The Loyalty Advantage: Real Data From 100+ Shopify Brands

We’ve gathered valuable data that offers meaningful insights for brands considering loyalty programs.
We’ve gathered impactful data to guide brands exploring loyalty programs.It demonstrates clear, measurable impact across different program types and timeframes. The findings help build trust, enhance credibility, and deliver clarity through actionable insights.

"Loyalty programs aren’t just a 'nice-to-have', they’re a measurable growth engine. We analyzed performance across 100+ Shopify brands and found that customers who engage with loyalty programs generate significantly more revenue, make more frequent purchases, and return more often than non-participants. While this might sound obvious, the actual impact is so substantial it creates what feels like an unfair advantage for growing businesses willing to put in even minimal effort."
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Loyalty Insights from Real Data

Let's dive deeper into the different types of loyalty programs and examine their impact piece by piece.
In this research, we've closely compared the behavior of customers who participate in loyalty programs with those who don't.
The insights we've uncovered are jaw-dropping and the data presented here is exclusive, clearly illustrating the transformative power of loyalty initiatives.

Points Program

Let's start with the Points Program, the most widely recognized and core type of loyalty initiative.
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Customers accumulate points through purchases or engagement, which they can redeem for rewards like discounts, in-store credit, free shipping, gift cards, and more.
Points programs don’t merely foster customer engagement—they significantly enhance profitability. Here’s what our research revealed:
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Purchase Frequency: Customers who redeem points and discounts make an average of 2 purchases compared to just 1.2 purchases by non-redeemers. That's a substantial 67% increase in purchases per customer.
Repeat Customer Rate (Customer-Level Loyalty): Redeemers demonstrate exceptional loyalty, with a repeat customer rate of 50%, compared to only 10.7% for non-redeemers—a remarkable increase of 2.5X
Repeat Purchase Rate (Purchase-Level Frequency): Redeemers exhibited a repeat purchase rate of 65%, significantly outperforming the 12.3% of non-redeemers. This marks a 2X increase, clearly highlighting increased purchase frequency driven by loyalty participation.
These figures unequivocally demonstrate loyalty programs' impact on both customer retention and buying frequency.
Another key metric of interest is Average Order Value (AOV). Initially, we anticipated that discounts available to redeemers might negatively affect AOV. Surprisingly, our data revealed the opposite, redeemers had a 23% higher AOV compared to non-redeemers, underscoring the substantial purchasing power and upselling potential among loyalty-driven customers.
Finally, and perhaps most compellingly, revenue generation per customer among redeemers was an impressive 115% higher compared to non-redeemers, making loyalty program participants significantly more valuable to businesses.
Purchase Frequency
2.0 vs 1.2
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67% increase
Repeat purchase rate
2x
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AOV
23%
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Revenue per customer
115%
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If you’re inspired by these results and want to see what’s possible for your brand, we’d love to chat.

VIP Tiers Program

The VIP Tiers Program distinctly stands out in terms of revenue and average order value (AOV). By segmenting your most loyal customers into distinct tiers, you're able to gather critical insights that significantly inform decision-making.
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VIP Tier Customers
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Loyalty Impact
Average Order Value (AOV)
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$291
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Purchase Frequency
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3.6X
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Our data indicates that customers within a VIP tier generate a remarkable 73% higher AOV than non-tier customers, specifically, a VIP tier customer's average order value is $435, compared to just $291 for those without tier status.
Moreover, the average number of purchases per customer is substantially higher for VIP-tiered customers. They make an average of 4.3 purchases per customer, compared to 1.2 purchases for non-VIP customers, an impressive 3.6x increase.
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73%
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Purchase frequency
3.6x
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Referral Program

A referral program is essential for customer acquisition within a comprehensive loyalty strategy. Imagine having influencers as enthusiastic brand advocates, actively promoting your store to friends, colleagues, and their broader networks, this is precisely how referral programs function.
While our data didn't show a significant increase in average order value (AOV) from referrals, it did uncover something noteworthy: referred customers make 2X more purchases compared to non-referred customers. In absolute terms, referred customers average 2.4 purchases, compared to just 1.2 purchases among non-referred customers, underscoring referral programs as a powerful driver of purchase frequency.
Purchase Frequency
2.4 vs 1.2
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100% increase
Referral program impact
2x
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100% increase
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Commitment to Growth

To conclude, we proudly highlight the impressive achievements Growave has delivered for our merchants.
Over the past six months, Growave has successfully increased the overall redemption rate across all stores by 117%, with an even more substantial 162% increase for our Shopify Plus customers.
These results validate our consistent dedication and effort, including continuous improvements to existing features, launching innovative functionalities, and refining every detail of our platform. Ultimately, our mission remains clear: to empower Shopify merchants by helping them achieve exceptional growth.

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