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Buy and redeem rewards

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The Rewards tab is the store where you spend your tokens on gift cards and other rewards. A reward has two steps. First you buy it with tokens. Then you redeem it: you open its redemption link from the Purchases tab.

  1. Go to RewardsShop, and select a reward.
  2. Select an amount.
  3. Make sure that the reward and the amount are correct. You cannot change them after the purchase.
  4. Select Redeem reward.
The Rewards Shop tab, with the token balance at the top, the search field, the All Categories filter, and the Popular row, which starts with the Cash Out card and shows the starting price in tokens of each reward.
  1. Select "Cash Out" to change your tokens into money.
The Shop tab.

The Redeem reward button buys the reward. Arcade takes the tokens from your balance immediately, and then it sends the reward. When the app shows “It’s yours”, the purchase is complete. You can open the reward later from the Purchases tab. Arcade sends you a notification when it delivers a reward.

Go to RewardsPurchases. Your cash outs also show here.

The Purchases tab of Rewards, with the Select date range filter, the Refresh button, and two purchase cards, Starbucks US with the Pending status and Amazon.com with the Ready to Redeem status and the Redeem Now button, each with its date and tokens.
The Purchases tab.

The redemption page of a gift card opens in your web browser. The Redeem Now button stays on the card, so you can open the reward again later.

The status tells you what to do:

Status What to do
Pending Wait. Arcade did not send the reward yet, and it tries again automatically.
Failed Arcade could not send the reward. Arcade support gets a message and works on the problem.

If your reward is not on the Purchases tab

Section titled “If your reward is not on the Purchases tab”

If the app showed “Something went wrong” when you bought the reward, do not buy it again. Arcade can take the tokens before the error occurs. To find out what to do, read I bought a reward. Where is it?