Weekly caps and partial weeks

A contest may set a budget cap for a given cycle (for example, a week or every two weeks). Here's how that works.

How caps work

1. Sales earn against the contest's rule in the order they complete.
2. Once a cycle's cap is reached, the sale that hits it still earns whatever's left under the cap — but sales made after that earn nothing further under that cycle.
3. If the sponsor raises the cap later, the contest reopens, but only for sales made after the raise. Sales made while the cap was reached don't get credited retroactively.

Not every contest has a cap — some store-funded contests run uncapped.

Partial weeks at month end

Vendor-funded contests run in monthly segments (see contests that end at month end). When a weekly or every-two-weeks cycle gets cut short because it lands right at a month boundary, its cap, prizes, and any goal payout for that shortened cycle are prorated — scaled down for the number of days it actually ran, rounded down to the cent. The contest page shows this when it applies.

Note: A prorated cycle isn't a mistake — it's the normal way a vendor contest's calendar-month segments meet a weekly or biweekly schedule.

What this means for you

• Keep an eye on the days-left badge and progress bar on a contest card — they reflect the cycle's actual cap, prorated or not.
• If a cycle's cap looks reached, sales at that store for that contest simply won't earn more until the cap is raised or the next cycle starts.