Making a refund to a gift card on Shopify POS

If a customer used a gift card to make a purchase and then wants to return the item for a refund, then you can make the refund to the same gift card and its balance is updated automatically.

Refund an order to a gift card with Shopify POS

To refund an order that was paid by gift card:

  1. From the Shopify POS Orders screen, tap the order that was paid for with a gift card.

  2. Tap Return.

  3. Use the + and - beside each product to enter the quantity that you're refunding.

  4. If the order shows that the customer paid for shipping, then tap Add to include the shipping cost in the refund.

  5. Confirm that the customer information is correct. You can send a refund gift card by email to either the original customer, or to a different customer. You can also remove the customer from the order and refund to a physical card. Tap Edit to make changes.

  1. Optional: Enter a reason for the refund.

  2. Tap Refund.

  3. When the refund is successful, tap Done to return to the order details screen.

Refund to a reloadable gift card with Shopify POS

When using Shopify Payments, you can reload an existing physical or digital gift card on the customer’s profile. There are 2 ways to issue a refund to an existing gift card:

  1. Return summary
  2. Exchange summary

Refund from Return summary

Steps:

  1. From the Return summary, tap Refund to gift card.
  2. Tap Existing gift card.
  3. Scan the customer’s existing gift card barcode.
    • Physical gift card barcode is located on the back of the gift card.
    • Digital gift card barcode is located on the original gift card email.
  4. Select receipt option.
  5. Tap Done.

Refund from Exchange summary

Steps:

  1. From the Exchange summary, tap Refund to gift card.
  2. Tap Existing gift card.
  3. Scan the customer’s existing gift card barcode.
    • Physical gift card barcode is located on the back of the gift card.
    • Digital gift card barcode is located on the original gift card email.
  4. Select receipt option.
  5. Tap Done.

What payment types are eligible to refund on an existing gift card?

Only transactions processed with Shopify Payments are eligible for refunds to be reloaded to an existing gift card.

Refund to gift card for a different customer

If the customer returning the item is not the original customer, then you can send the gift card to a different email than the one used in the original transaction.

  1. From the Shopify POS Orders screen, tap the order with the items to be returned.

  2. Tap Return.

  3. Use the + and - for each product to set the quantity that you're refunding.

  4. In Return summary, toggle Return balance to gift card to enable.

  5. Swipe left on the customer info, tap Remove, and then tap Remove to confirm.

  6. In the Customer section, tap Add customer to add a new or existing customer profile to the gift card.

  7. Optional: Enter a reason for the refund.

  8. Tap Refund.

  9. When the refund is successful, tap Done to return to the order details screen.

The original order is still associated with the original customer, but you can view the return under Order history > Exchange. To see the information for the new gift card, in the New Items section, tap View order #xxxx to see the gift card and the newly added customer. You can resend receipts from here if needed.

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