Rewards

This article explaines the main purpose of Rewards feature.

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Rewards are an essential feature of the point-based loyalty program, allowing customers to redeem accumulated points for various benefits. This guide provides an overview of Rewards and their purpose. You will also learn how to create a new reward or how to manage already existing rewards.

What Are Rewards?

  • Definition: Rewards are benefits that customers can unlock by exchanging the points they have earned through their purchases. Rewards can be either physical (e.g., merchandise) or non-physical (e.g., discounts).
  • Purpose: The Rewards system enhances customer engagement by offering attractive benefits in exchange for loyalty points.

Key Features

  1. Comprehensive Reward Management

    • Enables the administration of all rewards offered in the loyalty program.
    • Provides an organized view of available rewards and their corresponding point values.
  2. Point-Based Redemption

    • Customers collect points based on purchases.
    • Points can be exchanged for available rewards in the system.
  3. Types of Rewards

    • Address: For rewards that will be sent to a specific physical address
    • Contest Draw: For rewards awarded for taking part in a contest
    • Digital: Non-physical rewards, such as a licenses (purely digital)
    • Donations: A non-physical reward, e.g. a charity donation
    • Instant: For rewards awarded to a user instantly, without any other action needed
    • Pickup: For physical rewards to be collected at a specific venue

How to Use Rewards

  1. Managing Rewards

    • Navigate to the Rewards section to view all available rewards.
    • Assign point values to each reward to define redemption requirements.
  2. Redeeming Rewards

    • Customers can browse the available rewards and select those they wish to redeem using their accumulated points.
    • For physical rewards, users can specify a pickup location or delivery address.
  3. Tracking Reward Usage

    • The system provides an overview of redeemed rewards and available stock levels.
    • Administrators can monitor reward trends and adjust point requirements accordingly.

Example Use Case

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Scenario:

A customer collected points by making purchases and he would like to exchange collected points with the "Free burger" reward.

  • The customer accumulated 125 points (you can see this in the top right corner).
  • First 3 rewards are unlocked as the customer has enough points to redeem them.
  • He chooses "Free burger", click on Select a reward and that's it!
  • How does the detail of reward look like if you don't have enough points? The button Select a reward is still locked, as you can see on the last screenshot.
Preview of Rewards section and redeeming the reward.

Preview of Rewards section and process of reward redeeming.