Overview

Memberships are a unique feature to Bloom Commerce. They are modeled after traditional wine clubs found in applications like WineDirect or Commerce7. Customer select the membership tier they'd like to join, define their product preferences, provide shipping and billing information, then the membership is completed. Once a member they can receive special member discounts on future purchases and other benefits and perks. Customers can have more than one membership. 

 

Define your membership tiers

Tiers are the highest level of categorization for your memberships. They represent different "levels". Think of Gold, Silver and Bronze tiers, where each tier provides different levels of benefits. Carefully consider how you want to organize your tiers as they are the foundation for how you'll interact with your memberships, releases and batches. Learn more about tiers. 

  1. Log into your Shopify admin and navigate to Sales channels / Bloom Commerce. This will load the Bloom Commerce dashboard. 
  2. Click on the View all link in the Tiers section at the very top of the dashboard view. This will load the Bloom Commerce app in a new tab where you can begin to add your tiers.
  3. Add a new tier by giving it a title. If tier preferences are needed to more granularly categorize your memberships, add preferences. Learn more about membership tier preferences. 
  4. Review all of your tier settings and ensure they are enabled as needed. Especially check the tier visibility settings to make sure the tier is available on your website or POS join forms. 

 

Theme style and content

  1. You can update the look and feel, as well as content used for tiers in Bloom Commerce / Settings / Theme. Make your colors and form fields match your existing theme. Then navigate back to Memberships / Tiers  then click on a tier, then click on the Content tab. Here you can manage how the tier functions and update specific tier content. 

Embed the Join form on a page

NOTE: The Bloom Commerce Join form feature is best used on Shopify 2.0 themes where it can be embedded as an app block directly on the product detail page, using the Shopify theme customizer. 

  1. In the Shopify admin navigate to Sales channels / Online store / Themes and click the Customize button to open the Shopify theme customizer. 
  2. Navigate to the page you want to embed the membership join form, then in the customizer menu on the left under the Template section, click Add section. Then click the Apps tab, then find Join form (Bloom commerce) and add this section to the page. Drag and drop the section to the desired location and Save.
  3. Read the section above about how to update the content and visibility for each tier. You can also update the content and feature visibility of the Join form if you navigate to Memberships / Tiers / Content. 

If you aren't using a 2.0 template or need assistance, please contact our support team. 

 

Add the Member account app to the classic account page

If you'd like your members to manage their membership and see upcoming shipments you'll need to add the Member account app to your classic account page.

NOTE: The Member account app is not yet supported on the new Shopify account pages. You'll need to use the Classic account views. 

  1. In the Shopify admin navigate to Sales channels / Online store / Themes and click the Customize button to open the Shopify theme customizer. 
  2. On the far left, click the third icon (App embeds) and enable the Member account app and save.
  3. Then navigate back to the Themes view an click the Customize button to open the Shopify theme customizer. Navigate to the Customer Account page. 
  4. If your theme supports the Add block feature, select Apps, the find Member account (Bloom commerce) and add this block. Drag and drop the block to the desired location and Save. 

If you aren't using a 2.0 theme or you don't have the App block feature, read more on how to customize the Member account page.