Refund

How it works

You can fully or partially refund payments made by your users. Note that you can issue more than one partial refund of a charge.

The amount of partner’s payout is calculated taking into account refund operations, which are also displayed in financial reports. For a number of payment methods, it is possible to withhold refund fees. Contact your Customer Success Manager or email to csm@xsolla.com for details.

The refund period depends on the payment method and can be up to 5-10 banking days.

• For the most popular payment methods such as PayPal, Amazon, and credit cards, refunds are automatically made to the user’s payment account.
• For payment methods that support only manual money transfer to the user, refunds will be processed by the support service managers. These methods include some digital wallets and direct debit transfers.
• On rare occasions, for payment methods that do not support refunds, such as cash kiosks or mobile payments, alternative refund options are possible. Money can be transferred to PayPal or Xsolla balance.

Full refund

Flow

1. After receiving a refund request, the type of payment system is determined.
2. Depending on the refund type supported by a payment system, one of the following actions is performed:
   • If the payment system supports automatic refunds, no additional actions are performed.
   • If the payment system supports refunds by manual money transfer only, the payment data is passed to the support service manager.
   • If the payment system supports only alternative refunds to PayPal or Xsolla balance, an email with the possible refund methods is automatically sent to the user.

3. Money is returned to the user. The payments made via payment systems that do not support automatic refunds are refunded with the assistance of the Xsolla customer support manager.
4. The payment is canceled and the Refund webhook is sent only after the money is transferred back to the user.
5. User receives an email with refund results.

How to set it up

You can create a full refund request by:

• using the API call. It is recommended that you provide the user email for each request. It is required only for alternative refunds to PayPal or Xsolla balance in order to contact the user and specify the preferred method of refund. Unfortunately, if the email is not provided in the request and was not specified by the user when making the payment, the refund will be rejected.
• using Publisher Account (see the instruction below). Note that this option is available only for payments made via payment systems that support automatic refunds.
• sending a request to the Customer Success Manager or the support team.

To create a refund request via Publisher Account:

1. Go to your Publisher Account.
2. Click Support in the main menu.
3. Find a required transaction.
4. Click the ••• icon to the right of the transaction to open a menu. Click Refund.

5. Specify the reason for the refund and click Request refund.

Partial refund

Flow

1. After a refund request is received, the requirements for a partial refund is checked. The request is declined in the following cases:
   • The payment method does not support partial refunds.
   • The total amount of all requested refunds is greater than the original charge amount.
   • The payment is not successful, or transaction status does not allow refunds.
   • The payment amount after partial refund is less than the allowed amount specified by the payment system.
   • The purchase price was discounted.
   • The requested partial refund is for a subscription payment.
   • The requested partial refund is for a payment that was made with a user’s Xsolla balance.
   • The payment was made more than 180 days before the request for a partial refund.

2. The refunded amount of payment is calculated using the fees and currency exchange rates of the original payment.
3. The amount that will be deducted from the payment to the merchant is calculated. There are no fees to refund charges, but all fixed fees from the original charge are returned only when the full payment has been canceled. Other fees are calculated in proportion to the payment amount.
4. A partial refund is displayed in financial reports as a new transaction with the same number as the original payment.
5. When a user receives the funds, you receive the Partial refund webhook.

How to set it up

• Call the Request partial refund API call.
• Send a request to your Customer Success Manager or Xsolla customer support.

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