Managing Rewards Participating Merchant Groups

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Using Rewards Participating Merchant Groups

Rewards Participating Merchants Group represent a group of Rewards Participating Merchants. For each Rewards Participating Merchants Group, Contribution Rules can be set up to represent the business agreement between the group of Merchants and the company owning the Rewards Platform. 

Save time by configuring Rewards Participating Merchant Groups along with the Contribution Rules that will be applied to all Rewards Participating Merchants who belong to the Group, instead of configuring a Contribution Rules for each of the Merchants.

 

Use Rewards Participating Merchant Groups to: 

  • Navigate to Rewards Participating Merchant Groups and explore existing entries via the Summary page. 
  • Click on the link (Name or Number) of the entry of your interest to enter the Data Entry page and see more detail. 
  • Use the Actions Menu to create a NEW Rewards Participating Merchant Group, modify (EDIT) or DELETE an existing one. 
  • Use BACK to return to the Summary page and CANCEL to revert any unwanted changes made to the Rewards Participating Merchant Groups. 
  • Click on ACTIONS to discover other possibilities available for Rewards Participating Merchant Groups. 

View the Attributes Table below for a comprehensive description of the Rewards Participating Merchant Groups fields. Check the Validations Table for a list of available Actions when working with Rewards Participating Merchant Groups including each Action's related validations.

Rewards Participating Merchant Groups

Validations

ActionValidations
Create
  • There is no other Rewards Participating Merchant referring to the same Group.
  • All mandatory information is specified.
  • The Schemes and Offers that were specified in the Contribution rule can be accessed by the Group of the specified Merchant Group.
Edit
  • There is no other Rewards Participating Merchant referring to the same Group.
  • All mandatory information is specified.
  • The Schemes and Offers that were specified in the Contribution rule can be accessed by the Group of the specified Merchant Group.
Delete
  • There are no awarded Purchase or Spend Request Customer Events related with a Unit assigned to a Merchant that belongs to the Merchant Group, which were not handled by the Settlement Process.

 

Attributes

An * indicates a field is mandatory.

Name

Description

Main Information
NumberAn auto-generated number that uniquely identifies each Rewards Participating Merchant Group.
Group*

The Group that represents the Rewards Participating Merchant Group. Each Group can be related to only one Rewards Participating Merchant Group.

This information is editable only on creating a new Merchant Group.


Life Cycle State *The Life Cycle State of the Rewards Participating Merchant Group which can be 'Effective' or 'Not Effective'.
DescriptionA description of the Rewards Participating Merchant Group.

Contribution Rules

Determines the percentage of the awarded amount that should be provided by the Merchant as a Contribution. By default, the Merchant Contribution for any award is 100%, but this can be overridden by these rules. Multiple rules can be defined. If more than one Contribution rule is applicable, then the system will apply the one with the highest priority.

Rule NameThe name of the Contribution rule which is generated automatically.
Merchant Group Contribution %The Merchant Group Contribution percentage. The Contribution can be between 0 and 100 (inclusive).
Priority

The priority of the rule, used when multiple Contribution rules are applicable for the Merchant Group. The supported values are the following:

  • High
  • Medium
  • Normal
  • Low
Applicable Offer

Determines the Offers towards which the Contribution will be applicable. There is the option to apply the Contribution towards "All Offers" or towards a "Specific Offer".  If the  "Specific Offer" option is selected then, it is mandatory to specify at least one Offer. The Reward Offers that can be defined are filtered based on the Offers that the Merchant's Group can access. Only 'Effective' offers of the following Type can be selected:

  • Utilise Free Capacity
  • Increase Revenue, Transaction Based
  • Increase Revenue, Product Based
Applicable Payment Medium BrandDetermines the Payment Medium Brands for which the Contribution will be applicable. There is the option to apply the Contribution for "All Brands" or for a "Specific Brand". If the "Specific Brand" option is selected then, it is mandatory to specify at least one Brand.
Applicable Payment Medium TypeDetermines the Payment Medium Types for which the Contribution will be applicable. There is the option to apply the Contribution for "All Types" or for a "Specific Type". If the "Specific Type" option is selected then, it is mandatory to specify at least one Type.
Period ContributionsDetermines the Contribution percentage for a specific period. Multiple period Contributions can be defined for each rule, but the covered periods cannot overlap.
Merchant Group Contribution %The Merchant Contribution percentage for the specified period. The Contribution can be between 0 and 100.
From DateThe date from which the Contribution will be applied.
To DateThe date until which the Contribution will be applied.
Log Information
Log DetailsThe standard set of Log Details information available in all entities. 

View Understanding Rewards Participating Merchant Groups for business examples related to Using Rewards Participating Merchant Groups.

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