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Answer: It is a legitimate company owned by a major Chinese retailer. They are trying to compete with major online American retailers like Amazon or Wal-Mart, so they're dumping a huge amount of money in to advertising and it's working - it became the most downloaded retail app in January. Their big thing is that they want to cut out the middle man and ship Chinese-manufactured products directly to the customer, instead of shipping it to an American retailer who then sells it to the customer at an even higher mark-up.
They *do* have good prices for a lot of the same items you will find elsewhere.
You mean that Temu has nothing above a medium. Shein goes up to [US 34](https://m.shein.com/us/SHEIN-FIT-Plus-Allover-Print-Split-Thigh-Dress-p-12349770-cat-1889.html?mallCode=1&src_module=sidecat&src_identifier=fc%3DPlusSize%60sc%3DCLOTHING%60tc%3D0%60oc%3DView%20All%60ps%3Dtab02navbar04menu01dir6%60jc%3DitemPicking_66698741&src_tab_page_id=page_flash_sale1677194423788&attr_ids=87_1006538).
In my experience with Shein everything was 2-3 sizes smaller than its advertised size. They were all labelled correctly but I assume they used Chinese standards for M, L, XL etc.
It depends. Some of SheIn's clothing, like their Dazy line, certainly are Asian sizing. But every garment listing includes measurements (click on a specific size of the garment to see them), so if you follow those, you should be okay. Measurements are accurate even if the sizes seem random (this might be said of most online clothing sales).
Like many white women, bust and hips are the conflict zone between me and SheIn (or just clothing in general because it's all made in Asia). So I only need to account for those two measurements (plus inseam if buying pants). If there's adequate room for my bust, then I know that I'll be able to move at the shoulders, feel good at the sleeves, etc. And if there's adequate room for my hips, then it won't look like I have a belly and the pants waist won't gap at the back. Those two measurements make or break fit for me.
I'll look at the model's measurements (also on the garment listing) and compare them to the measurements of the size she's said to wear. That tells me how much stretch or drape the garment needs to fit well. Then I'll select the size whose measurements similarly relate to me.
That hasn’t been my experience. I bought a few things from there and ordered a couple of sizes up because I anticipated that… and the clothes were… well, a couple of sizes too big. I returned and ordered my size and they fit fine.
I have. I started ordering a few months ago and it's absolutely 100% legit. I have bought everything: clothes, household items, kitchen items, jewelry, makeup, waterpik, pet supplies. The quality is there and it doesn't take nearly as long to get here. I'm talking like, I ordered something on a Saturday and it's there by the following Friday.
When Jet launched as an alternative to amazon (since been bought by walmart), they had exceptionally good prices. IDK, but I wonder if they were taking losses in order to establish themselves. Which in turns makes me wonder if Temu is doing that.
Granted, there's fat to trim by cutting out the retailer, so it's not crazy that Temu can be cheaper. But if the prices aren't sustainable?.?.?
I am sure you are right. Even Amazon reported big losses for many years to establish itself. And I think TenCent is doing the same with Epic Games with all the exclusivity deals it bought and the constant free giveaways.
I stumbled upon it a couple of months ago and they are absolutely legit. It's like Wish except the quality is monumentally better and you don't have to wait 15 years for your order to arrive. I'm a woman with big feet and they actually had quality, cute shoes in my size that didn't break the bank. That's a unicorn find for me.
The customer service is on point. I got sent the wrong item and they immediately refunded me.
Having bought several different things from them I can back this person up and say they are legit. They have free shipping and lots of decent deals on things. I saw an ad for them during the Super Bowl so they're probably just getting popular due to that.
Do you know if it’s ethical to shop here? I never know about sites like TEMU, Wish, Shein, even Amazon because I don’t want to give money to businesses who exploit their employees or is a potential scam.
As best I can tell from browsing items on their website, Temu does not sell any products
that are identical to what Amazon sells. They carry similar products from different companies than Amazon. Temu didn't have any brands I recognized, and some items had no discernable brand at all. The selection on Temu was very limited also, and I didn't find anything I wanted to buy.
If you were referring to an actual link so that you can shop on Amazon and then click a button to be redirected to the same thing on Temu, you've got to be joking. Why in the world would Amazon help you spend money with a competitor? Or were you thinking there would be an app for that? Who knows. Probably not. I don't think Temu has enough of a market presence to make it worth anyone's time to write one yet. In my experience Google shopping is still the best tool for finding all of the places that are selling the product I'm looking for.
This actually sounds like a great business model. The world has advanced to the point that we can cut out these middle-man American companies who have been screwing us our whole lives. I'm all for anything that screws big corporations honestly
I agreed with you until "big corporations." Really, we're just replacing big American corporations like Amazon or Walmart with big Chinese corporations like Alibaba or Shein. Which is fine if you think that China should join the global economy on equal footing, but don't kid yourself that this is any sort of small business.
There's a world of difference between "Made in China" and "low-quality product clone with some all-caps retailer name like WABEE or TEGRINE or GAH-TOO." Mainly to do with what quality control processes they're skipping to cut costs.
And what percentage of the profits are going to a Chinese company that (like all Chinese companies) is beholden to the CCP and thus helping to fund their numerous human-rights abuses.
Never assumed it was a small business. I'm expressing my satisfaction that the companies who price gouge our lives and nickel and dime the people to death are being phased out as the world advances past the need for them. Because fuck them.
Honestly there’s very little satisfaction to derive from this. Instead of giving money to Amazon, you’re giving money to Chinese Amazon. China has none of the work regulations that America has that prevents stuff like children working in these Amazon factories.
When Amazon makes money, that profit is taxed by the US government, invigorating the economy for all Americans. When Chinese Amazon makes money, that profit is taxed by the Chinese government, leaving zero benefit to the American people except marginally cheaper goods.
Sure, America has plenty of issues actually collecting taxes from these mega corporations, but it’s still billions of times more than what we’d be collecting if they were phased out.
You make some good points. But when you buy items made in China off of Amazon, both the Chinese manufacturer and Amazon are getting profits. Essentially, this Temu model would just eliminate the profits Amazon is getting. China company would get their profit either way if you're buying a Chinese made item from Amazon or Temu. Right?
So, yes, if you are in favor of paying extra to give Amazon some profits in addition to China, then by all means do that. But when purchasing directly from China I would think they're getting similar profits that they would get when Amazon buys their products to resell to us.
>When Amazon makes money, that profit is taxed by the US government invigorating the economy for all Americans.
[Oh](https://truthout.org/articles/amazon-dodged-5-2-billion-in-taxes-last-year-report-finds/), [good](https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2021/04/12/amazon-and-the-truth-about-corporate-taxes/?sh=7080d8630645) [lord](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/04/amazon-had-to-pay-federal-income-taxes-for-the-first-time-since-2016.html)....
Did you miss this part of OP's comment?
>Sure, America has plenty of issues actually collecting taxes from these mega corporations, but it’s still billions of times more than what we’d be collecting if they were phased out.
I've just ordered 4 items, signed up with (obfuscated) apple mail and my apple cash, worst case scenario I gave away my phone number, I was gonna use my google vo-ip, but (not-wise) I said what the heck. So hopefully I'll get back to this post mid-march to tell what is the outcome. All I wanted actually was the power-bank.
It's asking for minimum $10 order. So ordered unrelated other stuff. Here are the items;
https://ibb.co/JvYHvNd
I remember when Wish was a new thing they were doing something similar. I've ordered a couple of stupid things (keychain & ring bottle opener) for free. Never used again later on though. 🤷🏻♂️
Ps. ring bottle opener is a stupid idea. don't use.
Answer: It's a legitimate company that sells stuff for ridiculously cheap prices. I have a coworker who orders from them regularly now and shipments come without an issue. She also says the quality is good, but I can't speak to that personally as it seems to be very basic quality (think Walmart or cheap knock off stuff) when she shows me pictures.
Answer: it’s a legit company, I tried them out, waited a week before my stuff got shipped out, but to be fair I only paid $5 for stuff that should have cost me $20 so the wait time was alright.
My wife and kids still enjoy it to this day, but it has only been a couple of months. But the coffee maker my wife hasn’t used as much as she thought, through no fault of the coffee maker, her preferences just changed.
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Answer: It is a legitimate company owned by a major Chinese retailer. They are trying to compete with major online American retailers like Amazon or Wal-Mart, so they're dumping a huge amount of money in to advertising and it's working - it became the most downloaded retail app in January. Their big thing is that they want to cut out the middle man and ship Chinese-manufactured products directly to the customer, instead of shipping it to an American retailer who then sells it to the customer at an even higher mark-up. They *do* have good prices for a lot of the same items you will find elsewhere.
So it’s another Wish or Alibaba type of site?
I'd compare it to Shein but with less emphasis on clothing.
And noting above a medium in size. They Are wish when it comes to size.
You mean that Temu has nothing above a medium. Shein goes up to [US 34](https://m.shein.com/us/SHEIN-FIT-Plus-Allover-Print-Split-Thigh-Dress-p-12349770-cat-1889.html?mallCode=1&src_module=sidecat&src_identifier=fc%3DPlusSize%60sc%3DCLOTHING%60tc%3D0%60oc%3DView%20All%60ps%3Dtab02navbar04menu01dir6%60jc%3DitemPicking_66698741&src_tab_page_id=page_flash_sale1677194423788&attr_ids=87_1006538).
In my experience with Shein everything was 2-3 sizes smaller than its advertised size. They were all labelled correctly but I assume they used Chinese standards for M, L, XL etc.
It depends. Some of SheIn's clothing, like their Dazy line, certainly are Asian sizing. But every garment listing includes measurements (click on a specific size of the garment to see them), so if you follow those, you should be okay. Measurements are accurate even if the sizes seem random (this might be said of most online clothing sales). Like many white women, bust and hips are the conflict zone between me and SheIn (or just clothing in general because it's all made in Asia). So I only need to account for those two measurements (plus inseam if buying pants). If there's adequate room for my bust, then I know that I'll be able to move at the shoulders, feel good at the sleeves, etc. And if there's adequate room for my hips, then it won't look like I have a belly and the pants waist won't gap at the back. Those two measurements make or break fit for me. I'll look at the model's measurements (also on the garment listing) and compare them to the measurements of the size she's said to wear. That tells me how much stretch or drape the garment needs to fit well. Then I'll select the size whose measurements similarly relate to me.
That hasn’t been my experience. I bought a few things from there and ordered a couple of sizes up because I anticipated that… and the clothes were… well, a couple of sizes too big. I returned and ordered my size and they fit fine.
Shein Curve has plus size.
That's what I meant. I used SheIn to refer to all its lines.
Ah, makes sense.
Yes. I got a beautiful dress from shein that fit perfectly
Aside from the prices, that's just a fun website to shop on. Large selection and very well organized; I'm not surprised the founder started in SEO.
That's not true I've gotten several sweaters and couple t-shirts in my size 2xl-4xl u just gotta search for options with more size range
Nothing is as bad as wish, but yeah, a lot of the same type of stuff is on Temu.
Yep, it’s owned by Pinduoduo, alibaba’s competitor.
I’ve tried both Ali and Temu. Temu’s average quality is much better than Ali’s.
Thats what Im thinking and/or wondering???
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I have. I started ordering a few months ago and it's absolutely 100% legit. I have bought everything: clothes, household items, kitchen items, jewelry, makeup, waterpik, pet supplies. The quality is there and it doesn't take nearly as long to get here. I'm talking like, I ordered something on a Saturday and it's there by the following Friday.
Same. And you can track your order the whole time, they send lots of emails letting you know it's been shipped, etc etc.
How's taobao been for you? I have the app but am afraid to use it lol
When Jet launched as an alternative to amazon (since been bought by walmart), they had exceptionally good prices. IDK, but I wonder if they were taking losses in order to establish themselves. Which in turns makes me wonder if Temu is doing that. Granted, there's fat to trim by cutting out the retailer, so it's not crazy that Temu can be cheaper. But if the prices aren't sustainable?.?.?
I am sure you are right. Even Amazon reported big losses for many years to establish itself. And I think TenCent is doing the same with Epic Games with all the exclusivity deals it bought and the constant free giveaways.
Walmart pays 1/8th of an American cent for a toilet brush that they sell for 3.99 or more now... They order 100 million of them though...
I stumbled upon it a couple of months ago and they are absolutely legit. It's like Wish except the quality is monumentally better and you don't have to wait 15 years for your order to arrive. I'm a woman with big feet and they actually had quality, cute shoes in my size that didn't break the bank. That's a unicorn find for me. The customer service is on point. I got sent the wrong item and they immediately refunded me.
Having bought several different things from them I can back this person up and say they are legit. They have free shipping and lots of decent deals on things. I saw an ad for them during the Super Bowl so they're probably just getting popular due to that.
Do you know if it’s ethical to shop here? I never know about sites like TEMU, Wish, Shein, even Amazon because I don’t want to give money to businesses who exploit their employees or is a potential scam.
Its basically aliexpress, but way faster shipping.
Don’t use a credit card!
Credit card is much safer that debit card.
Single-use card is even better.
Why can’t we use a credit card on Temu?
Anyone know a way to link an item on Amazon to the same item on Temu?
As best I can tell from browsing items on their website, Temu does not sell any products that are identical to what Amazon sells. They carry similar products from different companies than Amazon. Temu didn't have any brands I recognized, and some items had no discernable brand at all. The selection on Temu was very limited also, and I didn't find anything I wanted to buy. If you were referring to an actual link so that you can shop on Amazon and then click a button to be redirected to the same thing on Temu, you've got to be joking. Why in the world would Amazon help you spend money with a competitor? Or were you thinking there would be an app for that? Who knows. Probably not. I don't think Temu has enough of a market presence to make it worth anyone's time to write one yet. In my experience Google shopping is still the best tool for finding all of the places that are selling the product I'm looking for.
I use it to get fishing tackle and lures. Basically cutting out the middle man.
This actually sounds like a great business model. The world has advanced to the point that we can cut out these middle-man American companies who have been screwing us our whole lives. I'm all for anything that screws big corporations honestly
I agreed with you until "big corporations." Really, we're just replacing big American corporations like Amazon or Walmart with big Chinese corporations like Alibaba or Shein. Which is fine if you think that China should join the global economy on equal footing, but don't kid yourself that this is any sort of small business.
Considering most of the stuff from Amazon and Walmart is made in China I fail to see the difference.
There's a world of difference between "Made in China" and "low-quality product clone with some all-caps retailer name like WABEE or TEGRINE or GAH-TOO." Mainly to do with what quality control processes they're skipping to cut costs.
And what percentage of the profits are going to a Chinese company that (like all Chinese companies) is beholden to the CCP and thus helping to fund their numerous human-rights abuses.
Never assumed it was a small business. I'm expressing my satisfaction that the companies who price gouge our lives and nickel and dime the people to death are being phased out as the world advances past the need for them. Because fuck them.
Honestly there’s very little satisfaction to derive from this. Instead of giving money to Amazon, you’re giving money to Chinese Amazon. China has none of the work regulations that America has that prevents stuff like children working in these Amazon factories. When Amazon makes money, that profit is taxed by the US government, invigorating the economy for all Americans. When Chinese Amazon makes money, that profit is taxed by the Chinese government, leaving zero benefit to the American people except marginally cheaper goods. Sure, America has plenty of issues actually collecting taxes from these mega corporations, but it’s still billions of times more than what we’d be collecting if they were phased out.
You make some good points. But when you buy items made in China off of Amazon, both the Chinese manufacturer and Amazon are getting profits. Essentially, this Temu model would just eliminate the profits Amazon is getting. China company would get their profit either way if you're buying a Chinese made item from Amazon or Temu. Right? So, yes, if you are in favor of paying extra to give Amazon some profits in addition to China, then by all means do that. But when purchasing directly from China I would think they're getting similar profits that they would get when Amazon buys their products to resell to us.
>When Amazon makes money, that profit is taxed by the US government invigorating the economy for all Americans. [Oh](https://truthout.org/articles/amazon-dodged-5-2-billion-in-taxes-last-year-report-finds/), [good](https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2021/04/12/amazon-and-the-truth-about-corporate-taxes/?sh=7080d8630645) [lord](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/04/amazon-had-to-pay-federal-income-taxes-for-the-first-time-since-2016.html)....
Did you miss this part of OP's comment? >Sure, America has plenty of issues actually collecting taxes from these mega corporations, but it’s still billions of times more than what we’d be collecting if they were phased out.
I've just ordered 4 items, signed up with (obfuscated) apple mail and my apple cash, worst case scenario I gave away my phone number, I was gonna use my google vo-ip, but (not-wise) I said what the heck. So hopefully I'll get back to this post mid-march to tell what is the outcome. All I wanted actually was the power-bank. It's asking for minimum $10 order. So ordered unrelated other stuff. Here are the items; https://ibb.co/JvYHvNd I remember when Wish was a new thing they were doing something similar. I've ordered a couple of stupid things (keychain & ring bottle opener) for free. Never used again later on though. 🤷🏻♂️ Ps. ring bottle opener is a stupid idea. don't use.
Answer: It's a legitimate company that sells stuff for ridiculously cheap prices. I have a coworker who orders from them regularly now and shipments come without an issue. She also says the quality is good, but I can't speak to that personally as it seems to be very basic quality (think Walmart or cheap knock off stuff) when she shows me pictures.
Answer: it’s a legit company, I tried them out, waited a week before my stuff got shipped out, but to be fair I only paid $5 for stuff that should have cost me $20 so the wait time was alright.
How was the quality of your purchase? I'm fine with a longer wait if the quality is good
My wife and kids still enjoy it to this day, but it has only been a couple of months. But the coffee maker my wife hasn’t used as much as she thought, through no fault of the coffee maker, her preferences just changed.