Builtformerchantswhocan'taffordweakrecords.
Capture policy acceptance, buyer confirmations, and fulfillment logs across the full transaction lifecycle.
Chargebacks are not a nuisance.
They are a continuity risk.
Most merchants lose disputes not because the transaction was invalid, but because the record was incomplete, scattered, or assembled too late.
Revenue Reversal
When a cardholder files a dispute, the payment is typically reversed while the case is reviewed. The issuer, not the merchant, controls the decision.
Processor Standing
At elevated dispute rates, merchants risk losing their processor relationship entirely, not just individual transactions.
Dispute Fees
Beyond the reversal itself, every dispute incurs chargeback fees. Losing means paying the reversal, the fee, and losing the goods or services already delivered.
Tight Deadlines
Visa gives merchants 20 days to respond to a retrieval and 30 days to respond to a formal dispute. Evidence must be complete, formatted, and submitted within that window.
The same dispute.
Two completely different outcomes.
Most merchants prepare after the dispute.
ProofVault prepares before it.
Before Payment
Harden the transaction before it becomes vulnerable. Policy visibility checks, invoice clarity review, missing-detail prompts, and acknowledgment architecture.
At Point of Sale
Capture the moment the transaction becomes defensible. Buyer confirmations, policy acceptance, timestamped transaction-linked evidence.
After Fulfillment
Preserve the record with grace, not friction. Delivery confirmation, quality assurance surveys, issue interception, and communication trail preservation.
If a Dispute Occurs
Respond with structure, not panic. Chronological evidence organization, processor-ready export packets, and reason-code-informed case structure.
The strongest dispute response begins long before the dispute exists.
Do not wait for a chargeback to discover how weak your transaction record really is.
Protect Your Transactions