# Design your tiers (https://docs.loybox.com.ar/en/niveles/armar-tus-niveles)



Designing your tiers means defining your club's ladder: how many there are, what
it takes to move up and what each one offers. There is no single formula, but
there are good practices. This is the guide.

## The steps
<Steps>
  <Step>
    ### Define the base tier
    It is the entry step, with no requirements: everyone starts there. It carries no
    threshold and no expiration.
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Add your VIP tiers
    Create the steps above it. For most brands, three to four tiers in total is the
    sweet spot: enough to give a sense of progress, without getting confusing.
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Choose how each one is measured
    Decide whether the threshold is accumulated points or amount spent, and the value
    to reach. Remember: each higher tier has to ask for more than the one below.
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Load in the benefits
    For each tier, define the points multiplier, the reward on arrival and the
    exclusive rewards. Every step should feel better than the last.
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Give it a name and an icon
    The name communicates status (Silver, Gold, Platinum… or something of your own)
    and the icon makes it visible in the app.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Rules worth keeping in mind
<Cards>
  <Card title="The base tier has no threshold and no expiration" description="It is everyone's starting point: it always exists, with a threshold of zero and no expiration." />

  <Card title="Thresholds go from lower to higher" description="A higher tier cannot demand less than a lower one. Loybox keeps the ladder in order." />

  <Card title="Every tier better than the last" description="Progress has to be noticeable. If a step adds nothing new, it is one step too many." />
</Cards>

## Your own tiers, or Loybox's
You can use a tier ladder of your own, designed to fit your brand, or start from
Loybox's default configuration to get going quickly. When you define your own
tiers, your brand uses that full ladder instead of the default one.

<Callout title="How to think about names">
  A descriptive name reads better than a generic one: "Gold" says more than "Tier
  3". Pick a progression that is clear and easy to remember.
</Callout>

## One piece of advice to start
<Callout type="info">
  You do not need to launch with the perfect ladder. Start with two or three clear
  tiers, with genuinely desirable benefits, and adjust over time based on how your
  real members move between steps.
</Callout>

<Callout title="Ready to create them?">
  Follow the step-by-step guide: [Create a tier](https://docs.loybox.com.ar/niveles/crear-un-nivel).
</Callout>