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Issue Refunds If An Event is Cancelled | Mass Cancellation

Issue Refunds If An Event or Time Slot is Cancelled

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Written by Katie Runyan
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If your event is unable to take place, you can use this feature to cancel and refund all of your attendees. You will have two options for the refund, you can issue them a coupon code to use for a different time or you can refund the amount back to the original card they used to purchase their tickets.

👉 Mass Cancellation is currently feature locked. To unlock this feature, message the support team with the chat bubble on the bottom, right corner of this page.

To begin, select the Page Analytics icon.

Under the ellipsis, select the Mass Cancellation option.

When selected, you will be presented with two ways to refund your orders. To begin, select the one you want (more details below).

  1. Issue Coupon For Future Use
    Refunding by coupon sends a code to your customers for the full order amount. This coupon can be used on a future date on any of your TicketSpice pages.

    The coupon is sent via email along with any custom wording you'd like to include (pictured below).

Here is a sample of the email the customers will receive:

Note: In order for your customers to redeem their codes, you must have a coupon code field on your page (pictured below). This field is on a TicketSpice page by default, but if it was removed you can add it back.

2. Issue Full Refund

You can select to issue a full refund for these orders, which will return the customer their full order amount. You can opt to send a Cancellation Notice which will notify your customers of the cancellation.

Clicking Next will take you to review all the orders that will be cancelled.
You have the option to remove individual orders from being cancelled if needed. If all looks good, agree to the terms and select Refund.

Selecting Refund will place your orders in a queue. Depending on how many orders there are, it can take up to several hours to complete.

Email Notifications to You

You will get notified via email when the queue has begun. The email will contain a live link to the queue so you can see when all have been completed.

When the queue is finished you will receive a summary email of your successful refunds and/or failed refunds.


FAQs

Why would a refund fail?

The transaction has not settled yet (was collected within 24 hours of the cancellation) or if the transaction is outside the refund settlement date (which depends on the payment processor you are using).

Why don't I see the option to use Mass Cancellation?

There are a few reasons why the Mass Cancellation option may not be available.

  • Mass Cancellation isn't enabled on your account: Right now, Mass Cancellation is feature locked. If this feature isn't enabled on your account, reach out to our team to request access

  • Your page isn't published: Mass Cancellation is only available for published pages. If your page is unpublished or archived, republish your page before attempting to mass cancel the event. If you want to prevent additional ticket sales as you mass cancel your event, click here to learn how to close ticket sales for your event.

Some orders weren’t canceled using the Mass Cancellation feature. What should I do?

If any orders were not successfully canceled using the Mass Cancellation feature, we recommend canceling them manually. Click here to learn how to cancel orders in TicketSpice.

How long does it take to process my mass cancellation request?

Mass cancellation requests can take up to 72 hours to process. We'll notify the user who submitted the request once the mass cancellation is complete.

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