How Often Is the Empuls Rewards Marketplace Updated?

A stale rewards catalog is one of the fastest ways to erode employee participation in recognition programs. Empuls addresses this directly by keeping its marketplace in a state of continuous evolution, so employees always encounter options that feel current, desirable, and worth redeeming.

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Monthly additions through automated integrations

Empuls adds new products to its rewards marketplace every month through automated API integrations with global and regional reward partners. These integrations pull in fresh inventory without requiring manual catalog management from your HR or total rewards team. The result is a growing catalog that stays current without adding administrative overhead on your side. This automation also means additions are not limited to a single annual refresh cycle. New product categories, local gift card options, and experiential rewards enter the marketplace on a rolling basis as partner integrations go live.

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Engagement-driven refreshes

Beyond scheduled monthly additions, Xoxoday Empuls continuously monitors catalog-level engagement data. Products with declining redemption rates are reviewed and replaced, while high-performing items receive greater visibility in the browsing experience. This data-driven curation means the marketplace evolves in response to what employees actually choose, not just what was available at launch. The catalog team at Xoxoday Empuls tracks popularity signals and user feedback at the product level, making targeted decisions about which items to retire, which to expand, and which new categories to introduce across regions.

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How this surfaces in your existing HR workflows

For organizations using Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, or Darwinbox as their core HR systems, Empuls catalog updates surface directly in the redemption experience without requiring manual synchronization. When a manager sends a recognition award through Slack or Microsoft Teams, the reward options employees see reflect the latest catalog state automatically. For example, a company running its recognition program through Microsoft Teams will find that newly added reward categories — expanded local gift card options or wellness experiences added that month — appear in the redemption flow immediately, with no configuration changes from IT or HR required.

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What a continuously updated catalog means for program health

Redemption rates drop when employees see the same options month after month. By maintaining a dynamic catalog, Empuls supports higher redemption frequency and stronger satisfaction with the recognition program overall. HR teams do not need to source, negotiate, or onboard new reward partners themselves — Xoxoday Empuls manages catalog curation centrally, so your team stays focused on recognition strategy rather than vendor logistics. Empuls also operates under ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certifications, which means the automated integrations that power catalog updates meet enterprise-grade security requirements — relevant for organizations in regulated industries where data handling during transactional flows is audited. Learn more: Empuls Help Centre — Empuls reward marketplace