What Is Cash to Credit?
When a Scout sells popcorn and collects cash, a parent or guardian can use the Cash to Credit feature to pay the cash amount owed to the unit by card and keep the cash. When they do, the Scout earns 3 bonus reward points for every $1 converted, on top of the standard 1 point per $1 in sales.
How Are Cash to Credit Points Split?
Cash to Credit bonus points are distributed based on the cash sales and your unit's storefront sales split method (Individual, Shift, or Day). See Understanding Storefront Sales Splits for details on how each method works.
Here's how distribution works:
When a conversion is made, the bonus points are applied first to the most recent shift, up to the amount of cash that shift collected. This will be shown very clearly in the app.
If the conversion amount exceeds what the current shift collected, the remainder is carried back to the previous shift, and this process continues for earlier shifts as needed.
Each shift's Cash to Credit points are then distributed to the Scouts who worked that shift, according to your unit's sales split method.
Examples
Example 1: 3 Scouts / 3 Shifts / Individual split
Shift | Scout | Cash Sales Recorded |
Shift 1 | Tom | $100 |
Shift 2 | James | $150 |
Shift 3 | Jon | $1,000 |
Under the Individual split method, sales credit and Cash to Credit points follow whichever Scout actually recorded the sale or collected the cash. There's no sharing between Scouts working different shifts.
At the end of Shift 3, Jon's parent converts all $1,250 in accumulated cash using Cash to Credit.
Under the Individual split method, Cash to Credit points follow each Scout's individual cash collected. The $1,250 is attributed back through the shifts in order:
Jon's shift collected $1,000 → Jon receives 3,000 in Cash to Credit points ($1,000 x 3)
Remaining $250 carries back to Shift 2 → James's shift collected $150 → James receives 450 in Cash to Credit points ($150 x 3)
Remaining $100 carries back to Shift 1 → Tom collected $100 → Tom receives 300 in Cash to Credit points ($100 x 3)
✅ Because each Scout worked their own shift alone, the Individual and Shift split methods would produce the same result in this scenario.
Example 2: 2 Scouts / 2 Shifts / Shift Split
Shift | Scout | Cash Sales Recorded |
Shift 1 | Billy | $200 |
Shift 1 | Madison | $500 |
Shift 2 | Alex | $400 |
Shift 2 | Kayla | $100 |
Under the Shift split method, sales credit is split evenly between Scouts working the same shift, regardless of who recorded the sale. Total cash collected in Shift 1 was $700, so Billy and Madison are each credited with $350 in sales. Total cash collected in Shift 2 was $500, so Alex and Kayla are each credited with $250 in sales.
At the end of Shift 1, a Scout's parent converts all $700 in cash. Cash to Credit points are split the same way sales credit is:
Madison receives 1,050 in Cash to Credit points ($350 x 3)
Billy receives 1,050 in Cash to Credit points ($350 x 3)
At the end of shift 2, a Scout's parent converts all $500 in cash.
Alex receives 750 in Cash to Credit points ($250 x 3)
Kayla receives 750 in Cash to Credit points ($250 x 3)
Example 3: 4 Scouts / 2 Shifts / Shift split, with overflow
Shift | Scout | Cash Sales Recorded |
Shift 1 | Pat | $150 |
Shift 1 | Riley | $150 |
Shift 2 | Sam | $100 |
Shift 2 | Jordan | $100 |
Total cash collected in Shift 1 was $300; total cash collected in Shift 2 was $200.
At the end of Shift 2, a parent converts $350 in cash — more than Shift 2 collected on its own but not all of the cash collected for the day.
Cash to Credit points are applied to the most recent shift first. Shift 2 collected $200, so the full $200 is applied there. The remaining $150 is applied to Shift 1, which collected $300:
Sam receives 300 in Cash to Credit points ($100 x 3)
Jordan receives 300 in Cash to Credit points ($100 x 3)
Pat receives 225 in Cash to Credit points ($75 x 3)
Riley receives 225 in Cash to Credit points ($75 x 3)
✅ This example shows how overflow carries back to the previous shift.
Example 4: 4 Scouts / 3 Shifts / 1 Scout working 2 shifts / Day Split
Shift (assume 2 hours) | Scout | Cash Sales Recorded |
Shift 1 | Ethan | $200 |
Shift 1 | Priya | $800 |
Shift 2 | Marcus | $500 |
Shift 3 | Sienna | $100 |
Shift 3 | Ethan | $400 |
Total sales for the day: $2,000.
Under the Day split method, sales credit is split among all Scouts who worked that day, in proportion to hours worked. Ethan worked two 2-hour shifts (2 of the 5 total Scout-hours), so he's credited with 2/5 of the day's sales. Priya, Marcus, and Sienna each worked one 2-hour shift (1 of the 5 total Scout-hours), so each is credited with 1/5 of the day's sales:
Ethan is credited with $800 in sales (2/5 × $2,000)
Priya is credited with $400 in sales (1/5 × $2,000)
Marcus is credited with $400 in sales (1/5 × $2,000)
Sienna is credited with $400 in sales (1/5 × $2,000)
Cash to Credit points follow the same proportional split, regardless of which Scout's shift actually collected the cash being converted.
At the end of Shift 1, a parent converts the $1,000 collected during Shift 1.
At the end of Shift 2, a parent converts $200.
At the end of Shift 3, a parent converts $300.
Total converted: $1,500 out of $2,000 collected.
Scout | Hours Worked | Cash to Credit Points |
Ethan | 4 | 2/5 × 1,500 × 3 = 1,800 |
Priya | 2 | 1/5 × 1,500 × 3 = 900 |
Marcus | 2 | 1/5 × 1,500 × 3 = 900 |
Sienna | 2 | 1/5 × 1,500 × 3 = 900 |
Finally, if the leader then converts the remaining $500, that would split the same way. $500 x 3 = 1,500 points. Ethan would receive 2/5 of those points and the other three would receive 1/5.