DISCOUNT CARDS
Reward Spending, Not Patience
No stamps to collect, no points to redeem. Customers see their discount the moment they install the card — and it climbs as they keep spending with you. Up to six tiers, all of it automatic.
The Discount Grows as They Spend
Ring up a few sales and watch the card climb. Nothing to collect, nothing to redeem — the saving simply gets bigger the longer they stay with you.
Every customer starts at 5% off. Spend more, save more.
Savings With Nothing to Collect
No stamps, no points, no waiting for a reward. The card shows a discount, your team applies it, and the percentage climbs as the customer keeps coming back.
They scan once
The card lands in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet from a QR code, already showing their starting discount. There is no empty card and no waiting period.
They save from visit one
Your team scans the card and applies the percentage it shows. The value is immediate, which is exactly what wins over customers who dislike loyalty schemes.
Spending moves them up
Set up to six tiers with a spend threshold for each. Cross one and the discount on the card rises by itself, with a push telling them it happened.
The tier keeps them
Once someone reaches 15% off with you, a competitor at full price stops being a fair comparison. That earned status is the switching cost.
Instant Discount, or Something to Collect?
Discount cards reward spending with a lower price. Stamps and points reward it with a prize. Different customers respond to different things.
Built for Bigger Baskets and Longer Gaps
When purchases are large or occasional, asking someone to collect ten of anything is asking too much.
Fashion & boutiques
5% → 10% → 15% by lifetime spend
Customers already expect a members price. A tier they can see themselves climbing turns a seasonal shopper into someone who checks your rail first.
Jewellery & watches
Tiers at $500 / $2,000 / $5,000
Purchases are rare and large. Stamps are meaningless here, but a status that unlocks a better price on the next piece is very persuasive.
Health & supplements
10% off for regulars, 15% for heavy users
Repeat purchases of the same products, easily bought elsewhere online. A standing discount is what keeps the reorder coming to you.
Hardware & trade supply
Trade tier unlocked by spend
Tradespeople buy constantly and negotiate hard. A transparent tier saves the argument at the counter and rewards the ones who actually spend.
Auto parts & servicing
5% on parts, rising with spend
Months between visits and wildly different bills. A discount survives the gap in a way a half-filled stamp card never does.
Bookshops & hobby stores
Members price, better tier for regulars
You are competing with online prices every day. A visible members discount closes the gap without discounting for everyone who walks in.
How Should Your Tiers Be Set?
You can have up to six tiers. Most businesses do better with three.
Settings Most People Never Find
All of these live in the card builder, and any one of them can lift a program that is already running.
Happy hours
Raise the discount during a set window. The cheapest way to fill a dead Tuesday afternoon without advertising a sale to the whole town.
Card expiry
Run the card forever, until a fixed date, or for a set number of days after each person installs it. The third option is how you run a seasonal offer that starts fresh for everyone.
Limit how many cards are issued
Cap the number of people who can install it. Turns an open discount into a limited membership, which is both cheaper and more wanted.
Require the purchase amount
Make staff enter the bill at every scan. It is one extra tap, and it is the only way your revenue and ROI figures mean anything.
Campaign links
Give each poster, ad, or partner its own install link and sign-up page. You will know which one actually brought people in.
Feedback links
Ask for a rating after a visit and point the happy ones to your Google listing. Only they see the link, and only after they have rated you.
Four Mistakes That Cost Real Money
We would rather you read these now than learn them in month two.
Treating it as a permanent sale
A discount card takes its percentage off every transaction, forever, from every cardholder. Multiply your entry discount by your annual revenue before you set it. If that number frightens you, use a stamp or reward card instead — those cost you only when someone earns something.
Setting the tiers before you launch, and forgetting they lock
Once the card is activated and customers have installed it, the core settings cannot be changed. Test with a handful of people first — up to ten can install before activation — and confirm the tiers behave the way you expect.
Promising a referral bonus you cannot pay
You can switch on referrals for a discount card, but on this card type the person who refers a friend gets no bonus. Only the new customer benefits. Do not advertise it as a two-way reward, because it is not one.
Training your regulars to expect less
Discounts are the easiest mechanic to launch and the hardest to withdraw. Once a customer has 15% off, full price feels like a penalty. Only start what you are prepared to keep offering for years.
Launch Your First Discount Card Today
Pick a template, set your tiers, print the QR code. Most businesses are live in about fifteen minutes — and the trial costs nothing and needs no card.