Customer Self-Service Options

Cleverbridge not only provides live customerClosed An individual or business purchasing your product or service by placing an order through Cleverbridge. The customer is the end user of this product, as they are not allowed to resell the purchased products or services. ​ A customer is unique per client. If a customer purchases products or services from two different clients, there are 2 separate records of said customer.​ support but also offers a seamless customer self-service experience.

Cleverbridge Help Center

The Cleverbridge Help Center offers support to the end customers who purchaseClosed An order made by a customer and the records associated with it. your products. It includes the following:

cleverbridge Help & Support Center

Purchase Lookup

From the homepage of the Cleverbridge Help Center, customers can reach an online form allowing them to access order information, such as the license key, activation code, or download link for their purchased product. The form is available at https://www.cleverbridge.com/?scope=cusecolp.

Purchase Lookup

Refund Self-Service

From the homepage of the Cleverbridge Help & Support Center, customers can reach an online form that allows them to request a refund for their purchase or subscription. The form is available at https://www.cleverbridge.com/refund/. The customer needs to enter their email address, Cleverbridge reference number, and select a refund reason, such as "Duplicate Order" or "Wrong Product Ordered". If the customer's purchase or subscription is eligible for an automatic refund, the refund process starts. Otherwise, the customer is asked to contact Customer Support.

Add the link to the Cleverbridge refund self-service directly on your support page, so your customers can reach it easily. For example, you can use the following wording:

"Within ___ days of your product download purchase, you may request a full refund, for any reason, using the self-service refund option. This self-service option allows you to get a refund quickly if all the requirements are met."

Automatic Refund Eligibility

Whether or not a purchase or subscription can be automatically refunded depends on the following factors:

  • Type of refund: Only full refunds can be processed automatically, but partial or VAT refunds cannot.
  • Your refund policy: Your client policy for refunds must allow Cleverbridge to process refunds without approval or further communication. If you have your own in-house customer support, see How to Handle Refunds.
  • Payment methods: Only credit cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Alipay, direct debit, and Amazon Pay are eligible for automatic refund.
  • Purchase date: Your client policy for refunds might restrict the time period within which a purchase or subscription can be refunded.

Tip

You can find your refund policy in the Subscription Commerce Manager under Settings > Client Accounts > Policies & Procedures > Refund. Our Customer Support team has assigned your policy to a category, which is shown below the policy field. Automatic refunds are possible if your refund policy belongs to one of the following categories:

  • No restrictions
  • Refund allowed within x days

Refund Self-Service Overview

Uploaded 05/2024

Contact Client Experience to ensure that you are set up to use the self-service refund feature. Refer to Refunds made easy for more information including usage examples from a customer and a client perspective.

Refund Self-Service Process

To understand the refund self-service process, see the following flow chart: