Harvest Points

While the shop is off: Harvest Points can’t be earned or spent, because both happen on orders and product reviews. You can still earn Community Points in the forums, and credit can be spent again once our shop reopens.

We run two separate points schemes. They are earned in different places and convert to money at different rates, so it is always clear which balance is doing what. You can see both on the Points & rewards page of your account.

1. Harvest Points — the shop scheme

Earned when you spend money or help other buyers.

• Earn 1 point per £1 (ex VAT) of goods once an order is marked completed.
• +15 points for each product review you submit, +10 more when it is published.
• Occasional bonus-point events on selected ranges — watch the mailing list.

Spending: 150 Harvest Points = £1 off a future order, applied at checkout. Points can be combined with most vouchers but not with contract pricing, and expire 24 months after they are earned if the account is inactive.

2. Community Points — the forum scheme

Earned by taking part in the FarmerKnowsNothing Community forums. This is a separate balance from Harvest Points.

• +5 points for starting a topic.
• +2 points for posting a reply.
• +1 point each time one of your posts gets a reaction.
• +10 points when your reply is marked as the accepted answer.

Spending: 500 Community Points = £1 off a future order. The rate is lower than the shop scheme because these points cost nothing to earn.

Quick comparison

The two balances are never pooled — 150 Harvest Points and 150 Community Points are not the same amount of credit. Forum reputation and rank are separate again: they decide your forum badge, not your credit.