• Enable - activates / deactivates extension's functionality
• Points Unit Name - this option defines the frontend points unit title
• Enable rewards history - shows / hides the Transactions History block in the frontend customer dashboard
• Enable reward rules functionality - enables / disables points rules
• Show points block at product page - enables/disables the pre-calculated earned points amount block in the product view page

• Points earning calculation(Before Tax/ After Tax) and Points spending calculation(Before Tax/ After Tax) - these options define how the tax amount is treated in the calculations

• Cancel earned points after order refunding - removes the points earned for an order in case this order gets refunded.
• Restore spent points after order refunding - returns the points spent on an order in case it gets refunded.
• Minimum reward points balance to be available to redeem - sets the minimum required to apply points. A customer cannot use the points if their current balance is below the value specified in this field
• Maximum available points balance - sets the upper limit on the available balance. A customer cannot accumulate more reward points than the value set in this field at a given moment
• Reward points expire after, days - sets the points expiration period
• Amount available for paying at checkout by points, % - this option restricts the portion (in %) of the order total that can be covered by the points. E.g., if this option is set to 50%, a customer will only be able to pay half of the total with points.
• Info page - this selector allows you to select a Static CMS page, where the details on the reward program are explained. The link to the selected page will be included in several blocks

• Can use points with Magento coupon - allows / prohibits applying the points together with the native Magento coupons. If this option is disabled, using any discount code at the Shopping Cart will remove the option for using Reward Points during the checkout.

• Registration - here, you can specify the reward for creating a new customer account
• Newsletter signup - reward for subscribing to NL
• Consider newsletter subscription by admin - defines whether the reward will be granted if the store admin subscribes a customer
• Reviewing product and Reviewing product points/day limit - these options set the reward for a product review and the daily limit* for earned points respectively.
• Minimum number of words in the review - defines the minimal review length that qualifies for the reward
• For Video Testimonials and For Video Testimonials points/day limit (require Video Testimonials extension) - set the reward for a submitted testimonial and the daily limit* for earned points.
• Only those who purchased product can gain points - limits points earning to the customers who have actually purchased the reviewed product.
• Tagging product and Tagging product points/day limit - set the reward and the daily limit* for tagging an item.
• Participating in poll and Participating in poll points/day limit - set the reward and the daily limit* for voting in a poll.
• Customer birthday - sets the reward granted when the specified customer birthday date arrives. If the Birth Date is not specified in the account settings, no bonus will be granted.

*Daily limit restricts the total amount of points a customer can earn for the correspondent activity a day. Once the limit is reached, the customer can still take the same actions, but no extra rewards will be granted.

• Enable referral system - activates / deactivates the referral bonuses
• Points for inviting a friend - sets the amount of points for inviting a friend (the points are added after a referral navigates to the store and creates an account)
• Day limit for points for inviting a friend - this option restricts the total amount of points a customer can earn for invitations a day. After the limit is reached, the customer will still be able to send invitations, but they will not get the rewards for the "extra" invitations
• Points awarded to customer for their referrals' purchases (Each Order / First Order) - defines whether a referrer will earn bonus for their referral's initial order only, or for each of their subsequent orders as well. The points are granted when a referral's order reaches "Complete" state.
  Note, this limit is per-referral
• Points awarded to customer for their referral's purchases (fixed and % amounts) - sets the actual amount of referral bonus.
  Note, the 2 amount stack, so if you specify both kinds of bonus, a referrer will earn fixed + %.

The extension's notifications can be configured in System-> Configuration-> aheadWorks Extensions-> Points And Rewards-> Notifications.

In this tab, you can Enable the emails, select their Sender and the templates for each of the supported message types:
Balance Update, Points Expiration, Customer Birthday and Invitation email 

Subscribe customers by default (Yes / No) option defines whether the customers will be automatically subscribed to module's notifications.

Email sending before points expiring (in days) option sets the period before the expiration when the expiration warning will be sent.

Reset all transactions option is meant for moving a store from staging to live. Clicking this button will set balance to "0" for all the customers, transactions history will be cleared up as well.

The extension's settings, rules and rates will not be deleted.

The rates can be set in Promotions-> Points And Rewards-> Points Rates-> Earn / Spend Rate.

• Spend Rate defines how points are treated when applied to an order. Setting Spend Rate is obligatory, no points earned for any kind of store activities can be applied unless the spend rates are set.
• Earn Rate defines what percentage of the customers spendings will be converted to points. If no Earn Rates are created, a customer will only be able to receive points for general store activities, for referring friends and via the special points rules. 

A rate setup is pretty straightforward: you can choose the website and customer group (s) the specific rate will apply to.

The rate itself is set like X $ >> Y Reward Point(s) for earning and X Reward Point(s) >> Y $ for spending

In Actions tab, you can specify the actual rule reward.

Note, that the module only supports fixed amount actions. No % or other values types are allowed.

Applying a coupon is a one-time operation, and a given coupon can be used only once per account. The general number of uses can be specified in the coupon settings - see below.

The coupons can be setup in  Promotions-> Points And Rewards-> Coupons grid.

The standard options include Coupon Name , Description, Websites and Customer Groups selectors, From-To Dates and coupon Status.

• Coupon Code - in this field, you should specify the actual voucher code that your customers will need to submit to gain the bonus. You can use any text here. The extension does not generate any codes automatically.
• Uses per Coupon - limits the total number of voucher uses
• Activation Count - this counter will show the total number of coupon activations.

The extension keeps record of every points-related transactions. You can view them on per-customer basis (in the Reward Points tab of the backend Customer View screen), or for the entire store in Promotions-> Points And Rewards-> Transactions.

From the Transactions grid, you can also perform mass balance updates. You should just click Add New button, select the customers (if Market Segmentation Suite is installed, you can use its rules to filter the customers ), and specify the transaction comment and amount*.

*Negative values are also allowed, in this case, saving the transaction will subtract the target amount from customers' current balance.

The Points And Rewards extension adds a new widget type: AW Points Balance

This widget is displayed for logged in users, and show the current points balance of their accounts. The usage is identical to any standard Magento widgets

The Points And Rewards extension features integration with the following aW products:

• Market Segmentation Suite - the MSS rules can be applied to customer list when adding mass transaction.

• Video Testimonials - if this module is installed, you can reward your customers for submitting product videos.
• Product Questions 2  - if this module is installed, you can reward your customer for answering Product Questions. New option appears in the Earning Points tab of the modules' s config.