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      Gift Returns

      Last Updated: November 5, 2024

      The gift returns feature enables both gifters and gift recipients to make return requests through the store’s return portal.

      Requirements

      • The Gift Returns feature is available for Premium, Pro, and Enterprise plans. 
      • This feature can be configured for refund by store credit and refund by new gift card policy rules. 
      • If the gifter’s and recipient’s emails are the same, the item should be returned using the regular return flow instead.

      How It Works

      Although many eCommerce platforms have plug-in features that support marking items or products as gifts, ReturnGO’s gift returns feature is very much like a regular return, as it is still based on the actual order ID and the gifter’s email. 

      When a gift recipient initiates a return request in the return portal, an RMA is created as with any other return request. Each return request has its unique RMA number. 

      RMAs submitted by customers using the gift returns flow will have a gift icon to the left of the RMA number in your ReturnGO dashboard.

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      How to Configure Gift Returns

      To configure the gift returns feature:

      1. Go to Settings > Return Policy. 
      2. In the Return section, look for the policy rules with Refund by new gift card or Refund by Store Credits as their resolution as these are the only resolutions configurable with Gift Returns feature. 
      3. Click the pencil icon of the policy rule to configure it, or create a new one. 

      4. Open the Eligibility section. 
      5. Select an option from the Apply this policy rule on drop-down. 
        • Orders and gifts - Select this option to apply all conditions on this resolution to both gifts and orders.  
        • Orders only -  Select this option to not apply the conditions on this resolution to gifts.
        • Gifts only - Select this option to apply all conditions on this resolution to gifts only. 

      6. Click on the save icon to save your changes.

      How to Return a Gift

      Gifts can be returned either by the gifter or the gift recipient through the store’s return portal. To return a gift: 

      1. Go to the store’s return portal. 
      2. On the returns portal, click RETURNING A GIFT?

      3. Enter the order number.
      4. Enter the gifter’s email/zip/phone. 

      Tip: If the gift recipient is returning the item, they should request this information from the gifter. 

      5. Enter the recipient’s full name.
      6. Enter the recipient’s email address. This should be different from the gifter’s email. If both email addresses are the same, the item should be returned using the regular return flow instead.
      7. Click FIND MY GIFT. 

      Continue to go through the return process as any other return request.

      Tip: When confirming the request, there's an option to update the contact details if necessary. This prompts ReturnGO to create a customer record for the gift recipient in the store.

      If the selected policy is to issue a pre-paid label, provide the gift recipient’s shipping address.

      Once the portal flow is completed, ReturnGO will generate an RMA as usual, and send all email notifications to the gift recipient: 

      • Return request submission email
      • Approval email
      • Shipment received email
      • Store credit refund email
      • New gift card refund email