Passes Business Features

Business Feature / Process	Description
Passes	A Pass unlocks a gift, top-up or promotion for a contact. When a pass is redeemed (unlocked), it will credit money into the CRM.COM Wallet and more specifically it credits either the Business or the Commerce Pocket of the contact depending on whether the pass is associated with a Commerce Pool or not. A pass can be either printed or in electronic format (distribution methods).
Pass Plans	Configured in the CRM.COM back-end, where the key business user will define the passes characteristics (classification, validity, settings) that define how and when they are created, distributed and eventually redeemed by contacts. There are three types of passes: Gift, Top-up and Promotional. A pass plan can be associated with a Commerce Pools, defining thus which Pocket will be credited. A Pass Plan can be related to a single Currency indicating the currency of the passes to be issued. A pass plan can be created by copying another pass plan. It has to be noted that pass plans with at least one pass created cannot be modified.
Create Passes	The system generates all the passes upon plan activation for a printed pass plan. For an electronic plan, the system generates a single pass for the contact upon request.
Update passes	Update the state, the expiration date, the initial value or the pin of a single pass (only through API)
Promotion Pass	This is only in electronic format. It is generated and activated by a purchase (customer) event via a unique or universal code, activating an offer. These passes are used in promotions and targets (pass plan criteria) products, services and contact segments. Promotion passes require an accompanying communication plan to notify the relevant contact segments of the promotion details.
Gift pass	This can be electronic (sms, email) or printed (available in a store) format. A Gift pass would normally be purchased and loaded with money before being offered to the beneficiary as a gift. Finally, the gift pass is redeemed using the registered contact’s wallet OR a newly created nameless wallet with the option to register in the future. Electronic gift passes are generated on demand.
Top-up Pass	These passes can be purchased electronically (sms, email) or in a physical store (printed). Top-up passes are purchased to credit the wallet of an existing contact and finally use its wallet to pay for the following purchases. Electronic top-up passes are generated on buyer request.
Redeem a Pass	Redeeming a Gift or Top-up pass is the process where the contact’s wallet is credited with the value of the pass so that the contact can spend the wallet funds. For the promotion passes, redemption results in an offer being activated.
Passes add-ons	Gift and top-up passes can optionally use CRM.COM PIN functionality for increased security reasons. The PIN, together with the passcode, must be provided by the contact to redeem and consequently spend the pass funds. PINs are not applicable for promotion passes.
Passes relevant processes	Electronic passes work well as a process with landing pages and mobile pass cards. Customers can purchase a gift pass via a landing page and send it to a beneficiary. A beneficiary can register through a landing page, redeem the pass and then upload a mobile pass to view the balance and spending. A landing page designed for purchasing Gift passes can be set up so as to perform the purchase using either the CRM.COM Wallet Gateway, JCC or Cardlink payment gateway services.
Custom Fields	If you require additional information for Passes not supported by CRM.COM, you can create custom fields of various formats to meet your specific needs. Any Custom Fields added to the Pass Plan will be inherited by the Passes when created and can then be edited for each pass.
Analytics	Dashboards View summarised Passes information from the following dashboards: Home Finance Overview Reports Passes Analysis - An Analysis of when and where Passes were redeemed by Contacts within the Business Network. Passes Summary - A comprehensive list of passes issued by the business, detailing their current status, including redemption by contacts, available balance, and expiration date.