If you love to shop online (like me!), you could potentially be missing out on earning Velocity points! Or if your preferred program is QFF, then read my summary here.
The Velocity eStore is a shopping portal / mall where you can earn Velocity points. Below is my overview of how to use this mall, and some examples of how this offers great value for money.
Once you’ve logged into the mall with your Velocity membership details, you will see a range of online retailers, and how many points you can earn per dollar. If you intend to make a purchase, click through on the relevant retailer, follow the prompts (see below for an example with Apple – just click “Shop Now”), and then complete your transaction on the retailers website. Velocity will track your purchase, and will credit you with the points. I haven’t had an issue with the tracking process (that is, l’ve always received my points for a purchase l make using the mall), but l’ve heard of instances where it doesn’t track!
At the time of writing, there are a number of large retailers on the mall, and the number of points they offer per dollar (this is obviously subject to change depending on promotions etc). Some of the major retailers include:
- Apple (2 Velocity points per dollar)
- David Jones (2 Velocity points per dollar)
- eBay Australia (1 Velocity points per dollar)
- Rebel Sport (2 Velocity points per dollar)
- T2 (2 Velocity points per dollar)
- Uniqlo (4 Velocity points per dollar)
So if you think about it, there are some great examples of where this is good value:
- If you are going to make a purchase through an online-only retailer like eBay, you might as well use the eStore, as you earn 1 Velocity point per dollar of spend!
- If the retailer doesn’t generally doesn’t discount their goods, like Apple, and the price between purchasing online and in store is about the same, you might as well purchase through the mall and then the Apple website, and get points for your purchase! For example, l was in the market of an iPhone X recently, l looked around and there weren’t any specials in store or online, so by buying it through the mall and then the Apple website, l received c.1,500 points, which l wouldn’t have received if l bought in-store or online (without clicking through the mall!).
Note, at times, the Qantas Mall or Velocity eStore have promos where they offer extra points per dollar spent. Their partners overlap a fair bit, so always useful to be alert to these deals!
Hope you enjoyed this summary – feel free to ask me any questions, or post about your experiences using the Velocity eStore.
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