Unclutter your wallet and never forget a loyalty card again.
"Loyalty" cards....whilst I have a couple on a key fob and a few in my wallet it's often the same when I shop somewhere I don't use as often. "Yes....but I don't have it with me".
I thought it'd be a good idea to have an app with my loyalty cards in. I'm not talking about having the Starbucks app, the Game app, the Costa app etc. One app - all the cards. There are quite a few apps which have been created for this purpose. Most of them are geared towards the USA. I downloaded them and gave them a go. By the far the best I've found, for the UK, is "stocard". This seems to have by far the most retailers.
Setting it up is simple - if your loyalty card has a barcode you can scan it. If it doesn't you can choose the card type and enter the number. Hey presto it creates you a similar looking digital card. I was a little dubious at first as some of the retailers don't seem to have their own electronic cards but I haven't had a problem with any of them not accepting my phone as a card.
The phone will not scan successfully in all shops.
In my stocard for instance I now have : nectar, Tesco, Morrisons, Accor, Costa, CEX, Debenhams, Holland & Barrett, Waitrose, Club Carlson, hmv, Hertz, Shell, Game, Melia, Iceland, BA, Avios and Marks & Spencer.
You can add your own one however Starbucks is there
cuddykid
28 Nov 151#8
Does this work ok at self checkout machines such as in tesco? In the past I've had issues with scanning barcode on a mobile screen. Would be great if this works
thepearce to cuddykid
28 Nov 15#9
I haven't tried.... but the app does say older scanner technologies (e.g. laser scanners) have difficulties scanning smartphone displays.
showstopper
28 Nov 15#10
Will it defiantly work with Iceland, nectar
Also my boots card doesn't have a barcode just a chip they usually put the card in the machine to add the points how will this work at boots?
thepearce to showstopper
28 Nov 15#12
Boots is different - as you say - it's a chip card. Boots is not an option for stocard (superdrug is). You should be ok with iceland and nectar.
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"Loyalty" cards....whilst I have a couple on a key fob and a few in my wallet it's often the same when I shop somewhere I don't use as often. "Yes....but I don't have it with me".
I thought it'd be a good idea to have an app with my loyalty cards in. I'm not talking about having the Starbucks app, the Game app, the Costa app etc. One app - all the cards. There are quite a few apps which have been created for this purpose. Most of them are geared towards the USA. I downloaded them and gave them a go. By the far the best I've found, for the UK, is "stocard". This seems to have by far the most retailers.
Setting it up is simple - if your loyalty card has a barcode you can scan it. If it doesn't you can choose the card type and enter the number. Hey presto it creates you a similar looking digital card. I was a little dubious at first as some of the retailers don't seem to have their own electronic cards but I haven't had a problem with any of them not accepting my phone as a card.
The phone will not scan successfully in all shops.
In my stocard for instance I now have : nectar, Tesco, Morrisons, Accor, Costa, CEX, Debenhams, Holland & Barrett, Waitrose, Club Carlson, hmv, Hertz, Shell, Game, Melia, Iceland, BA, Avios and Marks & Spencer.
http://stocardapp.com/
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Also my boots card doesn't have a barcode just a chip they usually put the card in the machine to add the points how will this work at boots?