Nisolo sells ethically made footwear and leather goods, with an emphasis on direct sourcing and fair trade practices. This page offers customer ratings and reviews to help you make an informed decision about shopping with this retailer.
Nisolo Reviews
What Shoppers Say About Nisolo
Nisolo is currently rated 1.0 out of 5 by 23 shoppers, with all recent reviews expressing severe dissatisfaction centered on a single issue: the company's handling of its Five for Five membership program. Customers report paying between $500 and more upfront for this program, which promised multiple shoes over time, but claim they received only a fraction of promised items before the program was discontinued. Reviewers describe a pattern of unresponsive customer service, lack of transparency about the program's closure, refusal to honor existing memberships or provide refunds, and what they characterize as deliberate removal of records related to the program from the company's website.
The core complaint across all reviews centers on the ownership transition and subsequent program termination without customer notification or remediation. Multiple shoppers report receiving only automated responses to inquiries and state that the new ownership, which acquired Nisolo following foreclosure, has declined to honor commitments made under previous management. Customers express frustration that the company continues to operate under the Nisolo name and market itself as ethically conscious while refusing to address what reviewers describe as abandoned customer payments. While a few reviewers note the shoes themselves are of decent quality, this observation is overshadowed by the membership program dispute.
Customer Reviews (23)
Sorted by: Most recentPaid for the five for five membership and only got to redeem two codes before they claimed to be pausing the program. Turns out it wasn't really a pause because they ended it completely. Really not okay. I'm just one of many people this happened to. They kept the $500 from multiple customers and never delivered their promises. Don't give this company any of your money.
Bought into their 5for 5 membership and they never followed through. They said the program would resume once things improved, but still no codes. Plus they won't refund the portion they didn't deliver on.
The Five for Five deal was a total scam. I could only use two codes before they froze everything and refused to refund anyone. The craftsmanship started out solid but by 2024, the stuff they were sending out was poorly made with cheap leather and rough edges. Won't be ordering again.
Got scammed through their 5 for 5 program. When new owners took over, they refused to honor any commitment to the program, yet they're still using the exact same name and brand. The previous owners were dishonest and the new owners are equally unethical. Don't trust this brand.
Used to be good, but new owners have ruined it. Back in the day, Nisolo had an amazing Five for Five membership where you'd pay $500 upfront and get discount codes for free shoes every six months for five years (10 pairs total, basically $50 per shoe). Then the company went into foreclosure in early 2025 and the new owners refuse to honor those memberships. Instead, they're throwing us a pathetic 25% lifetime discount that doesn't even stack with their other sales. Totally unethical for a company that claims to be about integrity.
Don't give your money to this company. The customer service is terrible, their business practices are shady, and they've ripped off hundreds or thousands of people. On top of everything else, the shoes themselves are really uncomfortable and don't fit right.
Worst experience ever. I'd steer clear of this company - they're known for taking advantage of their customers.
Do not shop here. This is completely fraudulent. Like other people have said, new management won't honor the 5 for 5 program that customers paid $500 for and only got 1 or 2 shoes from. Now they're just offering a 25% discount code as if that makes it okay. It's incredibly frustrating and a complete ripoff.
The shoe quality has seriously declined over the eight years I've been buying from them. I used to love these shoes, but then I got caught up in their five for five scam too. It's straight-up fraud to keep taking orders and money while customers have been screwed out of the shoes they paid for. They should at least give refunds if they're not going to deliver the shoes. I can't see myself ever purchasing from them again. Word is they went out of business and got bought by another company, but that's a terrible way to start a new chapter when you're leaving customers empty-handed and betrayed.
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