# Stamp card, points card or paid membership: which loyalty card to choose

> Choose a stamp card if customers buy roughly the same thing each visit, a points card if what they spend varies a lot, and a paid membership if customers prepay for a set of sessions or a term.

Source: https://digicard.tech/docs/stamp-card-points-card-or-membership
By The Digicard team · Updated 27 Oct 2026

## Stamp card

**Best for:** cafés, bakeries, barbers, car washes: a visit is a visit.

- One stamp per visit, or more for a bigger service, for example two stamps for a two-hour session.
- Rewards at set counts, such as a free drink at 10 stamps. Customers can earn several rewards on one card.
- Stamps can expire a set time after they were earned.

## Points card

**Best for:** restaurants, retail and anywhere the bill varies.

- Points from what the customer spends, or a set number per action.
- Rewards customers redeem with their points, and tiers they climb as they earn.
- Points can expire a set time after they were earned.

## Paid membership

**Best for:** gyms, studios, salons and spas that sell packages.

- The customer buys a term, and prepaid sessions draw down as they use them.
- They also earn points on what they spend.
- Packages come from your reward inventory, so each sale draws that branch's stock.
- The card stops working at the end of the term.

## Questions

### Can I change the reward later?

Yes. A change to the rewards applies to every card already issued, without customers re-adding the card.

### Can one business run more than one card?

Yes. Each card design has its own sign-up link, so you can run a stamp card for coffee and a membership for classes.