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How to handle returns with a self-serve returns portal

Let customers start their own returns and print their own labels, while you stay in the loop. How a returns portal works and what to put in your policy.

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By the Tranzit Group Australia team

In short

  • Customers start the return and get their return label themselves.
  • You stay in the loop without swapping emails for every return.
  • A clear returns policy does half the work.

Returns are part of selling online. Handled by email, each one means a back-and-forth, a label to make and a parcel to watch for. A self-serve returns portal hands the first steps to the customer.

How a returns portal works

With Tranzit Group Australia, customers use a returns portal that generates their return label and keeps you in the loop. They don't need to wait for you to reply before sending the item back.

What your returns policy should say

  • How long customers have to start a return.
  • Which items can and can't be returned.
  • Who pays for return postage.
  • What condition items need to be in, and how to pack them.
  • Whether you offer a refund, exchange or store credit, and how long it takes.

Your policy also needs to sit alongside customers' rights under the Australian Consumer Law, which a store policy can't take away.

Learn from your returns

Keep an eye on what comes back and why. Spend, delivery speed and carrier performance sit in the same analytics dashboard, so you can spot patterns, such as damage on one route.

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Questions about this guide

Feeling inquisitive? Have a read through some of our FAQs or contact our team for help.

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Our Australian support team replies within one business day.

Customers use a returns portal that generates their return label and keeps you in the loop.

Yes. Book a demo and our team will walk you through returns and the analytics dashboard.

Keep the parcel and its packaging, take photos and tell us. Our claims page explains what evidence a claim may need.

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