05.09.2018
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Cashback – new stage in development of goodie
Starting from Monday September 10, users of the free shopping application goodie (already half a million downloads) and www.goodie.pl website, may use a new function – cashback – which supports refund of part of the money spent in almost a thousand online stores. Open to all users, launched by Bank Millennium at the end of 2016, goodie shopping platform commenced its operation with aggregation and presentation of attractive discounts and promotions, according to users’ preferences and their current location. The next stage was introduction of an option to open loyalty cards for shopping malls and, as part of the cooperation with numerous highly-recognised brands, offering to goodie users unique limited promotions. On the 10th of September, goodie will enter yet another stage of its development launching a cashback programme.
– Introduction of cashback is our response to the growing group of Polish smart shoppers – says Wojciech Grudzień, Chairman of the Management Board Millennium Goodie.
Cashback in goodie
As of September 10, users of goodie shopping platform (mobile application and www.goodie.pl website) will be able to use the cashback programme supporting refund of some of their shopping expenses at many online shops. The programme already involves about 1000 partners from various sectors, inter alia clothing, technology, foodstuff, interior or gastronomy. The network of service providers cooperating with goodie has been growing continuously. Depending on your choice of a specific shop, you may count on refund of up to 25% of your transaction value. In the majority of cases, the discount ranges – depending on the shop brand and product category – from 2 to 15%.
– Goodie cashback programme stands out from other solutions of this type because of the amount of potential refunds of shopping expenses and speed of payments – notes Wojciech Grudzień, Chairman of the Management Board of Millennium Goodie. – Polish consumes are looking for solutions in line with their life style, as well as with real impact on their wallets. Cashback is a major step in development of goodie platform. Thanks to goodie shopping may be more pleasant, easier and cheaper. It is also an opportunity for our business partners to catch interest of a broad audience of goodie users. Number of downloads of our application has already exceeded half a million – comments Wojciech Grudzień.
How to get cashback?
You just need to download goodie application on your smartphone or visit www.goodie.pl. Then you select the service or product marked as cashback, go to the website of the store of a given brand through the link on your goodie and finalise the transaction. Within one business day from the purchase, on your dedicated account in goodie you will see the cashback with „Pending” status. The status will be changed to „Approved” after the store confirms the transaction, even within 30 days from the purchase. When you have collected at least 20 PLN, you may transfer the amount to any bank account in Poland. Importantly, cashback can be combined with other discounts available on the goodie shopping platform, offered by online stores covered by the programme and with special limited discount offers for goodie users. With goodie, saving may become an indispensable component of your every-day shopping experience.
Goodie – smart partner in your shopping
Goodie digital platform employs advanced technologies such as voice search or geolocation in order to support the entire shopping process. This intuitive tool provides the users with information on attractive offers adjusted to their individual needs and preferences. Goodie platform is supported by secure, flexible and scalable infrastructure of Microsoft Azure cloud. It has allowed quick implementation of such service functions as image recognition, recommendation engine featuring machine learning or multimedia service tools.
As a promotion aggregator and facilitator of both planning and actual doing your shopping, goodie platform follows the smart shopping trend. According to „Top 10 global consumer trends for 2018” report, a forecast by Euromonitor International research company, a frugal mind-set is one of the key elements of client approach. Increase in this trend has been noticeable also among Poles who want to have control of their spending but do not want to resign from fulfilment of their shopping needs. They expect smart solutions that allow intelligent management of their finances and time.
Continuous growth
Goodie shopping platform (free mobile application and www.goodie.pl website) was launched by Bank Millennium at the end of 2016 as an internal start-up. Within less than two years from the launch, more than 550 thous. downloads were recorded. Goodie is offering to its users easy and fast access to discount information, attractive promotions and sales at favourite shops and events in shopping centres. Goodie application is free of charge and available for all users.
With goodie you may open loyalty cards at many shopping malls and store them conveniently in the application. By the end of August, more than a quarter a million of virtual loyalty cards was already opened in the application. Goodie has been regularly inviting their users to shopping mall events and facilitating reviews of the latest promotional materials of chain stores and hypermarkets. It also supports voice search of products and development of shopping lists that may be made available to family and friends. In cooperation with well-known brands, goodie has been also preparing numerous discount programmes available only for the application users.
Free goodie application is available for mobile devices with Android (link to the store) and iOS operating systems (link to the store). In a jiffy, you may have goodie in your smartphone and get a reliable, personal shopping advisor.
Contact for media:
Dorota Hołownia
dorota.holownia@bankmillennium.pl
+48 22 5981072, +48 669 457 296