RewardsPay Partners with Viggle To Allow Viggle Points To Be Used at Major Online Retail Sites
January 29 2015 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
For the First Time, Viggle Points Can Be
Used Outside the Viggle App as a Currency for Retail
Viggle (NASDAQ:VGGL), creator of the entertainment marketing
platform that rewards users for watching TV and listening to music,
has launched a partnership with RewardsPay® (www.rewardspay.com),
an innovative payment platform that enables frictionless redemption
of loyalty and rewards points at online merchants, giving Viggle
users the opportunity to use their Viggle points towards purchases
of goods from popular online retailers. As a result of this
partnership, Viggle Points can be used outside the Viggle app for
the first time as a currency for retail purchases.
The partnership with RewardsPay, gives Viggle users the
opportunity to shop, at leading online retailers that sell a range
of products including furniture, rugs, bedding, electronics,
clothing jewelry, and more.
RewardsPay is a streamlined consumer payment service that allows
Viggle users to use Viggle points to securely purchase goods and
services from some of the world’s leading online merchants. Viggle
users can transform the points they’ve accumulated to buy nearly
any type of goods or service from top online retail brands across a
wide variety of shopping categories including clothing,
electronics, books, music, home improvement and more.
“We’re excited to work with Viggle and to be able to offer
Viggle users the opportunity to shop for a broad array of items
using their Viggle points,” said Anu Shukla, Founder & CEO of
RewardsPay. “Viggle’s commitment to rewarding their users’ loyalty
by providing such a diverse variety of redemption options is
inspiring. We’re honored to deliver a simple yet innovative new way
of enjoying Viggle.”
Shopping with RewardsPay is simple. Viggle users shop online,
selecting items and checking out as they normally would by clicking
on the RewardsPay payment button on the checkout page of a
participating merchant’s website. Viggle users decide how much of
their payment they want to make using Viggle points, and RewardsPay
facilitates a real-time transaction that draws the points from the
user’s account.
“Viggle users will soon be able to use Viggle Points at
participating retailers’ websites,” said Greg Consiglio, president
and COO of Viggle. “Now the time they spent watching TV can become
even more rewarding because the RewardsPay platform gives Viggle
users the flexibility to use their points to purchase everything
from electronics to home furnishings. It’s yet another way Viggle
is adding value to our program and listening to what our users
actually want.”
Viggle users will continue to be able to browse the extensive
collection of redeemable movie, television and music options that
are available to members of the Viggle entertainment marketing
platform that rewards users for watching TV and movies, listening
to music, and watching videos. Since its launch, Viggle members
have redeemed over $20 million from a vast selection of rewards for
watching their favorite TV programs and listening to music.
About RewardsPay
RewardsPay is a consumer payment service that enables consumers
to use credit card reward points, cash rewards, hotel points, and
airline miles to pay for items at leading merchant websites and
applications. Consumers can use RewardsPay to purchase fashion
apparel, gifts, shoes, furniture, housewares, jewelry, organic
produce, and more from leading online merchants
(www.rewardspay.com/merchants). RewardsPay enables reward programs
including VOILÀ Hotel Rewards, Discover’s Cashback Bonus®, Choice
Hotels Choice Privileges® and others to improve customer loyalty
and redemption, while merchants benefit from a boost in sales
conversions and increased basket sizes. Founded in 2011 and
headquartered in Mountain View, California, RewardsPay has a
seasoned management team with decades of combined experience in
alternative payments, loyalty and rewards, payments, and games. For
more information, visit www.rewardspay.com.
About Viggle Inc.
Viggle is an entertainment marketing and rewards platform whose
app rewards its members for watching TV shows and discovering new
music. Viggle Platform had total reach of 28.5 million in November
2014, including over 7.7 million Viggle registered users. Since its
launch, Viggle members have redeemed over $20 million in rewards
for watching their favorite TV programs and listening to music.
Members can use Viggle’s store, accessible through the Viggle app
or on Viggle.com, to redeem their Viggle Points for TV show, movie,
and music downloads. In addition, Viggle operates Wetpaint, which
offers entertainment and celebrity news online; NextGuide, maker of
technology that helps consumers search for, find, and set reminders
for TV shows and movies; and Choose Digital, a digital marketplace
platform that allows companies to incorporate digital content into
existing rewards and loyalty programs in support of marketing and
sales initiatives. For more information, visit www.viggle.com or
follow us on Twitter @Viggle.
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amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve
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or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to
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