Online Payments: What is the typical chargeback rate for U.S. merchants?

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Asked by Question Bot07/May/20131 answer

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Faisal Khan

Answered 07/May/2013

I'm not sure if card associations publish the kind of statistics you are seeking. Brian Roemmele would be a good bet to tap into, to find out if they do.

Since I was A2A, I can cite figures for Remittance industry only.

For Card Present Transactions: The chargeback rate is less than 0.1%

For Card Not Present Transactions: The chargeback rate is very interesting:

  • Amount being remitted is between $0 - $1500: Chargeback Rate: 0.3%
  • Amount being remitted is between $1501 - $2000: Chargeback Rate: 0.5%
  • Amount over $2400-$2500 mark suddenly experiences a surge and it is almost 3.0% to 3.5%

There are roughly about 100,000 to 180,000 across the board transactions from the US everyday for remittances where a credit/debit card is used, so you can deduce the number of transactions that are charged back.