How payment works here

Every card and UPI payment on this site is handled by Cashfree Payments, a payment gateway licensed by the Reserve Bank of India. You type your card number or approve your UPI request on their system, not on ours. We never see your card number, your CVV, your UPI PIN or your bank password, and we have no way to store them.

What we keep is the result: whether the payment succeeded, the amount, and a reference number. That is all we need to confirm a place.

What a genuine SmartSteps payment looks like

  • The web address begins with https://shraddhaaftersteps.com and your browser shows a padlock.
  • The payment screen is Cashfree’s, and it names Shraddha SmartSteps as the merchant.
  • The amount matches the plan you chose, before you approve anything.
  • You get a booking reference on screen as soon as the payment clears.

Things we will never do

Please treat any of the following as fraud, even if the caller knows your child’s name or your booking details:

  • We will never ask for your UPI PIN, card CVV, OTP, or any password. No genuine staff member needs them.
  • We will never ask you to install a screen-sharing or remote-access app to “help with a payment”.
  • We will never send a “request money” or “collect” UPI notification. Approving a collect request sends money out; receiving a refund never requires your PIN.
  • We will never ask you to pay to a personal UPI id or a personal bank account. Our only UPI id is shraddhapreschool@icici.
  • We will never ask for payment over a phone call to release a refund.

If anyone asks you for these in our name, hang up and call us on +91 77700 70772.

Paying safely

  • Start from shraddhaaftersteps.com yourself rather than from a link in a message.
  • Check the amount on the payment screen before approving.
  • Do not pay over public Wi-Fi if you can wait for a trusted connection.
  • Keep the confirmation message or screenshot until the first session.

If something goes wrong

Money taken, no confirmation. Do not pay again. A payment that does not reach us is reversed by your bank automatically, usually within five to seven working days. Contact us with the date, amount and your bank’s reference and we will trace it.

Charged twice. Send us both references and we refund the duplicate in full.

Wrong amount. Tell us before the first session and we correct it either way.

Refund timing and cancellation terms are set out in our Refund Policy.

Your receipt

Every confirmed booking gets a reference and an invoice number. Quote the reference in any message to us; it is the fastest way for us to find your booking.

Questions

Shraddha SmartSteps After School Hub, Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra.
Phone: +91 77700 70772  •  Contact form

Last updated 30 October 2026.