Referrals
Every customer gets a referral link to share and a network page showing who they referred and what they earned.
- The referrer earns a wallet bonus when someone they referred signs up.
- They earn again whenever that person buys coins, up to a daily cap you set.
- Set the amounts in Settings Rewards, including a bonus for the new customer who signs up with someone's code.
- Engagement & Rewards Commission take-backs deals with rewards that have to be taken back.
More than one level
The Multi-Level Referral Tiers plugin, included, unlocks tiers 2 and beyond with no fixed cap. In Engagement & Rewards Referral Tiers, add tiers one at a time and give each its own sign-up and coin-purchase rate. A tier you retire keeps its rate, so you can bring it back.
Social sign-in
Add "Sign in with Google", "Sign in with Facebook" and "Sign in with Apple" buttons to your login and register pages. Each has a settings panel on the Plugins page.
| Provider | What you enter | Address to give the provider |
|---|---|---|
| Client ID, Client secret | https://your-domain/sso-login/google.php | |
| App ID, App secret, Graph API version | https://your-domain/sso-login/facebook.php | |
| Apple | Services ID, Team ID, Key ID, private key (.p8) | https://your-domain/sso-login/apple.php |
The panel shows the exact address to copy, built from the site address in Settings General. You create the keys in the Google Cloud console, Meta for Developers or your Apple Developer account.
New customers become regular store accounts straight away. Returning customers are matched to their existing account by verified email, and banned customers are stopped at sign-in as usual.
Email and push campaigns
Everything is under Marketing Notifications:
- Campaigns: an email, a push notification or both, to everyone, a saved group, or customers you pick. Save a draft, schedule it, or send now.
- Templates: the automatic emails (receipts, password resets, outbid and win notices) and your campaign templates.
- User Groups: saved audiences, built from rules or picked by hand.
- Send Log shows what went out; Newsletter lists who signed up and who left.
Browser push needs no app. Set it up in Settings Push notifications, where the keys are made for you in two steps. Visitors opt in on the storefront.
Nothing is emailed until your mail server is set in Settings Email (SMTP). Marketing email also stays blocked until your postal address is filled in under Settings Sign-up & compliance.
Banners and the homepage
Marketing Banners: promotional banners you can schedule ahead. The homepage itself, including its big banner at the top, is arranged under Appearance Homepage; see Themes and homepage.
How winners' and bidders' names show to visitors is set in Settings Winner names: full name, initials, or a made-up name that stays the same for each person.
Blog
Posts with categories, tags and a featured image, under Blog. Each post moves from draft to scheduled to published, has its own SEO title, description and share image, and matches your storefront theme. Reader comments wait for your approval unless you switch on auto-approve in Blog Settings.
Search engines
Settings Pages & Policies holds your Terms, Privacy, Refund & cancellation and Cookie pages, and the SEO title and description search engines show for each page.
Live chat
The Tawk.to Live Chat plugin adds a chat to your Support page, opened by its Start Chat button. Enter your Tawk.to Property ID and Widget ID in its panel on the Plugins page; you'll find both in your Tawk.to dashboard. Where your cookie banner asks for consent, the chat waits for it.
Analytics
The Insights analytics dashboard is an add-on for BidKing Plus: revenue and wallet, users and growth, risk signals, CSV export and email alerts, all on your own server. It comes with BidKing Pro.
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