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title: Rewards overview
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description: Roster offers multiple reward types to incentivize ambassadors, from points to product rewards. Learn all the ways ambassadors can earn.
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createdAt: 2024-12-06T22:06:55.975Z
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Roster provides multiple ways to incentivize and reward ambassadors, offering a variety of reward types to enhance engagement and drive results. This guide outlines the different ways ambassadors can earn rewards and the types of rewards they can receive.

:::hint{type="info"}
While this overview covers all reward types available in Roster, the `Rewards` section in the left-hand navigation displays only product and custom rewards specific to your account. Referral rewards and discounts can be found in their respective sections within the navigation.
:::

## Ways ambassadors can earn rewards

The following are all the ways that ambassadors can earn or receive rewards within Roster. 

### 🤝 Joining a program

Brands can provide ambassadors with a personal discount code upon joining a program, fostering early engagement and loyalty.

See [Program-level personal discounts](docId\:Y_K-W9z2M_E3Hcxtwvz4W) 

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### 🛒 Driving referrals

Successful ambassador programs reward ambassadors for driving sales. Roster's referral tracking and reward options allow brands to offer commissions or points tailored to their strategy.

See [Referral rewards guide](docId\:ZI7osHarMLSZ6Bs20vnJh) 

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### 🥇 Unlocking milestones

Milestones introduce gamification, enabling brands to offer long-term incentives for sustained engagement. Instead of rewarding every action, milestones provide a structured roadmap for earning rewards.

See [Milestone reward types](docId\:gZBuPeLAUUOByn186TDKD) 

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### 🟢 Joining campaigns

Brands can incentivize ambassadors simply for joining a campaign, commonly used in product seeding campaigns where ambassadors need products to create content.

See [Campaign reward types](docId\:m3i4hmAhv655LFWKCJDYF) 

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### 🏁 Completing campaigns

Campaigns help guide how brands want their ambassadors to promote them. Rewards for completing campaigns, such as points, discounts, or free products, reinforce ambassador contributions.

See [Campaign reward types](docId\:m3i4hmAhv655LFWKCJDYF) 

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### 🎬 Completing actions

Actions function as micro-campaigns that are quick to create and complete. Points are the sole reward option, making actions a perfect complement to milestones for structured engagement.

See [Create actions](docId\:GD76QG5PnO1my_btoXs6m) 

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## Types of rewards ambassadors can earn

### 🔷 Points

Many brands consider points Roster's "secret weapon." By rewarding points for referrals, campaigns, and actions—while tying them to milestone rewards—brands can maximize engagement with minimal effort.

See [Ways to earn points](docId\:f2r4fB7YfLtFVh8hdRroy) 

### 🏷 Discounts & Credit

Classic incentives that promote loyalty, discounts and store credit can be used as rewards for program participation, milestones, and campaigns.

See [Discounts overview](docId\:Tc61O6yDpZ0ietI0ha9n7) 

### 💵 Commissions

Commissions form the foundation of affiliate and ambassador programs. Roster simplifies commission calculation, approval, and payout via PayPal or manual options, with referral tiers available for increasing commission amounts.

See [Set up referral commissions](docId\:oPZvv-dYWJRGNimlF5wKK) 

### 🛍️ Product rewards

Everyone loves getting free products. For Shopify brands, product rewards can be fully automated, saving hours of manual work each week. Brands on other e-commerce platforms can use Roster's manual fulfillment features to quickly export reward details for processing outside of Roster.

See 

- [Automated product rewards overview](docId\:KDZnW2wEjo2uH1yz-vaSY) 
- [Manual product & custom rewards overview](docId\:Rvx8eZd10HAgqYLv5imUo) 

### 🎁 Custom rewards

Custom rewards give brands the ultimate flexibility on how they can incentivize and reward ambassadors. From coffee with the founder, to exclusive retreats for top-performing ambassadors, the sky is the limit on giving brands creative control over reward structures.

See [Manual product & custom rewards overview](docId\:Rvx8eZd10HAgqYLv5imUo) 

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## Quick-look at Roster's rewards

Here is a quick overview of the types of rewards that can be earned through the corresponding actions. 

|                      | **Points** | **Discounts** | **Commissions** | **Products ** | **Custom** |
| -------------------- | ---------- | ------------- | --------------- | ------------------ | ---------- |
| **Programs**         |            | ✅             |                 |                    |            |
| **Referrals**        | ✅          |               | ✅               |                    |            |
| **Milestones**       |            | ✅             |                 | ✅                  | ✅          |
| **Campaigns**        | ✅          | ✅             |                 | ✅                  | ✅          |
| **Actions**          | ✅          |               |                 |                    |            |
| **One-off (manual)** | ✅          | ✅             | ✅               | ✅                  | ✅          |