Commercial workflows · 2020
BMW Vantage
A BMW membership app that connected customer rewards to real service and purchase journeys.
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Why it existed
BMW Vantage was built around a simple loyalty idea: let BMW customers earn rewards and use them for real services.
The friction it answered
Membership programmes often become abstract points systems. Customers earn points, but it is not always clear what those points are worth or where they can be used.
What was built
A mobile membership app where BMW customers could earn BMW Coin and BMW Points through purchases, referrals, app activity, and games, then use those rewards for maintenance discounts, airport pickup services, new vehicle purchases, gifts, and vouchers. Korea was the first launch market, with the first 1,000 registrants receiving an opening reward through the app.
What it left behind
For me, this was less a blockchain story and more a customer workflow story. The technology only mattered if it made the reward loop clearer: earn, understand, redeem, and come back.