We love to reward our authors for their work, so we’re here with all the info you need to get started and start earning points today!
If you're looking for more information about the Reward Program, check out the FAQ article here.
Step 1: Join the Rewards Program
Head over to the Rewards Program Settings section of your user profile. Read through the linked ToS and, when you’re ready, Toggle it on, click the Update button. That’s it! Now you’ll start earning points on all your projects across CurseForge!
Step 2: Redeem your points
Once you're set up there’s nothing left to do except enjoy your rewards! Head over to the Rewards Store and get what you deserve! To redeem your points, you must enable 2FA, for more information, please see this article.
Tremendous
CurseForge utilizes Tremendous to provide payment options for authors to redeem their points. To redeem via Tremendous:
- Go to the Shop in your author dashboard where you'll see all the different options including available to you.
The options available depend on the region you choose under the Region filter. - Once you locate the specific payment method you wish to redeem, click it and a window will open with the following details:
- The full name of the redemption option you chose.
- The amount you wish to redeem in the relevant currency. Base currency will always be USD. Some payment options default to other currencies such as EUR or GBP depending on your chosen region, while some like shown above allow you to choose your prefered currency.
The amount will be converted by CurseForge. The amount you receive will always be the same amount and currency as chosen in this screen. - Your current available balance shown in the relevant currency.
- The email that will receive the final confirmation email after funds have been transfered.
This will always be the email registered under your CurseForge account.
Below you see your remaining points balance after the transaction will be made.
- After filling out the amount you wish to redeem, click on "Continue" where you'll be redirected to enter your CurseForge 2FA token. If you haven't enabled your 2FA yet, do so by following this article
- After filling in your token, click Checkout. By clicking Checkout you automatically agree to our Terms and Conditions.
Now you'll be redirected to your transaction screen. Here you can see the status which should say "Fulfilled" unless some error occured, and general details of the transaction.
In case there's an error during the payment process with Tremendous, the transaction will cancel and your points will automatically refund into your account balance.
Click on "Generate" and then "Redeem" to use the generated link which will take you to the custom payout page where you can redeem your money by getting your Gift Card code, or you'll be prompted to fill in the relevant account details to receive the funds. The payment should be received within a few minutes as long as there are no issues with your account or extra steps needs to verify your chosen payment method.
Note that in some cases you'll need to choose your prefered region and payment method again, this is a known technical gap
Note - Make sure of the card type and region you choose is the correct one - Gift cards are fulfilled immediately and the order cannot be cancelled or refunded.
Amazon Gift Cards
Choose the gift card suiting your preferred currency (USD, CAD, GBP, EUR), enter an amount (providing you have enough points for it, and that there are enough items in stock) and click 'Checkout'.
You will be required to verify the action with your 2FA token and afterwards you will be transferred to the 'My Transactions' tab, where you will can find you Gift-Card code to redeem in Amazon.
Note - Make sure of the card currency and country(for european users) you choose - Amazon Gift cards are fulfilled immediately and the order cannot be cancelled or returned.
PayPal
Choose the PayPal item and enter an amount (providing you have enough points for it) and click Checkout.
You will be required to verify the action with your 2FA token and add the email address for the PayPal account for the transfer. Afterwards you will be transferred to the 'My Transactions' tab, where you will can view the order placed, as well as cancel it if you made a mistake.
At the first week of each month (barring weekends and holidays), all the orders will be fulfilled, and you will receive an email from PayPal (check your junk mail if you did not, or make sure email notifications are set up in your PayPal account).
Note - make sure you wrote the PayPal email account address correctly. Cancellations and returns will not be possible, however in case there is a system bounce-back, your order will be cancelled.
Payoneer
Go to the Payoneer Tab and Choose the Payoneer item and enter an amount (providing you have enough points for it) and click Checkout.
You will be required to verify the action with your 2FA token and add the email address for the Payoneer account for the transfer. Afterwards you will be transferred to the 'My Transactions' tab, where you will can view the order placed, as well as cancel it if you made a mistake.
At the first week of each month (barring weekends and holidays), all the orders will be fulfilled, and you will receive an email from Payoneer (check your junk mail if you did not, or make sure email notifications are set up in your Payoneer account).
Note - make sure you wrote the Payoneer email account address correctly. Cancellations and returns will not be possible, however in case there is a system bounce-back, your order will be cancelled.
Please ensure that you selected the correct provider for your payout.
When creating an email for your Payoneer account, please ensure that it does not contain the "+" character.