I bought nearly identical hauls from Shein, Temu, and Amazon and was shocked to see which store had the best quality

Wed, 08/16/2023 - 09:02

side by side image of three pink heel shoes with prices floating above them — I purchased three similar products from Temu, Amazon, and Shein to compare their prices, quality, and the overall shopping experience.
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I shopped on Amazon, Shein, and Temu to compare the experience and quality.
Temu was addicting to use because it was the best at recommending more items.
I was surprised that the shoes from Shein were the highest quality of the three.

For this comparison, I shopped only via mobile app. I had three products in mind: pink heels, a large hair clip, and checkered pants I'd seen on Pinterest. I also wanted to test the accuracy of each app's visual search, so I uploaded photos of each product.