How to raise a formal complaint with shopify?

[brand1234]

I have been a loyal customer with Shopify since 2019. I have billing issues where I have been overcharged for over a year and I hadn't realised.

I contacted Shopify customer 'support' which has been dreadful. 

I would like to raise a formal complaint with Shopify but their customer service representatives are not cooperating in providing a way to complain.

As a paying loyal customer of over 6 years who has never missed a payment and has instead been overcharged, it is shameful the treatment I have received. 

Please could someone advise on how to complain further up to management at Shopify or their formal complaints procedure? 

[Shay]

Hi @brand1234 

I definitely want to make sure you are getting the support you need. Are you able to share your ticket number related to your support interactions here? While our community team doesn't have direct access to merchant accounts or ticket details, we do have the ability to flag tickets for a review and ensure they are being handled appropriately. 

Please let me know! 

[RGuitars_co_uk]

I have just requested from support how do I make a formal complaint and report a fraud that I now can see was actually a fraud - and not a mistake.

I have used Shopify for maybe 15 years?  I have loved it.  I have used it so long I was on a legacy account - I received an internal message telling me if I upgraded my account I would make savings on my commissions per sale.

I immediately upgraded feeling that the additional costs would pay themselves back over time.  I also paid all in one go to boost the savings made.

When I checked the commission rate it was exactly the same as the one I am on and have been for years.

I contacted them immediately and they have been evading replying - deliberately asking me dumb questions like " can you provide a screen shot" when I told them where the message appeared and why of course it wont appear now - as I have upgraded - and why on Earth would I screen shot something I dont believe I need to in the moment????

They know damned well what I was being charged before - what I am being charged now - and that I have literally NO benefit to the upgrade in any form - I am thousands out of pocket and I need to report this as a 100% fraud. 

I hate it when large companies totally screw over small busineses - because they just "can".

After years and years of recommending my customers to use shopify I will certainly be highlighting this fraud online and making sure I find a new company - I doubt I will ever be able to find the time or the money to raise a criminal case but its literally daylight robbery what has occured to me.

I really believed it was a mistake - because obviously thats what it is - but for weeks now they have deliberately avoided replying apart from - It would help us if you went to the chat..  which I have done maybe 4 times now?

[e_a_c]

Edit: I meant to reply to the Shopify customer OP.

We've had a support thread going with Shopify Reps for about a year, covering many different and many repeat and related issues, dealing with approximately twenty separate support advisors. Most issues started around the 2023 December holidays with missing packages, odd payout, and funds release timeline issues concerning DHL Markets Pro handled orders. We've continued to deal with problems with some orders since December and one since August 2023(almost 11 months ago) regarding DHL eCommerce Markets Pro claims. We've informed Shopify that we will consider all matters closed at the end of this week, as we want to give them one more shot at resolving our problems since they so awkwardly appear to forget or not fully understand the issues when they announce "final resolution" details, despite us sharing the details many times in the same support thread over many months. We suspect Shopify is ignoring the pertinent information and simply hope we will disappear. It's not a good feeling to know that a service provider we've worked with for over five years and paid top dollar for isn't willing to resolve issues caused by the service provider themselves(Shopify/Globalee) respectfully or their partner organizations(DHL eCommerce, DHL Worldwide). I'm researching to understand the most effective ways to share our grievances with the public and consumer affairs agencies and various review sites, as I said I would in the support thread with Shopify. Besides threads here, Yelp, Reddit, Better Business Bureau, Federal Trade Commission, https://dos.ny.gov/file-consumer-complaint, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Ripoff Report, Planet Feedback, Pissed Consumer, Resolver, Quora, and Social Media, I'm interested to know of any other paths other Shopify customers have taken to share their grievances or to attempt to rectify issues that Shopify Support Representatives settle on, shy of meaningful and fair resolutions to their customers. Starting next week, I will begin sharing details publicly. Thanks for any help. - EC

[Kasser]

Hi, would you or anyone know where i would place a formal complaint against shopify as an australian registered business and client? thankyou in advance

[KM4]

I am having the same issue! I closed my account in May due to other issues with Shopify but they still charge me monthly! I have tried 4 times to resolve the issue and finally reported them to the BBB. Tired of repeating myself to a different advisor every time and resending screenshots etc. Hoopefully they will help me resolve it....

[Sami202002]

Hi KM4,

Did your issue get resolved after reporting them ?

My payouts have been put on hold for almost three weeks with no explaination/email from them, their chat support is USELESS. 

Im now thinking about reporting them.

[gaz3gaz3]

Did you ever figure out a way to complain? The shopify support is awful. I have contacted them 5 times over 4 days and they refuse to tell me how to complain. They even told me to stop contacting them because it affects the speed of the ticket. 

They created and error and closed my shop. Asked me to fill in a dispute form and that didnt work. the support advisor tried and it didnt work for them either. They keep telling me someone will reply but they never do. How can such a well established company be so bad at customer service?

They just have automated platitudes that seem warm and fuzzy but actually do nothing. They have no intention of helping. Bored of trying to fix it now and its only because i have already spent money on designing a store i am trying to fix this, otherwise i would switch.

Someone should create a competitor because i bet it wouldnt be difficult to take the customers from shopify if this is how they treat them,

[Sami202002]

Report them to the BBB (Better Business Bureau), that is the only way they will take action. I'm having the exact same issue and just reported them yesterday - BBB have forwarded my complaint to Shopify, so im expecting a respone very soon.

Link: https://www.bbb.org/ca/on/ottawa/profile/online-shopping/shopify-inc-0117-39813/complaints