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Use Case: Set Up a Chargeback and Dispute Handling Fee
You can configure fees for Merchants when a chargeback dispute is initiated against that Merchant for the ability of the Merchant to manage most chargeback cycles and updates through your offering. You can set up the fee for an individual Merchant account or a group of Merchants. This tutorial will walk you through the steps to create a new fee that triggers when a chargeback is initiated.
Partial view of the Fees tab.
Objective
Create a new fee that will trigger when a chargeback is initiated against one of your Merchants or groups.
Audience
Facilitators
Referrers
Environment
Portal (Sandbox)
Portal (Production)
Prerequisites
Prerequisites:
You must have a fully boarded Payrix account to perform any of the actions described in the use case guides.
Make sure you’re familiar with the following terms and information:
Fee Types - The different categories of fees that can be created and charged.
Fee Structure - Overview of the basic layout for a Fee configuration.
Fee Schedules - Available time or event-based triggers used to initiate a Fee charge.
Fee Rules - Options to further refine the criteria of the Fee Schedule.
Fee Modifiers - Options to redirect the Fee collection flow and who will pay the Fee.
Fee Collection Process - Overview of how Fee payments are collected and where they can be found.
Warnings
Warnings will provide insight or advice to avoid risk, visibility, and overall product performance issues.
Warning: Note that the automatic fee can only trigger during the following stages of the chargeback dispute process:
New Chargeback: When the initial dispute is opened by the cardholder.
Retrieval: The initial request from the Issuer to the Merchant for transaction information.
Arbitration: The final stage of the chargeback that occurs only if the previous stage was challenged by the cardholder or Merchant, during which the card issuing institution reviews the dispute information and makes a final ruling.
You can configure the fee to occur during a specific stage during fee setup.
Warning: Do not create or apply surcharges as legal complications can occur. Visa and MasterCard specifically prohibit the application of surcharges to cardholders on their card brand networks respectively.
Tips
Tips will provide suggestions to streamline or better prepare you to apply this use case tutorial.
Tip: If you’re unsure of how much to charge for a specific fee type, refer to the Visa and MasterCard card brand network guidelines.
Additional Resources
For more information about fees and your account, see the Fee Management page.
For general information about chargebacks, see the What is a Chargeback page.
Set Up a Chargeback and Dispute Handling Fee
Set Up a Chargeback Fee for a Group of Merchants
1. Open the Group Profile
Step 1: Click GROUPS in the left-hand navigation panel to open the Merchants page.
Step 2: Locate the group in the table and click on any information in the table row to open the Group Profile page.
2. Add a Fee to the Group Profile
Step 1: Click FEES in the list of tabs on the left-hand side of the page.
Step 2: Click the ADD FEE button in the upper right-hand corner of the page to open the Add Fee lightbox on the page.
Step 3: Click the When to Schedule Fee drop-down menu and choose one of the following from the drop-down list:
Chargeback: Trigger a fee when the chargeback is initiated by the cardholder.
Retrieval: Trigger a fee when the chargeback retrieval is processed.
Arbitration: Trigger a fee when the chargeback arbitration is processed.
Step 4: Click the How Much is the Fee drop-down menu and then select ACTUAL.
Step 5: Enter the fee as a dollar amount in the Amount field.
Tip: It is recommended to use “today’s” date as the Fee Start Date to make the fee effective immediately.
The start date default setting in the Add Fee lightbox will use today’s date. If you need to change or reset the fee start date, click on the CALENDAR icon under the Fee Start Date section and select the start date.
Step 6 (Optional): Click ADVANCED OPTIONS to open the Advanced section, where you can add a charging entity, collection information, or conditional rules for the fee.
Step 7: Click ADD to finish set up.
Result: The fee is now visible in the group profile fees tab, and will trigger when a chargeback is initiated against any Merchant associated with that group.
Set Up a Chargeback Fee for an Individual Merchant
1. Open the Merchant Profile
Step 1: Click MERCHANTS in the left-hand navigation panel to open the Merchants page.
Step 2: Locate the Merchant in the table and click on any information in the table row to open the Merchant Profile page.
2. Add a Fee to the Merchant Profile
Step 1: Click FEES in the list of tabs on the left-hand side of the page.
Step 2: Click the ADD FEE button in the upper right-hand corner of the page to open the Add Fee lightbox on the page.
Step 3: Click the When to Schedule Fee drop-down menu and choose one of the following from the drop-down list:
Chargeback: Trigger a fee when the chargeback is initiated by the cardholder.
Retrieval: Trigger a fee when the chargeback retrieval is processed.
Arbitration: Trigger a fee when the chargeback arbitration is processed.
Step 4: Click the How Much is the Fee drop-down menu and then select ACTUAL.
Step 5: Enter the fee as a dollar amount in the Amount field.
Tip: It is recommended to use “today’s” date as the Fee Start Date to make the fee effective immediately.
The start date default setting in the Add Fee lightbox will use today’s date. If you need to change or reset the fee start date, click on the CALENDAR icon under the Fee Start Date section and select the start date.
Step 6 (Optional): Click ADVANCED OPTIONS to open the Advanced section, where you can add a charging entity, collection information, or conditional rules for the fee.
Step 7: Click ADD to finish set up.
Result: The fee is now visible in the Merchant profile fees tab, and will trigger when a chargeback is initiated against that Merchant.
Next Steps
Once the new fee is added, review the following use case guides for additional information on related topics:
Set Up Transaction Fees: Set up transaction fees for a Merchant account or group using the Set Up Transaction Fees use case.
Enable Chargeback Event Alerts: Create an email alert that will trigger when a chargeback is created or updated using the Enable Chargeback Event Alerts use case.
Conclusion
Once the fee is created, it will automatically trigger any time a new chargeback is initiated against one of the associated Merchants.
References
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