Loyalty Card Ideas, Punch Card & Loyalty Scheme Ideas

As a nation, we love enticing customer loyalty card ideas. In fact, 63% of us use loyalty cards every time we shop! As well as being fantastic for customer retention, membership cards are great for brand loyalty and are an essential part of your marketing strategy when drumming up repeat business. Whether you choose to stamp it, write on it or indent it, there’s no denying the power of a punch card for your business.
 

The best bit about loyalty cards? You can get really creative with the design. We’ve picked out our favourite loyalty scheme ideas to give you inspiration for your own…

1. Fill in the Gap with a Custom Stamp!

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Cleverly named after the action you perform when dosing a coffee machine, Tapped and Packed Ltd.’s fantastic loyalty cards have definitely got us pumped up! Although we’ve always had an affinity with the past, vintage style is popular at the minute. From second-hand shops and vintage clothes, we’re mad about retro designs.
 

Custom-made stamps really make this design shine. And the reason it’s such a smart loyalty card idea is because it makes the customer want to finish it – after all, someone needs to steer the bicycle, right?

2. Appeal to Your Target Audience

(Source: Waterstones)

Appealing to their bookish target market, Waterstones have styled their loyalty cards to represent bookshelves. The stamp leaves an old-school ‘late book’ mark reminiscent of libraries – another classic approach to design, romanticising a traditional approach to reading.
 

Our favourite part of this UK punch card scheme idea? By filling up their actual bookshelves, Waterstones customers are also filling up the shelves depicted on their loyalty cards!

3. Incorporate Your Logo

(Source: Made Graphics)

We love how Momofuku Milk Bar use their custom designed stamping tool to literally stamp their logo on the various types of cups. Chances are this product is branded with the company logo on the cup anyway – so as well as being a really fun idea, it’s also instilling brand awareness for their customers.
 

If your business has a recognisable logo featured on its products, why not give this style of loyalty card design a go? The best bit is this loyalty scheme idea could work for pretty much any kind of business.

4. Match Your Brand Style

(Source: Wakaberry)

Every single message or marketing material your business uses to communicate with its audience should adhere to your brand style guide. This way, you can help build better brand awareness and customers will instantly be able to recognise your adverts and marketing as you! Wakaberry have incorporated their crazy colourful style into their punch card to reinforce who they are as a business.
 

The design matches their slogan of being ‘real fun’ – the bright colours and wacky font infer that you’ll be getting more of an enjoyable experience than simply eating frozen yogurt. Plus, customers will definitely find this loyalty card in their wallet easily!

5. Inject Some Humour

(Source: Je Suis Personality)

Have you ever noticed that the funniest things are often the things you remember? You might be terrible at memory tests, but can recite your favourite comedian’s stand up jokes by heart. If so, you’ll not be surprised to learn that research suggests that humour leads to higher recall.

Irish coffee shop Two Pups take advantage of their quirky, well-known dialect to add some humour to their loyalty cards. Although no reward is explicitly mentioned, the idea of completing each term of endearment is really fun – and doesn’t everyone want to achieve the title of ‘ya little beauty’? We know we’ll remember this loyalty card idea!

6. Keep it Sweet and Simple

(Source: Emporia Fabric & Craft)

As well as cafés and restaurants, loyalty cards work great for any kind of retailer – especially craft shops! The whimsical style of design really suits this type of industry. In particular, we love the handwritten style of font that points towards the ‘DIY’ element of crafting.
 

You could easily adapt this punch card idea to your UK business’ brand – just pick a product or service you want to promote and create a rule. For example, you could say:

• Get your 5^th haircut free
• For every £10 you spend on pet food, you get a stamp
• Buy 9 smoothies and get your 10^th one free!

Loyalty Card Ideas - Quick Design Tips and Advice

Use Custom Stamps

If you choose to use signatures or punch holes in your business’ reward cards, it’s easy for people to forge these. Stamps are a lot harder to replicate, especially if they’re custom made.

Pick a Different Shape

How many loyalty cards do you have in your wallet? There’s nothing worse than getting to the till and not being able to find your loyalty card. Folded business cards are an alternative loyalty scheme idea that allows you to get even more creative with the design.

Combine Print and Digital

From scanning QR codes for offers to combining your loyalty card with a rewards app, advertising campaigns that combine print and digital marketing have a higher response rate than digital alone. Combining the two could really help boost your business!

We hope these innovative loyalty card ideas have inspired your next marketing push. Want more information on using print to improve customer loyalty and retention? Read six ways to keep customers coming back to your business.