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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
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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
Kuwait
11 reviews
6 helpful votes
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I recently ordered a green halter backless maxi dress for my wife and wanted to commend you on such a fantastic job! Ordering was simple and quick without any trouble. The dress arrived in amazing timing and was exactly what I ordered. What an incredible deal this was for such a beautiful dress. When I first saw her with the dress on I was blown away. It fit stunningly and she stated it was the most comfortable backless dress she had ever worn. Thank you for such a beautiful and quality product, your prices are unbelievable. I'd certainly recommend this site to anyone and will be returning for more in the future.

Date of experience: January 15, 2015
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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My parcel has been sitting on a FedEx truck since May 21st. They update everyday saying customer is not available. But have not attempted to deliver my parcel at all. I tried to get a refund from Shein with no luck. I tried reaching out to FedEx with no luck also. I just want my money back.

Date of experience: June 3, 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! ❤️

Kentucky
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I used to love shopping here, so much so that I used to recommend it to a lot of people, but now I have to rescind that recommendation because the shipping has basically stopped in the past 6 months. I'll order something, and a month later they still haven't shipped it. And when I email them about it I always get the same response; "This item is the big sale, we will ship it soon," and a week later, still no shipment.

Apparently every item is "the big sale," as if that's even a reason for not shipping. I already paid for the item, just put it in a bag and ship it out.

As these items ship from somewhere in Asia, I don't mind the 2 week average shipping time. What I do mind is the month or more long wait for them to even send it; so I'm paying for something and getting it 2 months later. There are lots of bad websites like this that I don't bother with, but Shein used to be really good. Now they're just as bad as the others.

Date of experience: May 24, 2016
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hi dear,

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

The Multicolor Sleeveless Flower Print Dress is advance sale, the items are the best selling and our suppliers need more time to processing.

But, the suppliers do not deliver the dress to us in time and we can not ship out your dress duly. Therefore, we will give you a full refund to your Paypal account and you will receive the refunds within 1-2 business days.

Apologies again for all the trouble. We never want to lose you friendly relationship with us. We will give a $5 off coupon for your next purchase, the coupon requires no minimum purchase.

We have sent the code of the coupon to your address and you can check it later. And hope you will enjoy your following shopping with us.

Texas
1 review
8 helpful votes
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While purchasing they promptly deduct money from my bank while returning they have so many technical issues, its past one month but I did not get my money they don't have a contact number and hell with the agent's really bad service.

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

Dear Joy,

Thank you for ordering from our website.
We are so sorry for keeping you waiting for the refund.
In fact, the refund was issued on August 31st. It normally takes 10-20 BUSINESS days for the bank to process the refund to a credit card. However, in your case, DISCOVER's system is experiencing an error, which caused the delay.
To solve this out, we will change the refund method. The refund will be processed to your PayPal account. Please don't worry.
We apologize for the delay and regret any inconvenience it may have caused.

Sincerely,
SHEIN Customer Service

New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great Shopping
October 7, 2023

I've been shopping at Shein for two years now and I love their products and customer service support. The shipments are fast and they have improved their return process to make things go smoothly. Love them and will be a customer always.

Date of experience: April 27, 2023
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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There are lots of detective items that I had to return and no compensated from them. It was their faults but I had to waste my time and gas fee. It is hard to find bad reviews because they get rid of them.

Date of experience: November 19, 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.

Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Zero star rating
August 3, 2023

Never received my package, no compensation or solution that was helpful enough to make up the fact i ordered 3 weeks before my vacation & still couldn't untie my 400$ order or delivery package in time before my trip. Worst experience ever.

Date of experience: August 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.

Montana
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Never again!
June 16, 2022

I will never make another purchase from this company! I returned two tops to them and now they will not give my money back. I have talked on the phone, chatted, emailed numerous times and they are giving me the runaround. These shirts were too big, so I returned them and reordered in the meantime. I have never gotten my money back. One employee on the chat line even had the nerve to say "what do you want now". Never again!

Date of experience: June 16, 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!

Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I placed my order since August 5 still haven't not received my order. It saying package been held by logistics in New Jersey. Am going to cancel my order hopefully I get my money back but I'll never shop on shein again

Date of experience: August 24, 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.

Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Delivery company
July 7, 2022

My package was delivered to the wrong address it as been two weeks now and I am still waiting for my package or my money back. Please I am asking you to stop using DHL to deliver packages. It is such an inconvenience.

Date of experience: July 7, 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.

New York
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I placed an order on May 31st. I then proceeded to cancel my order. Initially, I was refunded and the money was place back into my account. Immediately afterwards my card was recharged for the entire order and the international shipping fee. I assumed my order had shipped. Well that was over a month ago. I've contacted customer service via "Live Chat" and received literally no help. Completely useless. This company is negligent and a complete FRAUD. Be careful.

Date of experience: July 1, 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! ❤️

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Disappointed
February 18, 2021

I love the piece, but I'm overall disappointed. I was very careful with the sizing, even ordered a size L when I am normally a size M. The large did not fit even though my measurements aligned very nicely. I was actually expecting it to be a bit big. Unfortunately, I can only fit on arm in the piece. If you have big thighs and a small waist, you will probably have some issues. If the piece had a snap crotch, I could definitely make this work. I will probably try to add my own. Overall not happy. Unfortunately, the return policy won't even allow me to exchange.

Date of experience: July 20, 2017
RU
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Before going on holiday to Greece, I ordered online on Shein 2 dress. Everything came quickly, faster than I had hoped. And both dresses are amazing!
The first red one I wore in Santorini, I was comfortable in the heat. Second, soft pink, boho style I wore on the tour and I was not hot or uncomfortable.
Beautiful quality dresses for a low price!

Date of experience: November 3, 2017
California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Long processing
July 17, 2016

I ordered 7.7 and it is now 8 days later. STILL PROCESSING. I ordered 15 items... Money I have been saving for vacation wardrobe for months and who's knows if it will even come in on time. More than a week to process? Never have I shopped at a website that took that long. I really hope the clothes when they eventually come in are worth it... We will see if I ever give this website HUNDREDS of dollars again. Annoyed.

Date of experience: July 15, 2016
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hi dear,

Thank you for ordering from our site. We are truly sorry for keeping you waiting.

You placed on July 6 including 15 items. It normally takes 3-7 business days for us to get the order ready for shipping. But if the items you ordered are in great demand, it will take longer for our suppliers to get it ready, we apologize for the delay. We have shipped out your items on July 18. The tracking number is SIS160******0(we have sent it to your email box). You can get logistic information through this linking. http://www.dhl.com/en.html

Apologies for all the trouble and hope you will receive the order soon!

Connecticut
1 review
5 helpful votes
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On my Shein account I was able to track my package. Now when I go on it, it says I do not have an order. I tried emails and messaged them through messenger and got nothing back to help me with this situation. They already took the money out of my account. Very poor customer service. I really hope I get my package soon.

Shein attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: June 25, 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! ❤️

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Beware when ordering as you will find when you come to returning items you might get a "cannot return because a promotion item" notification and no matter what you do there is no way to get a refund. This has happened to me twice, first time I just assumed I had missed seeing that I could not return when I ordered, second time I was very wary when ordering and checked carefully before placing order, also I ordered the same item in a different size and was able to return it! In my view it's a scam they are not to be trusted, I won't be purchasing this company in future, a terrible way to treat customers

Date of experience: March 11, 2024
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.

Kansas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I hesitantly ordered from them after all the negative reviews because the prices are great. Many complained about shipping & how cheaply made the items are. I ordered on May 17,2015. I got my item June 2,2015. They DO say it takes 5-7 BUSINESS DAYS for your order to process and THEN ship. I ordered a blazer & two necklaces. The quality is exactly what I expected for the price I paid. I love the way the blazer feels- not "cheap" at all. The quality is that of clothes you would get at any mall store. You can't order a Wal-Mart item & expect Gucci quality. I will order from them again!

Date of experience: June 2, 2015
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Order was Incorrect
December 25, 2016

I ordered a pair of boots for a Christmas present. The ordered color was "Coffee" which is brown and I received them yesterday afternoon in Grey. There was no order form or a return / exchange slip included. I have a feeling my daughter is going to get stuck with a color she doesn't like.

Date of experience: December 23, 2016
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Cheryl,

Thank you for ordering from our website, and we are so sorry for all the troubles.

There might be slight difference between the real thing and the pictures on our website due to different light exposure and viewing screens. We hope that you can understand it kindly.
Could you please send a photo of the boots you received?
If you so not like the color, please return them back and we will process the refund to you.
We will certainly help you to solve the problem.

Looking forward to your reply!

Michigan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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DHL DELIVERY
August 25, 2023

Order from SheIn last week and the extra $12.99 for delivery by today, the tracking number says it's at the facility in my city but the agents tell me it's still in transit to be patient... So why pay for quick delivery and it doesn't happen then you should refund me the shipping cost.

Date of experience: August 25, 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.

Texas
1 review
14 helpful votes
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SheIn Review
September 15, 2016

I absolutely loved everything I ordered! I'll start with that.
FIRST of all, if you read everything they have on their site regarding their order processing, you will not have incorrect expectations as some of you have mentioned. The Express shipping for anything over $100 is accurate. It doesn't say Express Processing. It is literally referring to the shipping, only. I just placed an order maybe a week and a half ago, and received my package yesterday. I spent more than $100 and once I received my email that my package had shipped, it took 3 business days to get to me (which is what the website says).
Second, the clothing details and model information should help you decipher the size clothing you should order. So again, if you just read, you should be all good.

Thanks SheIn! I will be ordering from you guys again!

Date of experience: September 13, 2016