Marking orders as refunded

Refunding an order means returning the funds to a buyer when they legitimately request a reimbursement or if you cannot fulfill the order. It is a common practice in the world of e-commerce.

You can mark orders as refunded or partially refunded in your store admin after you give the money back to your customer. This way, you can keep track of your orders and automatically notify customers about issuing a refund.

To actually refund an order paid via most online payment gateways, you need to log in to your payment processor account and issue a refund from there.

To mark an order as refunded in your store:

  1. From your store admin, go to My Sales → Orders.
  2. Find the order that was refunded.
  3. Click on the payment status and select Refunded or Partially Refunded:

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That’s it! The customer will receive a notification about the changed order status in their inbox.

When you mark an order as Refunded, your store automatically restocks purchased items. When you mark an order as Partially Refunded, your store does not change the stock of the purchased products. In both cases, the store does not process an actual payment reversal — you should do it in your payment processor account.

For selected online payment providers, it’s also possible to issue full or partial refunds right from your store admin. Learn how you can do that with Lightspeed Payments and PayPal Checkout. Such orders will automatically get the Refunded or Partially Refunded status.
Also, orders refunded in your Stripe account will automatically get the Refunded or Partially Refunded status in the store admin, and fully refunded orders will be restocked.

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