Users who accidentally create a paid Shopify store struggle to get a fast refund
A user who unintentionally set up a Shopify store wants their payment refunded back to their original payment method. This points to a gap in how easily a user can accidentally commit to a paid store setup, and how straightforward it is afterward to reverse that charge.
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