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Customer makes a mixed order
Customer orders several items at different tiers — e.g., 1 starter ($5), 1 main ($12), 1 premium ($18). Nothing changes at this stage — loyalty kicks in at payment.
Loyalty program · per-item tiered
Tiered restaurant loyalty program:
Tiered restaurant loyalty program:
per-item stamp at its own tier
Tiered loyalty for mixed-cart restaurants: one scan = N stamps, each tagged with its own tier per the actual item. Order 1 starter + 1 main + 1 premium — get three differently-tiered stamps in a single QR. Each tier progresses independently.
Built for mixed-cart businesses: restaurants (Starter / Main / Premium / Signature), cafés with bakery (coffee + pastry at different tiers), bars with appetizers. Every line item gets its own stamp — fair to every customer.
19 locales5 min to launchNo customer appStamp per line item
Restaurant "Chef"
Kyiv · Khreshchatyk, 22
5 dishes of the same tier — sixth free
Collected 4 / 5 · Main · 4/5 · 1 stamp to bonus
mixed receipt · +1 Get bonus (available after 5/5)
Stamp per line item
Each at its own tier
How it works · Stamp collection
How customers
collect stamps Six simple steps — from a mixed order with multiple items to N stamps at one scan, each at its own tier. Barista marks every line, tiers are determined automatically.
How it works · Bonus redemption
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Barista marks every line and generates QR
Barista picks every item in the receipt on the panel (e.g., starter, main, premium) — a few clicks (one per item), then one QR code. One QR scan credits N stamps at once with the right tier tags.
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Customer scans with camera
Any smartphone camera — Android or iPhone, doesn’t matter. No app to install, no registration required.
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Returning customer — N stamps instantly
If the customer used your card or any other Costless card — N stamps at different tiers credited immediately. Each tier counter grows by its own count.
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New customer — in 10 seconds
First time — customer enters email and instantly gets a magic link. Tap the link — they’re on their card with N stamps at different tiers. No forms, no passwords.
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Each tier’s progress updates
Customer sees separate progress for each tier on the card — Starter, Main, Premium, Signature. If a tier hits its last stamp — "Main bonus available" appears. Birthday and streak bonuses accrue in parallel.
How customers
redeem bonuses Five steps from "I have a bonus!" to "bonus delivered". Customer picks the product from the tier where they have enough stamps — you set up which products are in each tier in advance.
Customer cases
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Customer picks an item from the tier menu
Customer has 5 Main stamps (collected over 3 mixed-cart visits). Tier menu appears on the card: Main items active, Starter items also active (downgrade allowed), Premium and Signature dimmed. Customer picks, e.g., pasta Carbonara (Main).
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Code appears for the barista
After picking an item the customer sees a 4-digit PIN and a QR code. Both valid for one minute or one use. Customer shows the screen to the barista — or simply says the PIN.
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Barista confirms and serves the item
Barista’s screen shows what the customer picked from the tier menu (pasta Carbonara, Main). One-tap confirm — item served. Barista doesn’t decide what to give — the customer already chose.
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Stamps are deducted from the specific tier
5 Main stamps removed from the card (the exact tier the bonus came from). Other tier progress (Starter, Premium, Signature) stays unchanged — each tier has its own counter.
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Customer sees confirmation
A second after confirmation — customer sees "Main bonus delivered ✓". Main tier progress resets to 0/5; other tiers continue from where they were. No paper receipts, no waiting.
Who’s already using
the per-item mode Three verticals with mixed receipts where per_item earning shines: businesses where customers take multiple items at different tiers per visit.
Flexibility
Restaurant "Chef"
Kyiv · single location
5 stamps to bonus · 4 tiersStarter/Main/Premium/Signature
Tiers: Starter $5, Main $12, Premium $18, Signature $28. Customer ordered 1 starter + 1 main + 1 premium → 3 stamps at different tiers in one scan. After 5 visits accumulates 5 main stamps → free main course.
≈ 18% discount equivalent on main items — fair to actual customer consumption
Café + bakery "Cup&Bun"
Kharkiv · single location
6 stamps to bonus · 6 tierscoffee S/M/L + pastry S/M/L
Tiers: 3 coffee tiers + 3 pastry tiers. Typical receipt = 1 M coffee + 1 S croissant → one M coffee stamp + one S pastry stamp. Faster accumulation for regular mixed-cart customers.
+42% retention through simultaneous accumulation on two products
Italian bar "Aperitivo"
Odesa · single location
8 stamps to bonus · 6 tiersaperitifs + appetizers
3 aperitif tiers (Spritz/Negroni/Champagne) + 3 appetizer tiers. Customer orders Spritz (M) + Pizza (Premium) → one M aperitif stamp + one Premium appetizer stamp. After 8 Premium stamps gets a free premium appetizer.
+58% average ticket through incentive to take appetizers with aperitif
Highlights
What makes the tier model fair
Three key facts that guarantee fairness for every customer category — from newbies to regular premium-dish buyers.
Premium unlocks Main/Starter
5 Premium stamps collected — you can take Premium, Main or Starter as the bonus. Regular premium-dish buyers get flexibility because they already "overpaid" for it. No reverse direction: Starter stamps only unlock Starter. Nobody gets a bonus they didn’t "earn" by paying.
Tier count — no hard limit
Technically you can set up any number of tiers — 2, 3, 5, 10. In practice we recommend 3-4 tiers for restaurants (Starter / Main / Premium / Signature). If you have multiple categories (coffee + pastry), set up separate tier groups — each category with its own progress.
Birthday bonus — lowest tier
In tiered mode the birthday gift automatically attaches to the cheapest item of the lowest tier (e.g., Starter salad). This guarantees that even a new customer with no accumulated stamps can claim the gift — won’t run into lower-tier limits.
What you can
configure 5+1 with per_item is not a fixed template. Here are 8 key settings you adapt to your menu, your tiers, and your mixed-cart audience.
Overview
| Stamps per single scan | One scan = N stamps (one per receipt line), each with its own tier tag. Barista marks every line — the program automatically determines the tier and credits a stamp at the right level. The "max stamps per scan" cap protects from banquet-order abuse. |
| Threshold for bonus | 5 — the most popular value for restaurants. Recommended range 1–50 stamps: 3+1 for signature courses, 8+1 for starter items. If you change the threshold — already-earned stamps stay, new scans count toward the new threshold. |
| What to gift | In tiered mode you set up the list of products in each tier in advance (e.g., Starter = salads/appetizers, Main = pasta/grill, Premium = steaks, Signature = chef’s specials). Customer picks the product from the tier where they have enough stamps. Downward substitution works: Premium stamps unlock Main/Starter, but Starter only unlocks Starter. |
| Anti-fraud protection | Every QR is single-use and lives for a minute. Barista marks every line through a closed selector from your menu — customer can’t influence it. The "max stamps per scan" field works as a cap. You can’t delete a product with stamps already on it — deactivate first. |
| Single card across the network | If you have multiple branches — customers collect stamps everywhere on a single card. Each tier’s progress is shared across all locations. |
| Boosters: birthday + streak | Toggle in campaign settings. Birthday reward for tiered campaigns automatically attaches to the cheapest item of the lowest tier — to guarantee redeemability even for a new customer with no accumulated stamps. |
| Analytics and export | How many stamps issued (by tier), how many bonuses redeemed, which tiers sell better, average ticket by tier. CSV export — to share with your manager or accountant. |
| Number of tier levels | Technically — no limit. You can set up 2, 3, 5, 10 tiers. In practice for restaurants we recommend 4 tiers (Starter / Main / Premium / Signature). If you have multiple menu categories — group tiers (e.g., coffee S/M/L + pastry S/M/L = 6 tiers). More than 6 — customers and baristas get confused. |
Bonus · Birthday
Birthday bonus
The fastest way to boost loyalty — without discounts or margin loss. Customer adds birthday on first card add, automatically receives a gift in their birthday week.
1-click toggleCustomer activity threshold±3 days around birthdayFlexible reward- Bonus stamps right to the card — customer gets a free dish in their birthday week
- Anti-freeloader — only customers who bought N bonuses overall get the gift
- Flexible window — exactly on birthday or week around it (your choice)
- Fully automatic — no email blasts, no extra barista work, no separate campaign
+34%more returns in birthday week vs control group (median across our restaurants)
Birthday week
+5 stamps gift
Active Nov 15–21. Your card already received bonus stamps — next dish will be the sixth.
Progress5 / 5 · bonus available
Streak this week
Still 1 day to bonus: +1 stamp for 7-day streak
1 day to bonus: +1 stamp for 7-day streak
Bonus · Regularity streak
Streak
bonus
Reward for regularity — the best way to turn occasional visitors into daily ones. Customer sees the "X days in a row" counter right on their card, and that builds the habit of coming back.
Custom visit threshold
Custom period
Custom bonus
Soft-fail
Bonus threshold — e.g., 7 visits in 7 days (one each day of the week)
- Reward type — extra stamps to card or instant free dish
- Soft-fail — one missed day doesn’t reset the streak, just pauses it
- Counter visible right on the card — that itself is the motivation
3.4×increase in visit frequency for streak-bonus customers vs standard 5+1
Comparison
Costless 51 vs alternatives
Per-item tiering exists in many POS-dependent platforms (iiko, Square, Marsello). Costless is the only one offering it without a mandatory third-party POS — overlays any POS or works manually.
| Feature | Costless 51 | Loopy Loyalty | Stamp Me | Loyverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Localization (19 languages) | ✓ full | ✗ RU + EN | ✗ EN-first | EN-first |
| No customer app | ✓ browser card | via add-ons | ✗ Square POS only | via integrations |
| No mandatory third-party POS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ Loyverse POS only |
| Birthday + streak | ✓ | via add-ons | ✓ | ✗ |
| Starting price | free forever | enterprise $$$ | $$ (Plus) | from $125/mo |
Watch in
90 seconds Full cycle — customer orders 1 starter + 1 main + 1 premium, barista marks all items on the panel, generates one QR. Customer scans — three stamps at different tiers credited at once. Voice in English, subtitles in 19 languages.
Play 90-second tier-item explainer video
90 seconds · 19 subtitle languages · optimized for fast loading
Pricing
Fair price. Free start.
Pay only when the program brings you customers. Free tier — forever, no expiration, no hidden conditions.
Most Popular
Business
$69 /mo
- 10 locations
- 10 campaigns
- 20 baristas
- All 6 stamp modes
- Full + export
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Common questions
What people ask before launch
Everything worth knowing about 5+1 — threshold, stamps-per-scan ceiling, security, how to configure for your business.
How does "stamp per item" differ from "stamp per visit"?
In "per visit" mode one scan = one stamp at one tier (the one barista picked). In "per item" mode one scan = N stamps where each has its own tier based on the specific item in the receipt. Suits restaurants with mixed carts.
Is it hard for the barista to enter items at different tiers?
On the barista panel there’s a menu of products with tiers that you set up in advance. Barista picks every line in the receipt — a few clicks (one per item), then one QR code. Customer scans — N stamps at different tiers credited in a single scan.
How does downward substitution work?
If the customer collected enough Premium stamps (higher tier), they can pick a product from the higher tier or any lower tier — Premium unlocks Main and Starter. No reverse: Starter stamps only unlock Starter. This is fair: a regular Premium buyer deserves flexibility, not artificial restrictions.
Can I cap the maximum stamps per single scan?
Yes, the "max stamps per scan" field works as a cap. If a customer has 20 items in the receipt but your cap is 6 — the system credits 6 stamps (at the tiers of the first 6 items). Anti-fraud protection for huge banquet orders.
How does the customer see mixed accumulation progress?
On the card page customer sees a separate progress bar for each active tier: Starter 3/5, Main 4/5, Premium 1/5, Signature 0/5. When a tier hits 5/5 — the "Main bonus available" indicator appears.
Can I switch from "per visit" to "per item" mode later?
Yes — it’s a campaign setting. Existing cards switch to the new logic. If your customers used to get one stamp per visit but actually take mixed orders frequently — switching to "per item" can significantly speed up accumulation for regular mixed-cart customers.
Launch your per-item tier 5+1 card
Free tier · 1 location · unlimited customers and stamps. Per-item tier model with a stamp for every line in the receipt, no third-party POS, no enterprise pricing. Birthday + streak — on paid plans.
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