RewardsPilot for wholesale, retail and e-commerce
Stock is the biggest bill a wholesaler, retailer or online seller pays, followed by freight, marketplace fees and VAT. Paid through RewardsPilot, each earns 4 RewardsPilot points per £1 of net spend. RewardsPilot's largest member, an online business, has put over £750,000 of supplier, tax and VAT bills through the programme.
The bills that earn
- Stock and supplier invoices
- Freight, import duty and courier accounts
- Marketplace and advertising invoices
- Payroll through CrestPay
- VAT and Corporation Tax bills
What members in the sector do
- RewardsPilot's largest member has put over £750,000 through, across supplier invoices, VAT and tax bills.
- A trading company put £108,000 of supplier and tax bills through in a month.
- Around 15 of RewardsPilot's members are wholesalers, retailers, convenience stores, motor traders or online sellers.
Figures are RewardsPilot members’ own, rounded, with no business named.
A typical month
| Supplier bills | Payroll | HMRC bills | Eligible spend | Points a month | Points a year | Or cash a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £120,000 | £20,000 | £40,000 | £180,000 | 720,000 | 8,640,000 | £5,400 |
A month of £120,000 supplier bills, £20,000 payroll and £40,000 HMRC bills is £180,000 of eligible spend: 720,000 points a month, 8,640,000 a year, or £5,400 a month as cash. At 4 points per £1 of net spend; each point is one airline mile. See what the points buy on the Avios calculator.
Questions
Can an overseas supplier be paid?
Yes. RewardsPilot pays international supplier invoices; the exchange rate is quoted when the bill is submitted and points are earned on the sterling amount.
Do Amazon or marketplace fees count?
Where the marketplace invoices the business and is paid by bank transfer, yes. Fees deducted automatically from sales proceeds are not a payment the business makes and do not earn points.
How does a wholesaler earn points with RewardsPilot?
By paying the bills it already pays through the programme: supplier invoices, payroll through CrestPay, and HMRC bills such as VAT and PAYE. RewardsPilot invoices the business, pays the bill on its behalf, and credits 4 RewardsPilot points per £1 of the net amount when the invoice payment clears.
Does the supplier or HMRC know the difference?
No. The payee is paid by bank transfer with the business's own reference, on time: RewardsPilot's invoice is due one day before the bill's pay-by date.
What are the points worth?
Each point transfers to one airline mile, Avios included, for flights, upgrades, hotels and car hire. Or the business sells them back for cash at 3% of the spend behind them, paid within 24 hours. Points never expire.
What does it cost?
There is no subscription or set-up fee for qualifying clients. RewardsPilot's invoice carries VAT on its service; for a VAT-registered business using it for taxable activities that VAT is intended to be recoverable through the normal VAT return, subject to its own position. This is not tax advice.
Programme facts come from the published RewardsPilot rate and the Rewards Programme Rules. Rewards are corporate rewards earned on genuine business expenditure. Other sectors: Construction and trades · Logistics and haulage · Recruitment and staffing · Hospitality · Facilities and cleaning · Care providers.