Refund defense insights and guides
Product news, deep-dives, and practical guides on App Store refunds, Google Play chargebacks, and recovering subscription revenue.
A Google Play refund won't tell you, but the Voided Purchases API will
A refund on Google Play arrives silently: the charge reverses, the customer keeps using the app, and nothing changes on your end unless you check. The Voided Purchases API is where you check. Here's the API field by field, the limits that bound it, and where the money drains when it's unwired.
Jul 28, 2026 · 5 min read
Google Play
From August 3, Google Play hands you the chargeback bill, and a way to argue
Chargeback responsibility on Play purchases changes for orders placed after August 3, 2026. Losses Google used to absorb become yours the purchase price less the service fee, plus bank fees. Arriving alongside that cost is a 24-hour window to submit evidence.
Jul 23, 2026 · 5 min read
Google Play
Skip a Google Play acknowledgement call and the sale unwinds itself in three days
A purchase clears, then three days later Google Play refunds and revokes it — no customer, no support agent, just a callback your server never sent. Here's the exact rule, why purchases slip past it, and what each vanished sale really costs.
Jul 20, 2026 · 5 min read
Google Play