Cafés
Make the neighborhood recommendation easier to follow.
A simple pass can turn a café recommendation into a traceable paid visit. Keep the offer small enough to explain at a busy counter.
Start with the people
Who could you invite?
Start with regulars, local clubs, coworking hosts or creators who already know the café. They bring their own audiences; there is no affiliate marketplace provided.
Offer ideas to adapt
- A clearly stated weekday customer benefit.
- A minimum-spend basket offer for selected items.
- A time-limited neighborhood campaign with a capped reward budget.
Illustrative ideas. Choose your own economics and terms.
Make the numbers explicit
Illustrative: after the customer discount, eligible spend is $20 excluding tax and tips. A 5% reward equals $1. The customer discount is a separate cost, not the partner’s reward.
Illustrative offer · draft
Neighborhood café offer
Customer benefit defined separately.
Selected location · stated valid hours.
- Eligible spend after benefit
- $20.00
- Partner reward
- 5% → $1.00
- Tax and tips
- Excluded
- Commission created
- After merchant verification
A realistic workflow for cafés
- 1
Write one short counter-friendly benefit and its exclusions.
- 2
Set location, valid hours, minimum spend and reward limits.
- 3
Partner shares a personalized offer link; customer opens it and obtains a checkout pass.
- 4
Staff scan the customer pass or enter the code, apply the benefit manually and take payment.
- 5
Submit the purchase; finance verifies before any commission exists.
The operational details matter
Design for the queue
Put clear instructions near the counter and assign trained checkout staff. Customers open a personalized link and show their checkout pass QR at the counter; partners do not need to share a QR. Keep code entry available, and remember that the pass flow needs an internet connection.
Check the economics yourself
A percentage reward scales with eligible spend, while a fixed reward needs a sensible minimum. Consider the separate benefit and staffing effort. No margin, repeat-visit lift or guaranteed return is assumed by the software.
Reconcile daily claims
Use receipts and paid references to review unusual amounts. A scan is only activity. Customer-submitted receipts remain unverified until the business reviews them, and refunds may reduce the reward.
Questions for your business
Is the $1 reward deducted from the customer discount?
No. The customer benefit and partner reward are separate business obligations.
Can we use it without a camera?
Yes, code entry is available; internet is still required.