Process refunds for First Data Connect via WooCommerce

For businesses, it’s important to have the ability to process refunds if a customer requests them.
There are two ways in which you can process refunds on First Data Connect, one of the easiest ways is to process it from the WordPress dashboard via WooCommerce.

Process refunds via WooCommerce

Step 1 – Get your REST API Credentials from the Developer Portal

The first step is to ensure that you have your REST API credentials, and if you do not have them yet, please follow our detailed guide about how you can get them from the developer portal:
How to Get REST API Credentials from the Developer Portal

Step 2 – Plugin settings

After receiving your API Key and Secret, you can now proceed in using it within the plugin’s settings. To do so, navigate to your WordPress dashboard > WooCommerce > Settings > Payments > AG First Data Connect Checkout > Manager, and then add the key and secret in the New REST API tab, and within their respective fields:

Make sure to click the save changes button for the settings to be applied.

Step 3 – Processing the refund

Navigate to WooCommerce > Orders and then select the order that you wish to refund.
Click the ‘Refund’ button, and then additional fields would display.

Set the quantity and then click Refund via AG First Data Connect Checkout, and in a few seconds or so, the order should have been refunded successfully.

If you are dealing with multiple products, you’ll have to set the quantity of the product you’d want to refund. It should automatically set the total available to the refund amount.