Driving Engagement: Building the GolfPass Points Loyalty Program

Driving Engagement: Building the GolfPass Points Loyalty Program

Driving Engagement: Building the GolfPass Points Loyalty Program

Client

GolfPass, GolfNow

Role

Lead Designer

Year

2023

Business Objective

Our team faced the challenge of creating a GolfPass Points loyalty program from scratch for GolfNow. The goal was to make the program intuitive, valuable, and seamlessly integrated into the user experience. We identified 3 key areas of focus:

Visibility

We needed to clearly communicate how many points users could earn and redeem during checkout.

Incentive

We had to find a way to encourage users to upgrade to GolfPass+ so they could fully take advantage of their GolfPass points.

Upsell

We needed to identify upsell opportunities throughout the flow to drive GolfPass+ memberships.

Opportunity

How can we design a GolfPass Points loyalty program that is easy to understand, motivates users to engage with it, and drives GolfPass+ membership upgrades?

Goals

We converted our key problems into opportunities to consider while reworking our new color palette.

Tracking

Ensure users can easily track and redeem their points during checkout.

Upgrade

Design a seamless and appealing path for users to upgrade to GolfPass+ and leverage their points for additional benefits.

Upsell

Identify upsell opportunities in the flow to boost GolfPass+ conversions and increase program engagement.

Design Iterations

Starting from scratch, we iterated on several design concepts to make the GolfPass Points program both effective and user-friendly. Our team explored different placements and designs for showing point totals and redemption options during checkout. We also tested ways to promote GolfPass+ through different points of the user journey. Ultimately, we settled on adding a pre-checkout interstitial and updating the sidecart to highlight the benefits of GolfPass+ and the ability to save money by redeeming points.

Final Designs

The designs for the GolfPass Points program have been pushed live. We focused on making the program clear and enticing from the start of the checkout process all the way to the final purchase. The sidecart and interstitial updates were specifically created to capture user attention, highlight the key benefits of GolfPass+, and provide a clear call to action for users to use their points.

2024 GolfPass Points Data

The initial rollout of GolfPass Points drove significant user engagement, with 21K users converting to paid GolfPass+ memberships in 2024. This contributed to GolfNow’s impressive $400M revenue for the year.

13.6K

Points Members earn annually (2024)

3.3K

Points Non-Members earn annually (2024)

50K

Membership Conversions from Checkout SideCart

20K

Membership Conversions from Pre-Checkout Interstitial

These results demonstrate the success of our approach, and we will continue to refine the experience in 2025 based on ongoing feedback, testing and accessibility concerns.

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