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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 an e-commerce website, founded in 2015 in Singapore, operating primarily in southeast 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 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 serves as [[Amazon]] for the East outside of China, being named the largest e-commerce platform in southeast Asia, with almost half of the the region's $47.9 billion in total gross merchandise volume in 2023 being attributed to Shopee<ref>https://momentum.asia/product/ecommerce-in-southeast-asia-2023/</ref>.

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.

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 its online marketplace, the fact that unethical or illegal practices have been allowed to continue for years and are still present to this day without any intervention suggest that Shopee is complicit in misleading customers.

== Review manipulation ==

=== Incentivizing users to post 5 star reviews before using or even unboxing a product. ===

=== Incentivizing users to post 5-star reviews before using or even unboxing a product. ===

=== Removal of unfavorable reviews ===

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=== Product hijacking ===

Shopee enables its sellers to completely change a listed product in title, description and images, while retaining reviews of the originally listed product. This allows sellers to boost newly launched products which would not yet have any buyers, to have glowing 5 star reviews off the bat.

Shopee enables its sellers to completely change a listed product in title, description and images, while retaining reviews of the originally listed product. This allows sellers to boost newly launched products which would not yet have any buyers, to have glowing 5-star reviews off the bat.

[[File:Shopee product stacking different product.png|thumb|Shopee product stacking with seller listing unrelated products as variants under 1 product listing]]

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-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 an e-commerce website, founded in 2015 in Singapore, operating primarily in southeast 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 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 serves as [[Amazon]] for the East outside of China, being named the largest e-commerce platform in southeast Asia, with almost half of the the region's $47.9 billion in total gross merchandise volume in 2023 being attributed to Shopee<ref>https://momentum.asia/product/ecommerce-in-southeast-asia-2023/</ref>.
-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.
+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 its online marketplace, the fact that unethical or illegal practices have been allowed to continue for years and are still present to this day without any intervention suggest that Shopee is complicit in misleading customers.
 == Review manipulation ==
-=== Incentivizing users to post 5 star reviews before using or even unboxing a product. ===
+=== Incentivizing users to post 5-star reviews before using or even unboxing a product. ===
 === Removal of unfavorable reviews ===
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 === Product hijacking ===
-Shopee enables its sellers to completely change a listed product in title, description and images, while retaining reviews of the originally listed product. This allows sellers to boost newly launched products which would not yet have any buyers, to have glowing 5 star reviews off the bat.
+Shopee enables its sellers to completely change a listed product in title, description and images, while retaining reviews of the originally listed product. This allows sellers to boost newly launched products which would not yet have any buyers, to have glowing 5-star reviews off the bat.
 [[File:Shopee product stacking different product.png|thumb|Shopee product stacking with seller listing unrelated products as variants under 1 product listing]]