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A customer club: what it is, and how to start one

Most people searching for a customer club are looking for one particular chain's. This page answers what one is first, then the question a business owner asks: how do you open one, and what does it take.

What is a customer club?

A customer club is an arrangement where a business gives returning customers something back: stamps that add up to a gift, a percentage of each purchase returned as a balance, or benefits reserved for members. The customer joins once, and the business knows who comes back and when.

What is the difference between a customer club and a discount?

A discount lowers the price now and is over. A club gives a reason to come back: the value accrues to the customer and waits for their next visit. That is why a discount attracts a one-time buyer and a club builds a regular.

How do you join a business's customer club?

Usually you scan a QR at the counter or tap a link the business sends, fill in a name and phone number, and the card goes into the phone's digital wallet. At businesses using Loyaly this takes about five seconds and requires no app download.

Is a customer club right for a small business?

Yes, and the effect is larger there. For a chain a club is one more channel; for a neighbourhood café or a salon, a customer who comes back once more a month is a real difference in revenue. A small business also knows its customers, so the club feels personal rather than corporate.

What does it cost to set up a customer club?

In Israel in 2026, club systems for a small business run roughly between 59 and 300 shekels a month, depending on what is included: the number of customers, the messaging channels and a connection to an online store. Setup costs themselves, like card design and training, are not always charged separately.

What do you need in order to open a customer club?

Three things: decide what the customer gets, how it is counted, and how they join. Everything else is software. In practice a working club can be set up in one evening: pick stamps or cashback, set the threshold for the reward, and print a QR for the counter.

Stamps or cashback, which is better?

Stamps suit a business selling a repeating item at a similar price: coffee, haircuts, bakery. The customer counts in their head how many are left. Cashback suits a business where the basket varies a lot: fashion, cosmetics, an online store, because a percentage is fair at 40 shekels and at 400.

Are you allowed to message club members?

Only to people who gave explicit consent to marketing, and that is a legal requirement rather than a recommendation. The consent is recorded against the customer, there is a window of hours in which sending is permitted, and every message needs a simple way to remove yourself.

See it working

The full product, every screen and mechanism, is on the page The product at a glance. Questions about data ownership, security and what customers experience are answered on the page Questions and answers, and the plans are set out in thePricing.