Best Shopify Customer Loyalty Apps

Best Shopify Customer Loyalty Apps

Our clients often ask us about the best customer loyalty apps to be using for their website. We have two top picks that usually always serve the clients needs: Smile.io and Growave, Smile.io pricing is a lot easier to understand, and you get the ability to create a referral program out of the box. Growave may be better if you want to offer special features like a wishlist. Read on to learn more about these two app options

Growave

Price: Free
Key features of the app:

Rich functionality - the app offers a wide variety of features, such as Loyalty & Rewards, Reviews, Q&A, Wish Lists, Referral programs, Instagram & UGC, and Social Login.
Full customization – easily customizable from the app’s dashboard itself or with the help of the ever-responsive customer support.
Easy setup and use - the intuitive setup process helps business owners to move to Growave in a worry-free and seamless manner. In contrast, the thought-out UI helps them further navigate the app without any hiccups along the way.

Check out the Growave app here.

Growave
Pros: Flexible points gaining actions (buy, share, reviews, birthday), rewards (gift cards, % discount, in store cash. free shipping, free product), wishlist encourages people to make an account, on-site shop instagram, social login.
Cost: $29.9/mo
Cons: Referral program on $69.9 tier only

Smile.io

Price: Free
Key features of the app:

#1 valued rewards programme: Top-rated loyalty, incentive and promotion experts, offering effective reward services to 30 000 stores and rising.
Support fresh and repeat sales: Cut back on cost of gaining consumers & increase engagement by promotions, awards, exclusive deals and more. Offering a strong free package!
Level up your marketing apps: Use loyalty data to overcharge your email marketing & delivery software, promote point ratings, reward consumers on pos and more.

Smile.io
Pros: Points gained by (create an account, buy, share, birthdays, reviews), Rewards (% or $ discount, free gifts, free shipping.), Referrals built in.
Cons: No gift card rewards, no extra perks like wishlist, instagram, social sign-in
Cost: Free unless you want to remove Smile.io branding and customize colours. (Then $49.9/mo)

Check out the Smile.io app here.

The main difference between these two is a choice between extra features that may encourage signups (Growave) vs. a built-in referral program (Smile.io). If you want to focus on capturing and nurturing web traffic, then choose Growave. If referrals from existing customers are more important, choose Smile.io. Both apps allow you to adjust points manually individually and in bulk (with a CSV).

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