FAQ- Lightspeed Retail
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How do I make a customer or an employee point exempt for Lightspeed Retail.

This feature will allow the business to point exempt certain customers types or employees

The customer point exemption allows the business to decide whom they want to exclude from their loyalty program under a certain type such as employee, student, etc...

Here are the following steps:

  • Log into your Lightspeed Retail Screen.
  • Go to the Customers section on the left of your screen.
  • Click on Customer Types.


  • Click on New Customer Type in the top right corner of your screen.


  • Create the customer type and then click on Save Changes.


  • Now go to your Kangaroo Business portal.
  • Go to the Apps and Integration section.
  • Scroll down the page to the Lightspeed Settings.
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  • Enable Do Not Allow the following customer types to earn points.
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  • Then select the customer type already created.
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  • Click done and the customer type is attached.
  • Click Save.

Now take into consideration whenever you are creating a new customer in the lightspeed retail or an existing customer, you need to choose the correct customer type.