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Insights Disputes

Use this article to understand Disputes Insights in the Kustom Portal: dispute and enquiry volumes, outcomes, win rates, reason codes, dispute fees and the exportable dispute table.

Use this article to understand the Disputes Insights page in the Kustom Portal, which shows your dispute and enquiry volumes, outcomes, win rates and dispute fees over time.

What Disputes Insights shows

Disputes Insights brings together analytics data from all your disputes and enquiries. Data is updated approximately every 12 hours. With Disputes Insights, you can:

  • Track the volume and status of disputes and enquiries each month.

  • Monitor how often disputes and enquiries happen compared to your order volume.

  • Review how cases are resolved and what drives wins or losses.

  • Monitor dispute fees and reserved amounts, and understand what drives costs.

  • Analyse win rates and the impact of submitting evidence.

  • Find the most common reason codes behind disputes and enquiries.

  • Drill down into every individual dispute in a filterable table and export it to CSV.


How to open Disputes Insights

  1. Sign in to the Kustom Portal.

  2. Select Insights in the menu to the left.

  3. Select Disputes.


Who can access Disputes Insights

Only users with one of these roles can view Insights in the Kustom Portal:

  • Admin

  • Super Admin

  • Finance

  • Insights

If you do not have one of these roles, Insights is not shown in your Kustom Portal menu. See User management.


Filtering Disputes Insights

The filters at the top of the Disputes Insights page apply to every chart and to the dispute table. You can narrow the data by:

  • Stores. One or more of your Merchant IDs.

  • Status. Open or closed cases.

  • Date range. Shows all time by default.

  • Payment methods. For example Klarna Pay Later or Card.

  • Dispute group. Enquiry - open, Enquiry - closed, Dispute - open or Dispute - closed.

  • Dispute reason. The issuer's reason code.

  • Merchant dispute response. Whether and how you responded.

  • Merchant reference 1. Your own order reference.

  • Dispute ID. A specific Kustom dispute ID.

Click the X to the right of the filters to reset them. Each chart has icons in its top right corner to switch to a table view, download the data or open the chart in full screen.


Monthly snapshot

The monthly snapshot gives you a quick summary of how your disputes and enquiries are performing in the current month. Win rates, resolution metrics and dispute fees are based on closed cases. Fees are shown in SEK, using the exchange rate from the date they were issued.

The monthly snapshot includes five key metrics:

  • Current disputes. The number of open disputes, split between those needing a response and those where evidence has already been submitted.

  • Current enquiries. The number of open enquiries, split between returns-related cases and cases that will escalate into a dispute within 7 days if not resolved.

  • Dispute win rate. The share of closed disputes that were won or partially won this month, with the change compared to last month.

  • Enquiries solved before escalation. The percentage of enquiries resolved without becoming disputes, with last month's figure.

  • Dispute fees (SEK). The total net dispute fees for the current month, compared to last month.

Analytics data may be slightly behind your real-time Disputes view. The timestamp under the snapshot shows when the data was last updated.


Dispute overview

The dispute overview shows case trends and volumes, comparing active cases by the month they were raised with the share of orders that received a dispute or enquiry.

Enquiries are early stage issues that usually close automatically once a return is registered and the refund is processed. They appear in your Disputes view under Does not need response. If an enquiry is not resolved in time, it escalates into a dispute and is counted in both the enquiry rate and the dispute rate.

Disputes and enquiries by month raised

This chart shows the number of disputes and enquiries raised each month, split by their current status: Dispute - closed, Dispute - open, Enquiry - closed and Enquiry - open.

Cases always count towards the month they were raised, even if their status changes later. This lets you see how each month's caseload develops over time.

Dispute and enquiry rates by order date

This chart shows what share of your orders received a dispute or enquiry, based on the date the order was placed. Two lines are shown over a bar chart of the number of orders with cases:

  • Enquiry rate. The percentage of orders that received an enquiry.

  • Dispute rate. The percentage of orders that received a dispute.

An enquiry that escalates into a dispute is counted in both rates. Use this chart to spot spikes and see whether changes in case volume come from order growth or a real increase in disputes.


Dispute and enquiry outcome

This section shows the final results of all closed enquiries and disputes. Dates refer to when the case was raised, not when it was closed. Cases can be resolved before escalation by refunding the order or agreeing a solution with the customer.

Enquiry outcome

The Enquiry outcome chart shows how closed enquiries were resolved each month:

  • Closed after refund. The enquiry was resolved by a refund.

  • Closed without refund. The enquiry was resolved without a refund.

  • Escalated into dispute. The enquiry was not resolved in time and became a dispute.

Dispute outcome

The Dispute outcome chart shows how closed disputes were resolved each month:

  • Won. The dispute was resolved in your favour.

  • Lost. The dispute was resolved in the customer's favour.

A partial win means the refund was split between you and the customer. Partial wins count as wins in all win rate calculations.

Dispute action and outcome

This table compares how you responded to disputes with how they ended. Each row is a merchant dispute response, for example Evidence submitted, Refunded or No response. The columns show the total number of disputes and how many were Won, Partial win, Lost, Under review or Still open. Use it to check whether disputes you did not respond to are consistently lost.

Klarna dispute loss reason

When a Klarna dispute is lost, Klarna gives a loss reason explaining why the customer won. The chart shows how often each of these Klarna loss reasons occurs:

  • Shipping policy violated. Your shipping practices did not meet Klarna's requirements.

  • Merchant did not issue refund. You did not refund the customer when required.

  • Merchant did not counter dispute. You did not submit evidence or respond to the dispute.

  • Proof of delivery inadequate. The proof of delivery you provided was not enough.


Dispute win rate

This section shows your success rate across all closed disputes, grouped by the month each dispute was raised. Partial wins count as full wins.

Dispute win rate chart

The Dispute win rate chart tracks your win rate over time:

  • Overall. Your win rate across all closed disputes.

  • Evidence submitted. Your win rate for disputes where you submitted evidence.

The number of disputes is shown as bars on a second axis, so you can see volume alongside the effect evidence has on outcomes.

Dispute count per reason

A count of disputes per issuer reason code in the selected period, for example Goods not received or Return. This is the quickest way to see which type of dispute you receive most.

Dispute reason and win rate

This chart breaks down dispute performance by the issuer's reason category. For each reason it shows:

  • Number of disputes. The number of disputes for that reason (bars).

  • Dispute win rate. Your win rate for that reason (line).

  • Evidence submission rate. How often you submitted evidence for that reason (line).

This helps you see which dispute reasons you defend most and least successfully, and where submitting evidence has the biggest effect.


Dispute and enquiry reasons

This section shows the most common reasons behind your enquiries and disputes, using the official reason codes from the issuers.

Enquiry reason

The Enquiry reason chart shows the monthly number of enquiries by reason code:

  • Faulty products. The product received was damaged or defective.

  • Goods not received. The customer did not receive their order.

  • Incorrect invoice. The customer was charged incorrectly.

  • Return. The customer wants to return the product.

  • Unauthorized purchase. The purchase was made without the customer's permission.

Dispute reason

The Dispute reason chart shows the monthly number of disputes by reason code:

  • Credit not processed. A refund or credit was not applied.

  • Faulty products. The product received was damaged or defective.

  • Fraudulent. The purchase is suspected to be fraudulent.

  • General. Cases that do not fit a specific category.

  • Goods not received. The customer did not receive their order.

  • Incorrect invoice. The customer was charged incorrectly.

  • Product unacceptable. The product did not match the description or the customer's expectations.

  • Return. The customer wants to return the product.

  • Unauthorized purchase. The purchase was made without the customer's permission.

Following reason code trends over time helps you spot recurring problems, such as delivery failures or invoicing errors, that you can fix before they cause more disputes.


Dispute fees and reserved amounts

This section shows your dispute fees and the amounts reserved while disputes are open.

A dispute fee is charged when a dispute is lost. The disputed amount is reserved when a case becomes a dispute. For most payment methods this happens from the start, while Klarna cases begin as enquiries and only become disputes if not resolved in time. If you win a dispute, no fee is charged and the reserved amount is released to you. Enquiries that do not escalate never result in fees.

Disputes Insights shows fees by the date the dispute was raised, and reserved or lost amounts by the reversal date. These totals may therefore not match your settlement reports, which use the actual date of each transaction.

Dispute fees (SEK)

This bar chart shows confirmed dispute fees per month, based on lost disputes. Use it to track your fee costs over time and spot months with unusually high costs.

Reserved and lost amount (SEK)

This chart shows disputed amounts per month, split into:

  • Paid back. Reserved amounts released to you after a won dispute.

  • Lost. Amounts kept by the customer after a lost dispute.

  • Reserved in open disputes. Amounts currently held while disputes are still open.


Dispute table

At the bottom of the Disputes Insights page, the dispute table lists every case individually, so you can go from the charts to the specific disputes behind them. The filters at the top of the page also apply to this table. Each row shows:

  • Kustom Dispute ID

  • Merchant Reference 1

  • Order ID

  • Dispute raised at

  • Payment method

  • Dispute currency

  • Merchant label (store name and Merchant ID)

  • Dispute reason

  • Dispute group (enquiry or dispute, open or closed)

  • Escalated into dispute (the date, if the case started as an enquiry)

  • Merchant dispute response and outcome

  • Disputed amount, fee and lost amount

Click the download icon in the table header to export the filtered rows to CSV, for example to reconcile lost amounts with your accounting. Click the full screen icon to see more columns at once.

To respond to a dispute, select Disputes in the main menu. The Disputes Insights table is for analysis only. See What are disputes.


Important information about Disputes Insights data

  • Disputes Insights data is based on analytics and may be up to about 12 hours behind. This can cause small differences from your real-time Disputes view.

  • Kustom passes cases and fees from the issuer to you, and your evidence back to the issuer. The issuer makes all decisions.

  • Fees and reserved amounts in Disputes Insights may not match your settlement reports month to month, because of the timing of the issuer's settlement process.

  • Dates in the outcome and win rate charts refer to when the case was raised, not when it was closed.

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