BuySure vs Route
Route is the best-known name in package protection. It sells protection to the shopper at checkout, takes the claim on its own site or app, and resolves it with a reorder or refund. BuySure is built the other way round: the claim lives on your domain and the outcome is created in your Shopify admin.
How does BuySure compare with Route? Route is the best-known name in package protection. It sells protection to the shopper at checkout, takes the claim on its own site or app, and resolves it with a reorder or refund. BuySure is built the other way round: the claim lives on your domain and the outcome is created in your Shopify admin.
Six things that decide which one fits.
Route, in its own terms.
Route is a licensed protection program. Shoppers pay a premium at checkout (its policies describe typical rates as a small percentage of the cart), file claims with Route, and Route resolves them. Route publishes policy windows such as a minimum wait after delivery before a stolen claim and a filing deadline after the last tracking update.
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Your cart, your rules, your Shopify admin.
Shoppers add BuySure Checkout in your cart. Claims are filed on your branded claim page with a photo. BuySure AI reads the evidence, scores the risk and resolves qualifying claims under your limit; the rest go to BuySure review or your team. Every outcome is a refund, replacement order or store credit created in Shopify.
- Seven claim types, photo required on every one
- Risk score 0 to 100 before a person looks
- Tracking, returns and rewards in the same app
BuySure and Route on eleven points.
BuySureRoutePick the one that fits how you want claims to run.
You want a licensed protection program to take the claim off your plate entirely, you are happy for shoppers to deal with a third party, and coverage limited to transit loss, theft and damage is enough.
You want claims for the things Route does not cover (wrong item, missing items, quality issues, returned to sender), you want the claim page under your own brand, and you want refunds, replacements and store credit to be Shopify records your team can see.
Moving from Route to BuySure takes an afternoon.
Install BuySure
Connect your Shopify store, pick a plan, name your protection product. BuySure creates the product and the theme block.
Set your rules
Claim window, waiting period, auto-approve limit, review path, cashback and branding. Start the limit low.
Switch the offer, keep Route claims open
Orders placed after the switch are protected by BuySure. Open Route claims finish with Route.
Read a month of decisions
Every auto-approved claim is on the timeline with its score. Raise the limit when you trust it.
BuySure or Route: what merchants ask.
Does Route cover wrong items or missing items?
Route's published policies cover lost, stolen and damaged parcels in transit. BuySure's seven claim types add missing items, wrong item fulfilled, quality issue and returned to sender.
Who talks to my customer during a claim?
With Route, the shopper files with Route and hears from Route. With BuySure, the shopper files on your claim page and messages your team on the claim, under your name.
Is BuySure insurance like Route?
No. BuySure is a Shopify protection and claims platform, not an insurer. Protection is a product in your cart that funds the claims your customers file; the outcomes are your store's refunds, replacements and credit.
BuySure against the rest of the field.
Build a better post-purchase experience with BuySure.
Protection at checkout, claims in one place, resolutions carried out in Shopify. Set up in an afternoon.