Returns Processing Agent
Classifies return reasons, applies your refund policy, generates labels, and credits the customer.
Features
5
Tech
11
Steps
5
Returns Processing Agent
Capabilities
What this agent does
Every capability is shipped end-to-end — not a feature flag. You get a working slice on day one and we expand from there.
Feature 01
Reason classification
Defective, wrong-item, size, change of mind — auto-tagged.
Feature 02
Policy enforcement
Applies your rules per category and window.
Feature 03
Label generation
Pulls a return shipping label from carriers automatically.
Feature 04
Fraud detection
Flags suspicious patterns across customers and orders.
Feature 05
Restock decision
Suggests refurbish, scrap, or restock per condition.
Stack
11 technologies we use
Production-tested tools chosen for reliability, observability, and developer velocity. Every piece is swappable.
System at a glance
How the agent flows
A simplified view of what comes in, what the agent does with it, and what it produces. Each arrow is observable end-to-end.
Inputs
Agent
Returns Processing Agent
Plan → tool-call → reflect, with approval gates.
Tools the agent calls
Outputs
Engagement
How we roll it out
A 5-step process from kickoff to handover. Every step has a deliverable you can sign off on.
- 01
Policy intake
Codify your return rules into machine-readable logic.
- 02
Connect store
Plug into Shopify/Woo/BigCommerce + your shipping providers.
- 03
Pilot with humans
Agent suggests, humans approve, for first 200 returns.
- 04
Loosen automation
Auto-approve low-risk categories under set thresholds.
- 05
Track recovery
Monitor refund→restock cycle time and customer NPS.
Outcomes
What you can expect
Real numbers we see when Returns Processing Agent ships on top of an actual workflow. Specifics vary with starting baseline, data quality, and scope — but these are the ranges.
Outcome 01
< 30s
Response time
From minutes to seconds — at any hour, any volume.
Outcome 02
55-75%
Deflection rate
Tickets resolved without a human after 4-8 weeks of tuning.
Outcome 03
+8-15
CSAT lift
Net points, measured side-by-side against human-only baseline.
Sample use cases
What this looks like in practice
Three concrete scenarios where teams deploy Returns Processing Agent today. Your engagement starts with one of these (or your own variant) and expands from there.
After-hours support without staffing
A 24/7 SaaS company routes all overnight tickets through the agent. ~70% resolved before morning, the remaining queue is triaged with full context so the day team starts where it matters.
Multilingual sales qualification
A remote-first e-commerce brand qualifies UK + various jurisdictions + Gulf leads in their preferred language, books a demo, and hands off only sales-ready conversations to the closer.
Refund + reorder self-service
A D2C retailer lets shoppers initiate refunds, change addresses, or reorder previous purchases through chat — agent enforces policy, escalates edge cases, posts updates to the order DB.
Typical engagement
From kickoff to live in 4-8 weeks
Most Returns Processing Agent engagements follow this shape. We give you a firm quote after a 30-minute scoping call, and the price is fixed up-front so you can budget.
2-3 weeks
Pilot
- Discovery + playbook write-up
- Tool design + guardrails
- Eval suite + sandbox deploy
2-4 weeks
Production
- Hardened deploy on your stack
- Observability dashboard + alerts
- Two-week supervised mode
Ongoing
Handover & support
- Runbook + team training
- Monthly tuning + eval review
- Pause or expand any time
Indicative range
$1,500 — $4,500
Full project, scoped + fixed up-front. Includes pilot, production, and 30 days of post-launch support.
Or hire us by the week
from $600/wk
Embedded retainer — best for evolving scopes.
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