We strongly recommend sharing a written refund policy as an FAQ on your landing page. In addition, Maven's Satisfaction Guarantee badge will be visible on your landing page once your page is published. Reach out to [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns about the policy.

Refunds should strongly consider the needs of your students. Writing your refund policy on your landing page helps students know your policies before they sign up for your cohort. You may choose to offer full or partial refunds before, during, and after your cohort.

If you provide a refund, Maven will also provide a refund of its 10% fee. Stripe will keep its 2.9% + $.30 fee per transaction, even on refunds. So, if your course is $1,000 and you issue a full $1,000 refund to your student, $970.70 will come from you and Maven. The remaining $29.30 (Stripe's 2.9%+30¢ fee) will come out of your Stripe balance. That means you'll have a -$29.30 balance in your Stripe account.

In your Stripe account, find the payment you're looking to refund. It's easy to find by searching the email address of the student you're issuing a refund to. Click into the payment.

In the top right of corner the payment information window, there's a Refund button.

Clicking the refund button creates a modal that gives you the ability to refund a specific or full amount. You can also indicate a reason for issuing the refund.

Once you've issued the refund, you can let the student know that they will receive the refund in 5-10 business days.

Once you've refunded the student via Stripe, be sure to remove them from your Maven course if necessary. This is a step you should take if your student is cancelling their enrollment. To remove the student, go to the Students tab in your course and delete the student from the cohort. This will remove the student's access to all the cohort content, events, and community.

If you've already been paid out from Stripe and your account balance is $0 or less than the refund amount, you will either need to:

Your student's refund may be delayed if you do not have enough funds to cover the refund amount. If you need help ensuring that your Stripe account has enough funds to issue the refund, you can contact Stripe support.

*Note: Maven may decide to refund a student on your behalf. We will always communicate with you if we decide to offer a refund based on a specific student request.

If you have any additional questions about refunding students, reach out to [email protected].

If you're a student looking for a refund, please either email your course instructor directly or [email protected] if you need more help.
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