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Chargeback prevention for Shopify

Stop chargebacks before they ship.

Predict dispute risk on every order in under 2 seconds. Auto-hold high-risk fulfillments, capture scoring evidence, and stop the chargeback before the package leaves your warehouse.

Free during private beta · No credit card · Shopify-native

A chargeback costs you 2-3x the order value

The product is gone. The refund is taken. The fee is charged. Your dispute win-rate sits somewhere between 20-40% if you're lucky.

100%

of the order value lost (product + refund)

$15-$25

chargeback fee per dispute (varies by region)

1% threshold

above which Shopify Payments can suspend your account

How RefundSentry prevents the chargeback

The fastest chargeback to win is the one that never happens. Every step below runs automatically.

STEP 1

Score at checkout

Every order scored in under 2 seconds from order/create webhook. Low / Medium / High risk zone assigned before the warehouse sees it.

STEP 2

Hold risky orders

Configurable auto-hold on High-risk orders. Fulfillment pauses until a human reviews — stops the package before it leaves.

STEP 3

Prevent the dispute

Either cancel & refund cleanly, or proceed with evidence captured. Either way, the chargeback never hits your Shopify Payments dashboard.

STEP 4

Learn from outcomes

Every confirmed chargeback feeds back into the scoring model for your shop. The more you use RefundSentry, the sharper your predictions get.

10 pre-ship signals flagging chargeback risk

Every order gets all 10 signals evaluated in parallel before fulfillment. The combination of triggered signals produces the risk zone.

Mismatched billing vs. shipping address
High-risk payment method history
Velocity patterns on the IP / device
Multi-account address clustering
Account age vs. order value mismatch
Guest checkout with high-risk geography
Previous chargeback on a linked identity
Order-time deviation from customer norm
Cart composition anomalies (all high-risk items)
First-party fraud indicators (friendly fraud patterns)

Plus 40+ post-purchase signals for return abuse, refund-method switches, and serial-returner detection.

When a dispute does land, win with evidence

Every order's full scoring rationale is stored — device fingerprint, velocity checks, address verification, customer history, risk signals triggered. This goes directly into your Shopify Payments evidence submission.

Evidence fields captured per order

Risk zone assignment at order time
All triggered fraud signals with confidence
IP address and geography
Device / browser fingerprint
Order velocity for this customer
Address verification results
Payment method risk profile
Account age and order history
Cross-shop customer reputation
Full audit trail of scoring decisions

Chargeback prevention, answered

How do you predict chargebacks before they happen?+

We score every order against 10 pre-ship signals at order creation — address mismatches, velocity, account-age/value mismatch, multi-account clusters, prior chargeback linkage, and more. Orders with enough risk signals are flagged High before fulfillment starts.

What happens when an order is flagged High-risk?+

Your configuration decides. Most merchants use auto-hold: fulfillment pauses, the order appears in the RefundSentry review queue, and your team decides to cancel + refund or release. Shopify Flow can also trigger custom workflows on any risk threshold.

Do I still win chargebacks on orders you didn't flag?+

Every order gets a full risk breakdown stored — even Low-risk ones. When a chargeback lands, you have the full scoring rationale as evidence: device, velocity, address checks, and customer history. That's far more than Shopify's default evidence submission.

Will this hurt my legitimate customers?+

No. Risk thresholds are tunable per shop, and every hold decision is reversible. The goal is to stop the <1% of orders that become chargebacks — not slow down the 99% that don't.

How does this work with Shopify Payments?+

Complementary. Shopify Payments handles the payment fraud at authorization (stolen cards, etc.). RefundSentry adds a second layer focused on chargeback risk — including friendly fraud, wardrobing-to-dispute, and first-party fraud patterns Shopify's analysis misses.

Privacy & Compatibility

Clear Setup, Low Data Risk, and No Workflow Rip-and-Replace

For a new app, trust starts with clarity: what gets installed, what data stays out of scope, and how RefundSentry fits into the tools you already use.

Zero PII Stored

Only customer IDs and aggregate statistics. No names, emails, addresses, or payment data ever touch our database.

No names or emails storedNo addresses storedNo payment data

Privacy by Design

Return behavior analysis without building personal customer profiles. GDPR-ready from day one.

Minimal data collectionCustomer IDs onlyAggregate statistics

Real-Time Scoring

Returns are analyzed during webhook processing so your team sees new risk signals as activity comes in.

Webhook-based scoringDashboard visibilityNo batch review queue

Works With Your Stack

Add-on to your existing returns workflow. No need to replace Shopify Native, Loop, AfterShip, or ReturnGO.

No migration requiredAdd-on to current stackShopify-native integrations

What You Get on Day One

Shopify Native

Built for Shopify

Webhook-based

Scores as events arrive

Customer tagging

Risk labels in Shopify

Shopify billing

No external payments

Join the Private Beta

Score orders, hold risky fulfillments, detect return abuse, and predict chargebacks — all from one app that works with your current stack.

Free during betaShape launch pricingNo credit card