Catapult your marketing with gamification

Meet CataBoom, your gamification experts.
We help brands deliver the "Boom!"

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More than just a game

Today’s consumers are conditioned to engage with games. We close rings, we level up, we earn badges. Gamification has become an integral part of brand acquisition and loyalty.

But it’s about more than just the game; it’s about impactful marketing. The CataBoom gamification platform will help you build loyalty, increase engagement, and acquire new customers quickly and inexpensively.

Your brand. Your budget.
Your needs.

Our gamification platform is adaptable to your varying needs. From full-feature design to easy-to-use templates, we offer the industry’s most robust gaming platform without a hefty price tag.

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Add some Boom to your results

Here's just a few ways we've increased activation, motivation, and engagement of our clients' target audiences.

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2X

increase in social engagement

60%

increase in email click-through-rate

4X

increase in redemption rates

50%

increase in web traffic and return rates

25X

improvement in survey completions

90%

decrease in acquisition costs

The CataBoom gamification platform has been used to create over 250 million engagement experiences by some of the largest and most respected brands in the world.

Powerful, Intuitive, Rewarding

Our gamification platform couldn't be easier to design and deploy.

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Lock in your game experience.

Hundreds of game templates. Mere hours to execute. Simply select your game experience and upload your brand assets - no coding required!

Load your settings.

We designed our gamification platform so that you can create digital experiences that can be combined in unlimited ways. Our prize engine allows you to incentivize and reward your target audience - on time and on budget.

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Launch for success!

An on-the-move audience demands multiple touch points. Create your game once; deploy everywhere to drive participation, engagement and loyalty anywhere the Internet is available.

CATABOOM IN THE WILD

Awareness & Engagement

COVID affected attendance and delayed movie releases. Cinemark used social media to launch a 24-hour game that lived on their website. Everyone had a chance to win a Croods watch party at their local Cinemark, plus 1,000 prizes to drive consumber buzz.

Largest Box Office Share

for Croods opening weekend.

49K Plays in 24 hours

results that typically take two weeks.

52% Site Traffic Increase

results that typically take two weeks.

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CataBoom and Alienware developed a four-day Collect & Win program that rolled out daily games, including Match It, Word Fury, a Puzzle and more.

CataBoom and Dell Alienware developed a four-day Collect & Win program that rolled out daily games, including Match It, Word Fury, a Puzzle and more.

Unique Players

6K Unique Players per Game Each Day

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TGI Fridays used Scratch It to help drive sales for corporate and franchise stores.

TGI Fridays used Scratch It to help drive sales for corporate and franchise stores.

Player Completion Rate

50% Player Completion Rate

Game Loads

20K Game Loads

Coupon Claim Rate

49.6% Coupon Claim Rate

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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Fuel Rewards program, Shell gassed up member enthusiasm with the help of the CataBoom Catapult platform!

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Fuel Rewards program, Shell gassed up member enthusiasm with the help of the CataBoom Catapult platform!

Visits to game board

9.7 million visits to game board

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Southwest Airlines celebrated their National “Wanna Get Away Day” June 18 with CataBoom for the second year in a row!

Southwest Airlines celebrated their National “Wanna Get Away Day” June 18 with CataBoom for the second year in a row!

Unique Players

1.07 million Unique Players

Games Completed

1.65 million Games Completed

Microsite Hits

6.3 million Microsite Hits

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European Wax Center teamed up with CataBoom to help local engagement and appointment bookings for new store openings.

European Wax Center teamed up with CataBoom to help local engagement and appointment bookings for new store openings.

Emails Collected

4,826 total emails collected

Games Completed

4,303 total games completed

Entering Email to Completion

97.7% entering email to completion

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Southwest Airlines shined a spotlight on sustainability during their 2023 Earth Month Sweepstakes. With the help of CataBoom’s Catapult platform, SWA launched a fun and interactive way to educate employees about the company’s sustainability goals.

Southwest Airlines shined a spotlight on sustainability during their 2023 Earth Month Sweepstakes. With the help of CataBoom’s Catapult platform, SWA launched a fun and interactive way to educate employees about the company’s sustainability goals.

Completed Plays

575 completed plays per day

Entries Collected

Total Entries Received 2,281

Unique Plays

Total Unique Collect Plays 6,746

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Sezzle launched a custom Holiday Bingo experience that incentivized and rewarded customer to take different actions for a chance to win prizes.

CataBoom created a custom Holiday Bingo experience that incentivized and rewarded customer to take different actions with Sezzle.

Customer Engagment

Increased

Engagement

2X normal engagement

Sales

Increased

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Ruby Tuesday's birthday themed slot machine game offered a combination of instant win and sweepstakes prizes targeting a younger audience.

Aimed at a younger demographic, our Ruby Tuesday birthday themed slot machine game offered a combination of instant win and sweepstakes prizes.

Dell launched a daily gamification engagement strategy within the Alienware Arena community site used to attract visits.

Dell launched an ever-changing, ongoing, and daily gamification engagement strategy within the Alienware Arena community site.

Community

80% Increase in Community Chatter

Engagement

2X normal engagement

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A gamified blockchain collaboration created a groundbreaking engagement experience featuring the object capture of virtual butterflies to trigger game mechanics with instant win prizes.

A gamified blockchain collaboration created a groundbreaking engagement experience during National Retail Federation (NRF).

Engagement

2X normal engagement

Positive Value Rating

95%

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Cinemark and Sony teamed up for a "Venom", "Spiderman" and "Morbius" movie co-marketing, multi-release promotion by prompting Cinemark Movie Rewards Members to buy a ticket and receive a PIN code.

Cinemark and Sony teamed up for a "Venom", "Spiderman" and "Morbius" movie co-marketing, multi-release promotion by prompting Cinemark Movie Rewards Members to buy a ticket and receive a PIN code.

Email Registrations

120K Registrations

Play Rate

250K Plays

Customer Engagment

Increased

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Alaska Airlines solidified their reputation for care in the air with an interactive game and quiz on their blog channel.

Alaska Airlines solidified their reputation for care in the air with an interactive game and quiz on their blog channel.

Increased Ticket Sales

10% increase in ticket sales through blog

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Walmart/Warner Bros jointly launched an interactive game experience on the Walmart e-commerce site to promote Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Walmart/WB jointly launched an interactive game experience on the Walmart e-commerce site to promote Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Engagement

2X normal engagement

Sales

Increased

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AHS launched a spin to win campaign with a referral link to drive consumers to Facebook.

AHS launched a spin to win campaign with a referral link to drive consumers to Facebook.

Facebook Engagement

20% increase in Facebook engagement

Subscriber Base

25% increase in email subscriber base

Referral Engagement

70% Referral Link Generated Plays

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Astanza Lazer developed a festive scratch off game aligned with the holiday season to promote their innovative tattoo technology.

To promote the B2B company Astanza Lazer's innovative tattoo removal technology, CataBoom developed a festive Scratch Off game aligned with the holiday season.

Engagement

2X normal engagement

Sales

Increased

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Shoe Carnival’s game engaged new and existing customers through data collection and instant prizes, including instant win gift cards, discount codes, and a grand prize.

Taking a ride on a “Yeti Railroad '' with four interactive stops, Shoe Carnival’s game engaged new and existing customers

Play Rate

250K Plays

Email Registrations

120K Registrations

Sales

Increased

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To improve daily player return rates to their recently launched Wheel of Fortune game, Game Show Network integrated a scratch and win game into their app.

To improve daily player return rates to their recently launched Wheel of Fortune game, Game Show Network (GSN) integrated a Scratch and Win game into their app.

Website Traffic

30% increase in daily return traffic

Return Players

80% scratcher return rate

Unique Funding Model

Sponsor funded

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To celebrate Dewar’s Scratched Cask launch, they launched a scratch game card to celebrate the scratching and charring process utilized in making the scotch.

Bottoms up! To celebrate Dewar’s Scratched Cask launch, Cataboom provided a scratch game card to celebrate the scratching and charring process utilized in making the scotch.

Game Play Redemptions

Increased

Happy Customers

Increased

Customer Engagment

Increased

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Cinemark offered a collect and win, co-marketing challenge prompting players to get all six “Jumaji” characters in a time-based reward series of games.

Cinemark offered a collect and win, co-marketing challenge prompting players to get all six “Jumaji” characters in a time-based reward series of games.

Sales

2X More Ticket Sales

Brand Engagement

4.5 Min Average Game Play

Happy Customers

Increased

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Teaming with different brand partners, T-Mobile deploys in-app games for “T-Mobile Tuesdays”. Each brand partner benefits from the play impressions and provides the prizing for that game play.

T-Mobile deploys bi-weekly, in-app games for “T-Mobile Tuesdays” with different brand partners.

Engagement

50% Subscribers Engage

Traffic

95k Plays Per Minute at Peak

Sponsor Traffic

3X traffic increase to Sponsor’s Website

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Best Western created a game for loyalty point prizes to re-engage dormant members and expand their new member base.

What’s more rewarding than a travel-themed slot machine that pays off big? Both travelers and employees who checked into Best Western’s app played this CataBoom game for loyalty point prizes ranging from 250 points up to the grand prize of 150,000 points.

Engagement

2X normal engagement

Activations

Increased BW rewards activations

Happy Customers

Increased

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Friday's launched an on-going program called Five Fridays, featuring mobile games for loyalty members with the chance to win redeemable points.

Friday's Launched an on-going program called Five Fridays.

Email Open Rate

2X email open rates

Email Click Thru

200% increase in email click thru rates

Engagement

2X normal engagement

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