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How an Australian Cycling Apparel Store Turns 41% of Referral Rewards into Orders

An Australian cycling apparel store has run a referral program with BLOOP since July 2025. 41% of its referral rewards end up used on an order, and the numbers below show how.

of referral rewards used

41%

Jul ’25 to Oct ’26

Friends who ordered again
6%
Friend reward
10% off
Rewards used
41%
Friends who ordered again
6%
Friend reward
10% off

Referral revenue index by month

Month by month, Jul ’25 to Oct ’26

Best month · Sep ’25

100

0 25 50 75 100 Jul ’25: index 27 Aug ’25: index 47 Sep ’25: index 100 Oct ’25: index 0 Nov ’25: index 52 Dec ’25: index 18 Jan ’26: index 0 Feb ’26: index 0 Mar ’26: index 47 Apr ’26: index 27 May ’26: index 48 Jun ’26: index 0 Jul ’26: index 0 Aug ’26: index 0 Sep ’26: index 0 Oct ’26: index 0 (month in progress) Jul ’25Oct ’25Jan ’26Apr ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
Full month Month in progress (to 2026-10-05) Index: best month = 100
View the index as a table
Monthly referral revenue index for Cycling apparel, Jul ’25 to Oct ’26, where the best month (Sep ’25) equals 100.
MonthReferral revenue index
Jul ’2527
Aug ’2547
Sep ’25100
Oct ’250
Nov ’2552
Dec ’2518
Jan ’260
Feb ’260
Mar ’2647
Apr ’2627
May ’2648
Jun ’260
Jul ’260
Aug ’260
Sep ’260
Oct ’26 (in progress)0

About the store

The store sells team cycling jerseys and kit to road riders and cycling fans.

The program

An Australian cycling apparel store runs a double-sided referral program in BLOOP, with the first referral orders arriving in July 2025. The customer who refers and the friend they invite each get 10% off.

Results

41% of the friends who received the 10% reward used it on an order.

6% of referred friends came back and placed at least one more order after their first referral purchase.

The chart shows monthly referral revenue as an index, where the best month equals 100.

To keep this merchant’s business data private, the store is not named and results are shown as percentages and indexes only. Percentages are based on orders attributed to BLOOP referrals, excluding cancelled and refunded orders. Figures are current to 5 October 2026.

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