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SOL Republic Case Study
Social-Powered Rewards & Community Platform
How Xicom built a social-powered rewards platform for SOL Republic — turning Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube activity into a thriving community of 10,000+ members within 2 months.
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ABOUT THE PROJECT
Turning music fans into a thriving rewards community.
Founded in 2011, SOL Republic is committed to changing the world one listener at a time. SOL Republic is a headphone company focused on providing a better music experience through great sound producing products.
To grow their user community, SOL Republic needed a rewards and community platform that could connect with social media — Facebook, Twitter, YouTube — and turn everyday fan activity into points, rewards, and viral promotion.
That's where Xicom came in. We designed and built the entire reward ecosystem — from social login to point redemption to admin analytics — on a scalable CakePHP foundation.
THE PROBLEM
Key Challenges
SOL Republic wanted to promote their community of users through a rewards and community platform using social media — integrating with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube — thereby allowing the business to grow their user base and rewarding users to spread promotions on Facebook and Twitter.
- Build a rewards platform deeply integrated with Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube APIs.
- Allow the business to define community activities fans can perform to earn rewards.
- Support social login and unified profiles across social channels.
- Create a points module that automatically calculates rewards from fan activity.
- Provide a redemption system for vouchers and earned points.
- Enable extensive user search, invitations, and admin reporting.
THE SOLUTION
Proposition & Solution
Xicom designed and developed a reward platform for SOL Republic that include extensive use of Facebook and Twitter API's. Our solution included the following features:
- Customer registration and login profile using Facebook/Twitter.
- SOL Republic activity feed by which business can define the activities that they want site customers to perform like "Like their page", "re-tweet" about their product, write blog about product/service, share promotions etc.
- Development of points module for calculating points earned by members based on the activities performed.
- Reward platform for managing the redemption voucher and redeeming points earned by users.
- Extensive search module for searching and inviting users.
- Extensive Admin Reporting for managing entire site activities.
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Three connected experiences. One rewards ecosystem.
SOL Republic's rewards platform connects fans, the brand, and social networks in real time — turning everyday social activity into points, vouchers, and loyalty.
COMMUNITY
Earn & redeem
- Facebook / Twitter login
- Complete social activities
- Earn points for engagement
- Redeem vouchers & rewards
BRAND
Define & reward
- Configure activity campaigns
- Set points per activity
- Manage voucher catalogue
- Track engagement metrics
SOCIAL
Spread & grow
- Facebook page likes
- Twitter re-tweets
- YouTube engagement
- Blog & promotion sharing
How we worked together.
SOL Republic worked with Xicom using a Dedicated Team Model (DTM) — a flexible engagement that gave the client full control over scope and priorities as the community grew.
ENGAGEMENT MODEL
Dedicated Team Model
SOL Republic worked with Xicom using the DTM Model — hiring dedicated resources with full flexibility to bring changes in scope as the platform grew.
This allowed the final product to be managed smoothly as the online rewards landscape evolved — always aligned to the client's vision.
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Full scope flexibility
Dedicated resources gave SOL Republic the freedom to adjust scope during development — no rigid contracts, no lock-ins.
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On-time delivery
Xicom ensured deliverables were provided on time so SOL Republic could launch and market the product exactly when needed.
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Faster new features
New features were delivered faster — combined with higher overall software quality, this boosted satisfaction and retention.
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Delivered within budget
SOL Republic is extremely satisfied with the deliverables provided on time and within budget — a rare outcome for a growing platform.
Results & Benefits
Our solution met the exact requirements of SOL Republic and the site quickly gained a user base of 10,000+ community members within a short period of 2 months from the launch.
SOL Republic was able to launch and market the product timely as we as a contractor ensured that the deliverables were provided on time so as to meet all the deadlines.
SOL Republic is extremely satisfied with the outcome of this project and the quality of the finished product overall was very high meeting their expectations.
SOL Republic is extremely satisfied with the deliverables provided on time and within budget.
SOL Republic worked with us using the DTM Model whereby they hired dedicated resources and had the flexibility to bring change in scope so as to get the final product managed with the changing scenario of online rewards platforms.
Faster delivery of new features and higher overall software quality increased the client satisfaction, thereby increasing our revenue and customer retention.
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In our long relationship with Xicom, we have witnessed a significant expansion in the range of products and services they are capable of supplying. During this same time, we have always enjoyed a high level of professionalism and a customer/solutions focused mentality. Continuity, stability and a professional attitude are what we expect of a development partner, and Xicom delivers on all of these fronts. That is why we rely on them to manage and develop some of our most critical product functionalities.
VP Operations, soldierofsound.com
