Love It or Swap It Paw-Mise
Love It or Swap It Paw-mise™
Trying something new should feel easier.
If an eligible product is not the right fit, request store credit without mailing it back. Keep the original product, choose something new, and pay only the new order’s shipping, taxes, and any merchandise difference.
Effective and last updated: July 12, 2026
How It Works
One request may cover multiple eligible products from the same order.
Try It
Use the eligible product normally. If it is not the right fit, gather your order information.
Submit Your Request
Use Order Help within 21 calendar days of the carrier’s delivered status. Select Return/swap as the issue type.
Receive Credit
After approval, we issue one store-credit code based on the eligible merchandise price paid.
Choose Again
Use the code within 14 calendar days in one transaction and pay delivery plus any difference.
Credit Value & Use
Credit is tied to eligible merchandise and does not reimburse delivery costs.
100% Standard Credit
Ordinarily, credit equals 100% of the eligible merchandise price actually paid after discounts.
70% Deep-Discount Credit
An eligible item purchased at 50% or more off its listed Compare-At price receives credit equal to 70% of the merchandise price actually paid.
One Transaction
The code expires 14 calendar days after issuance and must be used in one transaction. Any unused value is forfeited.
Shipping & Other Charges
Credit excludes original shipping, taxes, gift wrap, and fees. The customer pays shipping, taxes, fees, and any price difference on the new order.
Eligible Products
Most products that cannot safely be returned may still qualify for the Paw-mise™.
- Candles, including candles that have been burned
- Wax melts and other eligible home fragrance
- Body care, skincare, lip products, balms, oils, lotions, butters, scrubs, and sprays
- Soaps, shampoo bars, bath products, and foaming hand soap
- Herbal teas and other eligible consumable products
- Eligible pet treats, pet herbal products, and topical pet products
- The first qualifying purchase of a particular product through a subscription
- Standard catalog products made through our normal production process
Not Eligible
These purchases do not qualify for Paw-mise™ credit.
- Gift cards
- Apparel and other third-party-fulfilled merchandise
- Clearance, closeout, and final-sale products
- Products obtained without a valid Apawthecary proof of purchase
- Subscription renewals after the eligible first purchase of that product
- Custom, personalized, wholesale, special-order, custom-bundle, or custom-label products
- Products damaged through misuse, improper care or storage, or unauthorized alteration
- Previous replacement or swap purchases when another claim would duplicate the original benefit
Simple Credit Examples
Credit is calculated from the eligible merchandise amount actually paid.
Standard Eligible Purchase
If an eligible product cost $17.99 after discounts and was not discounted by 50% or more, an approved request ordinarily receives $17.99 in swap credit.
50% or More Off
If an eligible product cost $8.99 and was at least 50% off its Compare-At price, 70% credit is $6.29 after rounding to the nearest cent.
Request Requirements
Use Order Help so we can verify the order and review eligibility.
Use Order Help
Open Order Help, choose Return/swap, and include your full name, order number, eligible product or products involved, and a brief explanation of why each was not the right fit. We may request reasonable photographs or other details.
Keep the Original
No return is required. Keep, share, or responsibly dispose of the original product. For safety, do not share a product when doing so would be inappropriate.
Damage, Reasonable Defects & Incorrect Items
Order problems are reviewed separately from satisfaction swaps.
Use Order Help within two calendar days of the carrier’s delivered status when an item arrives damaged, materially melted where covered, incorrect, or with a reasonable defect beyond normal handmade variation. Select Damaged/leaking or Wrong/missing item, include the order number, and attach or provide the photographs described in our Returns & Refunds Policy.
Fair Use & Policy Relationship
The Paw-mise™ is designed for genuine first-fit concerns.
We may limit or deny voluntary Paw-mise™ privileges for fraudulent, unsupported, excessive, duplicated, manipulated, transferred, or abusive claims. This program has no cash value and does not replace any right or remedy that cannot legally be limited.
The complete Returns & Refunds Policy controls traditional returns, refunds, defects, and delivery-related issues. If this summary conflicts with that policy, the Returns & Refunds Policy controls.