A savvy woman has uncovered a game-changing hack on Shein that could save shoppers weeks of waiting for their next summer order.
Natalie Southern, from the UK, took to TikTok to spill the tea on her latest discovery, and one said she ‘saved their life’.
The content creator revealed the little-known secret behind Shein’s quickship feature, calling it a ‘life hack for the girlies.’
Taking to her TikTok, Natalie claimed that she found the ‘Shein secret of the century’, in the now viral clip, which racked up over 197,000 views.
She said: ‘Please tell me I’m not the only one who had just released this on Shein – quickship, who knew that if you wanted your goods from Shein there was a section where you could order from quickship.’
Explaining the feature, she added: ‘Your goods come in a number of days rather than a number of weeks.’
Shocked by her discovery the content creator, who has over 3,000 followers, added: ‘I didn’t.’
According to Natalie, the trick lies in the search bar under the quickship option, which only shows items that are ready to ship from local warehouses.
Natalie Southern (pictured), from the UK, just uncovered a game-changing hack on Shein that could save shoppers weeks of waiting for their order
The best part of the feature is that it ensures items are delivered to the customer’s door in as little as three to five working days.
Shoppers will find a variety of items available under quickship, including clearance deals, with clothes that have been reduced by up to 70 percent.
Hundreds of fellow Shein fans flooded the comment section and thanked Natalie for the tip, with some admitting they’d been put off by long delivery times in the past.
One person said: ‘I didn’t know this!’ To which Natalie replied: ‘Me either Stephanie!’
Another added: ‘You have saved my life.’ Someone else said: ‘Literally about to make an order! Thank you. I had no clue this was a thing.’
A fourth added: ‘I wasn’t aware of this feature. However, once you press complete it gives you an option ‘quick ship/ urgent ship’.’
Someone else claimed: ‘It’s when someone in the country has ordered it and returned it. Instead of sending [it] back to China or wherever, they keep it in the UK for someone else.’
It comes after Shein faced backlash after it was revealed factory workers making clothing are toiling through 75-hour weeks and earning less than 1p per garment.
The content creator revealed the little-known secret behind Shein’s quickship feature, calling it a ‘life hack for the girlies’
Although the fashion giant’s bargains, such as dresses for under a fiver, often prove irresistible to Western shoppers, they may think twice after seeing the labour conditions for workers in Guangzhou.
The city in south China is home to more than 5,000 factories – many of which supply to the fast fashion retailer – where labourers are paid as little as 12 yen an hour, the equivalent of 6p.
According to a BBC report, staff routinely work in excess of 12 hours a day, seven days a week, in contravention of labour laws, and leave the textile hubs as late as 10pm and beyond.
One woman interviewed said some 80 per cent of the labourers in the area work for Shein, which last year identified two cases of child labour in its supply chain.
Scrutiny over the company has been growing as it nears a £50billion market debut on the London Stock Exchange.
It made a £1.5billion profit last year but its ultra-cheap prices – including £5 dresses – have raised eyebrows.
After previous criticism for mistreating workers, Shein has insisted checks on factories have increased and that it takes action against dodgy suppliers.
In a recent sustainability report, it said there were two instances of child labour last year.
Viewers took to the comment section to share their thoughts on the hack – and to thank Natalie for sharing it
However, it’s clear that it hasn’t stopped shoppers from adding countless £3 bodysuits and £7 mini-skirts to their baskets.
In an interview with the national broadcaster, one worker revealed that they get paid around 2 yen – less than one pence – per garment.
‘It depends on how difficult the item is,’ she explained. ‘Something simple like a T-Shirt is one to two yen per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.
‘We earn so little. How is that enough? The cost of living is now so high.’
Thousands of labourers commute into the city’s textile hub – dubbed ‘Shein village’ – where they can pick up jobs advertised on a bulletin board, along with a clothing item exhibiting the stitching expected of them.
While it appears the fast-fashion giant isn’t the only one buying from the factories, it’s clear it’s a powerful presence that much of the workforce supplies to.
One of the women the BBC spoke with had been working for Shein since they started – and says they will get ‘stronger and better’.
And it’s clear that many who work in the city are more than used to the loaded work schedule.
‘This is what we Chinese need to sacrifice for our country’s development,’ one labourer expressed, remarking on the culture of long hours and minimal days off.
‘If there are 31 days in a month, I will work 31 days,’ another added.
Workers are used to eating their lunch amid a twenty minute break, and the BBC said you could even see people offering haircuts while others tucked in.
Industrious work ethics are routine in Guangzhou, but, speaking to the outlet, David Hatchfeld of consumer group Public Eye said Shein is ‘opaque’ when it comes to transparency of working conditions in its supply chain.
‘It’s not unusual but it’s clear that it’s illegal and it violates basic human rights,’ he said of the long hours.
It’s an extreme form of exploitation that happens. It needs to be visible.’
FEMAIL has reached out to Shein for comment, but the retailer told the BBC that it is ‘committed to ensuring the fair and dignified treatment of all workers within its supply chain’.
It also said it’s ‘investing tens of millions of dollars in strengthening governance and compliance’ and was ‘striving to set the highest standards for pay.’
Social media is rife with videos of workers busying away at sewing machines before packaging an item into Shein’s recognisable plastic bag, branded with the logo.
Workers can be seen busying away at the stations, dozens of packages piled up beside them.
