer service could not reply to you in time. We will improve the quality of our customer service in the future. Please remember that all of you are important for us, we will never deceive you and any problems that you mentioned before will not be neglected, we are willing to help you solve your problems.

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

France
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Gone downhill fast
August 29, 2019

In the last few weeks, they have gone from easy breezy shopping to worst fraud ever. Maybe they are run by someone else very incompetent?

Half the stuff is "sold out" if i get it on flash sale and then it is relisted for triple the price. Takes a week to get a refund for something i never got, money laundering anyone? They're committing fraud.

The last three orders have been like this, weeks late to ship, and then half missing. They offered me three bucks (300 points) for my trouble. I have spent days emailing them, my time is worth more than three dollars!

Dont buy from shein or sheinoutlet, they are a mess!

Date of experience: August 26, 2019
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!

California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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False advertising
October 25, 2016

I ordered clothes from here. Picked express shipping, the site said it would arrive on 10/21. Its now 10/23 and my package has finally received tracking info and it says it will be here in about a month! What a bunch of crap. I asked and the response I received was the website had a glitch. Seems to be false advertising for them Do not order unless you are okay with it taking months to receive. It ridiculous they can take your money in less than 24 hours but can not get you your stuff for over two months.

Date of experience: October 23, 2016
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Nic,

Thank for ordering from our website, and we are so sorry for letting you down.

Normally, it takes us 3-7 business days to process the order, and we have shipped out your package on October 22,2016. And it normally takes 3-5 business days for shipment, we checked your package, it has been delivered on October 25,2016.

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

Georgia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Horrible product
November 30, 2023

I recently ordered a casual two outfit from these people which finally arrived. Just picking up the package I could immediately tell that it was poor quality. Upon opening the package it was as I suspucted, very poor quality, being so thin that you can see straight through it. This is definitely something that I'd never wear, and will throw in the trash. Avoid this company and their products by all means because it's a rip off. If I could've given a half star, I would've.

Date of experience: November 30, 2023
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hi! Our goal is to provide customers with cost-effective products, and we are doing everything possible to achieve that goal. We will gradually improve the quality control, hope to bring you a better experience.

India
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Size
August 28, 2017

I have heard a lot about this site through my friends. But when i visited the website, i did not find any item suitable for size 14 or size 16. All the clothes look great, but it is seems to be more focused on skinny girls.

Date of experience: August 27, 2017
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hi Shreeya,

Thank you for choosing our website.
We also have some extra large items on our website, please make sure to check our measurement before ordering.

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

SHEIN Customer Service

Georgia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Horrible customer service
December 1, 2022

Their customer service is nonexistent. The chat representatives just repeats the same pre recorded messages. Almost like your chat is just a robot. This company will not help you with exchange. You will need to do everything and get all information to help yourself dealing with this company. Alot of clothes on here can be found cheaper on other sites including Amazon witch have no problem supporting there millions of customers swiftly and happily. Please shop elsewhere.

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!

Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Not worth it
January 12, 2021

The only positive thing i can say about this website is that the clothes are cute and affordable. But they are the worst at shipping or emailing. I ordered a bunch of items 3 weeks ago and still have not received one email about its tracking information or an email to let me at least know that its been delayed. Nothing at all was emailed or said to me. I have just been a freaking sitting duck waiting and now i am pissed off! SHEIN SUCKS! They dont give you any info. On your orders and when you try to find out, there is no information at all. Just takes you to the same screen for 3 weeks

Date of experience: December 13, 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!

Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very cheap fabric… rough.
January 26, 2023

I ordered 7/8 pieces … the fabric is terrible, horrible. The size is too large for L … it's more like X Large and the picture is probably photoshop… cause what I see here. Big mistake I made buying this brand. Please Don't waste your money. All these pieces are more like a potatoes sacks.

Date of experience: January 26, 2023
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! Please click "me"-->support-->customer service to enter 【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us.

Virginia
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Do NOT buy from this website! Unless you want a headache! I ordered a few things on September 17th. It is now October 16th and I have yet to receive my items! Every time I contacted them, they would tell me to "track" my package, as that's their famous "shut you up" and every time I did, It said "Processing" somewhere in China. Dang! How long does it take to process? So, I filed a complaint with PayPal, and miraculously, as of today SheInside left a message with PayPal stating that my package is now in N. Y. and on the way? Wow, that was fast! I bet I get one of those messages under my comment!

Date of experience: October 16, 2014
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hello,
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience we have brought you and the late order.
Your items really have been shipped. The tracking number is LN469230707CN. And you can track your items on this website: https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1=LN469230707CN
The tracking history shows that your items was delivered at 11:45 am on October 17,2014 in SALEM, VA 24153.
Have you received your items?
If you have any other problem, please feel free to contact us with this email: dispute@sheinside.com
Have a great day

Massachusetts
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I've ordered from Shein for years - and have liked their prices and items. This time an item came broken and there's NO way to reach someone for hep. There is a system on line, but when I try to access it, I'm told the item hasn't arrived. Yet in another place it tells me it arrived days ago.

Date of experience: September 28, 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.

Saudi Arabia
1 review
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Real
May 4, 2016

I really love it, and after family and friends saw what i got and asked where, they all started buying from Shein, unlike other sites we've tried, Shein as i described is real, you get what you ask for, all the details, a few exceptions may occur but still way better than a majority of other online stores. I'd like to thank them for always replying and suggesting solutions if/when there is any doubt.

Date of experience: May 4, 2016
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Coupon is a scam!
July 6, 2016

I was lured in to shop on this website because of the 40% off first time purchase coupon code. It let me "apply" my coupon, however it never took the percentage off during payment. It didn't give me a chance to verify the payment before taking it. After further searching on them, I saw that the coupon only works if the item isn't on sale for more. No where in the email with the code does it explain that. I immediately went back to cancel my order and I haven't heard back yet. After reading reviews I am worried that I won't hear back. It is hard earned money and I do not want it wasted by feeling duped. This order better get cancelled since I did it almost immediately.
I might have still shopped on their website and just ordered one or two things to see if I liked it otherwise.

Date of experience: July 6, 2016
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hi dear,

Thank you for ordering from our site. We are truly sorry for letting you down.

We are sorry for confusing you. The coupon is based on the original price of each item. If the item is on sale and has a larger discount than the coupon discount, then it cannot enjoy the coupon discount any more. You have got the biggest discount.

We have refunded to your credit card on July 7.The refund will be returned to your credit card within 15-20 business days. Hope you can kindly understand it.

Apologies again for all the trouble. You can contact us if any problem.