PerkClub
vs Loyalty Platforms

Skip the points. Sell memberships.

Points-based loyalty platforms create overhead and unclear value. PerkClub keeps it simple: members pay you upfront for a clear set of perks.

Why memberships beat points

Loyalty platforms — Square Loyalty, Fivestars, Yotpo, generic points apps — track customer spend and reward it with points or tiers. The system is complex by design: members forget their balances, points expire, and the redemption rate is often under 10% — meaning the business pays for engagement that mostly doesn't happen.

A membership is concrete. The member knows exactly what they get; the business knows exactly what it owes. Revenue is predictable, the relationship is direct, and the wallet pass means the perks are visible in the place a customer already looks (their phone wallet).

Concrete perks, not abstract points

Members get specific things — a daily coffee, a monthly cut, a weekly bouquet. No mental math, no expired balances.

Visible in their wallet

The membership lives next to bank cards in Apple or Google Wallet. Loyalty apps live behind a tap on a home screen — and most customers never get there.

Predictable revenue from day one

Loyalty platforms pay for engagement that may never happen. Memberships pay you the same on the 1st of every month.

PerkClub vs Loyalty Platforms, side by side

The features independent businesses ask about most.

Customer pays you upfront

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Loyalty Platforms

Apple & Google Wallet pass

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Loyalty PlatformsRare

Concrete perks (no points math)

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Loyalty Platforms

Predictable monthly revenue

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Loyalty Platforms

Real-time revenue dashboard

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Loyalty PlatformsBasic

No app for customers to install

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Loyalty Platforms

Custom branding

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Loyalty PlatformsSome

Builds recurring-revenue valuation

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Loyalty Platforms

Switching from loyalty platforms?

The questions independent businesses ask most when they make the move.

PerkClub is a membership platform for independent businesses. It lets your customers subscribe to your business with a monthly membership. They get exclusive perks, you get predictable recurring revenue — paid out to your bank account every week via Stripe.
No. That's one of the biggest differences. Customers scan your QR code, sign up in 30 seconds on a web page, and save their membership pass to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet. It lives right alongside their bank cards — no app to download.
Loyalty schemes reward spending after the fact with points or stamps. PerkClub is a membership where customers pay you upfront every month in exchange for guaranteed perks. You earn revenue before they even walk through the door.
PerkClub is based in London. We bill in GBP, our team is based here, and our merchants are independent UK businesses. International support is on the roadmap.
Independent UK businesses that rely on regular footfall like coffee shops, barbers, salons, bakeries, florists, gyms, delis, juice bars, pet groomers, and ice cream shops. If your customers visit repeatedly and would value a membership, PerkClub fits.
No. PerkClub gives independent businesses the same kind of subscription product chains like Pret offer — under your own brand, with your own pricing, your own perks. We're the platform; the membership belongs to your shop.
PerkClub was founded in the United Kingdom in 2025. The platform was built specifically for the independent UK high street and the team works directly with merchants on the operational details.

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