Today we're announcing Branded Returns, which gives you an all-in-one, customer-facing solution to manage eCommerce returns for your business.
You can’t avoid returns. In fact, one study found that returns have now risen to nearly 17% of all orders. But, you do have control over how you handle returns, and how much of an impact they have on your business (and your team).
Branded Returns is available to all Starshipit customers and is packed with useful features. You can create a self-service returns portal, customise your returns email and SMS notifications, use shipping rules to create clever automations, manage return charges and so much more.
With Branded Returns, you’ll spend less time managing returns and your customers will be happier knowing they can easily return an item within minutes right from your website.
In this article, we’ll explain everything you need to know about Branded Returns so you can hit the ground running. But first...
With Branded Returns, you can create a customer-facing returns portal and embed it directly on your website. From here, your customers can initiate their own returns and generate a return label. In other words, that’s one less phone call or email for your support team.
But this is just the start: You can also customise automated returns notifications (email and SMS) and create smart shipping rules to add logic to your returns processes, giving you even more control and time-savings.
Let’s explore these features in more detail.
Keep your customers informed at every step of the returns process with SMS and email notifications. You can customise the look of notifications and which notifications send – and when. You can send and receive notifications when return pickups are submitted, when the parcels get picked up, when you receive the returns and more.
Display multiple return payment options and set return charges for each option. For example, store credit, refund via original payment method and exchange.
You’ve got full control over the look and feel of your returns. Add your branding, colours, logos, content and links to your returns portal and notifications to give your customers a consistent experience.
Give your customers returns options that work for them. Let customers drop off their returns or allow them to self-service and arrange their own pick-ups – all through your returns portal.
Best of all, returns work with both domestic and international orders.
Configure the returns portal to reflect what’s in your returns policy using rules and automation. For example, create a rule to reject returns for specific types of products (like underwear and earrings).
Easily communicate information to your team by adding custom labels to your orders with tags. Tags make it easier to identify important details about different orders in the orders grid.
Got more questions about eCommerce returns? Check out some of our frequently asked questions.
Getting started with Branded Returns is easy. Once you've added the returns add-on to your Starshipit account, you’ll find all the returns settings on one new page.
From here, you can create your new returns portal, embed it on your website and customise your branding. Then, you can tweak your returns notifications, add your returns policy and more. Get in touch with us to learn more about how you can make returns one of your brand’s high points!
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