Shein is well-known for being an e-commerce site with unbelievable prices, but that’s all about to change. Here’s everything you need to know.
The days of bargain shopping on low-cost e-commerce platforms such as Shein are apparently over. It started with the disappearance of a loophole that has allowed Shein to pump affordable products into the U.S. market without paying any cross-border shipment duties, and has now transformed into a full-blown punishment for any product shipped from a warehouse in China or Hong Kong.
If you’ve been a fan of Shein hauls, the new policies are going to hurt at different magnitudes, depending on the cart value. Let’s say your package is worth under $800. So far, products valued at less than $800 have enjoyed a de minimis status, which means they didn’t incur any fee before entering the U.S. market. That policy is no longer in place. First, the shipment fee was raised to 30% for shipments, or $25 per package. In the past 24 hours, as China has refused to pull its retaliatory tariffs on the U.S., the fee has been hiked even further following a revision of the executive order.
