CiteMatch policy 2026-07-29-prelaunch

Refund policy

A customer may receive one no-questions-asked voluntary full refund per rolling 12 months when the request is made within 14 days of a settled CiteMatch charge.

Request from your account

Sign in and use the Refunds section. CiteMatch derives the customer, charge, amount, and eligibility from authenticated Stripe records. It does not accept a customer-supplied charge ID or refund amount.

Open account and refunds

Automatic full refund

A voluntary request is eligible for automatic processing when:

  • the charge settled no more than 14 days before the request;
  • the charge has not already been refunded in whole or in part;
  • there is no open payment dispute;
  • the customer has not used the voluntary refund policy in the prior 12 months; and
  • the authenticated account owns the Stripe customer and charge.

The system requests the full charge amount. Access is revoked only after a signed Stripe webhook confirms the full refund.

Human review

Partial refunds, prior refunds, disputes, ambiguous ownership, billing errors, documented service failures, statutory-rights claims, and other exceptional requests go to a person. A voluntary-policy denial does not determine or limit a right provided by applicable law.

Cancellation is separate

Cancellation stops the next renewal and preserves access through the paid term. It does not automatically request a refund for an earlier charge.

Timing and status

Account shows whether a request is under human review, submitted to Stripe, completed, or needs attention. Stripe and the customer's financial institution control when the credit appears after submission.

Effective July 29, 2026. This prelaunch policy requires targeted outside-counsel review before public checkout.

Need human review? Email team@citematch.app. Do not include payment credentials or document content.