Is Wish a real website?

[readyin07]

Or is it a sham? I saw a baby outfit on there I was looking at on a boutique site for super cheap. What is the catch?

[tellmesomethingood]

It's real, but it all ships from overseas, so it takes a while.

[firedancer10288]

It's real. I've ordered a few things and haven't had any issues. Shipping can be slow, but still much faster than Zulily. Average is probably about 2 weeks.

[cabbagecabbage]

It's real but rips off name brands/looks and sends cheaply made sweatshop stuff.

[MixedBerryJam]

Jul 4, 2017 12:13:24 GMT -5 readyin07 said:

Or is it a sham? I saw a baby outfit on there I was looking at on a boutique site for super cheap. What is the catch?

I got a really cute but super cheap turtle shaped cat bed for my brother (long story short, he's crazy about turtles and just, uh, adopted his first cat). I'm pretty sure the head is on backwards, but Ruby doesn't seem to mind. It did take about a month to arrive, maybe even longer. But I got what I paid for.

This is what I got vs what I ordered: 

[ginger]

I won't lie. I've bought a few things from there, but I cannot convince myself it isn't mostly stuff made in sweatshops.

I won't be buying anything else.

[readyin07]

So I wonder if the identical outfit I saw is also sweatshop made and just being charged $20 for versus $6, if it is a knock off or what?!

[picaflora]

A coworker of mine orders from there all the time. She claims the key is to read all the comments on the item for any quality or fit issues.

[thegan]

Jul 4, 2017 14:24:28 GMT -5 readyin07 said:

So I wonder if the identical outfit I saw is also sweatshop made and just being charged $20 for versus $6, if it is a knock off or what?!

I've noticed that a lot of Instagram boutiques have things you can find on eBay or Wish but they charge a lot more. I honestly think they buy them and mark up since they appear to be identical.

[textbookcase]

Jul 4, 2017 16:03:18 GMT -5 thegan said:

Jul 4, 2017 14:24:28 GMT -5 readyin07 said:

So I wonder if the identical outfit I saw is also sweatshop made and just being charged $20 for versus $6, if it is a knock off or what?!

I've noticed that a lot of Instagram boutiques have things you can find on eBay or Wish but they charge a lot more. I honestly think they buy them and mark up since they appear to be identical.

Yup, a good portion of IG shops buy from Wish and Aliexpress to mark up and re-sell.

[L]

I've looked into Montessori material from them and the reviews always say they are much smaller than "standard"...so that explains in part why they are so much cheaper. Hopefully that wouldn't apply to clothes though. Lol

[BicycleBride]

I can tell you for sure that a lot of online "boutiques " order things from aliexpress and wish and try to pass them off as high quality items. You can get some really great stuff from ali and wish but you also may end up with some duds.