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Rewards Engine

Loyalty customers actually open the email for.

Retention That Looks Like a Game.

Not released yet — the free plugin ships first, then the Pro tiers go on sale. Ask to be told when it ships

v0.1.8 · WordPress 6.0+ · PHP 7.4+ · needs WooCommerce

Rewards Engine — real WordPress admin screen
Real admin screen · not a mockup

One price list. No lite-version tricks.

Pricing appears here when the plugin ships.

Version
v0.1.8
Needs
WordPress 6.0+ · PHP 7.4+ · WooCommerce

What it fixes.

Most WooCommerce loyalty plugins are a glorified discount stamp — boring, generic, and forgettable five minutes after a customer earns the reward. Rewards Engine is a gamification layer instead of a coupon machine: animated punch cards, milestone goals, tier ladders, and a customer dashboard themed five ways (Neon, Midnight, Arcade, Candy, Aurora) so it actually looks like your brand and not a default WordPress widget. Free version runs the engine — punch cards, milestones, customer dashboard, coupon fulfillment. Pro unlocks the premium themes, multi-program support so you can run a punch card AND a tier ladder AND a milestone campaign side by side, and advanced trigger rules (spend AND category AND timeframe) for campaigns the free version can't compose.

The value · before and after

What changes for you.

  • Before

    Buy-9-get-the-10th-free on a paper card the customer left in the car.

    After

    An animated punch card in their account dashboard, with email nudges every few orders.

  • Before

    A stack of generic 10%-off coupons that trains regulars to wait for the discount.

    After

    Milestones and a status ladder they actually want to climb.

Why it is worth it

Versus doing nothing.

  • Rewards issue as auto-applied WooCommerce coupons, so there is no fragile custom checkout to break.

Straight answers

What it does not do.

  • Not on WordPress.org yet — nothing here can be downloaded or bought until the free build ships.

What is in the box

Free is the whole fix. Pro adds the heavy lifting.

Free · no purchase, no account

  • Punch card engineConfigurable purchase-count goals (e.g. 10 orders = free product / discount / coupon).
  • Milestone rewardsTrigger rewards on lifetime spend, total orders, or specific product purchases.
  • Customer dashboardLogged-in customers see their progress, tier, and next reward — embedded in My Account.
  • Email notificationsAuto-send reward earned, milestone hit, and progress nudge emails through WC's mailer.
  • Admin reportsSee active members, rewards issued, and redemption rate at a glance.
  • Coupon-based fulfillmentRewards issue as auto-applied WooCommerce coupons — no fragile custom checkout flow.
  • Default Classic themeClean, neutral visual style that fits any storefront out of the box.

Pro adds · optional

  • Premium themes (Neon, Midnight, Arcade, Candy, Aurora)Five hand-built visual themes for the customer-facing dashboard. Match your brand or pick the one that gets engagement.
  • Tier ladders (Bronze / Silver / Gold / custom)Multi-tier programs with their own reward tables. Customers level up, unlock perks, see progress to the next tier.
  • Advanced milestone rulesCombine triggers (spend AND product category AND timeframe). Build campaigns the free version can't.
  • Multi-program supportRun a punch card AND a milestone program AND a tier ladder side by side. Different audiences, different mechanics.
  • Priority email supportReal human, real response, license-key-tagged tickets.

If any of these sound like you.

  1. 01

    Coffee shops, bakeries, and quick-serve cafés

    The classic buy-9-get-the-10th-free works, but only if the customer can actually see their progress. Animated punch cards in their account dashboard plus email nudges every few orders — your regulars stay regular instead of drifting to the new place down the street.

  2. 02

    Dispensaries and smoke shops with regulars

    Your top 20% of customers drive 60% of revenue. Tier ladders (Bronze / Silver / Gold) with milestone unlocks turn that 20% into a status game they actually want to climb — not a stack of generic 10%-off coupons that train them to wait for the discount.

  3. 03

    Subscription, consumable, and restock stores

    Your business model is order #3, #6, #12. Milestone rewards fire at each one. Advanced milestone rules in Pro let you stack triggers (lifetime spend AND specific category AND inside 90 days) so the perks land on customers who actually drive repeat revenue, not on coupon clippers gaming the system.

  4. 04

    Agencies running loyalty across multiple client shops

    Each client wants their own loyalty program with their own brand colors. 5-site and Agency tiers cover every shop you manage, and the five premium themes mean each store gets a visual identity that doesn't look like the same plugin everyone else is running.

Every screen is real

In the admin.

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Questions people actually ask.

Does this require WooCommerce?

Yes. Rewards Engine is built specifically for WooCommerce stores. It hooks into orders, customers, and coupons — all WC primitives — so a vanilla WordPress site has nothing to reward.

How is this different from "buy 9 get 1 free" punch card plugins?

The free version covers basic punch cards and milestones. The pro version is where it earns the name "engine" — five themed dashboards customers actually open, multi-tier programs (Bronze / Silver / Gold), and combined rule triggers like "spent $500 AND bought from this category AND it's their third order this quarter." Most loyalty plugins stop at "discount stamp." This one runs real retention campaigns.

What are the premium themes and why do they matter?

Pro ships with five hand-built visual themes for the customer-facing dashboard: **Neon**, **Midnight**, **Arcade**, **Candy**, and **Aurora**. They're not skins on top of the free Classic look — each one is a different visual identity (animations, color systems, type stack). Customers engage with rewards programs they enjoy looking at. Free version uses the Classic theme.

How does the license work?

Pro licenses are issued per-site activation. The 1-Site tier covers one production site. The 5-Site tier covers up to five. Agency Unlimited is unlimited activations under one license. License checks run against bigbad.agency over HTTPS with a 24-hour cache, fail-closed on hard errors, and won't break your store if our license server has an outage.

Can I switch tiers later?

Yes. Upgrade from 1-Site to 5-Site or Agency at any time — you only pay the difference for the remainder of your billing period. We don't lock you into a tier.

Do rewards issue as coupons or custom checkout magic?

Coupons. Specifically, auto-applied WooCommerce coupons that respect your existing tax, shipping, and category exclusion rules. We don't reinvent your checkout — we just hand WC a coupon at the right moment.

Does the free version work standalone, or do I need pro to use anything?

Free is a complete product. Punch cards, milestones, the customer dashboard, the admin reports, the email notifications — all functional in free. Pro adds the premium themes, tier ladders, advanced rules, and multi-program support on top.

Will it slow down my checkout?

No. Reward calculations run on the order-completion hook (after checkout), not during it. The customer dashboard caches state per-user. There are no remote API calls during normal store operations.

Where do I get support?

Free version: WordPress.org plugin support forum. Pro: email **support@bigbad.agency** with your license key for priority support.

Also on the shelf

More free plugins.

Support: support@bigbad.agency