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revioThe Loyalty App Your Customers Never Have to Download
Most small business loyalty apps fail for one reason: nobody installs them. Revio puts your loyalty card straight into Apple Wallet and Google Wallet — the wallet already on every phone. Customers scan one QR code and they are enrolled, with no download, no account, and no password.
A loyalty app for a small business has to clear a bar that a chain's app does not: it has to work on the very first visit, in under ten seconds, with a customer who has no intention of installing anything. Revio is built for that constraint. There is no consumer app to market — the card is a wallet pass, and the wallet is already installed. Your staff use a scanner in the browser, you get a dashboard showing repeat-visit rates and lapsed customers, and the whole program can be live before your next shift starts.
Benefits
Key benefits
Nothing to Install
The single biggest failure point in small business loyalty apps is the install step. Asking a customer at the counter to find your app, download it, create an account, and verify an email converts in the single digits — most stores that try it never build a list worth mailing. Revio removes the step entirely. The customer scans a QR code, taps "Add", and the card is in their wallet. Enrollment finishes inside the transaction rather than after it.
Priced for One Location
Enterprise loyalty platforms are sold on annual contracts with implementation fees, which is why most independents end up with a paper punch card instead. Revio starts at $25/month for a single location with no setup fee and no contract. For a shop with a $20 average ticket, the plan pays for itself on roughly one extra visit per week — which is well inside what a working loyalty program moves.
A Reach Channel, Not Just a Card
A stamp card only works while the customer is standing in front of you. A wallet pass can reach them at home. Push notifications land on the lock screen next to messages and calls, at open rates far above email, and they cost nothing per send. That is what makes a lapsed-customer campaign possible for a business with no marketing budget: pick everyone who has not visited in 30 days, write one line, send.
Data You Actually Own
Paper cards tell you nothing. A POS-tied loyalty add-on tells you something, but you lose it the day you switch POS. Revio runs independently of your point of sale and the customer list is yours to export at any time. You see visit frequency per customer, completion rate on your reward, your busiest hours, and a list of regulars who have gone quiet — which is usually the most valuable screen in the product.
Process
How it works
Pick Your Reward
Choose stamps or points, then set the reward and the threshold. Stamps suit a fixed-price menu (buy 8 coffees, get the 9th free); points suit a wider range of ticket sizes (a boutique, a pharmacy, a pet store). Pick the threshold your average customer can realistically reach within about a month of normal visits — a card that is too long to finish is the most common reason a program quietly dies.
Design the Card
Upload your logo, set your colors, and the card is done. This matters more than it sounds: the pass sits in the customer's wallet next to their boarding passes and bank cards and gets seen far more often than any app icon. A card that looks like your storefront is a small piece of brand real estate you get for free, every day.
Put the QR at the Counter
Print the enrollment QR and stand it at the register. That single placement outperforms social posts, flyers, and receipt inserts combined, because it reaches the customer at the exact moment they are already transacting with you. Staff need one line: "Scan this and your next coffee counts."
Scan, and Watch the Numbers
Staff open the scanner in any browser — no dedicated hardware, no separate tablet — and scan the customer's pass at checkout. It adds a couple of seconds to the transaction. After 30 days you have real numbers: how many enrolled, how many came back, who is close to a reward, and who has stopped coming. That last list is what you send your first push notification to.
Pick Your Reward
Choose stamps or points, then set the reward and the threshold. Stamps suit a fixed-price menu (buy 8 coffees, get the 9th free); points suit a wider range of ticket sizes (a boutique, a pharmacy, a pet store). Pick the threshold your average customer can realistically reach within about a month of normal visits — a card that is too long to finish is the most common reason a program quietly dies.
Design the Card
Upload your logo, set your colors, and the card is done. This matters more than it sounds: the pass sits in the customer's wallet next to their boarding passes and bank cards and gets seen far more often than any app icon. A card that looks like your storefront is a small piece of brand real estate you get for free, every day.
Put the QR at the Counter
Print the enrollment QR and stand it at the register. That single placement outperforms social posts, flyers, and receipt inserts combined, because it reaches the customer at the exact moment they are already transacting with you. Staff need one line: "Scan this and your next coffee counts."
Scan, and Watch the Numbers
Staff open the scanner in any browser — no dedicated hardware, no separate tablet — and scan the customer's pass at checkout. It adds a couple of seconds to the transaction. After 30 days you have real numbers: how many enrolled, how many came back, who is close to a reward, and who has stopped coming. That last list is what you send your first push notification to.
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FAQ
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The Loyalty App Your Customers Never Have to Download
Most small business loyalty apps fail for one reason: nobody installs them. Revio puts your loyalty card straight into Apple Wallet and Google Wallet — the wallet already on every phone. Customers scan one QR code and they are enrolled, with no download, no account, and no password.