How much should you spend on a welcome bonus for a £50 average order value without killing margin
I often get asked by founders: “How much can we afford to give away in a welcome bonus when our average order value (AOV) is £50?” It’s a pragmatic question — one that sits at the intersection of psychology, unit economics and growth testing. I’ll walk through a simple framework I use...
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How to prove a local partner rewards exchange will lift basket size by 10% using till data and three experiments
I was recently asked by a small retail chain if a proposed rewards exchange with a local partner...
Which microreward trigger lifts month-two retention most: push notifications, surprise credits or free samples
I ran a small experiment last year to answer a simple question: which microreward trigger moves the...
What parents should know about french schools
For many parents, sending a child to school in France can feel both exciting and unfamiliar. The...
Designing a downgrade-protection flow for subscription SMEs that reduces voluntary churn in month three
I often see the same problem when I audit subscription programmes for growing SMEs: customers make...
How to use till data plus email cadence to recover 40% of lapsed customers within 90 days
When I first started testing till (POS) data combined with targeted email cadences for recovering...
When to replace flat referral discounts with value-based credits: a rewrite that stops poaching best customers
I used to roll out the classic “£10 off for you and a friend” referral mechanic for all my...
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Loyalty Programs
When to replace points with prepaid credits: a decision test for subscription and one‑time purchase businesses
I’ve run and advised enough loyalty programmes to see the same debate pop up over and over: should you reward customers with points that convert into discounts, or give them prepaid credits (store credit, cash-like balances) they can spend directly? The right choice isn’t ideological—it’s...
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Loyalty Programs
How to calculate the exact welcome bonus for a £250 average order value so it pays back within three purchases
I often get asked a deceptively simple question: “How big should our welcome bonus be if our average order value (AOV) is £250 and we want it to pay back within three purchases?” The short answer is: there’s no single magic number — it depends on margins, redemption behaviour and how much...
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Customer Retention
Which microreward timing lifts second purchase fastest: day‑0 free gift, day‑7 reminder credit or triggered sms
I recently ran a small-but-rigorous test to answer a question I get asked all the time: which microreward timing nudges a first-time buyer into a fast second purchase — an immediate free gift on day 0, a reminder credit on day 7, or a triggered SMS when the customer becomes eligible? The result...
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Loyalty Programs
Which third‑party loyalty app is actually worth the monthly fee for a £1m turnover shop
When a shop turning over around £1m asks me whether a third‑party loyalty app is worth the monthly fee, the right answer is rarely “yes” or “no” in the abstract. It depends on where you are in your customer lifecycle, what your tech stack looks like, and—crucially—what you expect the...
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Loyalty Programs
How to design a partner rewards exchange with local businesses that increases basket size by 12%
I ran a small pilot last year that linked our loyalty programme to a network of local cafés and boutiques. What started as a simple “earn points at partner” experiment turned into a repeatable partner rewards exchange that increased average basket size by 12% across participating stores. I...
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Customer Retention
Swap generic points for behavioural nudges: a step‑by‑step test to lift month‑two retention
When I audit loyalty programmes for SMEs, one pattern keeps repeating: brands offer generic points on every purchase and then wonder why retention plateaus after the first month. Points are fine, but they don’t always change behaviour. Small tweaks — replacing or complementing points with...
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Data & Analytics
How to prove a loyalty pilot will pay back within 90 days using only till data
When a founder or marketing lead asks me whether a loyalty pilot can pay back within 90 days using only till (point-of-sale) data, my first response is: yes — but you need a tight, pragmatic framework and a few realistic assumptions. I’ve run and modelled dozens of small pilots for retailers...
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Loyalty Programs
A simple rfm test to spot loyalty tier cannibalisation before you relaunch
I’m about to walk you through a quick, pragmatic RFM test I use with clients when they’re considering a tiered loyalty relaunch. The goal is simple: spot whether moving customers into a new higher tier will primarily reward customers who would have bought anyway — that’s cannibalisation —...
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Customer Retention
Exactly how to use email frequency and microrewards to stop second-purchase drop-off in boutique ecommerce
I see the second-purchase cliff more often than I’d like. A customer buys once, loves the product, and then—nothing. For boutique ecommerce brands, that second purchase is critical: it’s the moment a one-time buyer becomes a repeat customer, and it’s where a smart blend of email frequency...
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Loyalty Programs
When to swap points expiry for spend-based resets: a step-by-step playbook for small retailers
I’ve worked with dozens of small retailers wrestling with one loyalty mechanic in particular: points expiry. It’s simple, intuitively tightens programme economics, and pushes dormant customers to re-engage. But it can also feel punitive, damage perception, and create administrative headaches....
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