AI back-office for e-commerce brands

Your back office, handled. No helpdesk to configure.

Redline Ops resolves customer support, processes refunds with fraud and return-abuse checks, and files chargeback defenses — all in one flat subscription. Connect the store, and the agent is live within days.

One flat rate. Volume never raises the bill.

$349flat monthly, all three jobs
3jobs in one bundle
$190avg. cost of one lost chargeback
Daysfrom connect to live

The back office, end to end

Everything that eats your evenings, handled by one agent — not headcount, not a stack of tools.

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Customer support

Order status, returns, and common disputes resolved end-to-end with zero human touch — so replies stay fast and your reviews stay clean.

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Refunds

Refunds processed with fraud and return-abuse checks built in, so you don't give away margin to serial returners.

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Chargeback defense

Disputes represented automatically, protecting your product, shipping, fees, and standing with your payment processor.

Edge cases are routed to a human with full context — you stay in control, without doing the busywork.

Returns are eating your margins

2026 benchmark data: returns concentrate in a few categories — and every single one is a ticket.

20–40%

Apparel & footwear

Sizing risk drives it — shoppers buy two sizes, keep one. Footwear is the worst, often 30%+. A volume problem: cheap items, huge counts.

10–15%

Consumer electronics

Spiky. Accessories, cables, and impulse buys return far more than big-ticket appliances. A value problem: fewer units, large ticket amounts.

5–10%

Beauty & cosmetics

Almost all color-match and skin-tone misses — and higher online than in store.

Single digits

Home & garden, groceries

Low return rates, but every return is still a support event.

Apparel is a volume problem. Electronics is a value problem. They stress different parts of the operation — but both stress the support queue.

Every return is a support event

RMA request, label issue, refund eligibility, policy dispute, follow-up, resubmission. At $15-per-ticket agency pricing, you pay again on every reopen, every transfer, every resubmission — nothing about per-ticket pricing rewards fixing the first response.

The Redline Ops answer

  • RMA triage — intake, validation, routing, and label issuance automated
  • Refund eligibility — policy checks run instantly against order data
  • Disputes & exceptions — handled by rules, escalated to a human queue only when the rules say so
  • Follow-ups & status checks — answered directly, no ticket inflation
  • Chargeback defense — structured evidence collection instead of manual digging
$15 → $1–3per manual ticket vs per AI-native resolution
Cost / requestmodel everything as cost per resolved request, not cost per ticket
$1.5–4k setupscoped build, payback in 2–6 months at meaningful volume
60–80%of returns traffic automated; a small human queue covers edge cases and compliance

The wedge: for apparel and consumer-electronics brands, returns automation is the highest-ROI flow in e-commerce — sell that first, the numbers sell themselves.

Deeper dive: Returns Ops for apparel & electronics →

One plan. One flat price.

No per-ticket, per-seat, or per-chargeback charges. The more you sell, the more it pays for itself.

Standard
$349/mo
Billed monthly. Setup included.
  • Support, refunds & chargeback defense
  • Store connection + order/customer/payment sync
  • Short onboarding call
  • Human handoff with full context
  • Live within days, not weeks
2 months free
Annual
$290/mo
Billed annually — two months free.
  • Everything in Standard
  • Same flat price, no volume surcharges
  • For stores in the $50k–$2M/yr band
  • Lock your rate for a full year
First deals
Design partner
$200/mo
Locked 12 months — the first-deal price, not a teaser.
  • Everything in Standard
  • Rate locked for 12 months
  • Direct access to the founder
  • In exchange for feedback & a testimonial

Less than a part-time hire, less than the $10–$30 labor cost per ticket you already pay silently.

How it works

Built for solo DTC operators and 2–10 person brand teams who need the work done, not a toolbox to manage.

Connect your store

Shopify connection with order, customer, and payment data sync. No helpdesk, no workflow builder, no dashboard.

We handle the tickets

Support requests, refunds, and disputes resolved end-to-end. Edge cases come to you with full context.

See the margin saved

Resolved tickets with zero human touch, defended chargebacks, and your evenings back. The outcome is the product.

Be an early design partner

Be one of the first stores live on Redline Ops at a locked $200/mo for 12 months — in exchange for candid feedback and a testimonial. First deals get direct access to the founder.

Prefer email? hello@redlineops.net — the agent can be live within days.