How to Deal with a Bad Customer on Shopify

Loyal fans are those that are going to stick with you. They will shop regularly with your brand and will often spend big when they make purchases. They’re the ones that help you make the most money and are often responsible for the majority of your profit. Loyal fans will also act as word of mouth conduits, bringing in new customers to your website. Loyalty programs can often make it easier for you to reward them and enhance the benefit they give you. Try this app to help you.

Regular customers are those that make one or a few purchases. They often don’t interact with your brand much. You won’t hear from them unless there is a problem and this can sometimes be easy to resolve.

Bad customers are those that cause issues for your brand. There are numerous reasons how and why they can cause trouble for your brand. They could be those who regularly return products, at your cost or those who make complaints all the time for product features that are clearly labelled or implied within descriptions. They can also complain about delivery times or prices.

Bad customers can end up costing your business and should be removed at all times. Some apps allow you to reduce the impact bad customers have by not offering them or allowing them to have access to discounts. It works by identifying those with a high proportion of returns and then labeling them. This label prevents the customer from getting a discount.

There are many ways that you can deal with bad customers. The first is that you can close down their account and block them from the website. There is no legal obligation that you serve everyone. If you can show that a customer is costing you money through complaints and other processes, you can just remove them. Any orders that they make can be cancelled and refunds provided. Some apps allow you to block certain customers from making orders.

A more subtle option is to not market to them. Remove them from any marketing lists and disallow their discounts. This is an effective method as bad customers often look for deals before making a purchase and then will still complain.

Another option is to get them to talk about their problems. Bad customers like to argue and if you offer little resistance or don’t react negatively to their comments it can often stop because it gives them little joy.

Finally, you can move all correspondence to email and respond with neutral set responses. Again this can remove some of the joy that bad customers have if they’re looking for a fight with you.