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        "Partner program for agencies, ecommerce platforms, and technology providers",
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      "url": "https://www.clear.sale/getstarted",
      "title": "Get Started | Free Analysis & Demo",
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        "Free fraud analysis of your ecommerce store",
        "Personalized demo with the ClearSale team",
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      "aeo_tldr": "Get a free ecommerce fraud analysis and a personalized ClearSale demo."
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      "title": "Everything You Need to Know About False Declines",
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        "False declines cost U.S. merchants an estimated $118 billion a year, more than actual fraud",
        "56% of U.S. shoppers experienced a wrongly declined payment in the prior three months",
        "41% of consumers never return to a merchant after a false decline",
        "In Q3 2023, 2.7% of domestic U.S. orders were declined for fraud concerns, representing $81 million in lost revenue",
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      "url": "https://www.clear.sale/blog/10-things-online-retailers-can-do-today-to-reduce-chargebacks",
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      "type": "blog",
      "entity": "Article",
      "key_facts": [
        "Chargeback fees typically run $20 to $100 per dispute, on top of the lost transaction value",
        "A chargeback ratio above 1% of monthly transactions triggers card network monitoring programs",
        "Unrecognized billing descriptors are the most common trigger for unnecessary chargebacks",
        "A refund closes the dispute before it becomes a chargeback; refunds do not count against your ratio",
        "A signed delivery confirmation is the primary evidence against non-receipt claims"
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      "url": "https://www.clear.sale/blog/8-steps-for-preventing-friendly-fraud",
      "title": "When Customers Lie: How to Fight Friendly Fraud",
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      "entity": "Article",
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        "Friendly fraud accounted for 61% of all ecommerce disputes in 2025",
        "Friendly fraud cost merchants over $100 billion in 2025",
        "According to the LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud Study 2025, every $1 of fraud costs U.S. merchants $4.61 in total",
        "Card networks set the chargeback threshold at 1% of transactions before triggering monitoring programs",
        "65% of declined orders are legitimate, creating false decline risk when fraud filters are too aggressive"
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      "url": "https://www.clear.sale/blog/5-mistakes-merchants-make-when-disputing-chargebacks",
      "title": "5 Mistakes Merchants Make When Disputing Chargebacks",
      "type": "blog",
      "entity": "Article",
      "key_facts": [
        "Merchants win roughly 45% of chargeback cases they formally re-present",
        "According to the LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud Study 2025, each $1 of fraud costs U.S. merchants $4.61 in total",
        "Visa gives merchants 20 days to respond to a chargeback; Mastercard gives 45 days; PayPal gives 10 days",
        "Missing a response deadline forfeits the dispute automatically",
        "Visa consolidated its reason codes to four categories in 2018; matching evidence to the code is mandatory"
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      "url": "https://www.clear.sale/blog/card-not-present-fraud-is-skyrocketing",
      "title": "Card-Not-Present Fraud Is Skyrocketing",
      "type": "blog",
      "entity": "Article",
      "key_facts": [
        "CNP fraud increased 33% from 2015 to 2016 as EMV chip cards pushed fraudsters online",
        "U.S. merchants were projected to lose $6.4 billion to CNP fraud in 2018 (Juniper Research)",
        "1,093 data breaches occurred in 2016, a 40% increase from 2015, flooding the black market with card data",
        "Globally, cumulative CNP fraud losses were projected to exceed $70 billion over the five years following 2018",
        "3D Secure 2.0 shifts chargeback liability to the card issuer when the issuer authenticates the transaction"
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      "url": "https://www.clear.sale/blog/is-the-square-chargeback-protection-helpful-for-merchants",
      "title": "Is Square Chargeback Protection Helpful for Merchants?",
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      "entity": "Article",
      "key_facts": [
        "Square helps merchants avoid approximately 177,000 disputes per year according to Square itself, but this covers dispute response support, not proactive fraud prevention.",
        "Mastercard-backed research projects the global financial impact of chargebacks will surpass $41 billion in 2028.",
        "Global e-commerce fraud losses are projected to exceed $100 billion by 2029.",
        "U.S. merchants lose an average of $4.61 for every $1 of fraud when factoring in operational costs, lost inventory, shipping expenses, and labor, per LexisNexis Risk Solutions.",
        "Square does not charge merchants additional dispute fees for chargebacks, reducing direct processing costs during disputes."
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      "url": "https://www.clear.sale/blog/understanding-visa-chargeback-time-limits",
      "title": "Understanding Visa Chargeback Time Limits",
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      "entity": "Article",
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        "Cardholders have up to 120 days to file a Visa chargeback in most cases.",
        "The 120-day window starts from the transaction date, expected delivery date, or scheduled service date, whichever applies to the dispute reason code.",
        "Merchants typically have approximately 30 days from receipt of the chargeback to submit representment evidence, though some acquirers require it sooner.",
        "If a dispute escalates to pre-arbitration, there may be an additional 30-day response window before Visa steps in for final arbitration.",
        "Missing a merchant response deadline results in an automatic loss, no exceptions and no appeal."
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