WATERMELON

POINTS
Changelog

What's New

August 2026

  • Launched Watermelon Points across 15 founding cities in the Greater Toronto Area, each with its own dedicated rewards page.
  • Added a blog with our first two posts on halal loyalty and Islamic finance.
  • Built the Clover POS integration alongside Square, including automatic point-of-sale checkout redemption for both.
  • Went live with real Stripe billing for restaurant partners, including founding-partner pricing.
  • Added points transfers between members, physical loyalty card linking, and a referral program.
  • Redesigned the customer card experience and merchant dashboard for mobile.
  • Shipped a full SEO and AEO foundation: sitemap, structured data, and an `llms.txt` for AI answer engines.

July 2026

  • Opened the Founding Restaurant Partner Program.
  • Launched member sign-up with free account creation and a digital member barcode.
  • Introduced the core rewards model: 1% earned back in points on every purchase, redeemable across the whole network.
  • Committed 20% of all company proceeds to supporting advocacy for Palestine across North America.