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How do Group Discounts work? (Cancel group discounts)

Learn how the Cancel group discounts feature works in Returbo and how refunds are recalculated when customers return items from product discount promotions.

The Cancel group discounts feature ensures that promotional product discounts are recalculated correctly when customers return items.

This feature is available for merchants on the Premium plan.

Here is a short video on cancel group discounts:

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What is Cancel group discounts?

In Shopify, you can create product discounts such as:

  • Buy X get Y

  • Amount off products

  • Buy 3 for the price of 2

  • Quantity-based product discounts

If a customer returns part of a discounted order, Returbo can automatically adjust the refund so the discount is applied fairly.

Without this feature, a customer could:

  • Return only the paid items

  • Keep the discounted or free item

  • Still receive a full refund

With Cancel group discounts, the discount is recalculated and reversed where applicable.


What types of discounts does this work with?

This feature works with Shopify Product discounts, including:

  • Amount off products

  • Buy X get Y

You can manage and create these discounts in Shopify under Discounts.

For more information about how Shopify discounts work, see Shopify’s guide:
https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/discounts


How to activate Cancel group discounts

  1. Go to the Returbo app

  2. Navigate to Settings → Request settings → Returns

  3. Scroll down to Cancel group discounts

  4. Select Yes, I want to cancel group discounts

Once activated, Returbo will automatically adjust discounts where applicable.


How does Cancel group discounts work?

Example:

A customer uses the discount code “2GET1FOR50%”, which gives 50% off the third item in their order.

If the customer returns items, the refund depends on which item is returned.


If the customer returns a non-discounted item

  • The system reverses the applied discount

  • The refund amount is reduced accordingly

  • The cost breakdown shows that the discount has been adjusted


If the customer returns the discounted item

  • No discount adjustment is made

  • The refund is calculated normally

This ensures that the discount only applies if the customer keeps the required items for the promotion.


Important

If a customer exchanges a non-discounted item and you later convert the exchange into a refund, the discount reversal will still be applied.


When does this feature not work?

‼️ This feature will not work if you manually enter or override the refund amount directly on the order.

It will work if:

  • You remove items from the order and allow the system to calculate the refund automatically

To ensure correct discount adjustments, avoid manually overriding the refund amount.


Summary

Cancel group discounts ensures that promotional product discounts are recalculated correctly when customers return items.

It:

  • Prevents customers from keeping discounted items unfairly

  • Automatically adjusts refunds

  • Works with Shopify product discounts

  • Is available on the Premium plan

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