PerkClub
vs Discount Apps

Stop discounting. Start memberships.

Discount apps trade your margin for footfall. PerkClub builds paid relationships that protect your prices and your brand.

Why discounts hurt and memberships help

Every discount app — Too Good To Go, Groupon, voucher booklets, "first-week-free" promos — is built on the same trade: short-term footfall in exchange for long-term margin. The customer learns that your brand is sometimes cheap, the platform takes a cut every time, and the relationship belongs to the platform, not you.

Memberships invert that trade. Members pay you a premium for a curated set of perks, month after month. There's no third-party fee on every sale, no "wait for the next promo" psychology, and the customer relationship lives in your wallet pass — not on someone else's app.

Keep your full margin

No cut to a third-party platform on every sale. Members pay you directly via Stripe — only standard processing fees apply.

Premium positioning, not bargain hunters

Members commit to your brand because they value it, not because it's cheap. That's a customer base that compounds.

Customers stop waiting for sales

Discount apps train customers to delay purchases. Memberships create a habit of regular spend instead — at full price.

PerkClub vs Discount Apps, side by side

The features independent businesses ask about most.

Keep full margin on every sale

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Discount Apps

No third-party fee per transaction

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Discount Apps

Customer relationship belongs to you

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Discount Apps

Trains customers to wait for promos

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Discount Apps

Predictable monthly revenue

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Discount Apps

Apple & Google Wallet pass

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Branded experience

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Builds business valuation

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Switching from discount apps?

The questions independent businesses ask most when they make the move.

PerkClub is a membership platform for independent businesses. It lets your customers subscribe to your business with a monthly membership. They get exclusive perks, you get predictable recurring revenue — paid out to your bank account every week via Stripe.
No. That's one of the biggest differences. Customers scan your QR code, sign up in 30 seconds on a web page, and save their membership pass to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet. It lives right alongside their bank cards — no app to download.
Loyalty schemes reward spending after the fact with points or stamps. PerkClub is a membership where customers pay you upfront every month in exchange for guaranteed perks. You earn revenue before they even walk through the door.
PerkClub is based in London. We bill in GBP, our team is based here, and our merchants are independent UK businesses. International support is on the roadmap.
Independent UK businesses that rely on regular footfall like coffee shops, barbers, salons, bakeries, florists, gyms, delis, juice bars, pet groomers, and ice cream shops. If your customers visit repeatedly and would value a membership, PerkClub fits.
No. PerkClub gives independent businesses the same kind of subscription product chains like Pret offer — under your own brand, with your own pricing, your own perks. We're the platform; the membership belongs to your shop.
PerkClub was founded in the United Kingdom in 2025. The platform was built specifically for the independent UK high street and the team works directly with merchants on the operational details.

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