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Free refund policy generator

Your store’s refund policy

Answer a few questions about your returns and refunds, and your policy writes itself as you go, with the refund rights each customer’s country gives them already in it.

Free, no sign-up, no email. Nothing you type leaves this page.

Adds the refund rights of customers in

  • EU
  • UK
  • US
  • Canada
  • Brazil
  • Thailand
  • Australia

Inside your draft

Seven regions, six answers, one home on your store

Your return window is your choice, but it can never be shorter than the one the law sets. Each calendar puts a 30-day policy beside the law.

European Union

The Consumer Rights Directive: 14 days to withdraw from an online purchase without a reason, every payment back within 14 days including standard delivery, and two years of remedies for faulty goods.You can withdraw from a purchase made online within 14 days, without giving a reason.

United Kingdom

The Consumer Contracts Regulations give 14 days to cancel most online purchases, and the Consumer Rights Act 30 days to reject faulty goods for a full refund.You can cancel most online purchases within 14 days without giving a reason.

Brazil

The Consumer Defence Code, article 49: 7 days to withdraw from a purchase made online, with every amount paid back straight away, delivery included.Under the Consumer Defence Code, you can withdraw from a purchase made online within 7 days of receiving the product or of the purchase, without giving a reason.

Thailand

The Direct Sales and Direct Marketing Act: 7 days to cancel a purchase by written notice, and the money back within 15 days of the notice.Under the Direct Sales and Direct Marketing Act, you can cancel a purchase within 7 days of receiving the goods or services by sending us a written notice, for example by email to returns@example.com.

United States

No federal right to return. California, New York and other states ask a store to display its refund policy before the sale; a store that does not may have to take goods back within 30 days.In California and New York, for example, a store must display its refund policy before the sale, and where a store does not, you can return goods within 30 days.

Canada

Provincial consumer protection laws let a buyer cancel an online purchase when required details or delivery fall short, with the money back within 15 days.When you cancel under that law, we refund you within 15 days of your notice.

Australia

The Australian Consumer Law gives no change of mind right, but a refund or replacement for a major failure, on sale items too. No store may tell buyers there are no refunds.For a major failure, you can choose a refund or a replacement, and compensation for any other loss you could reasonably expect.

Everywhere else

Your own rules carry the policy: the window, the condition items come back in, who pays postage, and how and when the money comes back.If you change your mind, you can return most items within 30 days of receiving them.

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Before you publish

Refund policy questions

The sections of a full draft

  1. About this policy
  2. Returns
  3. Condition of returned items
  4. Items we cannot take back
  5. Sale items and gifts
  6. How to start a return
  7. Return shipping
  8. Refunds
  9. Damaged, faulty or wrong items
  10. Your rights in the European Union
  11. Your rights in the United Kingdom
  12. Your rights in the United States
  13. Your rights in Canada
  14. Your rights in Brazil
  15. Your rights in Thailand
  16. Your rights in Australia
  17. Changes to this policy
  18. Contact us
What is a refund policy?

A refund policy, also called a return policy, tells customers what they can send back, by when, in what condition, who pays the postage and how they get their money. Buyers check it before they order from a store they do not know.

Does my store need a refund policy?

In many places, yes. EU and UK law asks online sellers to explain the 14-day right to cancel before the sale. In the US, states such as California and New York ask a store to display its refund policy, and a store that does not may have to accept returns within 30 days. Elsewhere it is still the page buyers look for first.

Is this refund policy generator free and private?

Yes. There is no sign-up and no email to give. The policy is put together in your browser as you answer: nothing you type is sent to Tanqory or anyone else, and nothing is saved when you close the page, so copy it as text or download Markdown or HTML before you leave.

Can my store say no refunds?

You can decline change of mind returns in many places, but not the rights the law gives buyers. In the EU and UK buyers can still cancel most online orders within 14 days, in Brazil and Thailand within 7, and in Australia a sign or policy saying no refunds is against the law. Faulty, damaged or wrong items always have their remedies. Pick No change of mind returns and the draft says this for you.

How long should my return window be?

Thirty days is a common choice, and some stores give longer over the holidays. Whatever you pick, it never cuts a legal window: 14 days in the EU and UK and 7 days in Brazil and Thailand still apply when yours is shorter.

Who should pay for return shipping?

Either is fine for a change of mind, as long as the policy says so. In the EU and UK the buyer pays only when you told them before the sale. When an item is faulty, damaged or wrong, the store pays, and the draft says that in every version.

Is the generated policy legal advice?

No. It is a starting point written in plain words from your answers. Laws change and every business is different, so have a lawyer review your policy before you publish it, and again when you change how you handle returns.

Which other policies does my store need?

Most stores also publish a privacy policy, terms of service and a shipping policy. On Tanqory each has its own place in your settings and its own page on your storefront, and our free privacy policy generator drafts that one the same way as this one.

The sections of a full draft

  1. About this policy
  2. Returns
  3. Condition of returned items
  4. Items we cannot take back
  5. Sale items and gifts
  6. How to start a return
  7. Return shipping
  8. Refunds
  9. Damaged, faulty or wrong items
  10. Your rights in the European Union
  11. Your rights in the United Kingdom
  12. Your rights in the United States
  13. Your rights in Canada
  14. Your rights in Brazil
  15. Your rights in Thailand
  16. Your rights in Australia
  17. Changes to this policy
  18. Contact us

Put your policy to work

Describe what you sell and Tanqory drafts the store for you. Paste your refund policy into your settings once, and every page and menu of your store can link to it.