When legitimate e-commerce prospers everyday, there is still the growing threat of illegitimate business. Unfortunately, there is no way we can stop these people from attaining and using others information. However, we can prevent our vendors from associating with illegitimate buyers. A business that sells tangible goods will experience less fraud than a business that sells intangible goods. It is quite easy to generate great loss by sending a service to a free and untraceable email address opposed to sending a service to a physical address. Fraud will occur in every type of business, some more than others. We find that the most sought after services that accumulate the most losses are hosting, e-books, and templates.
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Articles in this Category:
- Fraud Mitigation
- Refund / Chargeback Statistics
- Real Time vs Time Delayed Fraud Detection
- Why is 2CO on my credit card statement?
- What Do I Need to Know About Fraud?
- What Kind of Fraud Protection Do You Offer?
- My order’s time does not match the notification email timeframe. Why?
- What is a Bank Assisted Dispute (Chargeback)?
- What are the Bank Assisted Dispute (Chargeback) fees?
- What are 2CheckOut’s refund and dispute policies?
Fraud Mitigation
April 21st, 2008, by: sebbe 2CO StaffRefund / Chargeback Statistics
July 30th, 2007, by: e 2CO Staff2Checkout.com strives to provide vendors with detailed stat tracking to assist in monitoring the financial history of their accounts.
A key aspect of this information is active tracking of refund and bank dispute amounts and percentages. These percentages play a key role in 2Checkout account evaluations, as well as determining the level of the rolling reserve that is applied to accounts.
2Checkout maintains the following criteria for acceptable refund and bank dispute percentages:
- Refund amounts should not exceed our acceptable limit of 10%.
- Bank Assisted dispute levels should not exceed our acceptable limit of 1%.
Percentages above these levels may lead to reserve increases, and can be detrimental to the overall profitability of your company.
Refunds and Bank Assisted Disputes that are deemed fraud related are weighted differently than those issued for service related issues, yet these stats should be monitored as well.
2Checkout encourages all vendors stay current on their account statistics and are proactive in using these tools to ensure the overall health and good standing of their accounts.
Real Time vs Time Delayed Fraud Detection
May 18th, 2007, by: sebbe 2CO StaffIn the Card Not Present, e-commerce environment that 2Checkout and its suppliers actively sell in, a decision had to be made between real time or time delayed fraud protection. With the 60,000+ suppliers currently selling hundreds of thousands of different products and services, this is a topic debated regularly.
Why is 2CO on my credit card statement?
April 3rd, 2007, by: 2checkoutWho is 2Checkout (2CO.com)?
2Checkout Inc. (2CO) is a reseller for thousands of online businesses. If you have a 2CO or 2Checkout charge on your statement, it is very likely that you or someone in your household placed an online order with one of our contracted vendors. Go Shopping Now
What is 2Checkout (2CO.com) billing me for?
If you have a 2CO charge on your statement, please look up your order here to verify your purchase or report a problem:
- I do not recognize a charge on my bank statement.
- I know my order number and wish to report a problem.
- I don’t know my order number and wish to report a problem.
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What Do I Need to Know About Fraud?
December 30th, 2006, by: knowledgebaseInternet fraud, credit card fraud, and identify theft are on the rise. 2CO combines a number of industry-leading external and internal resources to identify potentially fraudulent orders. These, in combination with your own diligence and familiarity with your consumers will go a long way toward reducing the number of fraudulent orders and charge backs experienced.
Downloadable goods experience higher rates of fraudulent activity due to the almost instantaneous access to the product purchased. Some downloadable products (such as software) experience even higher levels of fraud.
We recommend the that following actions are a part of your sales process:
- Tangible products should not be shipped until you receive an automatic sales email notification that states the sale is PASSED.
- Look for IPs from high-fraud countries.
- Contact 2CO’s Fraud Dept (FRAUD@2Co.com) with any concerns or to request a representative manually review an order.
- Be familiar with 2CO’s refund return policy and charge back procedures.
- Link to the 2Co privacy policy.
Privacy Policy: https://www.2checkout.com/documentation/privacy.htm
Operating Regulations: https://www.2checkout.com/documentation/operating.html
What Kind of Fraud Protection Do You Offer?
December 30th, 2006, by: knowledgebaseAs a part of our service, all orders placed by a consumer are subjected to an
automated fraud screening routine. This routine automatically examines each and every order placed. Suspect orders are reviewed by a trained member of our loss prevention team. These orders are canceled if they are fraudulent. Orders that are not obviously fraudulent but are suspect are put in an "On Hold" status and are reviewed further.
My order’s time does not match the notification email timeframe. Why?
December 30th, 2006, by: knowledgebaseThere are a few reasons why this may happen. The timeframe on a notification email is an estimate of when sales are received. Orders placed near the beginning or end of that time frame may arrive in a notification batch that is prior to, or subsequent to, the timeframe on the notification email in question.
If there is a large difference in the time scale, the sale in question was probably placed in an ON HOLD status previously and we received additional information during the time frame indicated in the email.
Alternatively, you may want to consider time zone differences for the discrepancy.
What is a Bank Assisted Dispute (Chargeback)?
December 30th, 2006, by: knowledgebaseA chargeback dispute is a forced refund from a customer’s credit card company. It occurs when a cardholder decides to formally dispute a charge on his/her credit card bill, often because someone else fraudulently used that card number before the abuse had been discovered or reported. Chargeback disputes occur on less than 1% of all 2CheckOut transactions.
According to credit card association rules, Internet merchants must accept credit card fraud as part of the normal risk of doing business on the Internet.
The amount of credit card fraud you experience will vary according to the type of products you sell. Products that appeal to children, teenagers, and unmarried men will experience a higher degree of credit card fraud. Products that are purchased primarily by professionals, women, and families will experience a lower amount of fraud.
What are the Bank Assisted Dispute (Chargeback) fees?
December 30th, 2006, by: knowledgebaseStarting on May 1, 2006, 2CO will not convey, and the vendor has no liability for, extra charges if a dispute reason is “fraud.” However, vendors will be charged a fee of $50 if 2CO rejects an order, and you, the vendor, are working separately with that customer to fulfill it over and above 2CO objections. Additionally, if there is a service-related charge, for example if a product is not delivered, or is not ‘as advertised,’ there will be new increases in fees.
What are 2CheckOut’s refund and dispute policies?
December 30th, 2006, by: knowledgebase2CO strongly encourages you to take advantage of our Customer Care team. A link to our ticket system or our toll-free 800 number can be posted on your website. As you are notified as to any inquiry or dispute that is brought to our attention this essentially provides you with a multi-level customer service department that is available seven days a week.
2CO requires all suppliers to clearly and concisely post the terms under which a product can be returned for full credit or a recurring billing cycle can be terminated.
The policy should be clearly posted, easy-to-understand and provided to our Customer Care team for posting on your account. Only by requesting that the policy terms be included in our internal administration system can we be assured of notifying any customers as to terms that may be specific to a product or service supplied to us.
In most instances you will be notified as to any inquiry or complaint associated with the product you are supplying. If, however, 2CO determines that a failure to quickly cancel or refund a transaction would result in more harmful and costly chargeback procedures than it is likely that a refund or cancellation with be immediately transacted.
In all instances you should arrange to obtain signature confirmation when shipping tangible products. Chargeback disputes will not be entered into without this documentation and the product must also be shipped to the cardholder’s address - not a separate shipping location. To clarify, 2CO does not prohibit products from being shipped to a different address. However, the ability to dispute a chargeback is negated entirely if this is the case.
Please review the following articles for additional information on contacting 2CO, chargebacks and tools that can be used to minimize disputes: