Channel Partners Incentive Programme
Deliver more value when you streamline your channel partner incentive payments into one digital solution.
Channel Partner
Incentive Payments
Incentive payments are a vital part of a channel partners scheme, helping to boost sales, grow market share, build relationships and reward loyalty.
With our incentive payments solution, you can deliver the best value to your channel partners while reducing scheme administration.
Virtual Pluxee Card
Delivering sales performance incentive funds via our Virtual Pluxee Card is a cost-effective, eco-friendly, and time-efficient way to deliver incentive payments to your channel partners.
Powered by Visa, your partners can add their Pluxee Card to their digital wallet and spend their incentives wherever Visa Prepaid is accepted – worldwide.
Streamline Incentive Payments
Once you’ve issued members of your channel partners’ team their Pluxee Card, their details remain the same, streamlining your incentive payment distribution and reducing admin.
Deliver High Value with Cashback
We partner with over 80 UK retailers to create a network where Pluxee Card users can earn up to 15% cashback. Switch on the cashback feature when you establish your channel partner programme to stretch the value of your incentive payments further and by allowing users to add funds as they go.
Variable Payments
When using eVouchers to issue channel incentives, you may be subject to minimum order or fixed order amounts. With our Pluxee Card, you can issue any payment amount required, ensuring your incentive payments align with your channel partner strategy.
Personalised Incentives
Your channel partners can use their Pluxee Card wherever Visa Prepaid is accepted, online or in-store – worldwide. This flexibility gives the cardholder an unparalleled choice of retailers to spend with, ensuring they can use their incentives in a way that matters most to them.
The Benefits of Channel Partner Incentive Programmes
If you rely on product sales or referrals, a channel partner incentive programme can help drive growth.
Here’s how it makes such a difference:
Boost Sales and Market Share
In a crowded market, you need all the help you can get to stand out from your competitors. An attractive channel partner incentive programme encourages sales reps and in-store sellers to promote your products or services over your competitors, boosting sales and growing your market share.
Extend Your Brand’s Reach
A channel partnership programme helps you extend your brand’s reach, tapping into new consumer channels you may not reach alone. These relationships allow you to connect with your partners’ customer base, benefiting from the trust and connection they’ve created with a loyal consumer group.
Improve Channel Partner Loyalty
Partner incentive payments enhance loyalty. The quality of your product or service and the strength of your brand play a significant part in what makes a channel partner position you over your competitors. Research suggests that a 5% uplift in sales from 60% of your mid-performing channel partners could increase sales by up to 75%. An effective channel partner incentive programme can help you achieve this through enhanced loyalty.
How to Build a Channel Partner Programme
Whether you’re building a channel partner programme from scratch or reviewing what you already have in place, here are some key elements to consider:
The Right Partners
Are your current channel partners the best fit for your business? A successful channel partner programme must consider how to incentivise and explore which companies best align with brand values and ambitions. It’s also essential to have the best incentive partner and solution in place to ensure the smooth delivery of your programme.
Training
Think of your channel partners as an extension of your brand, helping to grow brand awareness and build your reputation. By offering your channel partners training, you communicate your commitment to mutual success and ensure your brand messaging and product marketing strategy remain true to your objectives.
Communication
Channel partner marketing is a vital part of your programme. Ensure your partners are aware of updates, get the first look at new products, and remain excited and engaged with your brand. Giveaways, competitions, and additional rewards for top performers keep engagement high and your brand front of mind.
Transparent Incentive Payments
Transparency and fairness must be a fundamental principle of your channel partner agreements. If you run a tiered incentive payments scheme based on sales volume, ensure this is detailed across all agreements to avoid potential conflicts that may occur should any partners feel others receive preferential rates.
Provide Added Value & Optimal Experience
Stay ahead of the competition by providing added value. It’s not always about offering the highest incentive payments. Allowing your channel partners to spend their incentives how they choose and earn cashback on their purchases gives you an edge over your competitors. More value for your partners an a bigger impact for your business.
Streamline Incentive Payments
Once you’ve got the fundamentals of your channel partner programme in place, ensure you’re team up with an incentive fund payment provider who can offer a streamlined process. With Pluxee UK, you’ll receive dedicated account management who will handle much of the admin, and customer support based within the UK.
FAQs
How long does it take to receive my incentive payment cards?
We can deliver our Virtual Pluxee Card and unbranded physical cards between 4 to 6 weeks from when you sign your contract with us, extending to 8 to 12 weeks for branded physical cards. When you add someone new to your scheme, we can deliver their virtual card to them within 24 hours of receiving an issuance request and within 72 hours for physical cards.
What does a Channel Partner Programme cost?
Prices vary depending on volume, value loaded over a 12-month period, whether you want a physical or virtual card, and if you opt for a branded or unbranded approach. Speak to our team for a bespoke quotation.
Where can my partners use their cards?
You can use our Pluxee Card globally with any retailer that accepts Visa prepaid, online or in-store, excluding the adult entertainment and gambling industries.
How do we load incentives onto the cards?
We will provide you with a card load file for completion. Once populated with the relevant data, information and the required load amount, we will manage the top-up internally on your behalf.
Who manages the Pluxee Card Channel Incentive Programme?
We'll give you a dedicated account manager who will manage the programme on your behalf.
How long does it take for the funds to become available/for the cards to be topped up?
We can top up card balances within 24 working hours of receiving a top-up request and your confirmation that your funds have cleared.