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Birthday Rewards

Birthday rewards automatically send rewards to customers on or before their birthday

Overview


How It Works

The birthday reward triggers automatically when a customer has a birthday saved to their profile. The reward is sent on the customer's birthday or a chosen number of days before it.

📋 Note: A birthday must be saved at least 30 days before the birthday date for that year's reward to trigger. If a birthday is saved fewer than 30 days in advance, or the trigger conditions are not met, the first reward is not issued until the following year.

For example, if a merchant sets a birthday reward to trigger 7 days before the birthday and a customer's birthday is Oct 15th, the customer must save their birthday in the Profile Sequence or complete a Birthday Action before Sept 15th for the birthday reward to trigger on Oct 8th that year. If a customer saves their birthday after Sept 15th, they will get the first birthday reward on Oct 8th of the following year.

⚠️ Important: An active Birthday Action or Profile Sequence is required for this feature to work.

How To Set It Up

  1. Go to Program → Points → Add Ways To Redeem.

  2. Select Birthday Reward.


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  3. Select the trigger timing under Trigger On:

    • On their birthday - sends the reward on the customer's actual birthday date.

    • Custom Timing - sends the reward a specified number of days before the customer's birthday, instead of on the day itself.

  4. Select who is eligible to receive the reward:

    • All Members - every loyalty member in the store is eligible for this reward.

    • Segmented by Tiers - restricts the birthday reward to customers in specific loyalty tiers, instead of rewarding all members.

  5. Select the Reward Type by clicking Edit:

    • Points.

    • Percent Discount.

    • Amount Discount.

  6. Configure the value for the rewards by either All Members or Segmented by Tiers

  7. If the reward type is Percent Discount or Amount Discount, expand Advanced Section to configure additional settings:

    • Entire catalogue - discount applies to all products

    • Specific collections - discount applies only to selected collections

    • Specific products - discount applies only to selected products

  8. Select the Purchase Type

    • Any - the discount applies regardless of either one-time or subscription purchases.

    • One-Time Purchase - the discount applies only to one-time purchases.

    • Subscription - the discount applies only to subscription purchases.

  9. Enter a Minimum Purchase Amount if required to apply the discount for the birthday reward.

  10. Configure Combination settings to control how the birthday reward can be applied alongside other discounts:

    • Product discount.

    • Order discounts.

    • Shipping discounts.

  11. Add a prefix to the discount code, or leave it unchecked to skip it.

  12. Click Save to save the configuration.

  13. If the reward type is a percentage or amount discount, configure the Expiration by setting the number of days the discount stays active after it is issued. This overrides any global discount expiry configured in Settings.

  14. Click Create / Update to save the birthday reward

Key Notes

  • Reward Status must be set to Active for the reward to trigger.

  • A Birthday Action or Profile Sequence must be active for rewards to trigger.

  • Rewards are not issued immediately after a birthday is added. If a birthday is saved fewer than 30 days before the date, the reward is not issued until the following year.

  • The discount code prefix, if enabled, combines with the reward type and a unique identifier to form the final code.

  • If Applies To is set to Specific collections or Specific products, the discount only applies to the selected items.

  • Combination settings control how the reward can be applied at checkout alongside other discounts.

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