Customer service is HORRIBLE
Online customer service support is horrible. I write this as the owner of an international selling/shipping brand.
I purchased an E-gift card as a gift for my own Mother (who resides in the states). I am from the states but live over seas. I completed check out with an overseas Visa card and overseas billing address. On Mother’s Shopify checkout I was able to choose from just about every country on planet earth for my billing address. No prompts that they only accept USA based payments. Additionally- the payment processed they use is literally “Global E-Payments” from Klarna. Made to process payments from all over the world.
My order gave me a “completed checkout” notification and the funds fully left my account and were sent to Mother. But I never received my e gift card. Additionally this is a poor service because you cannot type the recipient info into the e gift card checkout process. They will just “send it to you and you can send it to who you want”…. Again, no mention of any overseas purchasing issues/ it’s not allowed.
After my order failed to be fulfilled I contacted their customer service, they told me that they don’t do foreign orders and that the e gift card had to be going to a person in the United States. I confirmed it was. They came back to me with “we don’t accept payments from overseas cards”… Well, you actually DO. Your Shopify settings DO. Your payment processor is a global payment processor. And these are all things you have the power to edit within your Shopify account. (As per mentioned above, I am a business owner with a Shopify account, that does global payments and global shipping. You the Shopify site owner have full power to dictate the settings of where you do and do not ship, and where you do and do not accept payments from.)
If you don’t accept foreign cards then it shouldn’t even be available to type in at checkout. My country shouldn’t be on your predetermined drop-down list. It’s that simple.
Finally, they said the funds hadn’t yet cleared on their end and they can’t process my order. LOG IN TO YOUR PAYMENT PROCESSING ACCOUNT. (Not just your Shopify back office.) Check on any holds. Check if you need to manually release or accept the funds. Check if you can decline the charge and refund me my money back for goodness sakes.
I had to personally explain the entire process of how to manage their own sales, Shopify, and payment processor to their own customer service team. My order is still in limbo, no processed, and I’m getting no response at all.
Horrible horrible order processing and customer service- from one business owner to another. Edit your Shopify settings, or get with the program. It’s actually so simple it’s infuriating.
March 18, 2024
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