Loyalty & Referal
Considering adding either Swell Rewards or Referral Candy to your ecommerce brand's Shopify tech stack? Loyalty, referral and affiliate marketing tools are critical tech stack components to grow your sales and overall customer satisfaction. Swell Rewards and Referral Candy offer different features, integrations and pricing models. Read our comparison below to discover which one is best for your brand.
Yotpo Loyalty & Referrals (formerly Swell Rewards) helps eCommerce brands maximize LTV by incentivizing repeat purchase, referrals, social engagement, and content creation.
ReferralCandy helps online stores attract new customers, increase sales and grow their brand with easy-to-setup and automated referral and affiliate programs.
- Comprehensive loyalty program management capabilities, including customizable reward structures, tiered membership levels, and gamification elements to drive repeat purchases and customer engagement.
- Seamless integration with leading ecommerce platforms like Shopify, as well as popular marketing and customer service tools, enabling a cohesive, data-driven loyalty ecosystem.
- Dedicated developer toolkit and customization options that allow merchants to tailor the loyalty program to their brand's unique needs and customer preferences.
- Advanced analytics and reporting features that provide merchants with detailed insights into their loyalty program performance, customer lifetime value, and return on investment.
- Flexible referral marketing capabilities that enable merchants to turn their loyal customers into brand advocates and leverage word-of-mouth to drive new customer acquisition.
- Automated referral program management, including post-purchase email invitations, customizable referral widgets, and seamless integration with ecommerce platforms like Shopify.
- Comprehensive analytics and reporting to track key metrics like referral sales, revenue, and customer participation, enabling data-driven optimization of the referral program.
- Flexible reward structures, including cash rewards, store discounts, and custom gifts, that can be tailored to incentivize customers and drive successful referrals.
- Fraud prevention and management capabilities to identify and mitigate suspicious referral activities, ensuring the integrity and ROI of the referral program.
- Seamless integrations with popular marketing tools like email, analytics, and remarketing platforms to create a cohesive, data-driven referral marketing ecosystem.
Swell Rewards offers four main pricing plans - a Starter plan for $19/month, a Basic plan for $89/month, a Standard plan for $299/month, and an Unlimited plan starting at $2,000/month. The plans are structured based on the merchant's annual sales volume, number of admin users, API requests, and data storage, with the higher-tier plans providing additional features like advanced reporting, developer support, and custom pricing.
Referral Candy offers three main pricing plans - a Premium plan starting at $59/month plus a 3.5% commission on successful referral sales, a Plus plan starting at $299/month plus a 1.5% commission, and an Enterprise plan with custom pricing. The plans are structured based on the merchant's needs, with the Premium plan offering basic features and the Plus and Enterprise plans providing additional functionality, support, and customization options.
ReferralCandy supports a variety of integrations to enhance its referral marketing capabilities. Here are some of the most notable integrations:
- WordPress
- WooCommerce
- Shopify
- Klaviyo
- Gorgias
- Mailchimp
- Recharge
These highlight D2C brands from our database all currently leverageÂ
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