Merchants are experiencing payment holds from Shopify Payments during account reviews conducted by banking partners. These holds freeze payouts while stores can still accept new orders and incur fees.
Common Issues:
Resolution Process:
Merchant Frustrations:
The discussion remains ongoing with multiple merchants seeking updates on their individual cases.
I’m so angry about this!
“Your payouts from Shopify Payments are on hold while we review your account”.
Thanks Shopify for basically freezing my payments on small business Saturday and NO phone number to call and resolve.
So disappointed that I cannot speak to a human on the phone to get this resolved.
HELP!!!
Hi, @ff1 ,
Hank here from Shopify.
Sorry to hear that this has happened to you, but do you have an open ticket with the team that I can query with them for you?
Or were you asked to submit some documents within your admin? This may just be a standard review that our banking partners have requested, and they want some information to verify your account.
But if you do have an open ticket I will be able to request this update, but also, if you do not have a ticket, if you can share a screenshot of what you see, that will also assist me.
Let me know if you have any additional questions, and I will assist you further.
All the best,
Hank
Hi Hank.
Here’s my ticket # 21030471
Thank you for sharing that.
I spoke with the accounts team about this, who confirmed that the banking partners have asked for a standard review of the account. So what the team has done, has asked for the required information, which you can upload via the admin.
Once you upload your documents, the information will be sent to the banking partners, and the accounts team may reach out to you if they require anything further, or if there are any issues with your documents. While there is no timeframe I can share, the sooner the documents get uploaded, the sooner the banking partners can process this, and you will see the banner change within your admin.
Note that this review does not impact your store in terms of new orders placed, and is just the banking partners looking to verify some information.
Thanks for your help Hank.
Yeah, completely ridiculous that this is a standard review and the most inopportune time. I am currently switching my platform all around and Shopify will no longer get my money.
It’s great that I can still accept payments, because Shopify will still get their fees and so will the banks! So the small business owener is the one who is paralyzed by this.
SO UNHAPPY and ANGRY at Shopify. Whether or not it’s Shopify directly, or a banking partner, Shopify cannot claim this is not it’s fault. You are both the same.
Atleast you still get your fees from me… as I sit here helpless.
I completely understand the situation this has put you in, and I myself as an Entrepreneur have been there.
It is, however, out of Shopify’s hands as we are not a bank, and it is just the bank asking for verification essentially. While I know that your frustration is directed at Shopify, it is sadly something I cannot assist with as much as I would like to.
Yesterday when we last spoke, I had further prioritized your case to help speed things up on our end if at all possible, so once you submit those documents, we will certainly do all we can on our end, but as I mentioned, the banking partners would have their own authentication process.
Honestly, I am sad to hear that you are considering leaving the platform, I assure you that your store can still accept incoming orders, and once the review has passed, all of your funds will be released, as this is your money, and Shopify wants you to receive it.
I do genuinely hope that this issue is resolved for you soon, and that you managed to submit the documents requested.
Is there any way to expedite this? It’s still frozen.
I spoke with the team about this and they advised me that the review was completed exactly at 2020-12-01, 5:51 pm (UTC).
So you should see within your admin that the banner has disappeared, and your payouts have resumed as normal.
But let me know if you need anything else.
I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT RECOMMEND SHOPIFY. MY PAYOUTS HAVE BEEN ON HOLD FOR OVER 35 DAYS AND I CANT SEEM TO GET THE RIGHT HELP NO MATTER HOW MANY SHOPIFY SUPPORT TEAM AGENTS I REACH OUT TOO..
A MONTH AGO AN RISK TEAM PARTNER PUT MY PAYOUTS ON HOLD BECAUSE OF AN EMAIL SENT TO ME REGARDING WAYS TO PREVENT CHARGEBACKS… MY ACCOUNT WAS SET TO BE UNLOCKED ONCE I RESPONDED TO THAT EMAIL… LONG STORY SHORT I NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO THE INITIAL EMAIL, OVER 10 AGENTS COPY AND PASTED THE EMAIL TO ME AND I HAVE RESPONDED COUNTLESS KF TIMES
BUT STILL GET NO RESPONSE, AT ALL!! MY ACCOUNT IS STILL ON HOLD I HAVE A LUMPSOME OF MONEY I CANNOT TOUCH, AND HAVE BEEN RECIEVING THE LEAST AMOUNT OF HELP IT MAKES NO SENSE !!!
Thank you for reaching out on the Community forums about this, @Indiyah1 .
Firstly I want to apologize for the support you have received and the fact the issue is still outstanding, this is not what we like to hear, and your feedback is greatly appreciated and will be used to improve our service going forward.
Based on what you have said, it seems like there are a couple of issues, which may be a part of the reason it is taking so long. Once your payouts are an issue, that is when the banking partners are requesting information as per their own authentication methods. This may require multiple documents and can be a slow turnaround time as we have no control over their timeframes. As Shopify is not a bank, your payouts are temporarily on hold by the banks, until the process has been completed, and your payouts then resume as normal.
However, it sounds like you are dealing with a secondary issue of not having access to an email account, which again can cause greater impacts on your resolution time, as it requires multiple teams to investigate and ensure that your information and data is secure. After all, that is our priority, ensuring your sensitive data is safe and protected.
While I may not be able to request any real concrete update, this is the first time I’ve come across your case and I’d like to provide assistance in any way I can. Would you be able to provide a ticket number that I can query with the team for you and get the latest update?
The reason why the likes of the advisors on general support, on the Forums, or social media cannot advise of an update, is simply as I said, for your security. The escalated team have different access to your site, that we would not have, but we know this can lead to frustration on your end.
I do always advise merchants to keep their responses to the email they have, as this is already assigned to the escalated team dealing with your issue.
Again I want to thank you for your feedback, but let me know your ticket number and while it may not be anything concrete, I’ll try to get the latest update for you.
Um… it’s a chargeback case telling me how to prevent them with my
customers… nothing that has to do with me they didn’t request any
documentation at all . And it’s not really complicated, the only
complicated thing is having to re tell the story with out getting it
resolved . I changed my email with no problem . The problem is after
noticing I couldn’t get into my email a shopify agent helped by copying and
pasting the email that I needed which said “ YOUR PAYOUTS ARE ON HOLD UNTIL
U REPLY TO this MESSAGE “ I’ve replied an ample amount of times… idk if
it’s not getting seen because it isn’t my initial email, idk if y’all are
adding the risk team to the ticket??, idk if y’all are just reading the
many emails I sent and not responding ??? I DONT KNOW
but it’s frustrating and I have a HUGE project coming up in less than 4
days now I’m thinking about just shutting this down and starting at square
space… this is the ticket number
20942329.
And about the ticket number I have over 3. This is the most recent
Thank you for sharing your ticket number, and for the additional context.
I was able to see the case history, and I can certainly see the frustration it caused. It did initially start with chargebacks, which led to the banking partners wanting to conduct a review, but then I also see the issue with the email, which led to another team looking into the case, which caused a further delay with this.
Now what I have done for you is I’ve raised your case for an urgent review from the analyst assigned to your case and advised them that I have spoken with you regarding this on the Community Forums. While I am not able to advise of a timeframe, all I can say is that this will be top of the analyst’s priority once they come online next, and we should have a clearer idea of the status of the payouts.
I certainly apologize for this delay and can assure you that this will be addressed shortly by the team, and then your payouts can resume as normal once everything has been confirmed as resolved. Additionally, I have sent your feedback regarding this, as I said this is very important to us as we strive to improve and hold high regard with our Merchants.
Thank you for your patience, and please allow us to try to resolve this for you and recover your faith in Shopify.
Hello, my Shopify account keep saying to update my tax details and I have but it keeps popping up saying that and my account also keep saying that my Shopify payment payouts are on hold until review
Hi why are my payouts on hold ?
Hi, @Indiyah1 . Thanks for reaching out about this. I understand why you’re concerned, so let’s look into it so we can get you your money!
Generally, when payouts are on hold it’s a temporary hold that’s due to your account undergoing a standard review. The review is to ensure the safety and security of both your account, and Shopify. Therefore, you should have received an email notifying you of the next steps required so that your payouts can resume. Please take a look in your email inbox for this email. I recommend also checking your spam/junk folder, as sometimes emails coming from Shopify are known to get directed there.
Once you find the email, please follow the instructions or advice given. If you have any questions about the content, replying directly back to the email will put you in touch with the Analyst doing your review, and so they will be the best person to discuss it with.
However, if you have not received an email, then we certainly need to look into this for you to figure out what’s going on. We’ll need to access your account in order to do so. At this time, we’re not able to provide account-specific support via the Shopify Community, so we’d gladly continue to assist you with this through live chat, email, or callback. Please visit the Help Center, and log in to your account to create a support request.
Since this is the next step, I’ve marked this reply as the solution for the benefit of others who may discover this topic. But, please let me know if you have any other concerns. Thanks!
Hi, @GlamedbyLayy16 !
Thanks for reaching out to us about this.
Account reviews are pretty normal procedure for businesses that use Shopify Payments. Our Business Operations team will request information to verify you and your business to reduce fraudulent activity on the platform. While a hold impedes your ability to be paid, it shouldn’t stop you from accepting new orders (unless otherwise stated on the banner in your admin).
In this case it sounds like a reviewal process has been initiated. While we’re not able to provide account-specific support via the Shopify Community at this time, we’d be happy to continue assisting you through live chat, email, or callback. Please visit https://bit.ly/3cJkx8V and log in to your account to create a support request. From there we’d be happy to double check your status and make sure everything is moving in the right direction.
Warm regards!
I was wondering if someone can assist us with this. We are sad since today we opened our office and hired a tan due to our sales taking off.
we want to provide any information required to remove this hold since must chargebacks we ever receive are from fraudulent orders that come in.
the banner says an email was sent to us however with did not receive one.
Hi, @Sugaryc !
We’d be happy to help with this. As mentioned in previous posts, payout holds are generally standard procedure and are in place for account reviewal. If the banner you’re seeing says you should have received an email, I’d definitely recommend getting in touch with our team directly so we an take a closer look into this with you. While we’re not able to provide account-specific support via the Shopify Community at this time, we’d be happy to continue assisting you through live chat, email, or callback. Please visit the Shopify Help Center and log in to your account to create a support request.
Warm regards!
Hi, why are my payouts on hold ?
Is this For real? My payout is on hold wth is going on ? Like y’all be getting some horrible reviews I shouldn’t sign up for this!
I need my pay out! Someone needs to verify this!