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How The INKEY List’s loyalty program drives 25% of total revenue

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A global skincare brand builds retention through its loyalty program “INKEY Insiders”

INKEY’s journey from growth to retention

The INKEY List is a UK-based brand simplifying science-led skincare.

After fast global growth, they needed a loyalty solution to keep retention and personalization at the heart of their strategy, without overloading their lean team.

They turned to LoyaltyLion to meet these key needs:

  • A loyalty platform that could scale globally
  • Deep expertise in customer retention
  • Tools to build loyalty in a competitive beauty market
  • Actionable insights to better serve their customers
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How INKEY Insiders works

INKEY Insiders was launched in 2022 across four global regions to reward brand engagement and personalize the customer journey.

Key features:

  • Insider’s Prices: Member-only discounts
  • Double points on selected launches
  • VIP tiers: Early access for Stars, exclusive invites and gifts for Icons
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Engagement through data and User Generated Content

To support personalized marketing, The INKEY List used LoyaltyLion’s custom activities to collect zero-party data while rewarding customers.

How it works:

  • Customers earn points for completing skin, hair, and breakout quizzes — plus 50 bonus points and a free product for joining INKEY Insiders
  • Quiz results trigger Klaviyo emails that nudge shoppers to return and redeem rewards
  • Reviews also earn points, with extra rewards for photo submissions to boost UGC

This strategy builds stronger relationships and powers personalized marketing — all without feeling transactional.

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Listening to our customers’ skin and hair-care needs with quizzes has brought us a fabulous wealth of zero-party data. It’s just one way our loyalty program has helped inform product development so we can better serve our customers.

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Georgie LittleHead of Digital Strategy, The INKEY List

Insiders Week: a launchpad for loyalty

INKEY Insiders Week, one of the company’s most successful loyalty initiatives, proves that exclusive rewards don’t just delight your best customers — they fuel growth.

What happened:

  • A week of Insider-only perks: double points on all purchases, random refunds, early access to new products, scratchcards in every order, and much more
  • Better benefits for higher tier members: site-wide discounts plus a free product (size dependent on tier) with every order 
  • 41% of total revenue was attributed to the program, loyalty’s highest-ever weekly contribution
  • Loyal members spent 3x more than non-members
  • Over double the number of program enrollments compared to a normal week
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Insiders Week was a huge success — it boosted sales, deepened customer relationships, and inspired us to explore more creative ways to grow our loyalty program.

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Kiri LeachGlobal Ecommerce Manager, The INKEY List

Insiders are at the heart of INKEY’s growth

The INKEY List’s loyalty program is a textbook example of how to surprise and delight customers — and it shows. Program activities now drive 25% of the brand’s total revenue.

From smarter support to high-impact email and loyalty-driven UGC, The INKEY List shows how retention can power long-term revenue — and stronger customer relationships.

  • Redeeming members spend 3.4x more than non-members
  • Top-tier members spend 5.3x more than bottom-tier members
  • They also order 4.1x more often
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