A customer was due a discount prior to checkout but didn’t receive it. I refunded the discount amount on the customer order and sent an email. The customer account does not show the refunded amount. Am I missing something here? The order was archived. Could this make a difference?
Topic summary
Refunded discount not appearing in the customer’s account after issuing a partial refund; the order was archived. It’s unclear if archiving affects customer-facing visibility.
Guidance offered: check the admin Orders page, where the order should show as “Partially Refunded.” Refunds can take a few minutes to display. No confirmation that the customer’s account view will reflect the refunded discount.
Key follow-ups and open questions:
- Adding an extra discount to an unfulfilled order triggers a warning that refunding just the discount will make the item “unfulfillable.” Unclear whether it’s safe to proceed without impacting fulfillment.
- How to process partial refunds (to honor missed discounts) without canceling the order remains unclear.
- How to ensure tax is reduced automatically when refunding only the discount amount, without manual calculation, is unresolved.
Outcome: No definitive solution provided. Discussion remains open with several operational questions unanswered.
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Hi @cdaniels , thank you for visiting the Shopify Forum!
Make sure to check in the orders page, it should appear as “Partially Refunded”. Shopify, takes a couple of minutes to refund the order.
Best,
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Hi Lanzi,
I am in the same scenario. I need to add an additional discount to an unfulfilled order to fix a discount code error. If I refund just the discount amount, I get an alert before processing it saying that it will make the item unfulfillable. Should I proceed anyway? Would rather not have to refund the entire order and force the customer to reorder. Thanks!
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We face the same problem. How are these kinds of refunds meant to be managed? It is not a very exceptional thing to grant a partial refund without canceling the order.
Would appreciate a quick help. Thanks.
Having the same issue where we need to refund a discount amount, how do we get the tax to reduce without manually calculting?