Congratulations to Viral Patel, owner of Cosmic News in West Kirby who earned an incredible £1,733 across 482 claims in 2025!
Just behind Cosmic News, Linthwaite Mini Market earned £1637, and High Street Local earned £1563, so it was a close call for the top spot!
So what does it really take to become *shopt’s highest-earning retailer of the year?
More staff?
The biggest store?
The highest footfall?
Actually… it's none of the above. Here *shopt’s top earner of 2025 shares the simple habits, smart choices and day-to-day behaviours that turned the app into a powerful income stream for their business!
For Viral, *shopt earnings aren’t treated as a bonus or “nice to have”. They are actively reinvested back into the business in two important ways:
“The stock helps the store, but being able to reward the staff regularly is fantastic. The *shopt app makes this happen.”
This balance has created a positive loop: better stock, happier staff, stronger performance all around.
While the store owner completes the majority of claims, the system is deliberately flexible:
That flexibility has proven critical to maximising earnings consistently.
Claims aren’t restricted to a set time of day. Instead, they happen naturally:
“Claiming is really simple, and I can do it when I have a spare minute.”
If there’s one behaviour that separates this retailer from the rest, it’s this: They check the app daily.
“There are always new rewards from multiple suppliers popping up. Forming the habit of checking daily is a must.”
That daily check-in has been a major driver behind becoming *shopt’s top earner of 2025.
This retailer values choice and speed over any single reward format. They regularly complete:
Rewards need to be straightforward and lead to payment… “As long as they don’t take forever to get through.” Viral shared. Which is something the team at *shopt always strive to ensure happens when working with brands to create the rewards.
The financial rewards are significant, but they’re not the whole story. Daily use of *shopt has also delivered:
“I can’t understand store owners not having the *shopt app, it’s so easy to make a good amount of money and gain insight to help develop your business with so little effort.”
Success with *shopt doesn’t come from complexity. It comes from:
Small habits + Consistent action = Real money earned!
And as Viral has shown, those habits could make you *shopt’s next top earner!
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