Refunds
Your Refund Policy As A Merchant
You set your own refund policy for your products, based on your own business needs. You must:
- Publish it — state your refund terms clearly on your checkout or product page before purchase;
- Honor it — failing to honor your stated refund terms is a breach of the Acceptable Use Policy;
- Comply with local consumer law — some jurisdictions (e.g., the EU) give buyers statutory rights for digital purchases that override a "no refunds" policy. You are responsible for compliance in the markets you sell to.
A "no refunds" policy is allowed but rarely advisable: buyers who cannot get a refund can still file a chargeback with their bank at any time — which costs you more (Section 4). A fair, fast refund is almost always cheaper than a dispute.
Issuing Refunds
- You can issue a full or partial refund at any time from your dashboard (or via the API), on any order.
- Refunds are returned to the buyer's original payment method and may take up to 10 business days to appear on their statement, depending on their payment method.
- Refunds include any indirect tax (VAT/GST/sales tax) charged at checkout — the tax portion is returned to the buyer and the tax adjustment is handled by PingBusiness; only the net product amount is deducted from your balance.
- The refunded amount is deducted from your available balance. If your balance is insufficient, it is deducted from future sales or your balance goes negative
- PingBusiness will at most return 4% of the platform fee on the original transaction.
- Refunds cannot be reversed once issued.
Refunds Initiated By PingBusiness
To protect you and the platform from chargebacks and fraud losses, PingBusiness reserves the right to issue a refund on your behalf, at its discretion, within 60 days of a purchase, where:
- a chargeback appears likely (e.g., a buyer complaint of non-delivery, fraud indicators, or a card-issuer early-warning alert);
- the transaction appears fraudulent or unauthorized; or
- the product materially differs from what was listed.
Where practical, we will notify you before or promptly after doing so. This mirrors standard platform practice for digital goods.