Earn points for Creating an Account

Enabling your customers to earn points for creating an account is a great way to collect your customers' details and engage them in your loyalty program at the same time.

Common questions this article will help answer:
• How can my customers earn points for creating an account?
• How can I edit the amount of points my customers earn for creating an account?

For online stores: Marsello integrates into your eCommerce store accounts, which allows the customer to have just one account for your online store and loyalty program. They can create an account through your online store's built-in create an account form or easily during checkout.

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For in-store only store: Marsello integrates into your POS store accounts, which allows the customer to have just one account for your POS store and loyalty program. They can simply sign-up at checkout by giving their first name & email address or mobile number.

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For omnichannel stores: Marsello integrates into your eCommerce store accounts and POS customer accounts, which allows the customer to have just one account for your online store, in-store site, and loyalty program.
> When a customer signs-up in-store, and then creates an account online, Marsello automatically matches the customer by email address, giving the customer a loyalty profile that works in-store and online.
> When a customer signs-up online, and then creates an account in-store while making a purchase, Marsello automatically matches the customer by email address, giving the customer a loyalty profile that works online and in-store.

1. In your Marsello admin, under Loyalty, go to Earning Points & Referrals.

2. Next to Create an account 

3. Click Edit

📝  Note: Make sure that 'create an account' is toggled to on to be able to edit this.

4. Under How many points should be given, enter the number of loyalty points you would like to reward your members for creating a loyalty account 

5. Click Save

5. Select the tick box if you wish to reward points to new customers who are added as guests

📝 Note: Customers can only be added as guests on Shopify POS

A customer can join your loyalty program by making a purchase or by signing up through your loyalty widget. When they join they will automatically receive their 'Create an account' reward points.  

If a customer already has a customer account with your store, they simply won't see the option to 'create an account' in the Earn section of your loyalty widget.

💡 Pro Tip: Give your new customers enough points for creating an account so they are close to unlocking their first reward. This will encourage them to spend again.

Once you've set up how many points your customers earn for creating a loyalty program account, you can track the progress. Here's how:

This will open the insight page. Here you can see: