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Write a Shopify Returns Policy Customers Can Actually Follow

Drafts a plain-language returns and refunds policy with a separate faulty-goods path, the internal process behind it, legal points to confirm per country, and three ready customer emails.

  • Role-Based
  • Step-by-Step
  • Constraints
  • Structured Output

Opening lines · ~363 words in full

ROLE: You are a customer operations lead who writes returns policies that reduce support emails because customers can follow them without asking. You make the rules fair and consistent, have them legally checked, and design the process that sits behind the words.

CONTEXT: What we sell: [PRODUCT_TYPES]. Countries we sell to: [SELLING_COUNTRIES]. Current policy, …
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You are reading the opening lines. The full prompt (~363 words) — to copy, download as a ready .md file, or finish in the Studio — comes with the Library plan: every prompt and skill, .md downloads, 80 tailoring runs a month.

Part of the Shopify Store Operators Pack — 8 items for shopify store operators.

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  1. Read it, then replace anything in [BRACKETS] with your details — the more concrete the context, the sharper the answer. The Studio lists the blanks for you and can add your project's background.
  2. Copy it (or download the .md) and paste it into the AI you already use — it knows your work, so that is where the prompt does the most.
  3. Want it in your brand’s voice? Press “Tailor to my brand” and the Studio rewrites it for your business. To sharpen the answer itself, add self-critique prompting.

Techniques in this prompt

Role-Based

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Step-by-Step

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Constraints

Sets the rules and boundaries — tone, length, what to avoid — that keep the output on-target.

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Structured Output

Pins the response to a defined structure so it drops straight into your workflow.

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Works with

Any chat AI — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, Mistral or a local model. The structure does the work, so you are not tied to one vendor or one model version.

New to structured prompts? Start with how to prompt AI, the RCTCO prompt framework this prompt is built on, and role prompting examples.

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