Returns

Make the return prove itself

When a return is requested, PallasMark sends the buyer a link asking them to film the item before it is boxed. You see its condition before deciding the next step in your commerce system.

Set up in 5 minutes, no code · Works with Shopify and WooCommerce

The refund is approved before anyone sees what came back

Worn once and returned. A different item in the box. An empty box with roughly the right weight. By the time the parcel is opened the refund is already out, and there is nothing on record about what the buyer actually put in it.

What you get

Evidence request in one click

Open an evidence request and the buyer receives a link asking for a short video or photo of the item and its packaging before it is sealed.

Sent where they will see it

E-mail and SMS, with a short code for anyone typing it in by hand, and one automatic reminder before the link expires.

Sealed like everything else

Buyer-side media gets the same SHA-256 seal, the same stored timestamp and the same public verify link as the recordings your own team makes.

Reason-aware

Choose which return reasons require evidence. "Changed my mind" can skip the request, while "damaged" or "not as described" can ask for a clip.

It feeds the dispute file

Return evidence and your packing video sit in the same dossier, so a chargeback response can show both ends of the journey rather than only the outbound half.

You decide what happens if they skip it

Continue without evidence, or flag the case as waiting for internal review in PallasMark for a set number of hours. We never block your store's own return flow — that decision belongs to the platform, not to us.

How it works

  1. 1

    A return is requested

    From your store, from a marketplace, or entered by your team.

  2. 2

    The link goes out

    The buyer is asked to film the item and the packaging before sealing the parcel.

  3. 3

    Media arrives sealed

    Fingerprinted the moment it lands and attached to the original order.

  4. 4

    You decide with your eyes open

    Record your internal decision with the evidence, then complete any refund or exchange in your commerce system.

The return evidence page a buyer sees, with a Record the item button.

Record one yourself, right now

Not a sample and not a video of the product — your own clip, through the real pipeline, ending on a real verification page you can send to anyone.

  1. 1Scan the code that appears and the recording screen opens on your phone.
  2. 2Film anything you have on hand for a few seconds.
  3. 3You get the sealed record and its public verify link.

Takes about a minute. Nothing is installed and no card is involved.

Under the hood

Facts, not adjectives. Everything below describes what the product does today — nothing here is on a roadmap.

Availability

Return evidence requests are part of the core product on every plan. The messages they send draw on your plan's monthly notification allowance.

Pricing
Return reasons
7Return reasons
Delivery channels
2Delivery channels
Automatic reminder
1Automatic reminder
Channels
E-mail and SMS (WhatsApp is deliberately not used here — no approved template)
Link security
Single-purpose token with an expiry, plus a short code for manual entry
Reminders
One automatic reminder before expiry
Return reasons
Wrong item, damaged, not as described, defective, size or fit, changed mind, other
If no evidence arrives
Configurable: continue without evidence, or flag as waiting for internal review in PallasMark
Where it lands
Attached to the original order as a return-evidence proof
Reused in disputes
Offered as a candidate exhibit in the chargeback dossier

Questions people actually ask

Can I require this for every return?

You choose per return reason. Most stores require it for damage and "not as described" and let low-risk reasons through untouched, because friction on an honest return costs more than it saves.

What if the buyer refuses?

You decide in advance: continue without evidence, or flag the case as waiting for internal review in PallasMark. PallasMark never blocks or changes the store's own return flow.

Is the buyer's video as trustworthy as ours?

It is sealed identically — same fingerprint, same timestamp, same public verify link. What it proves is different: it records what they say they sent, at the moment they said it.

Does this work without a store integration?

Yes. A team member can open a return and send the request by hand, which is how cash-on-delivery and marketplace returns are handled.

Record every order and use it as evidence when a dispute comes up.

Set up PallasMark in 5 minutes and turn every order into evidence that wins. No credit card required.