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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 4,922 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.

service
1,606
value
1,500
shipping
1,591
returns
1,192
quality
1,426
This company responds to reviews on average within 9 days
GB
1 review
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RUDE CUSTOMER SERVICE, NO REFUND
April 17, 2024

So I'm a regular shein customer this time, they have been rubbish. I received rude customer service. So I was meant to receive my order on April 4th ( that was the last estimate day for shipment) didn't receive it then so immediately contacted SHEIN via the support section. They apologised. I told them if I do not receive it by this certain day it's no use to me as I'll be travelling and I won't be in to except it. Only my mother in law will be in and once she accepts it I will be doing a full return, including the final sales! As it's no longer needed and it's way out of the time frame, SHEIN was telling me I can't return the final sales. I said yes I will! Your delivery is way out of the time frame and balloons I need needed which for my husband birthday which has gone! So I will be returning EVERYTHING! They kept on going back and forth with me, even closing my ticket!rude! When it wasn't resolved! So i opened another one they passed me to the senior customer service stephen! He wasn't helpful and very cheeky! He said he doesn't understand English. So why employ staff to respond to English speaking customers if you do not understand English. Which is a lie anyway because he was typing very good English! Anyway he now said I should pay for a return because I'm returning the items for personal reasons! How the hell am I returning items for personal reasons. When my delivery was delivered out of the time frame! He tried to be cheeky with me and said I should keep the items if I do not want to pay for delivery. I'm definitely taking shein to small claims court because since the 4th of April I've been on this matter and it's been stressful and I've received rude customer service, most importantly from Stephen. Till this day I'm yet to receive a return QR code. One thing about me is I will definitely do not play when it comes to me spending money and receiving good customer service! This one I didn't, I will never buy from shein again! They have now closed my ticket twice! This is getting frustrating!

Date of experience: April 17, 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.

Alabama
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I ordered 3 bathen suites 3 weeks ago and still haven't recieved my packages! Today is Saturday and I leave for the beach Monday! I am BEYOND furious! They better hope my packages are correct!

Shein attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: June 1, 2019
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Shein attempted to assist this customer but received no response to emails.

Wisconsin
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Worst ever
May 28, 2020

I placed an order the 26th said it was being processed checked again this morning said I never placed an order so I called the only number I could find online and someone saying he was the senior supervisor was extremely rude and in professional I told him I never received my email comfimation or order number he said I was a liar I asked to be transferred to someone else that wasn't rude he said he was the only one and I must not speak English then hung up on me I was born and raised in the USA I speak and understand English better than he does since he was not even in America where is my money or my tracking number for my items!

Date of experience: May 28, 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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Basically anything bad you could say about a store applies to Shein. It's bad for everyone involved. Starting off with the people who make these clothes. Shein uses sweat shops in China to produce millions of disposable garments. They come out with 2,000 NEW items each DAY, for incredibly cheap prices. But they aren't cheap for no reason. Shein workers get payed a minuscule amount, and have 18 hour shifts each day. Another reason, the materials they use are awful quality and BUILT TO FALL APART. The whole idea of disposable fashion is keeping up with lightening fast trends, buying a new wardrobe of bad quality clothes each month or even week. Compared to other fast fashion brands, Shein makes Zara and H&M look good. Not to mention, they steal ideas from small businesses and creators.
If you buy from Shein because of how cheap it is, consider either thrifting, buying from a slightly better fast fashion site, or buying LESS, higher quality clothes to last longer. Instead of going by rapid trends, buy things that YOU like and that YOU WILL WEAR.

Date of experience: October 23, 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.

California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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First of all, this is a horrible site that steals photographs of clothing from other sites. For sure, they've taken numerous photos from NastyGal.com, which is rude and shady.
Second of all, I decided to buy a few things from the website anyway because of all the fashion bloggers talking about it. BAD IDEA.
I ordered a few things. A dress that I bought was way too short and the fabric was thin and cheap. My expectations were already low, but wow, wasn't aware that I could be disappointed by anything when I already expected cheap material.

The sizing is really weird. They are definitely not uniformed in any way and obviously have no brands that you can refer to because they rip off pictures from other sites and copy the clothing. Very poorly, I might add.

Another thing. One of the items I ordered was in stock when I ordered it, but then suddenly went out of stock (Wtf?) I mean, I understand if it goes out of stock, but why didn't they say it was out of stock? And second of all, they didn't even notify me of this. They just left it as is, didn't give me a refund or ask if I wanted an exchange and just kept the money. I didn't realize it was out of stock until I went back into my orders on the account to see it and had to contact customer service about it. They took a few days to reply back AND I still haven't received the money back.

Overall, horrible experience with them. Maybe you'll be lucky and get some good items, but if you continue to order from this site, you will run into problems.

Date of experience: July 11, 2014
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Sorry for the late response, hope your problem was solved already. 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! Please enter 【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us.

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Poor service
August 14, 2023

I placed and order the first of July I still haven't received it this is now the 12th or 13th of August they said it was delivered it never was delivered they said that it was delivered at 1400 last Friday I went in there that 1330 minutes and they said it had not been delivered so I don't understand how it was delivered at $1400 hours I got msg at 1330 hours hadn't even arrived yet don't do business with this company because they are not reputable. Then they only want to refund half of my money I didn't send them half of the money to begin with I want all my money back don't do business with this company.

Date of experience: August 14, 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
4 helpful votes
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Sorry guys. It's not legit. :( I got duped. I ordered two small items on April 18 and didn't hear A THING until April 30th. I got an email apologizing for the delays (the common warehouse excuse) and a $5 credit, where they said they were rushing the order and it would ship in 3-5 days. Then, on the 6th day (May 4th, now) I received an email about further delays, now 5-7 days. I ordered on April 18th. And it's May 6th. Almost 20 days and my items haven't even shipped. I'll update this post with further news. Let's see how many more excuses they can come up with:/

EDIT--
Shein replied to this message and emailed me regarding an exchange. Their responses were very quick and helpful. Moving my review from 1 to 2 stars for good communication. Will update again when items are received.

EDIT 2--
I received the first piece May 22nd. According to the shein tracker, my second item just arrived in the US. The quality is about what I expected. Cheap, but the fit is fine. I will update again once I receive the final piece.

FINAL EDIT--
I left on a trip so I'm not sure when the final piece actually arrived, but it was delivered before June 7th. Overall. I do like the pieces I received. The quality is pretty good for the price, but I don't know if it's worth the headache. I did receive everything I ended up ordering so its up to you, but be aware you might be waiting 2-3 months to receive your items. I probably won't be ordering again.

Date of experience: May 6, 2017
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear Jenna,

Thank you for ordering from our warehouse, we are so sorry for letting you down.
We checked your order, the item (sweater160926214) is one of our best sales product, and it is in short supply now.
How about we cancel this item for you or you could choose another similar item on our website for exchange?

Looking forward to your reply!

Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Pregistis and fraud
December 15, 2021

Shein is pregistis toward black people they still money from customers and rude and theives package wrong items support suck rude they like black people

Date of experience: December 15, 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. We'll offer a proper solution for you asap. Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️Please enter【Contact Agent】and submit a ticket to us.

California
7 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Every timei buy from shien i alwahs get little chinese kids from china shien saeatshop asking for help and then theh stain my clothes with blood. Terrible qaulity stop stsinon my clothes with blood you idiots. Kys

Date of experience: January 6, 2023
New York
1 review
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All of their stuff is INCREDIBLY CHEAP and not as described. Shein is a "fancy" version of Wish. You get what you pay for. AVOID. Image shown is what I got vs what was advertised.

Date of experience: August 1, 2021
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

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

South Africa
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Shein is a scam
March 14, 2022

Bad customer service, bought clothes that were never delivered, asked for a refund and they kept telling me lies It's 35 working days now and still no refund after they said 7-14 BUSINESS DAYS...

Date of experience: March 14, 2022
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! ❤️

AG
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No one answer
June 25, 2021

I am expecting a package for over a month, and i hasn't received yet, it has been signed but doesn't reach to my warehouse.

Date of experience: May 26, 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! ❤️

Denmark
1 review
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The return process is terrible. I had to return almost everything I ordered because the sizes were so off, so I got a ticket, I got the print out for the return and I returned it to the poststation. Up until then everything was fine. But that was a month ago.
The Customer Service always tries to write me in German (which is either obviously badly translated by google translator or someone that is learning for about 3 months) eventhough I write in English. I don't even understand what they're trying to tell me in German most of the time, and I'm a native German. Anyway, I've been waiting for my money now for ONE MONTH and I had to send the package to Belgium, which is only a few hours from where I live. As proof they asked me to take a picture of the package before sending, and I did. Well, doesn't really help. Now I'm waiting for my 70 for a MONTH. I read in another comment below that legally online retailers have to refund and return items within 14 days, under the' The consumer contract Regulations', so I will also have to take this further if it doesn't get resolves ASAP.

Shein attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: July 31, 2017
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hi Christin,

Thank you for ordering from our website.
We are sincerely sorry for the unprofessional behavior of our customer service, and we will offer more professional training to every customer service in the future, so that the same situation won’t happen again.
Did you still keep the return receipt? Could you please show us the photo of return receipt? So that we could check with our warehouse, and refund you as soon as possible.

Waiting for your reply!

Pennsylvania
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Poor quality
July 12, 2022

Recieved dresses best description ----horrible low standards quality. I sent back via ups w/tracking #### still no refund... save your $$$$ aggravation dissapointment. Terrible customer service

Date of experience: July 12, 2022
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. 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!

California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Don't even bother with this company. Their return policy is terrible. What the hell am I going to do with swimwear and a lingerie top that does not fit? They don't even have an option to choose different sizes for the tops and bottoms of the swimwear. And don't even get me started on the other item, its quality was so low, it felt like putting plastic on my body. Honestly, I think I just lost $50 because they won't let me return or exchange the products. At least their customer service gets back to you right away, but just the quality of the clothing that I received, the amount of time it actually took to get my order (A MONTH! I WAITED A MONTH FOR CLOTHING I COULD NOT EVEN FIT) and their idiotic return policy, I will not be shopping on this site again, and I hope no one else is on here will too. I mean, the swimwear items and the lingerie are fine. It's not like my body tainted their horrendous clothing. There is a slew of words I would like to release right now, but I'll refrain, because this is a family site.

Date of experience: March 18, 2015
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,
Nice day.

Sorry for the late reply.
Generally we need 5-7 business days for processing.
And your order has been shipped on 13 Feb already which was 4 days after you placed the order.
But sometimes we may not be to get the tracking number or the tracking information until your order has been delivered to your country.
Hope you can kindly understand.
And sorry to hear that some items in your order cannot meet your requirements and you wanted to return them back.
About the size of swimsuit, sorry for all inconvenience, but we really cannot accept different sizes for the tops and bottoms of the swimwear.
We always sell them in complete set. Hope you kindly understand. But we will make improvements about this aspect later.
And we have noted on our web that Tights, jewelry, swimwear, Lingerie and Accessories (except shoes)are not allowed to be returned or exchanged.
Hope you can kindly understand.
We have checked for you and found that our customer service have offered you something to return these items you are not very satisfied with.
Maybe you can check your email including spam folder.

If there is any problem, please feel free to contact us via dispute@sheinside.com.
Thank you for your support.
Yours sincerely.

Saudi Arabia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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My experience with this brand has been great. They were professional, fast, and helpful when I had a problem. I am so excited to shop there again.

Date of experience: March 6, 2015
Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered sweaters and blouses on sheinside, received them after fifteen days, they were the same as in the picture.The size was suitable for me.

Date of experience: January 15, 2014
New Jersey
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Good company.!
July 30, 2017

I have ordered several times from this site. I'm always satisfied with my orders. One time I had to return something, and It was easy.

Date of experience: July 28, 2017
Florida
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Enticing
October 7, 2023

All fit good. So pretty. 2 shirts exactly as seen and pink sweets with a photo of a cat on both knees. Funny. Too warm to wear now in south
Fla

Date of experience: March 29, 2023
Michigan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Waiting.
April 5, 2017

Ordered something a few days ago and still
Haven't shipped or sent an email confirming my purchase or said how long it will take to be here.

Date of experience: April 3, 2017
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear McKenzie,

Thank you for ordering from our website.
Normally, it takes us 3-7 business days to process the order, please kindly understand.
After we shipped out your package, we will send you the email to inform you the shipping number, please kindly understand.
We checked your order, the package will be shipped out within 2-3 days.

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