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title: "The Joy blog — Page 2"
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description: "Loyalty, rewards, and retention strategy for ambitious Shopify brands — playbooks, product deep-dives, and merchant wins from the Joy team. (Page 2.)"
page: 2
total_pages: 24
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# The Joy blog — Page 2

- [LoyaltyLion Pricing: Free to 400 Orders, Then $199](https://joy.so/blog/md/loyaltylion-pricing/): The largest free-to-paid step in the category, with no tier in between. That step costs $1.99 per extra order against 4 cents on Appstle.
- [UpPromote Alternatives: The 300-Referral Cap Nobody Meters](https://joy.so/blog/md/uppromote-alternatives/): UpPromote's Growth plan caps at 300 reviewed referrals a month, a unit no rival meters. Seven alternatives compared on cap mechanics.
- [Klaviyo Pricing: $20 on the App Store, $150 at 10,000](https://joy.so/blog/md/klaviyo-pricing/): The Shopify listing stops at $20 for 500 contacts. Klaviyo's own slider reads $150 at 10,000 active profiles and keeps going to 150,000.
- [Smile.io Pricing: The $999 Plan Is Not on the App Store](https://joy.so/blog/md/smile-io-pricing/): The listing stops at Growth $199. smile.io adds Plus at $999 billed annually, and the crossover sits near 6,500 monthly orders.
- [VIP Early Access on Shopify: Three Ways to Gate a Sale Before It Opens](https://joy.so/blog/md/vip-early-access-shopify/): Shopify can limit an automatic discount to a customer segment. Three ways to gate a VIP sale, and where each one leaks.
- [Best Shopify Membership Apps: Appstle $19, No Member Fee](https://joy.so/blog/md/best-shopify-membership-apps/): Appstle charges $19 with no per-member fee. Inveterate publishes no price at all. Seven apps and what each pricing panel does not say.
- [Affiliate App Fees: ReferralCandy 10.5%, GoAffPro 0%](https://joy.so/blog/md/shopify-affiliate-app-fees/): Total cost at $5,000, $25,000 and $100,000 of monthly affiliate revenue across seven apps and four different pricing shapes.
- [Appstle vs Seal: Revenue Caps Against Subscriber Caps](https://joy.so/blog/md/appstle-vs-seal-subscriptions/): Appstle meters subscription revenue, Seal meters subscriber count. Forty subscribers at $400 run free on Seal and cost $100 on Appstle.
- [Shopify Discount Combinations: Why Your Loyalty Reward Will Not Stack](https://joy.so/blog/md/shopify-discount-combinations-loyalty/): Shopify does not combine discounts by default, and the setting only reaches reward codes issued after you change it.
- [Best Free Shopify Loyalty Apps: 50 to 400 Orders Free](https://joy.so/blog/md/best-free-shopify-loyalty-apps/): Free-tier caps run from 50 orders on CWILL to 400 on LoyaltyLion. The full table, plus what crossing each cap actually costs.
- [Loox Alternatives: The Paid Plan Includes Fewer Orders](https://joy.so/blog/md/loox-alternatives/): Loox's free plan allows 500 monthly orders and its $49.99 plan includes 300. Six alternatives on caps, overage and real cost.
- [What Free to Install Really Means on Shopify](https://joy.so/blog/md/shopify-free-to-install-meaning/): Free to install and Free plan available are different billing settings. What the label costs on six apps, quoted from each panel.

## Pages

- [Page 1](https://joy.so/blog/md/)
- [Page 2](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/2/) (this page)
- [Page 3](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/3/)
- [Page 4](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/4/)
- [Page 5](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/5/)
- [Page 6](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/6/)
- [Page 7](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/7/)
- [Page 8](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/8/)
- [Page 9](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/9/)
- [Page 10](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/10/)
- [Page 11](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/11/)
- [Page 12](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/12/)
- [Page 13](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/13/)
- [Page 14](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/14/)
- [Page 15](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/15/)
- [Page 16](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/16/)
- [Page 17](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/17/)
- [Page 18](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/18/)
- [Page 19](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/19/)
- [Page 20](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/20/)
- [Page 21](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/21/)
- [Page 22](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/22/)
- [Page 23](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/23/)
- [Page 24](https://joy.so/blog/md/page/24/)