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How to Change or Cancel an Order

What you can change or cancel at each order status: unpaid, paid and in production.

Changing & cancelling orders

What we can change on an order depends on where it is in its journey.

Each order moves through a series of statuses, which you can check on your Order Tracking page:

Received

Your order is awaiting payment and hasn't entered production; the easiest time to make changes.

Paid

Your order has entered the production queue and will be shipped within 5 working days.

Internal Order Query

Your order is on hold pending a query from our team.

Shipped

Your order has left us and can no longer be changed.

For more detail on statuses see Tracking your order status.


Changing shipping addresses & shipping methods

Updating a shipping address

You can change the shipping address of a paid or unpaid order at any point before it has shipped. This guide explains the process.

The new address must be in the same country; to change the destination country, contact our support team.

Updating the shipping method

You can change the shipping method for an unpaid order. This guide explains how.

If the order has been paid and you'd like to change the shipping method, please contact our support team.

Paid orders

Paid orders are orders in your Inkthreadable account that have been paid, either manually or through one of our automatic payment options.

If you have automatic payments enabled, orders placed through integrated stores are paid and enter production automatically. To stop this happening, untick the automatic payment checkbox on your Sales page.

Changing a paid order

Once an order is paid it enters the production queue. Once in the queue, orders pass through production in priority order from the date & time paid. This means as time goes by we're less likely to be able to make changes.

To change a paid order, please contact our support team through live chat as soon as possible. To help speed things up, please include:

  • Order number: so we can find the order straight away.

  • Required changes: exactly what needs updating.

  • Templated print files: if the artwork needs updating.

  • Shipping address/shipping method: if these need changing.

We'll make the changes if we can, and get back to you to confirm either way.

Cancelling a paid order

It's possible to cancel a paid order, though the earlier you reach out to us to cancel the more likely it will be. We can't make any guarantees due to the nature of the print on demand process; once an item has entered production it can't be cancelled.

Please contact our support team by live chat as soon as you know the order needs to be cancelled. Our team will review the request and cancel if possible. All refunds are paid back to the original payment method.

If the order is too far along to be cancelled we can update the shipping address to ship to you rather than your customer if they have cancelled their order with you.

Unpaid orders

Unpaid orders are orders in your Inkthreadable account that have been placed but not paid, and so hasn't entered production. These can be manual orders you've saved rather than completing payment, or orders passed from an integrated store that haven't been paid for automatically.

Changing an unpaid order

An order being unpaid gives you more time to make changes to the shipping details.

Changes to the products & design files can't be made until the order as been paid. Once paid, an order enters our production system giving our support team access to make changes on your behalf. To request our team make changes, you'll first need to complete payment.

The alternative is cancelling the unpaid order to place a new one with the correct details & design files.

Cancelling an unpaid order

Unpaid orders are cancelled through your account.

Head to your unpaid orders page and click on the order number. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Cancel order button.


Orders placed through your store with automatic payments

If your orders sync from an integrated store with automatic payments enabled, they're paid and sent into production automatically. Two important things to know:

  1. Cancelling in your store doesn't cancel the Inkthreadable order.
    Refunding or cancelling the sale through your own store has no effect on the production order with us. Contact our team immediately with the Inkthreadable order number if you need an order cancelled.

  2. You can change how automatic payments work to suit your needs.
    Read more here.

Orders on hold (Internal Order Query)

If we spot a problem with an order we'll place it on hold and email you with options for how to proceed. If we don't hear back from you within 7 days, we'll regretfully cancel the affected item and provide a full refund.

There are a few reasons for orders being on hold, such as:

  • Stock issues
    One or more items ordered are out of stock with suppliers and we need your input on selecting an alternative.

  • Artwork issues
    There is an issue with one or more design files in your order. This could be suitability for embroidery, or print file quality. We need your input on a resolution.


Need a hand with any of this? Get in touch with our team by clicking the live chat icon.

And remember: the sooner you message us about a change, the more we can do!

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