[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"questions:item:en:is-the-fee-refunded":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"answer":6,"body":7,"category":61,"description":62,"extension":63,"meta":64,"modifiedAt":65,"navigation":66,"pairId":67,"path":68,"publishedAt":69,"question":70,"relatedPath":71,"seo":72,"seoTitle":73,"sitemap":74,"slug":75,"stem":76,"translationSlug":77,"__hash__":78},"questions_en\u002Fen\u002Fquestions\u002Fis-the-fee-refunded.md","Is The Fee Refunded","The buyer receives the full purchase amount back — a refund is not reduced by the fee. Whether the merchant gets the fee on an already processed operation back depends on the contract: the work of processing the payment was done, so by common acquiring practice it stays withheld.",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":55},"minimark",[10,13,18,31,35,46],[11,12,6],"p",{},[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"how-it-looks-in-money","How it looks in money",[19,20,21,25,28],"ul",{},[22,23,24],"li",{},"The buyer receives the whole purchase amount, not the amount minus the fee.",[22,26,27],{},"The difference is covered by the merchant: the payment landed already net of the fee.",[22,29,30],{},"Partial refunds follow the same logic — the stated part of the purchase is returned.",[14,32,34],{"id":33},"what-to-build-into-your-process","What to build into your process",[19,36,37,40,43],{},[22,38,39],{},"Budget for refunds if your cancellation rate is high: it is part of the cost of sales.",[22,41,42],{},"Cancel instead of refunding while the money has not been captured — then there is no operation at all.",[22,44,45],{},"Check the exact fee terms for refunds in your contract; they are fixed during onboarding.",[11,47,48,49,54],{},"How a cancellation differs from a refund is covered ",[50,51,53],"a",{"href":52},"\u002Fen\u002Fquestions\u002Fcancellation-vs-refund","separately",".",{"title":56,"searchDepth":57,"depth":57,"links":58},"",2,[59,60],{"id":16,"depth":57,"text":17},{"id":33,"depth":57,"text":34},"fees","The buyer gets the full purchase amount back, while the fee on a completed operation is a matter of contract. How to account for that in your pricing.","md",{},null,true,"question-26","\u002Fen\u002Fquestions\u002Fis-the-fee-refunded","2026-08-17","Is the fee refunded when a payment is returned to the buyer?","\u002Fen\u002Ftarify",{"description":62},"Is the acquiring fee refunded on a return",{"loc":68},"is-the-fee-refunded","en\u002Fquestions\u002Fis-the-fee-refunded","vozvrashchaetsya-li-komissiya-pri-vozvrate","9iD5dVXM4SzzhzuIPDT7sR7xOXBjxfuOh0KcRGEG8CA"]