# Earn Reward Points

There are 3 earning methods that you can configure for your customers:

* [Order Reward](/commerce/docs/marketing/rewards/earn-reward-points#order-reward)
* [Referral Reward](/commerce/docs/marketing/rewards/earn-reward-points#referral-reward)
* [Sign Up Reward](/commerce/docs/marketing/rewards/earn-reward-points#sign-up-reward)


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Figure 1: Types Of Earning Methods
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## Order Reward

A reward for those who place an order on your website or app.

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Figure 2: Order Reward Configuration
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1. **Reward Points** - Enter the reward points your customers will receive for placing an order. You may set the value of reward points in percentage (%), say 5% of the order value. Else, you may set a fixed no. of reward points, say 20 points (PTS).
2. **Points Validity** - Enter the validity of the accumulated reward points after which it would expire and become unavailable for redemption. From the drop-down you can set the validity in: Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks Months or Years.
3. **Message Template Content** - Write your referral message using template variables (see point no. 6), to check the available template variables. Template variables are enclosed in the following format: `{{ *variable* }}`. When the actual message is sent, the template variable will be replaced by its actual value.
4. **Message Preview** - It shows how the actual message would look after decoding the **Message Template Content**.
5. **Available Template Variables** - It is a list of all the valid variables that can be used in the **Message Template Content**.
6. **Name** - Enter the name for the reward.
7. **Display Title** - Enter the title of the message you want to show on the rewards page of the app. Note, the title entered here can be also be used as a template variable named `offer_title`. For example: *Place an order now to get attractive reward points*.
8. **Display Description** - Enter the description of the message you want to show on the rewards page of the app. Note, the description entered here can be also be used as a template variable named `offer_description`. For example: *Order karo aur jeeto credits. Superb offer sirf Uniket par*.
9. **Banner** - Upload a banner image to be shown on the rewards page of the app.
10. **Enable/Disable** - You can easily enable or disable this referral reward. Click Save once you have finished configuring the reward.


## Referral Reward

A reward for those who refer others to register on your website or app.

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Figure 3: Referral Reward Configuration
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1. **Points for the Referrer** - Enter the reward points a user (referrer) will receive for successfully referring someone and making them register in the application.
2. **Points for the Referred Friend** - Enter the reward points a referred user will receive for successfully registering in the application, using the sender's referral code.
3. **Max. Points Earned Per Customer** - Enter the maximum reward points a user (referrer) can accumlate by referring others.
4. **Points Validity** - Enter the validity of the accumulated reward points after which it would expire and become unavailable for redemption. From the drop-down you can set the validity in: Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks Months or Years.
5. **Message Template Content** - Write your referral message using template variables (see point no. 7) to check the available template variables. Template variables are enclosed in the following format: `{{ *variable* }}`. When the actual message is sent, the template variable will be replaced by its actual value.
6. **Message Preview** - It shows how the actual message would look after decoding the **Message Template Content**.
7. **Available Template Variables** - It is a list of all the valid variables that can be used in the **Message Template Content**.
8. **Name** - Enter a name for the reward.
9. **Display Title** - Enter the title of the message you want to show on the rewards page of the app. Note, the title entered here can be also be used as a template variable named `offer_title`. For example: *Refer Friends & Earn UNLIMITED*, check fig. 4
10. **Display Description** - Enter the description of the message you want to show on the rewards page of the app. Note, the description entered here can be also be used as a template variable named `offer_description`. For example: *Refer karo aur jeeto credits. Superb offer sirf Uniket par*, check fig. 4
11. **Banner** - Upload a banner image to be shown on the rewards page of the app.
12. **Enable/Disable** - You can easily enable or disable this referral reward. Click Save once you have finished configuring the reward.


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Figure 4: Referral Page in the Mobile App
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## Sign Up Reward

A reward for those who sign up on your website or app.

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Figure 5: Sign Up Reward Configuration
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1. **Reward Points** - Enter the reward points a user will receive after successfully signing up. For e.g. 500 PTS.
2. **Points Validity** - Enter the validity of the accumulated reward points after which it would expire and become unavailable for redemption. From the drop-down you can set the validity in: Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks Months or Years.
3. **Message Template Content** - Write your sign up message using template variables (see point no. 5) to check the available template variables. Template variables are enclosed in the following format: `{{ *variable* }}`. When the actual message is sent, the template variable will be replaced by its actual value.
4. **Message Preview** - It shows how the actual message would look after decoding the **Message Template Content**.
5. **Available Template Variables** - It is a list of all the valid variables that can be used in the **Message Template Content**.
6. **Name** - Enter a name for the reward.
7. **Display Title** - Enter the title of the message you want to show on the rewards page of the app. Note, the title entered here can be also be used as a template variable named `offer_title`. For example: *Diwali Sign Up Reward*.
8. **Display Description** - Enter the description of the message you want to show on the rewards page of the app. the description entered here can be also be used as a template variable named `offer_description`. For example: *Win exciting reward points during Diwali*.
9. **Banner** - Upload a banner image to be shown on the rewards page of the app.
10. **Enable/Disable** - You can easily enable or disable this sign up reward. Click Save once you have finished configuring the reward.