How do I refund customer payments?

There are a few different methods you can use within PayWhirl to refund customer payments or provide a customer with credit.

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Written by Ryan P.
Updated over a week ago

There are a few different places within PayWhirl where you can refund payments. You can also issue discounts or credits (in the form of a gift code) instead of a refund.

Invoice Refunds:
Inside any PAID invoice, locate the "Payment Details" section and then click the refund button to initiate the refund.

You can refund the total amount, which will be pre-filled by default, or you can enter a partial amount.

If you issue a partial refund, the amount will be recorded in the payment details section of the invoice along with a refund reference ID provided by your gateway.

Payments Page:
You can also issue refunds from the payments page within PayWhirl if you click "View" on the payment to see the payment details page. Simply click "Refund" in the top right corner of the payment details page to complete the refund.

Invoice Discount:
You can also credit customers by adding a NEGATIVE fee line item to an upcoming invoice. Negative fees will work as a credit for that invoice only.

Issue a gift code credit:

You can also issue a gift code to the customer to work as store credit. This will be applied before the customer's payment method is charged for any future invoices. If the amount of the credit is more than the invoice, the remainder will stay on the customer's account as a balance until it is all used up.

Click on Invoice > Gift Code and select New Gift Code in the top right corner

Select the customer and enter the amount for the credit.

If you use this option, you may want to create a custom email template to let the customer know this was a credit, not a gift.

Refunds directly from the Gateway - (Not Recommended) You can also refund payments directly in the gateway but they won't automatically show up in PayWhirl. This is mainly used only if the invoice is no longer in PayWhirl (the payment gateway was removed).

For Stripe - login to Stripe, locate the customer's charge and click refund. https://stripe-support-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/refund.mp4 

For Braintree - you can login to the control panel to process the refund:

  1. Log into the Control Panel

  2. Search for the original transaction and click on the Transaction ID

  3. On the Transaction Details page, click Refund

  4. Adjust the amount you wish to refund your customer (if needed) and click Refund

NOTE: Payment gateways typically do NOT refund transaction fees. PayWhirl also doesn't refund application fees when customer payments are refunded. This applies to all accounts starting Jan 1st 2020. Learn More

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Please let us know if you have any questions. 

Sincerely,
The PayWhirl Team 

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