Have you heard of Wittlebee? Until last month, I had no idea what Wittlebee was all about.
Wittlebee is a children’s clothing club. The goal of Wittlebee is to keep parents well stocked with amazing kids clothes. Wittlebee creates custom packages for members based on their children’s age, style preferences, geographical location, etc.
For a monthly fee of $39.99, parents receive a box containing six clothing items, with a retail value of approximately $100. When you figure it out, each item of clothing ends up costing you less than $7. That’s not bad at all! Wittlebee boxes include brands such as Calvin Klein, American Apparel, Baby Gap, Carters, Tea Collection, etc.
The way that Wittlebee works is pretty cool. Parents go online and fill out a “style profile” to help the stylists put together the perfect box based on your style preferences. The style profile includes questions such as: sex, age, size, the types of clothes you are looking for (short sleeved shirts, long sleeved shirts, onesies, pants, shorts), the graphic style you prefer (characters, plaids, stripes, solids, favorite colors, clothing style (casual, preppy, hipster, sporty, mix and match), accessories needed (socks, hats, etc.), anything you don’t want to receive, what climate you live in, and then finally, whether or not you’d like a personal phone call from a stylist to more accurately complete your style profile.
Once your profile is complete, the stylists put together a custom box just for you, and then ship it out. Did I mention shipping is FREE?
We were so excited to receive our Wittlebee box. I originally put it together requesting sizes that I thought would fit Buster. However, almost everything in the box ran a little big, so all but one thing ended up fitting Buddy better than Buster.
Here’s what our box looked like when it arrived. The clothes we received were from Crazy 8, Gioberti, and American Apparel.
One of the outfits ended up being perfect for Buddy’s first day of school. Here he is modeling it.
And here are the other items we received in our box. The navy blue top is the only thing that ended up fitting Buster.
Overall, I was very happy with our Wittlebee box. There is one small exception. The pair of plaid shorts are quite big for a size 5. I didn’t think it would be an issue until I realized that the shorts are missing the elastic and button for the adjustable waist. I’m not sure if they aren’t supposed to be adjustable waist (though the slits/holes are sewn in), or if that was just a mistake. Either way, it will be awhile before either of my skinny boys can wear those shorts. Aside from that, the clothing was in perfect condition, and everything is very much our “style.”
If you’re looking for an easy way to supplement your child(ren)’s wardrobe, I would highly suggest you check out Wittlebee at www.wittlebee.com, or on their Facebook page.
Disclosure: I was provided with a complimentary Wittlebee box to facilitate this review. My opinions are, as always, my own, honest, truthful opinions.
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This is a great idea! I’m going to check it out for the younger two kids! The teens… hmmm… not sure that it’d work for them.
Hi!
Thanks for the awesome review and I’m sorry about that pair of shorts. We’d like to send you a replacement item. Please email customer service at support@wittlebee.com and we’ll get that out right away.
Thanks,
Sean Percival
Wittlebee Founder
Thank you Sean. I just sent my email to support@wittlebee.com.
Have a nice day!
That would be such a fun surprise every time. Shopping without having to do the shopping yourself is awesome!
fun idea!
Wow, I’m checking out the reviews for Wittlebee on the web and it looks like they gave away a lot of boxes to bloggers to write reviews for them. Thanks for the article though. The only thing is that it looks like they take a lot of low-end clothes, package them up, and send them on to you. I’d rather have a choice and mix high and low stuff myself.
I have had nothing but trouble with Wittlbee company. Initially it took several phone calls which were not answered to be able to speak with someone. The wrong season of clothing was sent twice . I was sent a return label which was not correct so the same package came back to me. I was promised a new order would be sent out immediately. 3 weeks later no package. I am still trying to deal with this company and cancel my membership. I had higher expectations for this company.
I’m sorry you’ve had such a difficult time with them. I didn’t have issues like that. In fact, after I wrote my review, the president/owner of the company responded and asked me to contact customer service so that they could send me a new pair of shorts. It took a bit of time to receive them, but I did get them, and I don’t think the timing was too unreasonable. I would contact them again.
I’m sorry but I too have had problems with Wittlebee. I started with them in July and thought it was a wonderful idea. I was okay with the first box but it went down hill from there, wrote my notes and finally last month I received a some what acceptable box. However I have another account going to my father-in-laws for my soon to be daughter (thought how could they go wrong for a girl) I wasn’t happy with my daughters box, called Wittlebee and got excuse after excuse. Instead of cancelling I decided to still give them a chance (granted they have had lots of chances since July) Today I received my daughters second bix and I am totally dissatisfied. They have not followed any of my notes on style. I was so excited to receive my box and was in tears when i opened it. It is very disheartening to give a company chance after chance and they continue to dissapoint. Yes I am a fool to give them so many chances, but I had faith it would get better. Now all I want to do is return my new box and get refunded however the only way you can contact Wittlebee at the moment is thru email. I have no idea how to return it for a refund. Not for nothing but many reputable companies will give their customers incentives to keep their business and for customer satisfaction, Wittlebee does not seem to do this. Also I wrote on their Facebook page last month after being dissatisfied and my comment was erased, and I was blocked from posting on their wall. I am not the only one who have had these problems. There is a Facebook page for Wittlebee reviews that Wittlebee has no control over. Anything Wittlebee has control over gets erased or blocked so no one sees any negative reviews. I am sorry I even have to write this but I am a very dissatisfied customer who has been VERY patient but enough is enough!
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