The billing support function at Paddle answers any transaction-related questions your buyers have about orders processed through the Paddle platform.

How does it work?

Our team handles an array of queries via email and phone. We also have an AI chatbot called Kino that helps buyers via a chat interface and can also reply to emails. Kino will be your buyer’s first line of contact when they seek support. It handles simple and common queries like transaction lookups, cancelations, and refunds. This is the fastest way for a buyer’s query to be resolved. If a question or problem is too complex for Kino, the bot will immediately escalate a ticket to our team for human assistance.

Sometimes we need to escalate a concern to you, but our team is skilled at basic technical troubleshooting; for example, if a firewall might be blocking a download or if a buyer is having issues with the checkout. For issues about the software product itself, we pass the buyer on to your team.

What does it cost?

Our billing support service comes at no additional cost to you as a Paddle customer and is here to free up your time so that you can focus on product development and go-to-market campaigns.

Paddle's billing support is 24/7. This means that no matter where in the world your buyers are, they can access support. Here are some of the specifics of what our team can handle:

What Kino – our AI Bot – handles:

• Transaction look-ups
• Refunds
• Subscription cancellations

What the billing support team handles:

A buyer’s query will be passed from Kino if there’s a technical issue that requires a higher level of assistance or simply if the buyer prefers to speak to a member of the team. The team handles:

• Transaction look-ups, refunds, and subscription cancellations
• Transaction queries related to fraud or unauthorized charges
• License troubleshooting (if the software is managed by Paddle SDK)
• Technical concerns about the transaction
• Completion of supplier forms
• VAT and US tax refunds

On occasions when we receive queries that our team can’t help with, we’ll forward the buyer and their issue to you. Examples of when this might be the case include technical product support, selling, pre-purchase queries, adding coupon codes post-purchase, or providing coupon codes before purchase.

1. No additional charge

Billing support is an important part of the payments process and that’s why it’s included in the price you pay for using us as your payments infrastructure provider.

2. Reduces your operating costs

We can handle the majority of non-technical queries on your behalf, freeing up your support team to focus on product-related queries.

3. Tailored to your needs

We know that one size doesn’t fit all, so we can set custom support rules to best suit your customer support needs, like offering an extended refund policy.

4. Fully integrated for success

Our billing support teams work closely with our customer support and account management teams to share knowledge and for efficient resolution of escalated customer issues.

We can customize the support we give. Simply pass on any details and requests to your Account Manager, and we’ll do the rest, including:

Refund Policy

Our standard policy is 14 days, but you can extend this to suit your needs, for example, if you have a 30-day Money Back Guarantee.

Cancellation Policy

Our standard policy is to provide buyers with a link to cancel their subscription. You can tailor this to provide a link to a custom cancellation flow or have us forward cancellation requests to your team.

Query-Forwarding Policy

We can handle all transactional queries as listed above, but are there any query types that you would prefer your own team to manage?

Site updates

Update your website’s FAQs / Contact Us page with details on how buyers can get in touch with Paddle.

Paddle's billing support will be available to your buyers as soon as you go live with us. You will need to direct buyers with payment-related queries to Paddle.net and help@paddle.com.

Your team can contact the Paddle Billing Support team at assist@paddle.com.

Let us know who in your team we should inform of any queries that we’ve been unable to resolve on your behalf, such as requests for technical product assistance.

Glossary

For your buyers:

Paddle.net - an online hub where you can direct your buyers to find out more information about a transaction or payment and this is where Kino our chatbot resides to assist.

help@paddle.com - the email address that your buyers can use to raise a query with our billing support team

Kino - our AI Bot that can communicate with buyers via a chat interface and email, dealing with simple queries

For your team:

assist@paddle.com - the email address for your team to contact our billing support team directly for assistance

For Enterprise:

procurement@paddle.com - the email that you and your enterprise buyers and enterprise-related queries. Please don’t advertise this email address on your site. Not for consumption!