Slovakia's leading sports media platform has enhanced user engagement by developing a comprehensive loyalty system. Their trophies (badges) are a key component of this system, which also includes leaderboards, points, and tiers. The platform's implementation showcases how achievement-based rewards, styled as "Trophies," work within a broader loyalty ecosystem to motivate users, recognize accomplishments, and create long-term engagement pathways.
Fans United Implementation Background
Their journey with Fans United features began with participation-based elements like Top X and Match Quizzes, also enhanced with loyalty features such as badges, tiers, and ranking systems. The platform continues to expand their loyalty features by promoting leaderboards, offering rewards for winners, and integrating new badges while also promoting the existing ones.
Their strategic implementation approach has yielded impressive results, with some gamification features like Classic Quiz reaching over 20,000 participations, largely due to seamless integration of these features within sports articles.
Platform Integration
The platform has created a dedicated "Fans Arena" space where users can access all Fans United gamification features. Within this arena, there is a specific section called "Trophies" that serves as the central hub for the platform's badge system.
User progress and achievements are also prominently displayed in the user profile interface. Directly next to the user's avatar, the system displays three key metrics:
- Current tier level (e.g., BRONZE)
- Points needed to reach the next level (e.g., 245 points)
- Overall ranking position in the main leaderboard (e.g., 1359th place)
This consistent visibility provides immediate feedback on the users' progress and encourages continued participation. The navigation menu below also provides easy access to various engagement features including Top X, Match Quiz, Rankings, Articles, Favorites, Trophies, and Profile.
Key engagement metrics prominently displayed next to the user avatar above the main navigation menu: Level (Tier), Total Profile Points & Overall ranking position in the main leaderboard
The Trophies section showcases the badge categories with their respective badge icons. Each unlocked trophy is displayed in grayscale with a "Conditions for obtaining the trophy" link beneath, providing clear visibility of both earned and unearned achievements.
Trophy Categories and Progression
The platform has implemented a structured trophy system across three main categories, each with its own progression path.💡While these categories form their current badge ecosystem, the platform plans to expand and introduce additional badge categories in the future:
TOP7 Trophies
Rewards points accumulation and/or participation frequency in TOP7 competitions:
- First Streak: Unlocked upon 4 participations, 50 points
- Rising Star: Unlocked upon 200 points
- Professional Tipster: Unlocked upon 1000 points
- TOP7 Masters: Unlocked upon 4000 points
Predictor Trophies
Focuses on rewarding users based on cumulative correct predictions:
- EURO Predictor Participant: 10 correct predictions
- EURO Predictor Tipster: 100 correct predictions
- EURO Predictor BOSS: 1000 correct predictions
Match Quiz Trophies
Rewards increasing levels of participation and point accumulation in Match Quiz:
- Beginner: 10 participations, 40 points
- Semi-Professional: 15 participations, 100 points
- Almost Pro: 25 participations, 300 points
- Professional: 35 participations, 1000 points
- Legend: 50 participations, 3000 points
Each trophy category follows a consistent visual style with trophy icons displayed in grayscale until earned, at which point they appear in full color. All trophies include a clear "Conditions for obtaining the trophy" link beneath them, providing transparency about achievement requirements.
💡 Note: Did you know you can create multiple badge types with customized requirements? The possibilities extend far beyond prediction games! Whether you're rewarding predictions, mini games, discussions, or any other specific achievements, our badge system lets you design recognition milestones that keep users coming back. Learn more in our related articles.
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