Issue a full or partial refund

Refunds can be issued with or without canceling a registration. For example, you may wish to offer a full or partial refund to someone who registered and participated in the event for any number of reasons. You may want or need to compensate them for any unforeseen issues that arose before, during, or after the event, or as a way of gifting them a discount. In most cases though, the refund of money will be associated with a canceled registration, based on your refund policy.

How to issue a refund

To issue a full or partial refund, follow these steps:

1: Locate the attendee registration that you need to refund. You can do this in one of several ways: use the search bar to find the attendee by name (easiest), search for the attendee within your Attendees list, or search for the attendee within the event to which they are registered.
2: Open the attendee's registration panel and select the Payment tab, where you will find the Refund button. By clicking on it, you will be presented with a field to enter the refund amount for a full or partial refund.
3: If you would like to send a refund receipt to the attendee, check the box for this option.
4: Complete the task by selecting "Issue refund."

Note: Whenever you do a full refund, it will also refund the Corsizio $1 service fee, but not Stripe's credit card processing fees. To learn more read Stripe's help doc about refunds.

A Refund Does Not Cancel or Delete a Registration

If you need to cancel the registration, on the attendee's registration panel select the Actions dropdown menu, and choose the Cancel this registration option. To learn more about canceling registrations, read the help doc: Cancel a registration.
If you need to delete a registration, on the attendee's registration panel select the Actions dropdown menu, and choose the Delete/expunge this registration option. To learn more about the deletion process, read the help doc: Erase personal data from registrations.

Release a Pending Payment

If the registration has a pending payment associated with it, either before or after the refund, you can apply the "Release and clear full pending amount" option that is found within the Payment tab in the red box of the Price Details area. This will help to ensure proper financial reporting.

How Refunds Work if Stripe Already Processed a Payout

If Stripe has already deposited all the money from an event into your bank account and then you need to issue a refund without having any funds to cover it in your Stripe account, here is how Stripe handles such cases. The excerpt below is directly from their help docs website - Stripe Refunds:

"You can refund charges made to your account, either in whole or in part. Refunds use your available Stripe balance—this doesn’t include any pending balance. If your available balance doesn’t cover the amount of the refund, Stripe debits the remaining amount from your bank account.

If Stripe can’t debit the remaining amount from your bank account, your refunds may go into a pending status until you add funds to your Stripe balance. You can view a list of all your pending refunds in the Dashboard .

If the original charge underwent currency conversion, the refunded amount converts back using the same process. There are no fees to refund a charge, but the fees from the original charge aren’t returned.

We submit refund requests to your customer’s bank or card issuer. Your customer sees the refund as a credit approximately 5-10 business days later, depending upon the bank. Refunds can’t be canceled after they’re issued. Disputes and chargebacks aren’t possible on credit card charges that are fully refunded."