Installing SiteVibes Reward Payment Method for Magento 2

1. PHP >=7.4|>=8.0
2. Magento Community Edition >=2.4.3 <=2.4.7"
3. PHP Extensions ext-json
4. SiteVibes MagentoPlugin >=1.1.4 (required dependency)

• Reward Points Payment Method: Allow customers to pay with SiteVibes loyalty points
• Partial Payment Support: Use points for partial payment and combine with other payment methods
• Real-time Balance Verification: Check customer reward points balance during checkout
• Queue-Based Processing: Asynchronous point deduction and refund via RabbitMQ (Fallback as synchronous in case of failure)
• Invoice & Credit Memo Support: Proper handling of reward points in invoices and refunds
• Admin Panel Display: View reward points information in order, invoice, and credit memo details
• WebAPI Support: RESTful API endpoints for reward balance retrieval

Run the Magento 2 deploy commands as shown above.

1. Navigate to your Magento Admin Panel
2. Go to Stores > Configuration > Sales > Payment Methods
3. Find the SiteVibes Rewards Payment section
4. Set Enabled to "Yes"

• Title: The payment method title displayed to customers during checkout (default: "Pay with Rewards Points")
• Points to Currency Conversion Rate: How many points equal 1 unit of currency (e.g., 1 means 1 point = $1)
• Allowed Payment Methods for Remaining Balance: Select which payment methods customers can use when points don't cover the full order total (for partial payments)
• Sort Order: Display order of this payment method in the checkout
• Payment from Applicable Countries: Choose "All Allowed Countries" or "Specific Countries"
• Payment from Specific Countries: Select specific countries if applicable

php bin/magento queue:consumers:start sitevibes.reward.points.subtract
php bin/magento queue:consumers:start sitevibes.reward.points.refund

For production environments, it's recommended to run these consumers as system services or use supervisor/systemd to ensure they run continuously.

quote table:

• sitevibes_is_reward_payment
• sitevibes_reward_points_used
• sitevibes_reward_points_remain
• sitevibes_reward_points_amount

sales_order table:

• sitevibes_is_reward_payment
• sitevibes_reward_points_used
• sitevibes_reward_points_remain
• sitevibes_reward_points_amount

sales_invoice table:

• sitevibes_reward_points_used
• sitevibes_reward_points_amount

sales_creditmemo table:

• sitevibes_reward_points_refunded
• sitevibes_reward_points_refund_value

These are created automatically when you run php bin/magento setup:upgrade.