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Every type of business is a little different. Pick yours below and we'll walk you through exactly how to set up your loyalty program with real examples and specific ideas.
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Each guide covers stamp cards, points cards, vouchers, email campaigns, and referrals with examples specific to your customers and how they visit.
Coffee Shops
Daily regulars are your gold. Learn how stamp cards, welcome vouchers, and referral bonuses keep your morning crowd coming back every single day.
Food Trucks
You move around, but your fans should follow. See how to build a loyal following that tracks you down and how QR codes work perfectly at the window.
Tattoo Studios
Collectors come back and they bring everyone they know. Reward high-spend clients properly with points and turn your best customers into your most effective marketing.
Salons & Barbers
Fill your slow slots and keep clients from wandering to a competitor. Stamp cards for barbers, spend-based points for full-service salons, and email campaigns that bring lapsed clients back.
Gyms & Fitness Studios
Retention is everything in fitness. Reward attendance directly with stamp cards, keep high-spend members engaged with points, and use referrals to bring in new members who already want to show up.
Pet Groomers & Vet Clinics
Pet owners are deeply loyal to providers they trust. Stamp cards for regular grooming visits, points for higher-spend vet clients, and referrals that tap into how passionately pet owners recommend their favorites.
Event Vendors & Booth Operators
One QR code that travels with your booth to every market, fair, and festival. Stamp cards for repeat buyers, points for variable-spend customers, and email campaigns that tell your regulars exactly where you'll be next.
Bakeries & Dessert Shops
Daily regulars, seasonal demand, and custom orders that drive serious referral behavior. Stamp cards for everyday visits, points for custom order clients, and vouchers timed to holidays and seasonal specials.
Auto Service & Detailing
Customers who find a mechanic they trust don't go anywhere else. Stamp cards for routine service visits, points for high-spend customers, and referrals that capture the enthusiastic word of mouth that already happens when someone has a great experience.
Donut Shops
Daily morning regulars, near-zero friction at checkout, and strong coworker referral behavior. Stamp cards are the core tool here, with email for weekend specials and new flavors, and a points card if you want referrals active.
Independent Bookstores
Passionate customers with variable spend, strong event culture, and the most email-receptive audience in independent retail. Points cards for proportional rewards, email for new arrivals and author events, referrals for the recommendations that already happen constantly.
Thrift Stores & Secondhand Shops
High-frequency shoppers who come back weekly because inventory changes constantly. Stamp cards for visit habits, points for variable haul sizes, and email campaigns that tell your regulars when new stock arrives or a sale day is coming.
Florists
Occasion buyers return year after year for every birthday, holiday, and event. Stamp cards for weekly regulars, points for event orders, holiday pre-order vouchers, and a referral program that captures the word of mouth that happens naturally after every wedding and quinceañera.
Nail Salons
Built around the 2 to 4 week return cycle. Stamp cards reward visit frequency, points reward service upgrades and longer appointments, holiday pre-booking vouchers fill your calendar before the rush, and a referral program captures the word of mouth that happens naturally when someone notices a fresh set.
Antique Stores
Collectors browse regularly and spend significantly when the right piece shows up. Stamp cards reward purchases, points reward variable high-value spend, early access vouchers reward your top tier, and email campaigns tell your member list exactly what just arrived before anyone else knows.
Juice Bars & Smoothie Shops
Health routines are among the most habitual visit patterns in any food niche. Stamp cards fill fast for daily customers, points reward spend differences between a small juice and a full acai bowl, seasonal menu launches drive email campaigns, and a referral program taps into the tightly networked gym and wellness communities your regulars belong to.
Music Schools & Tutoring Centers
Retention is where revenue lives in this niche. Stamp cards mark meaningful attendance milestones at 3 and 6 months, points reward families who invest in multiple subjects or lessons, back-to-school email campaigns fill your fall enrollment early, and parent referrals inside school communities are among the most trusted endorsements for any education-adjacent service.
Restaurants
Independent restaurants live on repeat business. Stamp cards reward visit frequency, points cards reward the table that ordered apps, mains, drinks, and dessert proportionally, a Monday afternoon email fills slow midweek nights, and your regulars are the most trusted source whenever someone in their circle asks where to eat.
Taquerias & Taco Shops
Taco shops have some of the highest repeat-visit rates in food service. Stamp cards fill fast for daily lunch regulars, points reward bigger family or catering orders proportionally, a lunchtime voucher moves flexible customers into your quieter hours, and your regulars are the most trusted source when a coworker asks where to grab lunch.
Pizza Shops
Pizza customers order on a predictable weekly cycle. Stamp cards reward the consistent Friday-night order, points reward the bigger party or game-day order proportionally, a Thursday afternoon email reaches customers right when they start thinking about weekend food, and your regulars are the first people their friends ask when a group needs to agree on where to order.
Bars, Breweries & Taprooms
Bars and taprooms run on regulars. Stamp cards reward frequent visit habits, points reward bigger tab nights and special event spending proportionally, new seasonal release email announcements bring regulars in the first week, and your loyal customers are the first people their friends ask when choosing where to spend an evening.
Boba & Tea Shops
Boba customers are among the most habitual and socially vocal in any food niche. Stamp cards fill fast for daily visitors, points reward spend differences between a simple tea and a fully loaded boba, new flavor launch emails bring the core fanbase in the first week, and your regulars actively share where they drink with their social circles.
Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
Ice cream shops run on family routines and seasonal habits. Stamp cards reward the consistent post-practice or Friday-night visit, points reward the family that orders a round for everyone proportionally, targeted slow-season emails keep customers coming in during cooler months, and families are the most active recommenders of their favorite local spots.
Massage & Day Spas
Massage and spa clients visit on a monthly or bimonthly cycle and are highly loyal when they find a provider they trust. Stamp cards reinforce the rebooking habit at each visit, points reward clients who invest in multiple services, seasonal package emails fill your calendar during slower months, and spa recommendations travel fast in friend groups and workplaces.
Comic Book & Game Shops
Comic and game shop customers have extraordinarily high visit frequency driven by weekly new release days and pull list pickups. Stamp cards reward the consistent weekly visit, points reward larger purchases and box sets proportionally, new release day emails bring your subscriber list in on the days that matter, and hobby community word-of-mouth is how independent shops have always found their best new customers.
Cannabis Dispensaries
Dispensary customers who find a shop they trust visit consistently on a predictable weekly cycle. Stamp cards reward visit frequency, points reward proportionally higher spend on premium products, new product arrival emails reach your member list before the general public, and personal recommendations within social circles are how most dispensary customers found their current shop.
Deli & Sandwich Shops
Lunch regulars visit 2 to 4 times per week. A stamp card for the daily sandwich customer, points for the office order account, and referrals that capture the natural word of mouth when someone discovers a new favorite lunch spot.
Dry Cleaners & Alterations
82% of customers stick with one dry cleaner once they find a good one. A stamp card for frequent-visit customers, points for high-spend accounts, and referrals that tap into the trust customers already place in your service.
Home Crafters & Makers
Jewelry, candles, soaps, resin, and handmade goods sold by local pickup or online order. Stamp cards reward every order and referrals turn your followers into your best marketing.
Home Bakers & Cottage Food
Custom cakes, cookies, tamales, and baked goods sold by pre-order and local pickup. Build a repeat customer base around holidays, birthdays, and seasonal orders.
Three Ways to Reward Your Customers
Every PerkHit account comes with all three. Mix and match based on what your customers respond to.
Stamp Cards
The digital version of the paper punch card. Customers earn one stamp per visit or per purchase. Hit the target number and they unlock a reward. Best for businesses where visit frequency matters more than how much they spend each time.
Points Cards
Customers earn points based on how much they spend. You set the earning rate (like 1 point per $1) and create rewards at different point thresholds. Best for businesses where ticket sizes vary, because a $200 client earns more than a $20 client.
Vouchers
Digital discount codes you create and control. Use them for new member welcome offers, slow-day promotions, seasonal campaigns, or batch QR codes you print and hand out. Members save them to their wallet and redeem in-store with a QR code.
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