A returns experience that keeps the sale
Customers hate emailing for returns; you hate processing them. OpsTower gives your store a self-serve return & exchange center on your own domain — exchange-first, policy-driven, with reverse pickups scheduled automatically.
Everything included
Hosted portal, your domain
returns.yourbrand.com — customers enter an order number and phone, pick items, choose exchange or refund. No login needed.
Exchange-first flows
Size and color swaps presented before refund options, with live inventory checks — brands running exchange-first flows typically convert 25–40% of refund requests into exchanges.
Policy engine
Return windows, category exclusions, condition requirements and COD-refund rules — your policy enforced automatically, exceptions escalated.
Automatic reverse pickup
Approved returns schedule a reverse shipment via Shiprocket instantly — with the pickup-API guardrails we learned running our own returns.
Refund workflows
Refund to source, store credit, or bank transfer for COD — triggered on QC pass, tracked end-to-end.
Reason analytics
Structured return reasons (size, quality, expectations) feed a dashboard that tells you which products to fix.
Returns are a second chance at revenue
In Indian fashion and accessories, return rates of 15–25% are normal. The difference between a brand that bleeds and a brand that compounds is what happens next: a refund loses the sale, an exchange keeps it plus the customer.
Every request follows your rules, every reverse pickup is tracked in the same Ship dashboard as forward logistics, and customers get WhatsApp updates at each step via Engage — request received, pickup scheduled, refund issued.
We run this playbook on our own eyewear brands, including the operational traps: reverse shipments have their own API rules (calling the wrong pickup endpoint makes returns invisible in courier panels), and our integration encodes those lessons.
Frequently asked
Does it work with COD orders?
Yes — COD refunds go to store credit or bank transfer (customer enters details in the portal), prepaid refunds go back to source.
Can I customize the portal?
Fully — your logo, colors, copy and policy text. Enterprise plans get bespoke flows (e.g., video QC for high-value items).
How do exchanges handle price differences?
Equal swaps ship immediately; upgrades generate a payment link for the difference; downgrades issue store credit.
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