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BEAUTY & COSMETICS ECOMMERCE

A commerce protection regimen that’ll make your business glow

Strengthen your business with reliable, real‑time fraud and abuse prevention.

Merchants look to unmask fraud and
abuse while facing new challenges

Low AOV items
spike card testing

Beauty merchants are highly susceptible to card testing as fraudsters buy low-priced items like travel fragrances to avoid detection.

Rampant reseller
fraud and abuse

Resellers buy cult-favorite beauty products from retailers in bulk – sometimes using stolen credit cards – to resell on 3rd party marketplaces like Amazon.

Rising rate of online
returns and refunds

As online orders increase, the complexity of managing refund requests does too. Retailers struggle to mitigate abuse losses while also meeting consumer expectations for streamlined refunds.

Subscriptions susceptible
to chargebacks

Subscription boxes are booming in beauty – but they come with a higher risk of consumer disputes due to forgotten subscription signups, confusion about recurring payments and buyer’s remorse.

By analyzing data from thousands of global merchants, Signifyd can detect and prevent fraudulent activity while ensuring a seamless experience for genuine customers. With Signifyd’s instant decisions, you can mitigate fraud and abuse risk at key conversion points across the buyer journey while automating review and enhancing conversion rates.

With Signifyd’s Commerce Protection Platform, beauty & cosmetics retailers see a:

%
Increase in
approval rates
%
Reduction in manual
review rate
%
Reduction in
chargebacks

How it works

Provide a seamless login experience for genuine shoppers

By analyzing transactional and behavioral data from our Commerce Network, Signifyd is able to uncover the true identity behind account activity.

Fast-track genuine customers from account creation to checkout while minimizing brand damaging account takeovers.

Eliminate manual review with real‑time order decisions

Powered by our global Commerce Network, Signifyd’s automated decision engine delivers instant decisions, thereby eliminating the need for manual review.

On average, beauty retailers experience a 4% increase in approvals with Signifyd’s ability to recognize the identity and intent behind all transactions.

Boost automation — risk free

If a non-fraud chargeback occurs on an order we approve, you’ll be reimbursed within 48 hours, including shipping and other fees.

This gives you the confidence to automate fulfillment based on Signifyd’s decisions knowing you’ll pay $0 in chargeback losses.

Mitigate returns abuse while confidently streamlining refunds for customers

Signifyd assesses risk for every return and refund request based on the shopper’s history of returns, giving your team recommendations on whether and how to proceed according to policies you set.

Signifyd protects against all types of scams faced by beauty retailers including refund abuse such as Item Not Received and Significantly Not As Described, counterfeit returns and more.

Gain loyal customers and a competitive advantage with seamless shopping

Customers are able to enjoy their shopping experience without friction or delay thanks to order automation and reduction in false declines. As a result, shoppers leave your site with a positive experience, eager to come back for more as loyal customers.

2 of the top 5 beauty retailers trust
Signifyd for commerce protection

“Since we became Signifyd customers, our business has expanded into the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark. With Signifyd, there was not even a learning period in these regions. Typically, you would expect to see a dip in approval rates, but we were able to hit the ground running. We maintained an above 98% approval rate from day one in all three.”

— Lyn Carbine,
International Territory Manager,
CurrentBody

DATA SHEET

The State of Fraud and Abuse — Beauty & Cosmetics 2024

Signifyd dug into Beauty & Cosmetics merchant data to see what’s been happening in terms of sales, fraud and first-party fraud and abuse. Beauty merchants saw a 9% decline in sales coupled with a 9.4% drop in fraud pressure in 2024. Get the full data sheet to learn more.

How do you stack up against the rest of beauty and cosmetics?

Contact us for a personalized trends report for your business.