The Usual or Stamp Me

Stamp Me is a wider loyalty platform: its pricing page lists a Stamp Me Loyalty App, games and messaging, and a 30-day trial. Its help centre puts the NFC pod on the Pro and Elite plans only. The Usual is one card, one tap on a stand, and nothing else to learn.

• More than stamps: Scratch & Win games, a Birthday Club, lapsed-customer messages and Zapier links.
• Several ways to stamp, including a stamp code and StampTag. Its help centre puts the NFC StampPod on Pro and Elite, not Lite.
• Push notifications to customers.

• A$49 a month per shop, GST included where it applies, with the first month free. Stands are A$15 each.
• One thing only: a tap on a stand opens the card in the phone’s browser.
• We keep a first name and a mobile number, nothing else.

The Usual: A$49 a month per shop, first month free, plus A$15 per stand, or A$20 with a custom design (both one-off).

Stamp Me: A$49, A$79 or A$199 a month excluding GST (Lite, Pro, Elite), which is A$53.90, A$86.90 or A$218.90 with GST.

Its pricing page lists “The Stamp Me Loyalty App” on every plan. It does not say whether a customer has to install it. With The Usual the card opens in the phone’s browser.

Pick Stamp Me if you want games, birthday offers or messages to lapsed customers, or you want several ways to stamp and room to grow into them.

Pick The Usual if you want a card that works the moment a customer taps, with no app, a flat price and a short list of things to set up.

A first name and a mobile number, so a customer can get their card back on a new phone. No email, birthday or location, and we do not sell it or use it for advertising. The Usual does not connect to your till or touch a payment, and it has no wallet card, no customer app and no push notifications.

The first month is free, then A$49 a month per shop. A stand is A$15, or A$20 with a custom design, both one-off. GST is included where it applies.