They pay up frontThe money is already in
Digital punch card: paid for, then counted down.
A punch card is paid for up front. Your guest pays for ten shakes at your till and picks them up one by one. The card does not count up, it counts down. And ten is just the classic: five sauna visits or twenty lunches work the same way — you set the size anywhere from 1 to 20.
That is the difference from a loyalty card, and it is an accounting one: the money sits with you before the first shake goes out. Digital mostly means nobody has to count any more, and that an expiry date, if you want one, hangs on the top-up rather than on the card.
- Punch card
- 10-visit card
- Multi-visit card
- 5-visit card
- Allowance
01 · How it runs
How it runs.
- 01
You decide how many units a card holds — anywhere between 1 and 20. Your guest pays for it at your till. The money is in before anything has been delivered.
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Your guest puts the card in their wallet themselves, from your page or your notice. It starts empty, because nothing has been paid for yet. Your counter tops it up once they have paid.
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On every visit the counter takes one unit off. Your guest sees “8 left”, not “2 used”.
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When it is empty, you top it up instead of creating a new one. If you chose an expiry, it hangs on the top-up, not on the card.
02 · Top up and draw down
Pay once, come ten times.
Five captured screens: an empty lunch card, ten units on it, and one of them gone again. What moves here are units, not money — payment happens at the till you already have.
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The counter
Empty until somebody pays.
A punch card starts at zero — it is only worth something once the guest has paid. Until then it sits in their wallet and says exactly that.
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The counter
Ten units in one tap.
You take the money the way you always do. On the card it is one booking — and it reaches them the same moment.
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The guest
Their side says “ten left”.
Not “0 of 10”. Same number, opposite direction: a punch card is used up, not collected, and the surface says so in their words.
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The counter
One gone at the next lunch.
Staff finds them, taps their card and books. No slip in a drawer, no hole punch anybody has to find.
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The guest
Nine left, and they can see it.
They never have to ask how many are left. That was the most common question at the paper card — and the reason it lived behind the counter.
03 · The difference
Counting up or counting down.
Loyalty card
They come back.
Your guest collects, you give something at the end. It only costs you once it is redeemed.
Punch card
They pay up front.
Your guest has paid, you deliver bit by bit. The money is already in your till.
Where it fits: anywhere someone buys the same thing repeatedly. Ten sauna visits, ten car washes, ten lunches, ten shakes after training. Your guest saves the payment at the till, you have the money up front.
And what is paid for stays paid for: a unit only disappears when your counter takes it off. If you pick an expiry, every top-up brings its own.
04 · The drawer
The card that stays at the counter.
In the pilot, guests sometimes left their paper punch card behind on purpose so they would not forget it. For the counter that meant: open the drawer, find the right card, count along, put it back.
With Rebounz the card sits in your guest's phone — or, if they have none, under their name in your counter. Nobody searches, nobody counts, and none gets lost.
Kerngesund runs seven cards today, six of them punch cards: shake, espresso, training and three for the lymph drainage device.
See for yourselfI had never sold a paper 10-visit card before. With Rebounz I now sell multi-visit cards regularly — just the other day another 10-visit espresso card.
05 · What you set
Your card, your size.
| Setting | Example | Range |
|---|---|---|
| How many up front | 10 shakes | from 1 to 20 |
| Expiry per top-up | No expiry | no expiry (default) or after a number of months |
| Conditions | “Monday to Friday until 4 pm only” | optional; your guest sees them before redeeming |
| Category | Physio, drinks, wellness | free text; it orders your offer for the guest |
| Start | Right away | right away, or as a draft first |
06 · What it is not
What it is not.
- Not a sale through a payment page. Payment happens at your till. I only keep track of what is left.
- Not a card that quietly expires. The default is “no expiry”. If you pick one, your guest sees it with every top-up.
- Not store credit in euros. That is the other kind. To store credit
- No stamping. A punch card is not filled, it is emptied. And it looks the part.
07 · Questions
What owners ask first.
What is the difference between a punch card and a multi-visit card?
None — they are two names for the same thing: a card that is paid for up front and loses one unit on every visit. “Ten” is just the most common size. You can create any size from 1 to 20, so a five- or twenty-visit card works too.
How long is a digital punch card valid?
By default: indefinitely. Paid units stay until they are used up. If you want an expiry, you choose “after a number of months”, and it then applies per top-up. Your guest sees it in their wallet — nothing expires quietly in the background.
Can a guest add the punch card themselves?
Yes. Every punch card is on your business page, and any guest can put it in their wallet. It starts empty. Only once they have paid at your till does the counter top it up. That way nobody holds units that were not paid for.
Is the punch card paid for online?
No. Payment happens at your till, just as before. Rebounz only keeps track of how many units are left. That is why there is no fee on the amount.
What happens when the card is empty?
The counter says so, and you top it up in the same row. Your guest keeps their card; only the units and the expiry are added anew.
What it costs: nothing during the pilot.
Whoever is in now pays nothing for it and talks directly to the person building it.
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