SelectBlinds vs Blinds.com: Fit Rules, Remakes, and Per-Window Price

SelectBlinds and Blinds.com both sell made-to-measure blinds and shades online, and on the surface they look nearly identical: large multi-brand catalogs, published measuring guides, factory-deducted inside mounts, and a named measuring guarantee. The differences sit in the fine print: the guarantee windows, which warranty covers a branded line, in-home services, and how each states its prices. SelectBlinds is this site's affiliate merchant: we may earn a commission if you buy through a link on this page. Only SelectBlinds pays this site; Blinds.com does not. Everything below was read from both companies' own pages, first in September 2026 and again on October 5, 2026, rather than from first-hand use.

The short version

Fit confidence: FIT Protection vs SureFit

Both sellers pass the fit-confidence bar, and both publish measuring guides and apply the inside-mount deduction for you — so on the fundamentals it is a tie, and either is far safer than an unvetted marketplace listing. The caps are the same: SelectBlinds' FIT Protection allows one remake per covered product and four per household over the customer's lifetime, and Blinds.com's SureFit allows one remake per item and four per household per lifetime. SureFit adds that exchanges are same-product, within 30 days, and limited to size and mount changes.

For a single room, the two nets are practically equivalent, and for a large order both stop at four remakes per household. Both also exclude big orders: SelectBlinds any order of 25 or more products, Blinds.com any order with 25 or more of the same product. What actually separates them is the claim window — 90 days from the original order date at SelectBlinds against 30 calendar days from delivery at Blinds.com — and the fact that only SelectBlinds publishes a size tolerance for a qualifying re-measure. Neither offers a refund on custom; both are remake programs. Our full SelectBlinds review and Blinds.com review break down each in detail.

Warranty

On the base terms the two are closer than they first look. SelectBlinds gives every order a free 3-year limited warranty, including its LEVOLOR lines, and sells 5-year limited and unlimited coverage as paid upgrades; its terms say these are the only warranties it provides. Blinds.com publishes its own Standard 3 Year Warranty on window treatments (1 year on Quick Ship) and says it "takes the place of all other stated warranties." Its Bali product page also links the manufacturer's limited-lifetime warranty document, so if a long brand warranty matters, ask Blinds.com in writing which terms apply to the line you choose. See our Bali and Levolor reviews for the brands' own terms.

Price and transparency

Both sell on percentage-off promotions. On October 5, 2026, most SelectBlinds listings read showed 45 percent off a crossed-out "regular price," and Blinds.com's home page carried "Up to 45% Off Sitewide"; its order policies also list buy-one-get-one style offers. SelectBlinds says it offers sales "throughout the year." On either site the crossed-out number tells you little: configure your exact window and compare the price you would actually pay.

This update does not quote prices: an earlier table compared a SelectBlinds cellular shade with a Blinds.com roller shade, which says nothing about which seller is cheaper for the same product. Custom blinds are made-to-size and generally not returnable; confirm the guarantee terms before ordering.

For a fair comparison, price the same product type, size, opacity and lift on both sites after each one's current promotion, on the same day. The answer moves with the promotion calendar, which both sellers change often.

Service and samples

Both sellers offer design consultants. The service difference Blinds.com publishes is professional measuring and installation, which SelectBlinds says it does not offer; if you want someone else to measure, that settles it. SelectBlinds' free samples ship by the next business day and usually arrive in 3-5 business days (its help centre says 4-6), with two-day delivery for $10. Either way, order swatches before you commit: they are free at both, and a fabric seen against your own window is the honest test of opacity and color.

Three buyer scenarios

Abstract comparisons only go so far, so here is how the choice resolves for three common buyers. The first-time single-window buyer: close to a coin flip; the 90-day FIT window gives you longer to catch a measuring mistake at SelectBlinds, and Blinds.com's professional measuring is there if you would rather not measure at all. The whole-house buyer doing ten-plus windows: both nets stop at four remakes per household, so measure carefully either way and, as SelectBlinds' own terms advise, try one window first; stay under 25 products per order, where SelectBlinds' FIT stops, and under 25 of the same product, where SureFit stops. The buyer who wants a long brand warranty: ask each seller in writing which warranty covers the specific Bali or LEVOLOR line, because both publish a 3-year warranty of their own. Notice that none of these hinge on quality: they hinge on your remake exposure, your warranty priority, and whether you want to measure yourself.

Fit guarantees side by side: the fine print

Both sellers publish a named measuring guarantee, and neither charges to enroll. The differences sit underneath. The table below was read from each company's published guarantee, returns, terms and warranty pages in September 2026 and re-checked on October 5, 2026, rather than from first-hand use; confirm current wording before ordering.

Two notes beyond the table. The four-per-household lifetime ceiling appears in both programs' published terms, so on caps the nets are the same. And the change windows are short: SelectBlinds allows a 4-hour review period before production starts; Blinds.com's order-policies page says 24 calendar hours after the order is finalized, while its change-order page says changes cannot be made once 12 hours have passed, so act inside the shorter figure.

One term cannot be reported cleanly: SelectBlinds states it two ways. The same change-of-mind remake clause appears on its published returns page and in its published terms and conditions, but the returns page ends it "plus an additional 10% off" while the terms and conditions end it "minus 10% off" instead. Both wordings were live when read on September 13 and again on October 5, 2026. One reads as a further discount to you, the other as a deduction from you: the two readings are opposite, and we do not know which governs. If you expect to rely on that clause, ask SelectBlinds to put the applicable term in writing before ordering.

The split verdict

Choose SelectBlinds if you are measuring yourself and want the longer safety net: FIT Protection gives 90 days from purchase and publishes a 2-inch-per-side tolerance, against SureFit's 30 days from delivery with no published tolerance. Be ready to do the post-promotion price math.

Choose Blinds.com if you want someone to measure and install for you, or a specific Bali line it carries; confirm in writing which warranty applies to that line, since its own 3-year warranty says it replaces all others. Both programs cap remakes at four per household.

For most single-room buyers the two are close enough that the deciding factor is which specific product and price you find on the day — so price your exact window on both, order swatches from whichever you lean toward, and let the real post-discount number and the warranty on that line break the tie. Before you configure either, run your opening through our Measure and Mount Fit Checker and read the seller's own measuring guide, because the best guarantee is the mistake you never make. If the fine print tips you toward SelectBlinds, its new-customer offer applies to a first order.