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Am I able to refund the customer if Shopify has a hold on my payments? I am not able to pay for the refund out of pocket.
Without any reason (I have never received an email from Shopify and when I contacted support, they had no idea either) Shopify put a hold on my funds a few days ago right after I had gotten an order . I make all of my products by hand, and package and ship everything myself. I do not sell copyrighted products, and I do not sell illegal products, so I am unsure as to why there is a hold. I do not make a lot of sales, but have used Shopify for quite awhile, I have just put most of my focus into getting my Etsy established, I have not had time to devote to getting Shopify site up to par to where I am bringing in regular orders.
In the meantime, I need those funds to purchase supplies to make the order for the customer. Time is of the essence. Because I am now getting to the point that it is getting too late to order supplies to make their order in time, I will need to cancel their order and refund them. Especially because I am reading that several people are having to wait weeks or months for their payouts, with no explanations.
Any update on this? Were you able to refud customers when your Shopify Payments was on hold?