- Short answer
- The cost becomes shipping label credit, not a card refund; void within 30 days of purchase, before tracking events, and not on USPS First Class Mail.
- Insurance you bought on the label
- Comes back as a premium credit usable only for future shipping insurance.
- Void window
- 30 days from the label's purchase date.
- Labels you can't void
- Tracking events, USPS First Class Mail, or added to a USPS manifest within 15 minutes.
- Package already shipped
- Contact the carrier with the package reference number.
- Return labels
- Can't be voided; charged only after the carrier scans them.
Where does the money go when you void a Shopify label?
Shopify credits a voided label's cost to your account instead of refunding your card. Shopify's billing page says what that credit is:
Any refunds issued for shipping labels are added as a shipping label credit to your account. Credits are applied to future shipping label purchases.
On the order page, the confirm button, Void label and insurance, also cancels shipping insurance on the label. A premium you paid for that insurance comes back as a separate premium credit, usable only for future shipping insurance purchases, and you can't submit a claim anymore.
Why a voided label's cost stays in Shopify: who bills you for a Shopify label.
How long do you have to void a Shopify shipping label?
A label stays voidable for up to 30 days from its purchase date, if it meets the other requirements below. Shopify also warns that using labels long after the purchase date can cause "billing issues, delivery problems, and voiding limitations."
Void one label from the menu in the order's Fulfilled section; the voiding guide also covers up to 250 labels at once from the Shipping labels page.
Why can't you void a Shopify shipping label?
Shopify lists four requirements a label must meet before you can void it:
- Not older than 30 days from the purchase date.
- No tracking events.
- Not purchased using USPS First Class Mail service.
- Not added to a USPS shipping manifest within the last 15 minutes.
If the package has already shipped, Shopify's advice is to contact the carrier with the package reference number for help.
Return labels can't be voided or canceled, because they use pay-on-scan billing: you're charged only after the carrier scans the package. An unused return label expires instead, and you aren't charged for it: USPS labels 1 year after purchase, FedEx labels 90 days after purchase, UPS return labels 6 months after purchase. See who pays for the return trip.
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