Shopify Payments Freezes Merchant Funds With Unresponsive Support
A Shopify merchant reports that Shopify Payments held their funds without a clear explanation, blocking withdrawals, charges, and transfers, while support repeatedly deferred resolution with no timeline. The merchant lost customers and sales during the freeze, illustrating the risk merchants face when a single payment processor controls access to their revenue.
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