Loyalty and guest marketing

Turn one-time orders into repeat guests.

One guest record. One programme. Points, vouchers and campaigns live inside the POS — tied to every order guests place, not a separate database your staff have to remember to update.

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Total members

Apr 27 — May 26

1,974

+14.2%

Active

1,074

+8%

New

643

+22%

VIP

186

+11%

Match

2.8%

+0.4pt

Recent members

4 of 643
  • Sofia Reyes

    Gold
  • Tony Caruso

    Silver
  • Anya Patel

    Bronze
  • Marcus O’Brien

    Gold

What runs the loyalty engine

One profile per guest. Every channel. Cost-per-reward in the books.

The customer record the cashier reads is the same record the win-back email is sent against. Every visit, every voucher, every redemption builds the same profile. And every free reward shows up as a real cost on the same screen as your sales.

  • 1

    guest record per phone number

    Web, POS, phone, kiosk and marketplace orders build the same profile. The cashier sees what the marketing email knows; the table server sees what the kitchen sees.

  • 6

    channels for the same campaign

    Email, SMS, branded site, branded app, POS pop-up and marketplace promo ride the same campaign engine. Audience built once, message routed by channel.

  • Auto

    win-back triggers

    Birthday, lapsed-30, lapsed-60 and lapsed-90 fire automatically. The offer arrives before the regular forgets, with no one logging in to schedule it.

  • Real

    cost per reward, in the books

    Member spend versus everyone else, the real cost of every reward you've handed out, and how much of your repeat revenue the programme drove. Not a vibe, a number.

The loyalty stack, retired

From a drawer full of stamp cards to one record.

Most loyalty programmes are a stamp card in the customer's wallet and a drawer full of manual records. Cards the staff forget to punch, redemptions stapled to receipts, a birthday list nobody opens. Members never feel recognised. Owners can't tell what it cost.

Today’s loyalty stack

  • Stamp cards in a drawerstaff forget to punch
  • Email list in another toolseparate audience
  • Birthday spreadsheetmanually updated
  • POS discount buttonno audit trail
  • Notebook of redemptionsreconciled monthly

Five tools, four logins, zero way to know if the programme is paying for itself.

On Next Order

  • Branded member cardApple & Google Wallet
  • Email and SMS includedsame member list
  • Birthday vouchers fire automaticallyfrom the member record
  • Rewards tied to the memberfull audit trail
  • Cost-per-rewardlive, on the dashboard

Earn, redeem, notify, brand and prove ROI on a single record that the POS reads at checkout.

Two views, one record

What the guest sees, what the owner sees.

The customer reads a points balance, a progress bar and a list of rewards on their phone. The owner reads sign-ups, member spend uplift and points liability on the admin. Same record, different surface.

Customer · on their phone

Points balance, rewards and activity in the guest’s pocket.

Guests check their balance, the rewards they’re close to unlocking and every recent earn or redemption on the web from any phone, or in your own branded app if you offer one. The member card drops into Apple Wallet or Google Wallet for in-store scan; rewards redeem at the counter without staff typing anything.

  • Points balance + progress to the next reward, always visible
  • Bonus and limited-time campaigns surfaced inline
  • Recent earn and redeem activity, so guests do not email support
  • Apple Wallet + Google Wallet pass for scanning at the counter

Loyalty

Member card

Points balance

7,600

  1. 0
  2. 1,000
  3. 3,000
  4. 7,000
  5. 10,000

2,400 points to Diamond at 10,000

Bonus Rewards

2× Earn

Tuesday Bonus Points

Slow-braised beef short rib, red wine glaze

Free Item

Free Entrée @ Lunch

Sweet corn, manchego & burnt-butter croquettes

Earn Rewards

  • 10 Points for every $1 spent

    Stack on every order, dine-in or pickup.

  • 50 Points for every order

    Bonus reward on top of spend-based earn.

You're on track for Diamond

Stack 2× points this Tuesday to hit the next tier 6 days sooner.

Owner · admin analytics

Sign-ups, member spend uplift and points liability on one screen.

The Loyalty Analytics dashboard reads from the same record the POS writes. Total members, active vs lapsed, member vs non-member spend, top redeemed rewards and the points sitting unused on your books — all there before the door unlocks Monday.

  • Total / active / new / match-value KPIs with 30-day deltas
  • Membership growth and points issued vs redeemed in one ring
  • Member spend uplift, with the real figure, not just a guess
  • Top redeemed rewards by count, so the catalog is data-driven
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Loyalty Analytics

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Total Members

1,974

+14.2%vs prior 30 days

Active Members

1,074

+8.4%logged in / redeemed

New Sign-ups

643

+22%vs prior 30 days

Match Value

2.8%

+0.4ptredeem / earn ratio

Membership growth

Daily signups · last 14 days

+14%

68

new today

Points issued vs redeemed

Last 30 days · liability watch

43%Redeemed
  • Redeemed7,650
  • Outstanding10,170
  • Issued17,820

Avg ticket

Member vs non-member spend

+119% lift
  • Member spend$48.40
  • Non-member$22.10

Members spend more per order — and come back more often. The difference reads as a real cost line, not a vibe.

Top redeemed rewards

Last 30 days · by redemption count

  • Salmon Maki
    412
  • Free Coffee
    318
  • 10% Off
    264
  • Sweet Potato Tempura
    198
  • Miso Soup
    142

Loyalty members

5 of 1,974

Search
MemberPointsStatus
Sofia Reyes
7,584Active
Marcus O’Brien
12,402Active
Tony Caruso
4,210Active
Anya Patel
2,180Active
Linh Mai
15,602VIP
Live · synced now

One record. Every channel lands on it.

Counter, branded site, branded app, kiosk, QR table, phone, email opt-in, SMS updates and connected marketplaces all land on the same member profile. Sofia Reyes is the same guest at the counter on Friday as she is when she gets an order update by SMS on Tuesday.

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Sofia Reyes

Gold · SMS & email consent · pickup-heavy

Gold

38

Visits

$2,100

Spend

7,584

Points

  • POSPickup · $42.50Fri 8:12pm
  • AppRedeemed Free Coffee · −250 ptsWed 7:12am
  • SMSOpened 2-for-Tuesday offerTue 11:08am
One record · 9 channels land on itOpen profile

Every order channel, every campaign and every in-store scan builds the same Sofia Reyes record. No duplicate profiles, no merge weekends.

Eight admin modules

The real loyalty admin, module by module.

Enrollment, earning rules, the rewards catalog, your card branding, triggered notifications, member database, manual point adjustments and the analytics that close the loop. All against the same record the POS reads at checkout.

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Loyalty Program

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Enrollment Type

Restaurant-level applies one set of rules to every store. Store-level lets each store opt in independently.

Manual Enrollment

Customers actively opt in via online, in-app or in-store. Ensures interest before sign-up.

Automatic Enrollment

Every customer is enrolled at first order. Maximises programme reach with zero friction.

Enrollment Level

Toggle which stores participate. Add custom collection fields for richer guest data.

Restaurant Level

Enable enrollment settings for all stores in the group.

Store Level

Configure which stores will be enrolled in the loyalty programme.

Select stores

  • Osteria FioreHawthorn
    438 mbrs
  • Osteria FioreCarlton
    512 mbrs
  • Osteria FioreSouth Yarra
    391 mbrs
  • Osteria FioreBrunswick
    247 mbrs

Enrollment fields

+ Add Field
TitleTypeStatusRequired
EmailSystemActiveYes
NameSystemActiveNo
PhoneSystemActiveYes
BirthdaySystemInactiveNo
Post CodeSystemInactiveNo
DietaryCustomActiveNo
See loyalty workflowsWe will walk every module against your menu and your sales data. Tailored to your venue, not a generic demo.

Your brand on the card. Not ours.

Colour, logo and theme art chosen per restaurant. The customer reads a member card that looks like yours — on the app, in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, and on the branded site. Eight cuisine themes ship out of the box, or upload your own.

  • OFOSTERIA FIORE

    Membership

    8821 044 102

    Name

    GIULIA RAIMONDI

    Points balance

    4,210

    Osteria Fiore

    Italian · Gold

    4,210 pts
  • KSKIYOTO 寿司

    Membership

    1231 065 366

    Name

    JOHNNY APPLESEED

    Points balance

    7,584

    Kiyoto Sushi

    Japanese · Platinum

    7,584 pts
  • BBBONDI BEANS

    Membership

    6442 311 095

    Name

    AVA NGUYEN

    Points balance

    1,820

    Bondi Beans

    Coffee · Silver

    1,820 pts
  • SBSAWASDEE BANGKOK

    Membership

    9981 045 220

    Name

    KARN VANIT

    Points balance

    6,108

    Sawasdee Bangkok

    Thai · Gold

    6,108 pts
  • YBYOUR BRAND

    Membership

    0000 000 000

    Name

    YOUR CUSTOMER

    Points balance

    ——

    Your Brand Here

    Your brand · Lifted

    Your slot
  • CCCOMIDA CARMEN

    Membership

    4422 110 333

    Name

    CARMEN OBREGON

    Points balance

    3,512

    Comida Carmen

    Mexican · Gold

    3,512 pts
  • SSSOUVLA STOU

    Membership

    7702 451 086

    Name

    ELENI PAPPAS

    Points balance

    2,402

    Souvla Stou

    Greek · Silver

    2,402 pts
  • THTANDOORI HOUSE

    Membership

    5510 087 991

    Name

    PRIYA MEHRA

    Points balance

    9,840

    Tandoori House

    Indian · Gold

    9,840 pts
  • YBYARDBIRD & CO

    Membership

    3322 044 877

    Name

    JESSE COWAN

    Points balance

    4,510

    Yardbird & Co

    Chicken Bar · Platinum

    4,510 pts

Your loyalty, in your own app

Most guests collect points on the web, no download needed. If you want one, we build your own iOS and Android app on the App Store and Google Play under your brand, so regulars carry your rewards on their home screen.

YR1Your Restaurant
YR
Your Restaurantnow

2 for Tuesday is back — reorder in a tap.

App StoreiOS

Your Restaurant

Food & drink · Order & rewards

4.9(2.4k)Get
Google PlayAndroid

Your Restaurant

Food & drink · Order & rewards

4.9(2.4k)Install

The pitch the cashier can finish before the card terminal beeps

Spend $10, earn a point. Ten points, free coffee. Two sentences, one clear reward, and a regular reason to come back. Complicated programmes train guests to stop redeeming; simple ones build the habit.

  1. Step 01Earn

    How guests earn

    Earn one point per $1 spent, or one stamp per visit. Run double-points Tuesdays to fill the quietest day of the week. Staff bonus rules to thank regulars on their birthday or first anniversary as a member.

  2. Step 02Redeem

    How guests redeem

    Free coffee at ten visits. Discount voucher at 200 points. Free dessert on a higher-value booking. Bronze, Silver and Gold tiers if you want to give your top spenders something extra. Set the rules once; the POS applies them automatically.

  3. Step 03Adjust

    What staff can do

    Managers credit points back to a customer after a service mistake. Without leaving the order screen. Every adjustment records a reason and the staff member who made it, so you can see exactly what was credited in reporting.

Bring back regulars before they forget about you

Most guests do not cancel. They just stop coming. The system watches who has gone quiet and sends them an offer worth coming back for, before a competitor's letterbox drop arrives at their door.

Detect

When a regular goes quiet

Pick the timing that matches how your guests order. A weekly takeaway customer is lapsed at 14 days; a special-occasion regular might not be lapsed until 90. The system tracks each guest's own pattern and triggers when they break it.

  • 30, 60 or 90-day lapse triggers, configurable per segment
  • Account for seasonality so summer regulars are not flagged in winter
  • VIPs and new guests routed to different paths

Send

The offer that fits the gap

A guest who used to order weekly gets a different offer to one who came in once for a birthday. The system picks the right voucher, the right channel and the right send time. Not a single bulk blast.

  • Voucher size matched to the guest’s historical spend
  • Email or SMS picked by the channel they already used
  • Quiet hours respected so an SMS never lands at 10pm

Measure

What came back, and what it cost

Reporting shows the revenue the campaign brought in versus the cost of the discount you handed out. So you know whether the win-back paid for itself or just rewarded people who were going to come anyway.

  • Incremental revenue separated from baseline
  • Cost per redeemed voucher, by value not %
  • Campaign-by-campaign comparison over time

Email and SMS sent automatically. At the moment it matters

A thank-you the morning after their visit. A reminder if they abandoned their online order. A win-back when a regular in Carlton has not been in for six weeks. Set it once; it runs without you remembering.

Campaigns

Build an email by dragging blocks. Your logo, your menu photo, the offer, the button. Send to everyone, or to a group (“regulars who haven’t been back in 30 days”). The tool tracks who clicked and who came back through the door.

  • Drag-and-drop blocks: title, paragraph, image, button, divider
  • Eight templated triggered notifications, on by default
  • Audience filters by recency, frequency and order size

Reaching the inbox

We handle the email sending for you, so your campaigns land in the inbox and not the spam folder. You write the offer; we make sure it gets there.

  • Campaigns set up to land in the inbox, not spam
  • Open rates tracked, so you can see what worked
  • Bounce rates kept low and unsubscribes handled for you

Vouchers that hold up at the POS on a Saturday night

The promo email goes out Friday afternoon. The customer arrives Saturday at 8pm with a screenshot. Either the POS accepts the code in two seconds, or your staff has a queue building behind them. We made the POS accept it.

  • One-time codes for win-back, multi-use codes for influencers. Both with minimum spend and an end date
  • Targeting at category, item, size, modifier and sub-modifier level. No accidental margin damage
  • Paid memberships (a flat monthly fee for free coffee) billed automatically. Benefits show up in the same wallet the customer already uses
  • Discount value lands in the day it was used, not when an accountant runs a report. Your weekly margin numbers stay accurate
  • Half-and-half eligibility for combo and 2-for-Tuesday-style deals
  • Specials gating: auto on POS, auto on web, manual disable, custom title

Worked example. Friday email, Saturday redemption.

One-time voucher applied at the POS in two seconds.

Friday 3:42pm: Pickup Lovers segment (812 guests who’ve ordered pickup ≥ 3 times in the last 60 days) is sent an SMS with a one-time code, minimum spend $35, expiring Sunday. Saturday 7:48pm: a guest arrives, the cashier types the code, the POS validates it against the audience, applies the discount, decrements the usage cap and writes the cost line to the books with the campaign ID attached. No phone call to head office.

Reviews that route the right way

Prompt guests after a positive experience to leave a review on Google. Catch negative feedback privately before it goes public.

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Osteria Fiore

Thanks for ordering from Osteria Fiore, Johnny! How was everything tonight? fiore.to/rate

Delivered · 7:42pm, 30 min after drop-off

Run the programme like a real cost line, not a marketing afterthought

Define a base earn rate, run multipliers and threshold bonuses for campaigns, set points expiry so unredeemed points do not pile up forever, and let staff apply manual goodwill credits with a reason you can see in reporting.

Base earn rate

Default points per $1 spent, before any campaigns. Predictable for customers, easy to explain at the POS.

Multiplier promotions

2x or 3x points for time-boxed campaigns. A Tuesday boost, a quiet-Wednesday push.

Threshold bonus

Award extra points when the order crosses configurable spend thresholds. Encourages adding one more item to qualify.

Points expiry + reminder

Points expire after a window you choose (12 months is common) with a warning email a fortnight before. Stops a forever-pile of unused points sitting on your books.

Outstanding liability

How much money in unredeemed points is sitting on your books right now. Visible to you in reporting, not buried in a spreadsheet only the loyalty system knows about.

Manual adjust + audit trail

Goodwill credits and reversals record a reason and the staff member who made the change, so you can review every adjustment in reporting.

Refund-aware

When an order is refunded, the points automatically come off the customer’s balance. No manual adjustments required.

Member analytics drilldown

Per-customer view: visits, spend, redemption rate, dormancy. Identifies VIPs and abuse without a spreadsheet.

Stamp cards vs Next Order Loyalty

Most loyalty programmes are a card and a stamp and a pile of manual records. Ours is one record the POS reads at checkout.

Stamp cards + email list + birthday spreadsheet

  • Staff forget to punch the card; regulars stop carrying it
  • The email list lives in another tool, separate from the POS — segments rebuilt monthly
  • Birthday voucher relies on someone updating a spreadsheet weekly
  • No way to read what each free reward cost the business
  • No audit trail when a manager applies a POS discount

Next Order Loyalty

  • Phone number at the counter is the same record as the branded app and the SMS order updates
  • Eight admin modules — enrolment, earning, redemption, branding, notifications, members, analytics, points management — on one nav
  • Triggered welcome / win-back / expiry emails run without anyone scheduling them
  • Cost-per-reward visible on the same dashboard as your sales
  • Every manual adjustment records a reason you can review in reporting

Frequently asked questions

What operators ask us before they sign.

    • Is loyalty only for big chains?

      No. Independent venues run the same engine with simpler rules: a stamp card (every tenth coffee free), a birthday voucher (10% off in your birthday month), or VIP tiers (Bronze/Silver/Gold). Whatever your team can explain in one sentence at the POS. Start with one earn-and-redeem path that fits your menu and margin, then add complexity later if you want to. The reporting shows the cost of every reward you've given out so a quiet neighbourhood spot doesn't accidentally train its regulars to only order when they're getting a discount.

    • How do we avoid spamming guests?

      We make sure a customer doesn't get three emails before lunch because two of your team members each ran a campaign. Quiet hours (no SMS at 10pm) are built in. People who already ordered the promoted item this week get skipped. And the reporting shows how many extra orders the campaign drove. Not just how many people opened the email. So you can tell whether the offer paid for itself or just gave a discount to people who were going to come anyway.

    • Can points work across dine-in and delivery?

      Yes-earn and burn on the same profile whether the guest ordered at the counter, online or through an integrated marketplace where order and identity data flow back. Points and tier status reconcile to one guest key so a Tuesday delivery does not look like a stranger compared to Friday dine-in. Programme rules can exclude fees or alcohol from earn if your policy requires it, and staff still see balance and rewards in one POS lookup at payment.

    • What about compliance and consent?

      When a guest unsubscribes from your emails, they stop receiving them. Immediately, before your next campaign goes out. Same for SMS: when someone replies STOP, they're off the list. Quiet hours (no SMS after 9pm in your region) are built in. And if a customer ever asks what marketing they've received from you, the system can show you exactly which emails went to which person.

    • Can our brand sit on the member card, or does it look like Next Order?

      Your brand sits on the card. Upload your logo, pick your background colour, pick your label colour, choose a card theme that matches your cuisine, and the customer sees a member card that reads as your brand. Italian-Gold for an osteria, Japanese-Platinum for a sushi bar, Coffee-Silver for a roastery — or upload your own theme image entirely. The Apple Wallet and Google Wallet passes use the same artwork, so even the screen the customer scans at the counter is yours, not ours.

See loyalty tied to real orders

Walk enrolment, an automatic follow-up and the reports your accountant will ask for. On your menu, your numbers and your brand.