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A Loopy Loyalty alternative built for Indian shops

Loopy Loyalty runs digital stamp cards through Apple and Google Wallet. For a local shop in India, a no-wallet-app, QR-first card in rupees often fits the counter better.

3 Sept 20268 min readStampzo
Digital stamp card on a phone held at a shop counter

Loopy Loyalty is a well-known digital stamp card tool. Its model is wallet passes: the customer adds a stamp card to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, and staff stamp from a web app or scanner. That works. This post is about when a different shape fits an Indian local shop better, and what a Loopy Loyalty alternative should get right.

Wallet passes vs a QR-first card

Wallet passes assume the customer keeps Apple Wallet or Google Wallet set up and is comfortable adding a pass. Plenty of customers in India are on budget Android phones where the Google Wallet flow is unfamiliar, and “add this pass” is one more yes than a quick scan. A QR-first card skips that: scan once, set a username and PIN, the card opens in the browser, add to home screen only if they want to.

What an India-fit alternative should have

  • No wallet app and no app store: Chrome or Safari is enough for the customer.
  • Pricing in rupees, with a free first program to test on real regulars.
  • Any staff phone as the scanner, no separate reader or tablet.
  • A print-ready QR kit with the shop name and offer already on it.
  • Username plus PIN recovery, so a new phone does not mean lost stamps.
Customer setting a username and PIN on a stamp card
Username and PIN, not a wallet pass. New phone still finds the stamps.

Where Loopy Loyalty may still be the better pick

If your customers are mostly on iPhones and already live in Apple Wallet, or you want passes that update from a distance and push lock-screen notifications, a wallet-pass tool like Loopy Loyalty is a reasonable choice. Be honest about your own counter before switching. The point is fit, not a scoreboard.

Pick the card your customers can start without being told what a wallet pass is.

How Stampzo does it

Stampzo is a QR-first digital stamp card for local shops in India. One poster to join, the card in the browser, staff stamp from any phone, first program free. No Apple Wallet, no Google Wallet, no Play Store. If that shape matches your shop, it is a short move from paper or from a wallet-pass tool.

Set the offer, print the kit, stamp the next visit. Official site stampzo.in. If you run a cafe, the step-by-step is on the cafe guide.

Written by the Stampzo team

Stampzo is a digital stamp card for local shops in India. QR at the counter, stamps on the phone, reward when the card is full. First program is free. stampzo.in

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