AliExpress
What does this mean?
Grade C (use with care: check the source of each value before relying on it). 71% of 7 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites; only 7 sourced values, so the entry is thin.
Get help with (3)
- Refund requestContact the seller first, then file a Return/refund request on the order within 15 days of receipt; AliExpress refunds after the return passes warehouse quality control.
- Item arrived damaged or defectiveReport a damaged, short or not-as-described order within 15 days of receipt through Return/refund on the order.
- Lost packageAn item that did not arrive or was lost within the guaranteed delivery window shown on the order detail page is covered by Buyer Protection.
Contacts (3)
Online tools and accounts
- AliExpress Buyer Protection (how to file a Return/refund request)
The request itself is filed from My orders, then the order detail, then Return/refund, which needs sign-in.
Use for: Refund request, Item arrived damaged or defective, Lost package
Source: aliexpress.com, verified 2026-10-13
- AliExpress privacy rights requests
Use for: Data access or deletion request
Source: terms.alicdn.com, verified 2026-10-13
- AliExpress Data Protection Officer
Use for: Data access or deletion request
Source: terms.alicdn.com, verified 2026-10-13
Escalation path
Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.
Customer service
Supervisor
Written complaint
Card or bank dispute
Fair Credit Billing Act billing-error and purchase-dispute rights (Regulation Z)
Electronic Fund Transfer Act error resolution and unauthorized-transfer liability (Regulation E)
State agency
Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON:
states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).Public complaint
RegulatorBetter Business Bureau
Known blockers
- Return/refund requests are filed from the signed-in order page; AliExpress help-center pages need a full browser to load.
Scam warnings
Official domains
aliexpress.com
Real links and emails from AliExpress end in one of these.
For the whole industry, read Retail and online shopping — how complaints work.
Verification notes
AliExpress is a marketplace; its privacy policy describes the platform as a service that "connects and facilitates sales and purchases between business sellers" and buyers, so most items are sold by third-party sellers. Under the privacy policy (effective July 30, 2026), buyers in the United States contract with AliExpress E-Commerce One Pte. Ltd. (Singapore). AliExpress help-center pages load their text with scripts and could not be read by automated fetches on 2026-10-13. No official AliExpress page on phishing or off-platform payment scams was read; AliExpress-hosted "wiki" articles found in search are not official policy and are not used here.
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