Bitcoin Catalog Merchant Solutions: Bitcoin-Loyalty powered by LoyaltyMatch OnDemand

The Bitcoin Catalog was released this week. LoyaltyMatch's Bitcoin-Loyalty powered by LoyaltyMatch OnDemand was the only Bitcoin loyalty solution featured in the second edition.

10 Strategies for Choosing the Right Loyalty Incentives

Bill Warelis of LoyaltyMatch talks about 10 Strategies for Choosing the Right Loyalty Incentives with StreetFight,  a media, events, and research company focused on the business of hyperlocal content, commerce and technology.

Although there are no right and wrong answers when it comes to structuring rewards in a loyalty program, there are some overarching guidelines that merchants should follow to ensure their programs remain profitable. StreetFight offers 10 tips from experts in the space on how merchants can ensure they aren’t giving away too much (or too little) in their loyalty programs.

Source: StreetFight

Bitcoin Loyalty, First Loyalty Platform For Bitcoin Merchants Launched By LoyaltyMatch

Innovative Software-as-a-Service loyalty management and gamification platform powered by Loyalty OnDemand is for merchants who accept Bitcoins for payment

Kitchener, Ont. – October 22, 2013 – LoyaltyMatch Inc., a global leader in loyalty, gamification and social loyalty technologies, today announced the launch of the first loyalty management and gamification platform for merchants who accept Bitcoins for payment.

The unique LoyaltyMatch OnDemand loyalty platform encourages Bitcoin commerce via eCommerce, social commerce or POS systems. It also promotes consumer engagement with merchants by offering loyalty points for social interactions via Tweets and Pinterest, Instagram or Facebook posts, checkins, mobile downloads or referrals.

Bitcoin is an innovative payment network and a new kind of money that uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks.  The management of transactions and the issuing of Bitcoins are carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin is open-source. Its design is public. No one owns or controls Bitcoin and anyone can take part.

“Bitcoin is an exciting new way to do business and Bitcoin offers significant advantages to merchants including lower transaction fees than credit cards. Bitcoin Loyalty powered by LoyaltyMatch OnDemand is a simple, cost effective tool for merchants to create their own loyalty program. Together, Bitcoin and Bitcoin Loyalty provide merchants with an effective way to offer and reward virtual currencies”, said Brad Ball cofounder and CEO LoyaltyMatch.

More information about the Bitcoin Loyalty system powered by LoyaltyMatch OnDemand and Bitcoins is available at www.bitcoin-loyalty.com and www.Bitcoin.org.

LoyaltyMatch OnDemand Powers “PTCPoints” for PTC Accounting and Finance

Loyalty program rewards its consultant for hours worked with gift cards and merchandise

 
LoyaltyMatch Inc, the loyalty and engagement-computing company, and PTC Accounting and Finance, the niche accounting and finance recruitment firm, have introduced PTCPoints, a loyalty program that rewards its consultants for hours worked.

PTC provides their clients with finance and accounting professionals on an interim basis for contract assignments and projects. From Intermediate/Senior level Accountants to Controllers, CFO’s, and other finance specialists, PTCPoints members earn points for each hour worked.  The points can be used to select gift cards and merchandise rewards from an online catalogue.

“We wanted a unique way to engage and retain our most talented consultants that help us meet our client’s needs,” said PTC president and co-founder, Mindy Berchansky. “LoyaltyMatch people helped us refine our strategy and program and the LoyaltyMatch OnDemand software platform enables use to administer the program ourselves.“ 

About LoyaltyMatch Inc. 

LoyaltyMatch Inc. is a privately held loyalty and engagement-computing company with a product portfolio that includes LoyaltyMatch OnDemand and Social Loyalty. LoyaltyMatch OnDemand (www.loyaltymatchondemand.com) provides a cloud-based loyalty management and gamification platform. Social Loyalty (www.social-loyalty.com) deepens engagement to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other social services. Together they offer their clients, such as Clarins USA, I.M.P. Productions, Legends Resort and Digital Currency Solutions, the fastest path to the development and delivery of loyalty and engagement initiatives and have revolutionized the way businesses manage customer value. LoyaltyMatch Inc. is based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

LoyaltyMatch Launches LoyaltyAPIs.com For Easy Integration of Loyalty Programs Using APIs

New community at LoyaltyAPIs.com provides partners and developers with new monetization opportunities within current systems, mobile apps and games

LoyaltyMatch Inc., a global leader in loyalty, gamification and social loyalty technologies, today announced the release of the LoyaltyMatch OnDemand loyalty program API specifications and community at www.loyaltyapis.com. The site provides partners and developers with the necessary APIs to integrate applications that take advantage of various features available with LoyaltyMatch OnDemand.

“We are pleased to announce the release of the LoyaltyMatch OnDemand APIs to our partners and developer communities” said Brad Ball cofounder and CEO LoyaltyMatch. “Now any application and service can have access to the LoyaltyMatch OnDemand platform using RESTful APIs”. 

The RESTful APIs are designed to be easily accessible from any programming language – once you understand the basic concepts of the APIs, you will be able to apply the LoyaltyMatch APIs to Java, PHP, Ruby, .NET, or any other environment.

The LoyaltyMatch OnDemand APIs features will allow developers to integrate various functions of the LoyaltyMatch OnDemand web services into their applications, such as offering points for social interactions, mobile downloads, checkins, virtual goods or contests, and hundreds of other actions.   For example Members checking in at events or locations can be rewarded points in real-time."Its advantages include ease of integration and development, and it is an excellent choice of technology for use with mobile applications and Web 2.0 projects.

For more information and to access the current version of the APIs, visit the LoyaltyMatch OnDemand Loyalty API website (http://www.loyaltyapis.com).

LoyaltyMatch identified as one of the Top 100 Gamification Leaders and Innovators of 2013

LoyaltyMatch was identified today as one of the Top 100 Gamification Leaders and Innovators of 2013 by Sparkah. We are honored to be included. Thanks from the LoyaltyMatch Team.

Follow LoyaltyMatch on Twitter or LinkedIn And Win

If you aren't following LoyaltyMatch on LinkedIn or Twitter now is a great time to start. Until August 30 when you sign up to follow LoyaltyMatch you will be automatically entered to win a $100 gift card or a $100 donation to the charity of your choice*. Sign up now.

Twitter: Twitter.com/LoyaltyMatch

LinkedIn: LinkedIn/LoyaltyMatch

   

* Every Twitter or LinkedIn follow equals one contest entry. One prize of a gift card or charity donation in Canadian dollars will be awarded to one follower from all contest entries. Contest starts July 18th, 2013 and ends August 31st, 2013. Void where prohibited.

Export Generation: Easier Updates

Your site report features have been updated! Exports will now be queued and an email sent to the Program Administrator upon completion. To request an export, select the desired export from the 'Export' tab of the 'Reports' page of your Administration Portal. Upon selecting the 'export' button your report will be generated on our server. Once the report generation is complete an email is sent to the Program Administrator and the export is available for download on the 'Download Generated Reports' page found under the 'Export' tab of the 'Reports' page.

Please feel free to send us any questions or comments you have.

Introducing the LoyaltyMatch Merchant Web App for Tablets

The LoyaltyMatch Merchant Web App

The LoyaltyMatch Merchant Web App provides a quick and simple way to reward your members with points. The Merchant Web App makes use of your program Incentives allowing you to customize the incentives available to the Merchant Portal. You can create Incentives to reward members for purchasing merchandise or services, social actions such as check-ins or referrals, or for any situation where you you want to award a specific amount of points. It is also the easiest way to incorporate cash only services such as cash registers into your loyalty program.

The LoyaltyMatch Merchant Web App allows you to:

• Search for a member
• Create a new member
• Display a member’s total points
• Display a member’s account history
• Apply Incentives to a member’s account
• Manually apply or remove points

The LoyaltyMatch Merchant Web App is available for:

• Android and iOS tablets
• Windows and Mac OS
• HTML5 Browsers

Please contact LoyaltyMatch to preview the Merchant Web App on your program site.

Email Member Statements Feature

LoyaltyMatch OnDemand is pleased to release the new Email Member Account Statement feature. This feature will allow you to send a statement to your members containing their current point balance and any other info you wish. The feature can be found in the 'Media' tab under the 'System Emails' drop-down.

The email is generated on the server using a email template. A default template has been made available however custom emails are recommended. Please contact us to have your template added to the system.

More info can be found here.

New Site Features

We are please to announce the following new features of the LoyaltyMatch OnDemand SaaS platform. Please contact us if you would like the features enabled for your program. (Note: some features may incur additional setup or monthly fees). The new features include:

Refer A Friend

Reward your members for inviting their friends. Members can list the email addresses of those friends they would like to invite and receive points once their friends have registered.

Password Reset
Members can now reset their password by sending themselves a password reset email.

Member Leader-board
A widget displaying the current point leaders in the program. This widget can be installed on your program's site or Administration Panel.

Mobile Web App

A light-weight mobile portal for loyalty sites. With the new Mobile Web App your members can:

• View their current points status
• View the program`s top rewards
• Browse the program`s rewards by category
• Display their Member card
• View the program social network and blog posts
• Contact you via email, phone, sms
• View the program`s FAQs and T&Cs

Please contact us for details or click here for more info.

Email member cards
Member loyalty cards can now be emailed from the Administration Panel's 'Members' tab.

First Time Approvals Export

Programs utilizing the points pending system can now export a report that will display the members who have had points approved for the first time within a given date range.

Disable Ratings
The Reward Ratings widget can now be disabled/enabled on the program site.

Facebook / Twitter Integration

Members can share links to the Reward Details page using Twitter and Facebook.

Reward Quantities

Quantities can now be set for rewards in the 'Content' - 'Rewards' - 'Edit Reward.' Members will be notified during checkout if rewards are still available.

Key Program Indicators(KPIs)
The LoyaltyMatch KPIs are an quick and easy way to get an indication on how your program is preforming.  The KPIs can provide quick access to data such as:

• The current number of members 
• The current total points held in the system
• Reward search statistics

The KPIs are currently in beta and are subject to change. If you have suggestions please let us know. More information can be found by clicking here.

Welcome to the LoyaltyMatch OnDemand Adminstration Console Support News Feed

Welcome to the new LoyaltyMatch OnDemand administration console news feed. We will provide support questions and feature updates using this feed on a regular basis.