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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.

service
1,611
value
1,505
shipping
1,596
returns
1,198
quality
1,430
This company responds to reviews on average within 8 days
New York
1 review
4 helpful votes
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UPDATE 12/30
December 24, 2014

UPDATE 12/30. Two of the three items ordered finally arrived. Quality is fine. Sized WAYYYY too small. Large shirt would fit an average 14-15 year old. Still waiting for the third short to arrive. Returns not so easy as I can't figure out where to get the return tracking number from. Since they have free returns I assume they provide the numbers. I am guessing it will take another week for someone to get back to me about this as well.

BUYER BEWARE!
We placed our order on 12/5. I checked it on 12/12 to get a tracking number and it said the order was "processing". Took customer service 3 days to get back to me and let me know:
" Your order been shipped out. But the tracking number still have not been updated for now. So we cant stop it when it is in transit
If you are our register customer, please login your account and find MY ORDERS to check your tracking information. If you can not find the information on the website, please check later because the shipping company needs time to update the information. Or you can email us about the tracking number few days later. "

This sounds like they just shipped it out yesterday! When I check the tracking now there is an added button call URGING SHIPMENT so it sounds like this is an issue for them. This whole process seems fishy to me. I needed this order by a certain date and now it looks like there is no telling when it will reach me. I will NOT be ordering from this site again."

UPDATE 12/18 - CUST SERV got back to me giving me a tracking number - but when I checked the tracking number it doesn't even show that the shipment has been sent yet - still PROCESSING! STAY AWAY FROM PURCHASING WITH THIS COMPANY! IF I DO NOT RECEIVE NOTICE THAT SHIPMENT HAS BEEN SENTWITHIN THE NEXT WEEK I AM REPORTING THEM TO THE US BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU. These shipments are coming from China - BUYER BEWARE

Date of experience: December 21, 2014
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,
Have a nice day!
Over the last two months, we have had some problems with the supply of these items. We apologize for the delay. We have contacted our suppliers and they have promised that they will meet all our future orders promptly. We will monitor this very carefully as we wish to give our customers the best service possible.

Your tracking number is LN618514930CN, you can find logistics information on https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1=LN618514930CN. But the logistics information update slowly. Hope you understand.

If you have any order problem, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns with this e-mail: dispute@sheinside.com
Have a great day!

3 reviews
11 helpful votes
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Best Shop
May 21, 2015

I like this website, SheInside is mainly design and produce fashion clothing for women's Fashion Clothing, Tops, Dresses best Shop.

Date of experience: May 18, 2015
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Upset
April 4, 2016

It has been processing for 3 days & i was hoping to wear it on thursday. Very disappointed & upset

Date of experience: April 1, 2016
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Hi Bianca,

Thank you very much for ordering from our website, sorry for keeping you waiting.

It normally takes 3-7 business days for the order to be ready for shipment. 3 of the 4 items you ordered are available for ship already, but the lace-up t-shirt happens to be in great demand, thus there might be a slight delay for our suppliers to get it ready for shipping, we appreciate your understanding. I’ve checked with them again, it’ll be ready soon. And an email will be sent to notify you once the it’s dispatched.

Thank you again for your patience.

Ohio
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Terrible
July 20, 2019

Terrible shipping, took forever was expensive and won't accept returns. Crappy quality and tiny...

Date of experience: July 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! ❤️

Puerto Rico
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I had questions about my first order and was promptly answered. Luna was great!

Date of experience: August 10, 2016
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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BUYER BEWARE!
June 14, 2021

What a terrible experience - First I ordered with choosing the option so I don't have to pay the customs, but still I was asked to pay customs. I contacted customer service and they returned it quickly. Then the courier company delivers and says delivered and signed by - but don't mention who signed the delivery - so I check with my husband and tenants - and called the company and they say it wasn't signed and left on the stairs to my house and show the picture - mind you, I have received gazillions more expensive packages at my doorstep with no signatures from Costo, Amazon, Canadian Tire, etc., but just SHEIN package doesn't arrive - I ask courier company can they please check what happened, maybe courier guy took it with him accidentally (happens with the routine of the job) - they took 3 days to figure out no, we have no update, than another 15 days for marking it lost (every day it was we are trying, need managers approval, etc.), in the meantime, I am trying to reach customer service but they are offline or won't reply to my emails. Today by gods grace reached out to customer service, there is no customer care or empathy or sympathy and I asked how long it will take - then they were like agree to these statements, I agreed - then it was like 2-7 business days, thank you

This was my first experience, I was here because of the thousands of people promoting SHEIN, and I was like they had a great experience and so should I - I was so wrong, Please be very careful and buy at your own risk because I don't think this company cares or will even bother to help you when you need help. I am now scared to even try AliExpress as both companies are Chinese and wondering if that is the norm with customer service with these companies

PS: I have not received any products to take pictures and review so far, however while purchasing did realise that their sizes are not same through out - so a size XL will be different inches in each product, so if you still buy, choose wisely

Date of experience: June 14, 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!

DO
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The worst clothes
February 29, 2024

Defective product bad quality at all they didn't solve the situation about it I feel cheated this my order GSUNA504A*******

Date of experience: February 29, 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.

Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I ordered 2 skirts for my daughter for a Christmas present and it shows delivered but never got it.

Date of experience: December 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.

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Worst comany
September 26, 2022

I orded an outfit and returned it and never got a refund. Dont buy from here!

Date of experience: September 26, 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.

India
1 review
1 helpful vote
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One of the best online portal for shopping so far! It is a really good thing that sheinside.com is exclusively for the shopping needs of a woman. They have collections ranging from all over the world, which in fact left me with several choices before zeroing in on a few. Different categories of dresses are correctly categorized, which makes it easy to find what you are looking for. Also, the filters available saved my time in searching what I actually needed without any difficulty. I wanted to gift a few dresses to my fiancé and ran into sheinside.com. After having had a wonderful experience with sheinside.com, I thought of writing a review about the same.
My fiancé liked the products I had ordered for her and was truly amazed by the collections the website has to offer. After trying the apparels I gifted her, she browsed the website and placed an order for a few more Chiffon dresses. The style gallery column helped me decide on what would look the best and it is very much genuine, as the products delivered perfectly matched the ones shown in the pictures.
The products are perfectly priced and it is a sweet offer that shipping for orders above 30$ are free! The discounts offered are truly surprising, with no other portal offering such great discounts without any compromise in the product and service quality. I had to change a product I had ordered and contacted the online help immediately on placing the order for the same. They handled my concern without any hassles and soon enough, I received confirmation on the change in product I was looking for.
The transaction happened with much ease when I was checking out the products in my cart. Also, on top of the very competitive pricing, incredible discounts were offered with a few pre-sale products barging a discount of 50%! The products were delivered well before the expected delivery date, which makes shopping on sheinside.com a very exciting and on-time experience. The tracking of products gives updates on a highly regular basis about where the shipment has reached. The delivery was prompt and I had received a notification well in advance about the day and the shipment arrived at my doorstep as promised. The products were packaged wonderfully with much care and the product was sealed.
The overall experience with sheinside.com is a wonderful one and I would not consider using any other e-commerce portal for shopping for my fiancé. Waiting for sheinside.com to start a new website or section for men!

Date of experience: September 4, 2014
GB
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Very poor quality
November 15, 2017

DONT BUY FROM THIS WEBSITE, THE QUALITY OF THE CLOTHES ARE AWFUL AND THEY LOOK NOTHING LIKE THE PICTURES

Date of experience: November 11, 2017
molly m. Shein Rep
over a year old

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
1 helpful vote
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I will repeat what most of the other real reviews say: DO NOT SHOP AT THIS SITE! Please notice that most of the 5 star reviews are from people whose ONLY review is for sheinside. More than likely, they are FAKE reviews by the staff of Sheinside. Sheinside is unreliable and although the clothes are cheap, you may not receive them at all so in the end you are giving away your money and getting nothing in return. I registered for this site just because Sheinside is such an outrage that I can't believe they are getting away with what they are doing.

My situation:
The shipping took almost a month, so by the time the order had shipped I was on vacation with my family. When I returned and checked the tracking number, it said that the package had been delivered but I obviously did not receive it, and my neighbors had not seen it. I then contacted the post office and the post office said that the package was not there. Sheinside does not have signature confirmation even though they take a ridiculously long time shipping (~1 month) and they ship overseas, so your package can be lost at any time and if the package actually arrives it can just be dumped at your door without a signature so that it can be stolen. In addition, customer service at Sheinside is unhelpful and refused to resend the items or give me a refund. They basically kept repeating that it was the fault of the post office, no matter what I said to them. It was like they did not or just chose not to understand what I was saying. IF THERE IS NO DELIVERY CONFIRMATION, THE POST OFFICE IS ALLOWED TO PUT THE PACKAGE OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR SO THE POST OFFICE IS NOT AT FAULT! A responsible sender needs to ensure that the package is delivered in a SECURE manner, especially if it comes from overseas!

I have paid ~$100 to Sheinside for a package that has somehow been lost or stolen because of an unreliable shipping method THAT THE SENDER HAS CHOSEN and the sender refuses take responsibility for it or correct it in any way. Basically, this means that I have given $100 away and waited for a MONTH on my order and I have gotten nothing for it. Order at your OWN risk, because once you order, REGARDLESS of whether you receive your item or not, your money is theirs forever.

Date of experience: January 7, 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.

Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great service
January 18, 2021

Items are very good quality and everything ships fast and it's even affordable!

Date of experience: August 3, 2016
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I love it
July 22, 2016

Their service it very good. I love their clothes. And the style too

Date of experience: July 21, 2016
Maryland
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Just received a coat, the quality of the material is to be expected as woolen polyester but it looks like it was sent through a washer and dryer multiple times. Seams don't match up and are stretched. Needless to say, I decided to return the coat. When searching for how to return the item I discovered that I needed to place a return order tracking number and link after I returned the item. I was confused about the return process so I started a chat with the online help team. Well, to say that the "help" on the other end of the chat was condescending is not saying enough.

I was informed that I ordered my items off www.sheinside.com NOT us.sheinside.com so I did not qualify for free returns. Please see picture attached of the conversation... I apparently was not "paying attention" enough. I could not believe a customer service agent was telling a paying customer to pay attention. Completely out of line in my opinion. However, all the links the man sent me to clarify the return policy directed me to us.sheinside.com return policy webpage which states clearly "free returns". When I asked for the www.sheinside.com return policy link he sent me a link that directed me right back to us.sheinside.com's return page and a picture of a return policy typed out. Finally the man said they would give me "a free return shipping label this time." When he asked what items I wanted to return I told him the coat and he said "only this one?" I said yes, I hadn't received the other items in my order. I was then told that I could wait till I received them all and then contact them! I think I can make that decision on my own? And based on reviews of how long their shipping can take I didn't want to wait around for that order till I got my refund on the coat.

My experience has been unbelievable... After requesting what I would think is reasonable information (a link to the page I apparently ordered from for the return policy) and not being able to produce it and then being told I should just wait and contact them another time? Also, after reviewing the webpage I have realized there is no phone number to speak with customer service agents over the phone, this is a red flag in my opinion. It should be noted that I am still not able to access the webpage www.sheinside.com. Try it yourself...

Date of experience: January 27, 2015
JUDY G. Shein Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,
Sorry for the waiting time and for all inconvenience we have brought you.
We sincerely apologize for that.

To save your time, we decided to ship your order in two parcels. Hope you can understand,
And sorry to hear that the quality of our product cannot meet your requirements. Maybe you can take some photos for us so that we can check them with our factory.
After confirmation we will refund you full for any quality and size problem caused by us!
We also need to apologize for misunderstanding about the return postage.
Hope you can understand and forgive us.
We noticed that you seems not to be very satisfied with the proposal proposed by our customer service. Please understand that all of you are our valuable customers. It’s not only our responsibility but also our honor to help you. They proposed that in order not to bring you more inconvenience.
We regret hurting your feeling and making you disappointed and angry at us. But we didn’t do that deliberately...
We are sure that our customer service will figure out a way to fix it.

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

Norway
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have ordered from the website several times now, and love it! The prices are great. Recommend it.

Date of experience: May 5, 2016
New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Shein has VERY CHEAPLY MADE clothing. Sizes are not true to fit. They may work for Asian women but they do not fit American women.

Date of experience: May 14, 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!

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Love shopping here
August 23, 2021

THE DRESS AND SUNGLASSES I BOUGHT ARE VERY NICE. I GOT COMPLIMENTS ON BOTH.
I LOVE SHOPPING HERE. I ALSO BOUGHT ANOTHER PAIR OF GLASSES.

Date of experience: August 21, 2021
Vermont
6 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Update: 12/9 The returns are super slow, and since I've experienced this before I know it's not due to the holiday season. Last week I checked the tracking and it showed that the item had been received, this week it says it hasn't. I don't have a screen shot from last week, but the one from today shows that, even though it says it hasn't been received, it was returned on 12/5. This site isn't bad, the clothes aren't bad quality, and the shipping time to receive the item is short, but their return and refund times are not great. Getting your refund will likely take 3-4 weeks. The only reason I think I got my refund quicker is because they saw my original review. Just for a timeline, (you can see evidence is the attached photo, but I created my label on 11/20, it went out that Friday 11/22, now it is 12/9 and still no refund or communication that it is being processed. My review will not go up again, but it may go down, depending on when/if I ever get refunded. They need a better system.

Update: I received my refund and someone from support reached out to help with it, So I'm editing the rating from 2 stars to 4.

I ordered some items from shein. This wasn't my first time ordering from here, but after my trial order went well I decided to order more things. 2 of them were good purchases, i order 2 sets of night wear and 2 other shirts. One of the night wear pieces ripped within 2 minutes of trying it on, not due to size because I had purchased the same item previously in a different color and it fit fine. The other was not true to size, one shirt was tight in the shoulder/sleeve area and the other shirt did not look the way i though it would. I sewed the rip in one of the night where pieces, so 3/6 wasn't that bad. However I can't return the too small night wear piece and the other 2 shirt I can. I sent them back with the prepaid postage last week on the day after Halloween and the tracking number shows that it hasn't even left the city where I shipped from. I'm not sure what is on the label, but It has been almost a week, and will probably be another week before I actually get a refund. On top of that there's no humans to contact only robots that don't understand your questions and say "I will take your feedback and continue to work hard" but my questions are left unanswered.

Date of experience: November 7, 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!

Hong Kong
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Forgot to change to my new address, useful staff helped me to solve it in no time!

Date of experience: June 26, 2016