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PuzzlePay — Gamified Group Ordering

Keeping customers coming back is hard when every platform competes for attention. PuzzlePay (Win Your Meal) adds a social, competitive layer to ordering: a primary user invites two friends into a Friend Zone, each order earns a puzzle piece, and the group works together to complete a 9-piece puzzle — the top collector wins a free order.

Category
Foodhub Hackathon · Gamified Loyalty
Role
Product concept & pitch
When
Foodhub Hackathon
GamificationLoyaltyRetentionSocial
Problem

With endless options, users lack motivation to return to one platform for repeat purchases — driving down retention and engagement.

Approach

Activate a Friend Zone, invite two friends and earn a puzzle piece per order. Complete the 9-piece puzzle together; the top collector wins a free order — blending social play with rewards.

Results

A loyalty mechanic designed to lift order frequency, retention, AOV and word-of-mouth — backed by loyalty-market data from the UK and US.

My Role

Product concept & pitch

Users

Customers and their friends ordering as a group

Impact

A loyalty mechanic designed to lift order frequency, retention and AOV

How It Works

  • Activate the Friend Zone from the profile / rewards section
  • Primary user invites two friends — a group of three
  • Each order earns one puzzle piece toward a shared 9-piece puzzle
  • When complete, the top piece-collector wins a free order
  • Rules: ≥2 orders per user, one card order in the group, bonus for a new member

Why It Works (Market Validation)

  • Apps with social/collaborative features see ~60% higher engagement
  • UK: 70% of consumers participate in loyalty/rewards programs
  • US: 79% say loyalty programs make them more likely to keep buying
  • Targets young adults, working professionals, families and gamification enthusiasts

Potential Impact & Stack

  • Boosts order frequency, retention, AOV and customer lifetime value
  • Strengthens social ties and drives organic word-of-mouth
  • Generates rich user-behaviour data for targeting
  • Prototyped with React Native, Node.js, AWS and MySQL

Supporting documents

PuzzlePay — Presentation
PDF
Win Your Meal — Concept & Market Analysis
PDF