Last updated: March 2026 Category: Gamification
Overview
BeyondCart's gamification features let you engage your customers with fun, interactive games right inside your mobile app. Reward shoppers with coupons, free products, and more - turning browsing into an experience that drives loyalty and sales.
How Gamification Works
BeyondCart offers three game types, each with a unique feel:
Wheel of Fortune - A spinning prize wheel displayed as a WebView overlay. Customers tap to spin and win.
Scratch Card - A digital scratch-off card rendered as a WebView. Customers scratch to reveal their prize.
Mystery Box - A native component where customers tap to open mystery boxes and discover rewards.
The Credit System
Games run on a simple credit system:
You add credits - From the admin panel, assign play credits to individual customers or groups.
Customers play - Each play costs one credit. Once a customer uses their credits, they wait until you grant more.
Results are stored - Every play is recorded with the outcome, so you can review performance at any time.
Play Limits
You control how often customers can play:
Once per day - The customer can play one time every 24 hours.
Once per game - The customer gets a single play for the lifetime of that game.
Prizes You Can Offer
Shopify discount codes - Automatically generated or pre-set coupon codes.
Free products - Grant a specific product as a reward.
Deep links - Send winners to a specific screen or page in your app.
Game Statuses
Every game has one of three statuses:
Active - Live and visible to customers.
Inactive - Paused and hidden from customers.
Draft - Work in progress; not yet published.
Key Concepts
Test Mode - Enable test mode on any game to allow unlimited plays. Perfect for previewing before going live.
Guest Access - Optionally allow guest (non-logged-in) users to play games.
Deep Links - Link directly to games from push notifications, emails, or banners using
beyondcart://wheel,beyondcart://scratch-card, orbeyondcart://mystery-box.
Tips
Start with a Wheel of Fortune - it's visually exciting and easy to configure.
Use test mode to preview every prize tier before activating a game.
Combine gamification with push notifications to drive engagement spikes.
Review game history regularly to understand which prizes resonate most.
FAQ
Do customers need the app to play? Yes. All games are played within the BeyondCart mobile app.
Can I run multiple games at once? Yes. You can have multiple active games of different types running simultaneously.
What happens when a customer has no credits left? They see a message that they have no remaining plays. You can grant more credits at any time.