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Submitting Trail’s End Rewards™ (Unit Leaders)

This guide walks Unit Leaders through preparing, submitting, and managing Trail’s End Rewards™ at the end of the season. Completing these steps carefully ensures Scouts receive their rewards on time and prevents issues that cannot be corrected later.

Updated over 2 weeks ago

Before You Submit: Critical Things to Know

  • Each Scout must have their own registered Trail’s End account.
    Shared or generic accounts are not eligible for rewards.

  • You may submit rewards at any time, but once submitted:

    • Only sales made after the submission date can be adjusted.

    • If any Scout’s sales decrease, you cannot submit rewards again for your entire unit (regardless of which's Scout's sales decreased).

    • Examples of things that can cause sales to go down: refunding orders, changing the storefront split method, moving sales from Storefront to Scout sales or vice versa.

  • Scouts can continue selling and reach higher reward tiers after the first submission.


STEP 1: Finalize All Scout Sale Amounts

Before submitting rewards, confirm that all Scout sales totals are final and correct.

Review and Complete the Following:

  1. Verify all sales totals for each Scout.

  2. Ensure all refunds have been entered.

  3. Complete any sales adjustments, including:

    • Moving sales between Wagon and Storefront

    • Reassociating online sales

    • Adjusting Scout shift assignments when using storefront splits

    • Merging Scout accounts

Tip: Once rewards are submitted, only new sales can be adjusted. If a Scout’s sales total goes down afterward, rewards cannot be resubmitted for the entire unit.


STEP 2: Finalize Your Unit Order

Next, make sure your inventory and order totals align with Scout sales.

Confirm the Following:

  1. All Heroes & Helpers™ donations have been recorded as Scout sales

    • Donations recorded in the system are automatically ordered

  2. Any inventory transfers between units are complete

  3. Total Scout Sales do not exceed:

    • Total retail value of unit orders, plus

    • Total online sales

    • You’ll see this calculation displayed at the bottom of the Rewards page. See Total Sales exceed Total Ordered+Online Sale for help on correcting this situation.


STEP 3: Submit Rewards

Once everything above is complete:

  1. Go to the Rewards page in the Leader Portal.

  2. Click Submit.

That’s it 🎉

What Happens Next:

  • Rewards enter a review period

  • Rewards are released for Scouts to claim 3 days after submission

  • Scouts will then be able to claim rewards in their Trail’s End App

Note: If submitting rewards for a prior year, make sure the season selector in the top-right corner is set to the correct campaign.


Can I Recall My Rewards Submission?

Yes — but only during the review window.

  • You may recall your rewards submission within the approval window after submission

  • Go to the Rewards page and click Recall

  • When resubmitted, the review period restarts

Once the review window ends, rewards can no longer be recalled.


Rewards Submission Deadline

  • Please make every effort to submit your unit's rewards when you are finished selling so that your Scouts can receive their rewards as soon after selling as possible.

  • If rewards are not submitted by mid-December, Trail’s End will attempt to submit them (when possible)

Absolute Final Deadline

  • March 31 following the sale year

  • All issues must be resolved and rewards submitted by this date

  • Rewards cannot be submitted after March 31, even if issues are later fixed


Common Reasons Rewards Cannot Be Submitted

  • Scout sales exceed total ordered inventory + online sales

  • Shared or duplicate Scout accounts

  • Refunds or adjustments completed after submission

  • Inventory transfers not finalized

Fix these before clicking Submit to avoid permanent issues.

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