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Warranty & repairs

Diagnose, quote, and complete repairs — without admin overhead.

Serial-verified warranty claims, three-level fault classification, paid repair quotes through Shopify checkout, and labour-parts tracking per RMA — the operational spine for warranty-heavy product lines.

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Warranty diagnostics and inspection workflow
§ 01

Configurable warranty policies

Define warranty terms at the product, SKU, tag, or collection level. A 2-year catch-all with a 5-year extension for "premium" tagged products and a 1-year carve-out for consumables is a single rule-set. The policy engine decides coverage automatically when a claim comes in.

  • Policy rules by Shopify product ID, SKU pattern, tag, or collection
  • Duration + conditions per rule (battery-health thresholds, use-case exclusions)
  • Out-of-warranty claims routed to the repair-quote flow
  • Policy metadata exposed on the customer portal so expectations are clear
§ 02

Three-level fault code classification

Product Family → Fault Category → Fault Subcategory. Reporting rolls up at every level, so you can answer "which lithium battery SKUs had BMS failures this quarter?" without running a custom query. Fault codes are captured at receiving AND inspection, with a separate field for "customer description" vs "technician finding".

  • Product Family (e.g. "Portable Power"), Category ("Electrical"), Subcategory ("BMS Failure")
  • Customer-reported fault stored separately from technician-verified fault
  • Severity and frequency trending over time
  • Fault-code reports exportable for supplier warranty submissions
§ 03

Paid repair quotes through Shopify checkout

Out-of-warranty items get a quote flow: technician inspects, issues a quote, customer receives an email with a Shopify checkout link, pays, and the RMA moves to "quote paid" ready for repair. No external invoicing system to reconcile.

  • Quote line items appear in Shopify as draft orders with line-level RMA tagging
  • Customer paid via their existing Shopify payment methods
  • Auto-expire after configurable window with reminder emails
  • Decline flow with reasons captured for conversion analysis
§ 04

Labour time, parts, technician assignment

Every repair tracks technician assignment, minutes logged, and parts consumed at cost. Dashboards show cost-to-repair per SKU so you can price quotes correctly next time.

  • Repair-parts catalogue synced from Shopify inventory
  • Labour rate configurable per technician or default per shop
  • Average repair time and average parts cost per product family
  • Technician-level throughput and quality metrics
FAQ

Questions about warranty & repairs.

Can warranty policies differ between products?

Yes. Policies are rule-based: a catch-all 2-year policy plus overrides for specific tags, collections, or SKU patterns is standard. A product can have multiple overlapping rules; the most specific wins.

What happens to a repair quote if the customer doesn't respond?

Quotes auto-expire after a configurable window (default 14 days) with two reminder emails. Expired quotes move the RMA into a "quote_declined" state that your team can route to disposal, return-to-sender, or discard.

Is serial number verification mandatory?

It's configurable per product. For warranty-heavy SKUs (batteries, electronics) you can enforce serial capture at the customer portal and re-verify at receiving. Mismatches are flagged for staff review.

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