First visit.Second.Third.A regular.
NFC loyalty for independent cafés · Sydney
Tampkit turns first-time customers into regulars. One tap. No app.
The team
Built Tampkit's card, console and stamp. A run of hackathon projects and wins behind him, and the one who walks into the cafés and sells it.
Comes up with the sales ideas: how we pitch, what we say at the counter and how we talk to customers.
Studies biomechanical engineering and builds the physical stamp: the parts, the print and the fit.
The psychology
of first-time customers come back. A loyalty card brings back about 4× as many.
So why do 9 in 10 café cards never get finished?
of café stamp cards ever get finished.
Nine in ten customers start a card and never come back for the reward.
There's no digital loyalty program that's easy for customers, easy for staff, and that cafés can make their own.
The fix
Nothing to install. Ever. Tap, and the card is already open.
What Tampkit is
A stamp on the counter. Tap it with any phone and it all opens. No app. Save it to Apple Wallet and it's always there.
The blueprint
Four finishes
Sharp and quiet on a stainless steel bench.
Sales and traction
No cold emails. We walked into cafés with the stamp in hand and pitched owners and managers face to face.
Eight cafés. Five yeses, two asking their manager, one no.
The demandLast week
Last week we walked into 8 cafés and pitched Tampkit in person. Here's how every one of them answered.
The tally · 8 cafés
said yes on the spot.
The other 4 just need a manager to sign off.
The market already pays for loyalty
Cafés already spend on this. They just don't like the options.
What nobody else does
No app, no account, no download. Tap and it's there.
Post a deal any time and it's on every customer's card straight away, right when they're at the counter.
Their card, their colours, their rewards, their menu, their specials. Full control, changed any time from their own dashboard.
A short YouTube walkthrough shows staff everything in minutes. If they ever get stuck, we're a message away.
Growth
The build
The $500 in credits
Lets us issue Apple Wallet passes, so the card sits next to their bank card.
A proper Tampkit web address for every café's card and our site.
Café-grade finishes that look right next to an espresso machine.
Stronger tags that read through thick phone cases. The whole business runs on this.
Bars show each item's share of the $500. Apple Developer Program is A$149 a year; the other figures are estimates.
One tap. One stamp. No app.
