8 Other Reasons: Trust Check

The bottom line. 8 Other Reasons is an accessories label founded in Australia and led by designer Charles Lichaa, which started in 2010⁵; its domain dates from February 2010¹⁶. It now gives an address in downtown Los Angeles, 850 S Broadway², which Google lists as a corporate office¹⁷, and its bags are also sold by Shopbop and Anthropologie^18,19. Its jewelry is 18k gold- or rhodium-plated ‘base metal alloy’, from $13 to $122^1,7, with free US shipping and a Shopify checkout that takes cards and PayPal^2,20. It scores low because its pages disagree on returns: a 15-day window on every page, 7 days to ask and 30 days to send on its Shipping & Returns page, and an exchange or a credit note for a change of mind in its refund policy, whose only refund section is for orders shipped within Australia^2,3,4. Earrings and sale items are final sale², you pay return postage², faulty pieces are its only cover — reported within 48 hours under the refund policy³ — email is the only contact^{2,3,4,5,6,21,22}, and no company is named^{2,3,4,5,20,21,23}.

8 Other Reasons policies at a glance

How 8 Other Reasons scores

Not scored because they don't apply to 8 Other Reasons: diamond grading, appraisal, installments. The other 90 points are scaled to 100 (29 of 90). We are still looking for 8 Other Reasons on Trustpilot and the BBB; the score will be updated when that's done.

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Who is behind 8 Other Reasons

The site is operated by ‘8 Other Reasons’²⁰, with no company form such as Inc. or LLC anywhere we looked^{2,3,4,5,20,21,23}. Its About page says the brand was founded in Australia, is led by designer Charles Lichaa, and started as an accessories line in 2010⁵; Revolve, which stocks it, describes it the same way²⁴. The 8otherreasons.com domain dates from February 2010¹⁶.

It now gives an address in downtown Los Angeles, 850 S Broadway, Suite 300², which Google lists as a ‘corporate office’¹⁷. Its product pages say pieces are designed in its downtown LA studio and ‘hand made’⁷. Its bags are also sold by Shopbop and Anthropologie^18,19.

How to reach 8 Other Reasons

The only channel we found is email, at [email protected]². The contact page has a form for your name, email and message, under the theme’s placeholder text (‘Use this text to share information about your brand with your customers’)²¹. We found no phone number, chat or text messaging^{2,3,4,5,6,21,22}.

Returns & exchanges

8 Other Reasons describes its returns three ways. A banner on every page and the product pages we read promise a ’15-day return window’^4,7. Its Shipping & Returns page says to email within 7 days of receiving your order to start a return, and to send the item back within 30 days of receipt, unworn, unused and with all tags and security seals². There’s no restocking fee, but you pay return shipping, the original shipping isn’t refunded, and returns lost in transit are your risk². Returns are processed within 7 business days, and you can take a credit note instead of a refund².

Its refund policy, by contrast, offers an exchange — or a credit note — when you change your mind³, and its only section on refunds is headed ‘Refund of Orders shipped within Australia’, asking for a Return ID within 48 hours of receipt³. Both pages agree that earrings, for hygiene reasons, and sale items can’t be returned or exchanged^2,3.

Check 8 Other Reasons’s current return policy on 8otherreasons.com ↗

Shipping & delivery

Standard shipping is free on all US orders and takes 5–7 business days; express shipping, 2–3 business days, is available at checkout². The Shipping & Returns page says orders are processed within 1–2 business days, while product pages say orders ship in 4 days^2,7. It ships worldwide, with duties paid by the buyer².

Every order can be protected by Route; the pages we read don’t say what that costs⁷. We found no signature requirement and no policy for parcels lost on the way to you^{2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,26}.

Check 8 Other Reasons’s current shipping options on 8otherreasons.com ↗

Warranty & care

We found no warranty, repair, re-plating or resizing service^{2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15}. Faulty items are the only cover: the Shipping & Returns page offers a refund or exchange if an item arrives faulty or becomes faulty within 30 days, but the refund policy says you must report a fault within 48 hours of receipt, with the security tags still attached^2,3. Variations in glass stones, natural stones and matte finishes don’t count as faults². Product pages ask you to keep pieces away from perfume and excessive water ‘to avoid discoloring’, and say damage from careless wear or storage isn’t the brand’s responsibility⁷.

Check 8 Other Reasons’s current warranty terms on 8otherreasons.com ↗

What 8 Other Reasons sells & what it costs

Its product feed lists 310 products: earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings, but also handbags, belts, hats and other accessories¹. Jewelry costs $13 to $122; handbags go up to $525¹. We found no diamonds and no body piercing jewelry — the body jewelry in its feed is body and belly chains and toe rings^{1,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15}. Rings come in several sizes⁷.

The metal pieces we checked are plated: product pages name 18k gold plating (22k on a cowhide cuff) or rhodium plating over a ‘Base Metal Alloy’, e-coated and free of lead and nickel^7,8,11, but none gives a plating thickness^{1,2,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15}. Most stones on those pages are named for what they are — crystals, rhinestones, acetate beads, faux and acrylic pearls^10,11,14,15 — with two exceptions: the Eclipse earring is sold as ‘Pearl Cluster Drop Earrings’ without saying its pearls are acrylic, as its product feed tags them^1,9, and a seashell necklace is ‘80% Semiprecious stone’ without naming the stone¹³.

The only sourcing statement we found is about its cowhide, ‘ethically sourced as a by-product of the meat industry’; we found nothing about where its metals come from^{2,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15}.

Payment

The store runs on Shopify²⁰. It takes Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover and PayPal, and you can pay in installments with Afterpay, Klarna or Shop Pay Installments².

What customers say

We found little independent feedback. We found no 8 Other Reasons shop: its Google listing is a corporate office in Los Angeles, with no reviews¹⁷. Google results for its domain on Trustpilot show only Trustpilot’s category pages, not a profile for the store²⁵; we’re still checking Trustpilot and the BBB by hand. Its Instagram account has about 111K followers²⁷. In the search results we read, we found no recurring complaints about orders, delivery or refunds.

Official social profiles

Linked from 8 Other Reasons’s own website, so these are the brand’s real accounts.

Alternatives to 8 Other Reasons

• UNOde50 — Handmade plated statement jewelry with free returns within 30 days of delivery
• Estella Bartlett — Gold- and silver-plated brass jewelry with 30 days to return and a one-year guarantee
• Monica Vinader — Gold-vermeil and recycled-silver jewelry with 100-day returns and a 5-year warranty

8 Other Reasons FAQ

How we score stores

The Trust Score adds up 100 points across six areas: identity & transparency (20), purchase protection (25), warranty & aftercare (15), product transparency (15), payment safety (10), reputation (15). Every point is tied to a fact we can link to, and the rules are the same for every store. Read the full methodology.

90+ Excellent · 75–89 Trustworthy · 60–74 Mostly reliable · below 60 Proceed with caution. Ratings from other platforms are summarized in our own words with a link; we don’t copy reviews.

Update history

• Nov 3, 2026 — First published, before our editor’s review. Every fact checked against 8otherreasons.com and the other sources listed below as they read that day.

Sources

All pages were read on Nov 3, 2026. Store policies change — check the store’s current terms before you buy.

1. 8 Other Reasons' product feed (products.json on 8otherreasons.com, all 310 products)
2. 8 Other Reasons — Shipping & Returns | 8 Other Reasons
3. 8 Other Reasons — Refund policy – 8 Other Reasons
4. 8 Other Reasons — home page
5. 8 Other Reasons — About 8 Other Reasons | LA Jewelry & Accessories Brand
6. 8 Other Reasons — FAQs | 8 Other Reasons
7. 8 Other Reasons — product page: Aeris Ring | Open-Form Statement Ring | 8 Other Reasons
8. 8 Other Reasons — product page: Dixie Solo Cuff | Cowhide Cuff Bracelet | 8 Other Reasons
9. 8 Other Reasons — product page: Eclipse Pearl Cluster Drop Earrings | Silver | 8OR – 8 Other Reasons
10. 8 Other Reasons — product page: Heaven Beaded Necklace – Ocean Charms | 8 Other Reasons
11. 8 Other Reasons — product page: Nightfall Crystal Statement Earring | 8 Other Reasons
12. 8 Other Reasons — product page: Pluto Stud | Minimalist Stud Earrings | 8 Other Reasons
13. 8 Other Reasons — product page: Summer Salt Seashell Necklace | Beaded Shell Necklace | 8OR – 8 Other Reasons
14. 8 Other Reasons — product page: Zoe Dangle Earring – Hammered Silver & Faux Pearl | 8OR – 8 Other Reasons
15. 8 Other Reasons — product page: Zoe Layered Necklace | Gold Pre-Layered Necklace | 8OR – 8 Other Reasons
16. Domain registration record (RDAP)
17. Google search: 8 other reasons llc los angeles
18. shopbop.com: 8 Other Reasons Crescent Bag — Google result snippet, Nov 3, 2026
19. anthropologie.com: 8 Other Reasons — Google result snippet, Nov 3, 2026
20. 8 Other Reasons — Terms of service – 8 Other Reasons
21. 8 Other Reasons — Contact Us | 8 Other Reasons
22. 8 Other Reasons — Contact information – 8 Other Reasons
23. 8 Other Reasons — Privacy policy – 8 Other Reasons
24. revolve.com: 8 Other Reasons French Bag in Black — Google result snippet, Nov 3, 2026
25. trustpilot.com: Best in Fashion Accessories Store United States — Google result snippet, Nov 3, 2026
26. 8 Other Reasons — Shipping policy – 8 Other Reasons
27. instagram.com: 8 OTHER REASONS (@8otherreasons) — Google result snippet, Nov 3, 2026