"I don't write a lot of reviews but felt compelled to do so after ordering from iHerb.
I almost didn't order because of the negative reviews. I'm glad I took a moment to read them and realized all the negative reviews were from international customers, not domestic. In fact, almost every domestic review was positive.
My experience....
Great selection of products!
Incredible prices!
I really like the fact they put the expiration date of the product you will receive on their site. I can't tell you how many time I've received orders from other sites and the product is expired or really close; this is a HUGE plus!
The expiration dates posted on the site matched what I got!
I ordered late a night, or early morning, depending on how you look at it. My product shipped the same day!
My products arrived on the day quoted! That's the day quoted before I had to pay...really like this!
I will be coming back to IHerb!
Also, changed my mind on a product I ordered and cancelled the entire order and just reordered. It just took a couple of clicks, no hassel!
I highly recommend this site!"
"I have read nothing but horrible reviews with a few scattered great ones. I will say hands down this is a great company to order from! I got free 2 day air shipping for only purchasing $20 worth of product. That's a steal in comparison to what any other online site I know! All my product's arrived in the same box, none damaged and just as they were described on their website. I would recommend this site to any one. I will say though if you live outside of the US and are buying products internationally maybe that's why you are having issues? Just an idea? I know that I got great, fast, reliable shipping with my order and it was my first time ordering from iHerb.com "
"DONT ORDER FROM THEM....I placed my order on canadian site, i recieved paper with additional charges like processing fee 10$ , hst 7$, cod fee 5$ .. when you are ordering they dont tell you or warn you about additional cost.. NEVER AGAIN.. "
"I have ordered from Iherb to Canada. You will be surprise that DHL will ask you to pay $28 for the shipping as you already paid for it when you place an order. I tried to contact the IHerb but no luck they are not responding to the emails that I have sent. I can say the product that I have ordered worked really well for me but I will no longer this product through IHerb because you will pay twice for the shipping!!!!!! I can get the same product through amazon and it is really free shipping with no surprises and a great customer service. IHerb sucks!!!!!!1"
"I place an order with iHerb.com every 4-6 weeks, and have done so for a couple of years. I really like this company. Their prices are excellent, delivery is fast + free and liquids and scented products like incense are always packaged in a sealed bag, which I appreciate. "
"Because Iherb has really terrible reviews I was scared to order at first, however one of my friends living in Singapore let me know she orders there all the time and has had no problems.. so I decided to make a smaller order than first intended to see how it would go.
I ordered express on 22th of march(Sunday), I was expecting it to be shipped the next day as thats what they told me on the chat that the order would be picked up in the afternoon on Monday.
It was not shipped the day they told me, which I find strange as express is always shipped the same day or day after.
I decided to contact them again and the guy made notes that it is quite urgent. I recieved it just in time, 5 a clock in the afternoon in Singapore. Had it arrived one hour later I would have left for the airport already.
I am curious if I did not contact them again to let them know I will only be 2 days in Singapore, if the packaged wouldn't have arrived in time? Of course I don't know how many staff they have or how many express orders they recieve, but considering that iherb works 24/7 I was expecting it to go faster than it actually did.
Any way besides this I did not have any problems with them and recieved my package just in time.
The only reason I chose DHL was because they offered half price off express shipping, however I would have never picked it otherwise as DHL is an extremely unprofessional delivery service.
I wonder if a few of the reviews here are meant for the shipping company rather than iherb itself because I have had so many problems with DHL in the past which is of course not the fault of the online store you ordered from."
"I recently started shopping with iHerb and i have absolutely zero complains. Like their prices compared to other retailers, such as amazon, are way more affordable and shipping isn't expensive crazy. Which is great for me since i am a single mom putting myself through college. i personally love shopping there for for organic producs to add to my all natural beauty regimen. Maybe the people writing the bad reviews aren't from the U.S? because all the bad reviews i see are usually from foreigners. AS for a customer who lives a few states away from california, Texas, i say there should be no issues whastoever and resonable shipping. i paid 4 bucks and then received my stuff 4 days later. way faster than anywhere else. just as fast as my two day prime membership with Amazon. If you are living in the u.s. then i believe you should totally give this place a try because all the negativity is coming from people who live elsewhere. Overall, i will continue to shop here. super happy :)"
"Seems like good luck is on my side. I live in California, and it only takes one single day for my package to arrive at my doorstep. Great prices,too !"
"Buyers Beware
I ordered every month several times from iHerb but recently have been scammed. They do not put the cost of the goods on the outside of the box. Thereby customs have to contact herb to get the value of the goods. iHerb then give the total cost of the order including the costs of DHL. As a result your order is over the allowance leading to taxes and VAT. This is incorrect so I'm not sure why they can't be bothered to give the correct amount. Will now be shopping at vita cost"
"I like Iherb.com. They are great, but Korea kind of is a pain. Korea keeps slowing stuff through customs, and they charged me 75 bucks for a 16 dollar jar of honey. I expect some kind of free trade. It doesn't have to be free trade, but charging people a crazy amount just for importing honey is ridiculous.
When the customs was giving me trouble before, and I was waiting for a month, iherb gave me a refund. In the end, customs wanted to charge me $75 for a $16 jar of funny. Ludicrous, isn't it? "
"BE VERY CAREFUL if first time shipping abroad with IHERB.
For shipping costs the IHERB website instructs to add products to the shopping cart, choose your country of destination and click calculate. I did this and was charged $10 shipping.
DHL Shipping later notified me there would be an additional charge (50% of the product price) if shipped.
IHERB when contacted were not prepared to stop shipment and went on to say:-
If your order is returned to us you will be refunded the total amount of the order, minus the shipping charge, 20% of the value of the order, (as a re-stocking fee). We will also subtract any other outside charges iHerb.com has incurred during shipping, such as warehousing fees, return postage fees, etc
…….in other words tough luck.
Gary (UK)"
"good product. shipped quickly and received within the normal period of time."
"Iherb used to be great. Now shipping to South Korea is super slow and unreliable. Customer service is horrible now too. They won't respond to these problems. What happened to this once great company?"
"Ordered from iHerb to Scandinavia and I am very pleased. Used the very cheap shipping (around 7 dollars). I took a risk and it went very well. My order was calculated by iHerb to arrive around march 20th but arrived february 18th only 10 days after the ordered was shipped. Very pleased and all items arrived with great protection looking flawless. Will order again and recommend ordering from iHerb."
"I have never written a review but feel compelled to. After placing an order with iHerb I decided to read the reviews. Good thing I did not read them before I placed the order, very poor reviews, I was getting very nervous about having placed an order with them. My experience was quite different. I placed my order on Feb 16, 2015 and received it Feb 19th. Cost of the order was $155.00 CD or $198US. Duty was $24.00CD. This is still much cheaper than from any other source I tried, plus they were one of the few companies that shipped the product I wanted to Canada. I highly recommend iHerb and will use them again."