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The Refill Shoppe
A Ventura, California refillery (established 2010) that mail-orders bath, body, and home cleaning liquids by the fill, with a fold-up-and-mail-back empties process. Cleaning products are one part of a broader bath/body/home refill catalog rather than the sole focus. Suits a household that wants a genuine refill-by-mail relationship rather than a one-time purchase.
What it's good at
- Operates a fold-up-and-mail-back empties system: customers return empty refill pouches by mail and get them refilled and shipped back, rather than only offering one-way refill pouches
- Free shipping on US orders over $75, stated on its own site
Worth knowing first
No third-party certification found — trust rests on the company's own claims, not an outside audit.
How we scored it
Sells only its own bath/body/home refill formulations — a single-brand catalog, not a mixed marketplace.
Score breakdown
2.8avg /5- Editorial
- 3/5
- Trust
- 2/5
- Value
- 3/5
- Selection
- 2/5
- Shipping
- 4/5
- Service
- 3/5
Genuine, longstanding (2010-founded) refillery with a real mail-back loop, but cleaning is a subset of a broader bath/body/home catalog. Source
No third-party register-verifiable certification (B Corp, EWG, MADE SAFE, Leaping Bunny) was located for this business this session; trust rests on its own claims and 2010 founding date. Source
Refill-by-mail avoids repeat full-price bottle purchases, but per-item pricing (e.g., $32 rollers, $14 lip balms) is boutique-tier, not discount. Source
Cleaning is one slice of a wider bath/body/home refill catalog rather than a deep cleaning-specific range. Source
Free shipping over $75 stated directly on the retailer's own site. Source
Low-confidence score — no explicit standard return/refund policy could be located on official pages this session; the mail-back refill process is a service commitment but is distinct from a return policy. Source
The company behind The Refill Shoppe, Inc.
- Founded
- 2010
- Headquarters
- Ventura, California
- Ownership
- Independent
No outside owner who can reset the standards.
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