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Rewarding Customers with Free Shipping Rewards in Kefi Loyalty

Raunak rana
Written by Raunak rana

Rewarding Customers with Free Shipping Rewards in Kefi Loyalty

Free shipping is one of the most powerful incentives in ecommerce. By allowing customers to redeem loyalty points for free shipping, you remove one of the biggest barriers to checkout while keeping full control over your discount costs.

With Kefi Loyalty, free shipping rewards are flexible, easy to configure, and designed to increase conversions without hurting margins.

Why Free Shipping Rewards Work for Shopify Stores

Offering free shipping as a points-based reward helps you:

  • Reduce cart abandonment caused by shipping costs

  • Increase conversion rates at checkout

  • Give customers a high-perceived-value reward without discounting products

  • Encourage repeat purchases by saving points for shipping

  • Maintain margin control compared to site-wide free shipping

Free shipping feels like a win for customers, especially when it’s earned through loyalty.

Where to Set Up Free Shipping Rewards

Follow these steps in your Shopify admin:

  1. Go to Apps → Kefi: Loyalty Program Rewards

  2. Click Points Program from the sidebar

  3. Under Ways to Redeem, click Manage

You’ll now see all available redemption rewards.

Open the “Free Shipping” Reward

  1. Locate Free Shipping in the Ways to Redeem list

  2. Click Configure (or the three-dot menu → Edit if already created)

This opens the Edit Free Shipping Reward screen.

How the Free Shipping Reward Works

Customers can redeem points to remove shipping costs from their order.

What You Can Configure

Inside the edit screen, you can manage:

  • Title – Displayed to customers in the loyalty widget

  • Points cost – How many points are required for free shipping

  • Optional shipping cost limit – Apply free shipping only when shipping cost is up to a certain amount

  • Minimum purchase requirement (optional)

  • Reward expiration:

  • Never expires

  • Expires after a set number of days (for example, 30 days)

  • Discount combination rules – Control whether it can stack with other discounts

  • Status – Activate or disable the reward

  • Icon – Displayed in the Kefi Loyalty UI

These controls ensure free shipping is both attractive and sustainable.

Recommended Strategy for Free Shipping Rewards

For most Shopify stores, we recommend:

  • Setting a moderate points cost (for example, similar to a small cash discount)

  • Enabling a shipping cost limit if shipping fees vary widely

  • Keeping free shipping rewards stackable only when necessary

Why this works

  • Customers save points for meaningful redemptions

  • You avoid over-subsidizing high shipping costs

  • Free shipping feels premium and intentional

Best Practices for Free Shipping Rewards

  • Promote free shipping rewards clearly in your loyalty widget

  • Use free shipping to support first redemptions

  • Combine with purchase rewards to drive repeat orders

  • Review redemption usage and shipping costs regularly

Once activated, customers can redeem points for free shipping directly from the rewards launcher during checkout.

Free shipping rewards are a proven way to increase conversions while reinforcing the value of your loyalty program with Kefi Loyalty.

Need Help?
If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to contact us:

  • Live Chat: Available via the Kefi Loyalty Program app or website.

  • Email: wecare@keficommerce.com

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