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Use a hosted perks page

Give your customers a branded perks page without touching your site's code — Paylode hosts the page at its own address and you just link to it.

The hosted page is the same branded perks experience as the embed, but Paylode serves the whole page. Reach for it when you can't add scripts — a CMS or email platform that strips <script> tags, a printed flyer, a QR code, or an SMS where you only get to send a link. There's no code to install and nothing to keep in sync: the page renders your collection server-side, so app edits show up on the next visit.

How it works​

Every perks page has a slug (your program's short identifier) and a hosted address — a subdomain on a Paylode-managed domain, for example example-rewards.perkspulse.com. We set up that address for you when your perks page is provisioned. Once you have it, you link to it like any other URL.

If you'd rather not hardcode the address, you can look it up at runtime from the slug. That's useful when you generate links or QR codes programmatically.

Before you begin​

  • Your perks page slug. Find it in the Paylode app under your program's integration settings, or ask your Paylode contact. Example: example-rewards.

Steps​

1. Get your hosted address​

Every perks center has its own hosted web address — a subdomain on a Paylode perks domain, like https://example-rewards.perkspulse.com. You'll find yours in the Paylode app alongside your perks center's settings; it's also part of what Paylode hands over when your program is set up. If you can't locate it, ask your Paylode contact — it's fixed per program, so once you have it, it stays.

Put the address wherever your customers are: a button in a marketing email, a menu link, a footer.

<a href="https://example-rewards.perkspulse.com">See your perks</a>

3. (Optional) Turn it into a QR code​

For print, packaging, or in-store, encode the same URL as a QR code with any QR generator and place the image. When a customer scans it, they land on your branded perks page.

Once you're live​

The page shows your perks, themed to your program, with search and filters. To change which perks appear or how they're ordered, edit your collection in the Paylode app — the hosted page reflects it on the next visit, with no redeployment.

Preview without polluting your stats​

To review the page yourself — after a re-rank, or before sharing the link — open the hosted address with ?preview-mode=true appended. The page shows a preview banner and suppresses view tracking, so your own visits don't count as customer views in your reports. This also works for checking an embedded page, since the embed renders the same hosted surface.

Troubleshooting​

note

The lookup returns 404 if the slug doesn't match a perks page. Confirm the slug exactly (it's case-sensitive) and that your perks page has been provisioned.

caution

The hosted address is assigned to your program by Paylode. Whether you can choose a custom domain for it is set up with your Paylode contact — don't assume you can change it from the app.