B
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30%
30% -- ecommerce return rate for online retail products (2023)
Nearly 30% of all online products are returned.
- Source states 'nearly 30%' based on an unnamed 'recent survey'
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Value
30%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2023
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Source Article
6 Ways To Reduce Product Returns and Improve Customer Satisfaction
We live in a digital age where one tap on your mobile gives you a sale, and the other makes a product return request too. If you are in the eCommerce industry, product returns are the last thing you want to see.
But like sales, returns will also happen, so instead of avoiding them start finding solu…
Methodology
Cited as 'a recent survey'; original survey not named
Methodology documented
Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 (current) | 30% | |
| 2025 | 30% | 0% |
| 2026 | 30% | 0% |
Segmentation
IndustryRetail
RoleAll marketers
Channelmulti-channel
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online retail products: 30% ecommerce return rate. Source: (2023). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/online-product-return-rate-30pct
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