For mobile and shop detailers
Most detail jobs are not a weekly habit. Customers add your card to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet. Staff scan the QR when the keys go back, and visits stack toward a reward you choose. No customer app and no account.
Works on the lot, in the bay, or from a phone. No extra hardware. For a short, repeat wash rather than a detail, see car wash loyalty.
Apple Wallet or Google Wallet. That is their loyalty card. No account to create.
Open PointsCard Loyalty Program, scan their QR, award the visit or points.
History lives in the company app instead of memory, DMs, or paper cards.
Scan again when they earn a reward. Optional review link stays on the pass.
Detailing is not a daily habit. Without a light nudge, people drift to whoever is convenient next time. High-ticket work pays better when clients trust you and return for maintenance.
Spring pollen, winter salt, road-trip grime: give them a reason to book the next round with you.
Bigger jobs deserve clearer perks: credit toward maintenance, an interior add-on, or dollars off the next service.
Interior after exterior, wax or sealant step-ups, polish or coating talks feel natural when loyalty already frames the relationship.
Monthly or every-six-weeks habits pair well with stamps or points they can see on their phone.
Examples you can set up, not existing PointsCard customers. Pick one rule your team can explain in one sentence.
Keeps exterior clients moving up your menu without giving a full detail every time.
Rewards your best tickets and brings them back for maintenance or the next big job.
Example: sell four maintenance washes upfront. Each scan uses one credit, so the customer can see what is left.
Word of mouth is huge in detailing. Clear referral bonuses beat vague “tell your friends.”
Quick math and a printable job checklist. Swap in your real numbers anytime.
Rough effective discount when someone earns a fixed reward after N visits.
Word of mouth
Detailing spreads by trust: neighbors, car meets, fleet admins. Reward referrals when a new client’s first visit posts, and keep a Google review link on the same wallet pass so the ask is soft.
“Show your wallet pass and we’ll add today’s visit. If someone you send books with us, you both get a bonus.”
Pair referrals with reviews so public proof and personal recommendations work together.
Set rewards, packages, and optional review links from PointsCard Loyalty Program.
They add it once. Staff scan from then on. No customer login.
Keys back, payment done, scan done. Same habit every job.
No. They add your card to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet once. When you hand the keys back, staff scan the QR and award the visit. There is no customer account.
Yes. You take payment the way you already do, then load prepaid credits on the wallet pass. Each job scan uses one credit, and the remaining balance stays on the pass. See prepaid packages.
Yes. Staff use the PointsCard app on a phone. The customer shows their wallet QR at the driveway or the bay. No extra hardware.
Yes. PointsCard includes a refer-a-friend option. You decide the reward, and it is granted when the referred customer’s visit is recorded. See refer a friend.