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How Do I Process a Refund?

Step-by-step guide on how to process a refund for an order within SparrowShop.

Maysa Wozeer avatar
Written by Maysa Wozeer
Updated over 3 months ago

Step 1

Go to ‘Sales’ in the left-hand side menu

Step 2

Select ‘Orders’ to see a complete list of orders from the website

Step 3

Go to the order you want to refund and select ‘View

Step 4

Select ‘Invoices’ on the left-hand side of the order

Step 5

Select ‘View’ to open up the invoice for this order

Step 6

Once the invoice has been opened, press the ‘Credit Memo’ button

Note: Within Magento, credit memo refers to refunds

Important: You must create a ‘Credit Memo’ from within the order invoice.

Step 7

This will open up a ‘New Credit Memo' for the order. Select the checkbox to return the item to stock

Step 8

Select the items you want to refund

Note: By default, all items in the order are set to refund. If there are multiple items in the order, you have the ability to only refund particular items by changing the ‘Qty to Refund’ input.

Step 9

You will have the option to write a short note that will be sent to the customer

Note: You can use the below text as a guideline.

Hi [name],
Thank you for your order! Unfortunately, we are currently out of stock for the following items:

[Item and quantity]

We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused. Please keep an eye out on the website as this item may come back in stock in the near future.

-The [Pharmacy Name] Team

Step 10

Select both checkboxes to email a copy of the refund memo with your comment to the customer

Note: The ‘Append Comments’ checkbox will only become active once the ‘Email Copy of Credit Memo’ has been selected.

Step 11

Press the ‘Refund’ button in the bottom-right corner

Step 12

The order has now been successfully refunded

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