--- title: "About Warranties" slug: "about-warranties" updated: 2026-07-22T14:14:16Z published: 2026-08-10T20:23:40Z canonical: "help.idibilling.com/about-warranties" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.idibilling.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # About Warranties Warranties are designed to provide the consumer protection for a certain time period in the event that the purchased equipment (such as a handset or tablet) incurs a defect. Specific defects or issues are explicitly written into a Warranty as to being covered or not. Warranties are "attached" to serialized Retail Products. When the sale of the retail product is finalized, the warranty goes into effect for the specified period of time. See also: [Adding/Editing a Warranty](/v1/docs/adding-editing-a-warranty) [Working with Retail Products - Warranties Tab](/v1/docs/working-with-retail-products-warranties-tab) [Removing a Status/Warranty Combination from a Retail Product](/v1/docs/removing-a-status-warranty-combination-from-a-retail-product) [About Warranty Search](/v1/docs/about-warranty-search)