Points are earned by reviewing the products in your box. You essentially get $1 per review which can be spent their psi fans y extensive store (it’s a little more complicated than that, but that’s basically it.) You also earn one point per dollar spent in their store.
The coupons she referring to are probably discount codes. BB periodically releases 15%, 20%, and even 30% off codes that can be used on the entire store. I’m not sure if they can all be used on an annual subscription to the box, but the ones that come out around the winter holidays can.
So. I used a [super exciting] 30% off code on an annual sub back in Dec. An annual sub costs $110 (you’re getting one box free), minus 30% is $77. That means I paid $6.41 per box. Which is pretty awesome. But then if you take points into account… I earned 77 points when I bought the sub, which translates to $7.70 credit in their store. Subtract that from the $77 I paid for the sub and now it’s $5.78 per box. And THEN consider that I’ll always get at least five products per box and can review each for $1 worth of points each. Now I’m paying $0.78 per box. Unless I get more than five products, at which point the box is now free or even a money maker.
Of course, this all depends on maximizing the use of your points, which can be tricky since you can only redeem them in groups of 100 ($10) at a time and you’re required to spend as many points as you have to cover what you’re buying. For instance, if you have 500 points and want to make an order that totals $31.25. You aren’t allowed to use 300 points and pay $1.25. You have to use 400 points. So you want to get as close to a $10 interval as possible without going over.
So the points make it totally worth it, as long as though use them well. And their store is awesome. It’s not even just beauty products. My very favorite pair of earrings came from the Birchbox store. They were $50 but I got them free with points.
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