Reward Loyalty · Industry guide · Illustrative settings
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Industry guide · Laundromats
A laundromat loyalty program built around the weekly wash
Make a familiar weekly routine visible with one stamp per qualifying day and one reward the attendant can explain quickly.
Recommended starting program
Start with one mechanism customers can remember.
Award one stamp on a day with at least $8 eligible spend. Ten stamps unlock $8 of wash credit. Limit awards to one stamp per day.
Card
10 stamps
Qualifying spend
$8 minimum
Reward
$8 wash credit
Pace control
Maximum 1 stamp per day
Why this fits
The trade decides the mechanism.
This guide covers self-service laundromats with optional wash-and-fold service. Dry cleaning and route-based laundry services need separate qualification and fulfilment rules.
Many households wash on a weekly rhythm, making a stamp card and weekly achievements easy to understand.
The one-stamp-per-day cap stops a customer from splitting machine payments into artificial progress.
The reward is a bounded wash credit, while achievements recognise consistency. The customer never has to compare points, stamps, and a pass.
Customer journey
From the first QR to a reason to return.
The program should follow the transaction or appointment that already exists. It should not create a second queue.
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01
Arrive
A door and payment-area QR explain the card.
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Join
The customer joins before or after starting the machines.
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Earn
One stamp follows at least $8 eligible spend that day.
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Keep the rhythm
Weekly milestones show consistent progress.
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Use credit
The completed card provides $8 of named wash credit.
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Return
A lapsed routine can receive one wash-and-fold offer.
Exact program setup
Configure the base program before the campaign.
Complete the steps in order. Each documentation link opens the current 5.x setup guide for that task.
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Create the ten-stamp card
Set ten stamps, an $8 minimum, and one stamp per day. Add rolling expiry only if it matches the posted terms.
Create the laundromat stamp card -
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Configure the wash-credit reward
Name the eligible washers or service credit and state what happens if the transaction is below $8.
Configure the wash reward -
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Activate weekly achievements
Use the fixed 4-week regular, 8-week regular, 10 loyalty days, and First reward enjoyed milestones.
Activate weekly achievements -
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Place QR codes for attended and unattended use
Put the join code at the entrance and payment zone. Add a clear route for help when no attendant is present.
Prepare laundromat QR materials
Achievement strategy
Use milestones as a supporting layer.
Reward Loyalty provides a curated catalog of predefined, one-time milestones. The business chooses which achievements to activate and whether to attach an optional reward. Names, thresholds, measured events, and formulas stay fixed.
A loyalty day records qualifying loyalty activity on a distinct business-local date. It is not a configurable product, service, branch, booking-source, or purchase-count rule. See the fixed achievement catalog and progress rules.
Exact Reward Loyalty name
4-week regular
- Fixed milestone
- Earn a loyalty day in 4 weeks in a row.
- Why it matters here
- Four weeks in a row matches the early weekly routine and gives useful progress before ten stamps are complete.
- Reward approach
- Recognition only or a small laundry-product voucher with a strict cap.
- Guardrail
- Do not reward separate machine starts on the same day.
- 30-day check
- Started and completed runs, plus completion timing.
Exact Reward Loyalty name
8-week regular
- Fixed milestone
- Earn a loyalty day in 8 weeks in a row.
- Why it matters here
- Eight weeks shows the routine survived beyond the novelty of joining.
- Reward approach
- Use recognition if the completed stamp card already delivers enough value.
- Guardrail
- Avoid layering another wash credit near the ten-stamp reward.
- 30-day check
- Completion rate and the share still active after the eighth week.
Exact Reward Loyalty name
10 loyalty days
- Fixed milestone
- Earn loyalty days on 10 different dates.
- Why it matters here
- Ten distinct dates aligns with the card length while remaining a separate fixed achievement condition.
- Reward approach
- No reward; the stamp card provides the $8 credit.
- Guardrail
- Explain that the milestone counts qualifying loyalty days, not stamps or machine loads.
- 30-day check
- Achievement completion versus completed stamp cards.
Exact Reward Loyalty name
First reward enjoyed
- Fixed milestone
- Redeem your first reward.
- Why it matters here
- First redemption checks that the wash-credit handoff works in the actual payment environment.
- Reward approach
- No additional reward.
- Guardrail
- Keep vending and other excluded purchases outside the credit.
- 30-day check
- Rewards earned, credits redeemed, and support incidents.
Before attaching value, review achievement reward availability, expiry, and grant caps.
Reward economics
Show the arithmetic before approving the reward.
Illustrative calculation
10 qualifying days × $8 minimum = at least $80 before an $8 wash credit.
The maximum face-value reward rate is 10% at the minimum spend.
Calculate utility, equipment, payment, staffing, and capacity costs for the credited wash. $8 face value is not the operator cost.
Margin protections
- Award no more than one stamp per day.
- Exclude vending purchases if they do not support the economics.
- State eligible machines or service credit.
- Do not stack the stamp reward with a win-back voucher.
Where to promote it
Put the invitation inside the existing visit.
- Entrance: show the ten-stamp proposition before machine selection.
- Payment area: place the QR at eye level, not on a moving machine door.
- Folding tables: add a small progress reminder.
- Wash-and-fold collection desk: explain the separate offer clearly.
Staff script and operating routine
One line, at the right moment.
“Spend $8 today and you get one stamp. Ten stamps gives $8 of wash credit.”
- Best moment
- After confirming payment or at wash-and-fold collection.
- Operating habit
- Verify the daily minimum and one-stamp cap before awarding.
- Common staff mistake
- Awarding one stamp per machine or load instead of per qualifying day.
First campaign
Wait until the base program works.
A campaign should address one observed behaviour. It should not compensate for missed awards, unclear terms, or an untrained team.
- Audience
- Members with no qualifying activity for 21 days.
- Offer
- $3 off wash-and-fold of at least $15, valid 14 days.
- Timing
- Send only after the base stamp routine has operated for a month.
- Intended behaviour
- Bring back a lapsed household and introduce the attended service.
- Measure
- Claims, redemptions, eligible wash-and-fold revenue, and next self-service visit.
30-day review
Use the first month to fix operation and economics.
Thirty days can reveal adoption, workflow, progress, and reward-cost problems. It is too early to claim proven lifetime value or long-term retention.
Joins by QR placement
Move or simplify material if one zone produces no joins.
Stamp awards per active member
Very high counts may expose daily-cap errors.
4-week and 8-week progress
Use it to judge routine formation, not annual retention.
Wash-credit redemption
Low use may signal payment-system friction or unclear eligibility.
Attendant exceptions
Fix the operating rule before changing economics.
Common mistakes
What to stop before launch.
- Giving one stamp per machine.
- Hiding the QR where there is no attendant help.
- Making vending qualify without checking margin.
- Adding expiry without posting it.
- Stacking wash credit and win-back vouchers.
Printable launch checklist
Laundromats launch plan
- Define the qualifying $8 spend.
- Cost the $8 wash credit.
- Create the ten-stamp card and daily cap.
- Test award and credit redemption.
- Activate 4-week regular, 8-week regular, 10 loyalty days, and First reward enjoyed.
- Place entrance and payment-area QR materials.
- Brief attendants on the one-stamp-per-day rule.
- Delay win-back until the base data is reliable.
- Set the 30-day review.
Owner: __________________
Launch: ________________
30-day review: __________
Implementation guides
Open only the setup pages this program needs.
These links point to the current Reward Loyalty 5.x documentation.