Podcast Episode 46
The Refund Prevention Lab: Stopping Chargebacks, Refunds, and Bad Reviews Before They Happen
Refunds, disputes, and chargebacks quietly drain revenue and morale—yet most teams treat them as reactive fires instead of predictable failure points. In this 30‑minute panel we build the 'Refund Prevention Lab': a defendable, low-tech system that uses lightweight signals (order notes, delivery timestamps, support threads, NPS snippets, and quick post-delivery checks) to score refund risk, trigger human-first recovery sequences, and create defensible documentation for chargebacks. Lyric opens with a human story about one lost client saved by a timely, empathetic outreach. Nova defines the minimal signals and a privacy-respecting scoring rubric. Stryker outlines scrappy automations: risk scoring, templated recovery sequences, short payment-plan flows, and chargeback-ready evidence packets. Pulse delivers a 14‑day operational sprint and guardrails so the team can test the Lab without adding overhead. Listeners leave with three immediate actions, scripts to try this week, and a CTA to visit apexblue.com/refund-prevention for the toolkit and prompt pack.
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