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Shopee is an ecommerce website, founded in Singapore and operates primarily in South East Asia and Latin America. Shopee operates under Sea Ltd which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the $SE ticker<ref>https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SE</ref>.

Shopee is an ecommerce website, founded in Singapore, 2015 and operates primarily in South East Asia and Latin America. Shopee operates under Sea Ltd which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the $SE ticker<ref>https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SE</ref>.

Shopee ~~is basically the~~ Amazon of the East, outside China, being named the largest e-commerce platform in South East Asia with almost half of the $47.9 billion in total gross merchandise volume in 2023 in the region being attributed to Shopee<ref>https://momentum.asia/product/ecommerce-in-southeast-asia-2023/</ref>.

Shopee serves as Amazon for the East outside China, being named the largest e-commerce platform in South East Asia with almost half of the $47.9 billion in total gross merchandise volume in 2023 in the region being attributed to Shopee<ref>https://momentum.asia/product/ecommerce-in-southeast-asia-2023/</ref>.

Shopee is known to engage in ~~extremely, often blatantly~~ unethical behavior ~~that makes the questionable practices of~~ [[Amazon]] ~~look tame~~.

Shopee is known to engage in unethical behavior similar to [[Amazon]]. While Shopee does not sell the majority of its products directly and relies on a vast number of sellers to shape their online marketplace, the fact these listed unethical/illegal practices have been allowed to continue for years and is still present to this day without any intervention makes it clear that Shopee is complicit in misleading customers.

While Shopee does not sell the majority of its products directly and relies on a vast number of sellers to shape their online marketplace, the fact these listed unethical/illegal practices have been allowed to continue for years ~~till~~ present day ~~(2025)~~ without any intervention makes it clear that Shopee is complicit in misleading customers.

== Review manipulation ==

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==== Stacking used and new products ====

But unethical sellers often group used and new products together, so that the lower price shows up on search results (See given screenshot on Alienware AW3225QF).

But unethical sellers often group used and new products together, so that the lower price shows up on search results (See the given screenshot on Alienware AW3225QF).

In the given example:

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==== Stacking completely different products ====

Some sellers also outright group different, unrelated products together under one listing to stack reviews. (See screenshot on Dell UltraSharp U4025QW)

Some sellers also outright group different, unrelated products together under one listing to stack reviews. (See the screenshot on Dell UltraSharp U4025QW)

In the given example:

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From time to time, when landing on Shopee's website (either direct or via search results), users will be redirected to the login page and are prevented from browsing products.

No doubt this is a feature still being A/B tested. There are several advantages for Shopee doing this: being able to link browsing behavior directly to users and making it difficult to compare prices without an account.

No doubt this is a feature still being A/B tested. There are several advantages for Shopee doing this, such as being able to link browsing behavior directly to users and making it difficult to compare prices without an account.

== References ==

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-Shopee is an ecommerce website, founded in Singapore and operates primarily in South East Asia and Latin America. Shopee operates under Sea Ltd which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the $SE ticker<ref>https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SE</ref>.
+Shopee is an ecommerce website, founded in Singapore, 2015 and operates primarily in South East Asia and Latin America. Shopee operates under Sea Ltd which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the $SE ticker<ref>https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SE</ref>.
-Shopee is basically the Amazon of the East, outside China, being named the largest e-commerce platform in South East Asia with almost half of the $47.9 billion in total gross merchandise volume in 2023 in the region being attributed to Shopee<ref>https://momentum.asia/product/ecommerce-in-southeast-asia-2023/</ref>.
+Shopee serves as Amazon for the East outside China, being named the largest e-commerce platform in South East Asia with almost half of the $47.9 billion in total gross merchandise volume in 2023 in the region being attributed to Shopee<ref>https://momentum.asia/product/ecommerce-in-southeast-asia-2023/</ref>.
-Shopee is known to engage in extremely, often blatantly unethical behavior that makes the questionable practices of [[Amazon]] look tame.
+Shopee is known to engage in unethical behavior similar to [[Amazon]]. While Shopee does not sell the majority of its products directly and relies on a vast number of sellers to shape their online marketplace, the fact these listed unethical/illegal practices have been allowed to continue for years and is still present to this day without any intervention makes it clear that Shopee is complicit in misleading customers.
-While Shopee does not sell the majority of its products directly and relies on a vast number of sellers to shape their online marketplace, the fact these listed unethical/illegal practices have been allowed to continue for years till present day (2025) without any intervention makes it clear that Shopee is complicit in misleading customers.
 == Review manipulation ==
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 ==== Stacking used and new products ====
-But unethical sellers often group used and new products together, so that the lower price shows up on search results (See given screenshot on Alienware AW3225QF).
+But unethical sellers often group used and new products together, so that the lower price shows up on search results (See the given screenshot on Alienware AW3225QF).
 In the given example:
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 ==== Stacking completely different products ====
-Some sellers also outright group different, unrelated products together under one listing to stack reviews. (See screenshot on Dell UltraSharp U4025QW)
+Some sellers also outright group different, unrelated products together under one listing to stack reviews. (See the screenshot on Dell UltraSharp U4025QW)
 In the given example:
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 From time to time, when landing on Shopee's website (either direct or via search results), users will be redirected to the login page and are prevented from browsing products.
-No doubt this is a feature still being A/B tested. There are several advantages for Shopee doing this: being able to link browsing behavior directly to users and making it difficult to compare prices without an account.
+No doubt this is a feature still being A/B tested. There are several advantages for Shopee doing this, such as being able to link browsing behavior directly to users and making it difficult to compare prices without an account.
 == References ==
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