Refund decisioning for Shopify

Refund decisions.
Instant.

Retendr reads the order, weighs the risk, and returns an instant approval or a flagged escalation — in under three seconds, with the full reasoning logged.

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refund-engine · v1
Return reason
Order value£85
£10£500
Account age
Previous refunds

Configure a return scenario and run it through the live engine. Real rules, real verdict.

ShopifyBuilt for Shopify stores
< 3sDecision latency, end to end
0Manual reviews on clean requests
100%Decisions logged with reasoning
01Pipeline

From request to resolution, without a human in the loop.

Four stages. The only time a person sees a return is when Retendr decides they should.

01

Return request

Customer submits a return through your Shopify checkout or portal.

02

Context pulled

Order value, account age, delivery status and refund history, resolved automatically.

03

Decision engine

The engine weighs every signal against your thresholds and returns a verdict.

04

Route + log

Auto-approve or escalate — notified on your channel, logged to Notion with reasoning.

02Output

Every verdict, fully reasoned and logged.

This is the actual shape of a Retendr decision — structured, auditable, and written to your Notion log the moment it fires.

DEC-4471· northbound.co
order_value£42.00
account_age2y 4m
return_reasonItem arrived damaged
delivery_statusDelivered · 11d ago
refund_history0 prior requests
AUTO-APPROVE
High

> Low-value order from a long-standing customer with a clean refund history and a standard, verifiable reason. No thresholds breached — refund issued instantly and recorded.

No risk factors
DEC-4472· atelier-made.com
order_value£312.00
account_age11 days
return_reasonChanged my mind
delivery_statusIn transit
refund_history2 prior requests
ESCALATE
High

> High-value order on a new account with two prior refunds and a discretionary reason — and the item hasn't been delivered yet. Multiple thresholds breached at once. Held for manual review before any refund.

High value orderNew accountRepeat refunder (2)In transit
03Capabilities

Tuned to how your store actually runs.

Defaults that are sane out of the box, and every lever you need to make them yours.

Configurable thresholds

Set the lines that matter to your store — high-value orders, accounts under 30 days, repeat refunders. Retendr enforces them on every request.

Multi-channel notifications

Decisions land where you already work. Email, Slack, Telegram, SMS, WhatsApp — route approvals and escalations to the right place.

Full Notion audit log

Every decision written to Notion with its complete reasoning. A searchable, auditable trail of why each refund was approved or held.

Per-store rules

Encode your own escalation logic. Custom rules per store let the engine reflect how your business actually handles returns.

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