Friday, 30 January 2026

Meet Kawhe: The Digital Loyalty Card Your Customers Actually Use

Isuru Mendis
Isuru Mendis
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Meet Kawhe: The Digital Loyalty Card Your Customers Actually Use

Paper stamp cards have been around forever. They work… until they don’t.

Cards get lost. Stamps get smudged. Staff forget to stamp. Customers forget to bring the card back. And when someone finally finds an old loyalty card in their wallet, it’s usually after they’ve stopped visiting.

That’s exactly why we built Kawhe: a simple, modern loyalty system that feels premium, is easy for staff, and doesn’t require your customers to download an app.

The problem with paper loyalty cards

Traditional stamp cards come with a bunch of hidden costs:

  • Lost cards = lost repeat visits

  • No visibility (you don’t know who your regulars are)

  • Hard to manage (no customer list, no history)

  • Easy to abuse (extra stamps, fake stamps, unclear rules)

  • Not memorable (it’s just another piece of paper)

Most importantly: paper cards don’t match how people live today.

Your customers already use their phones for everything. Loyalty should feel just as effortless.

What is Kawhe?

Kawhe is a web-based loyalty platform for cafés that lets your customers join instantly by scanning a QR code.

No app downloads. No friction. No complicated setup.

Customers get a digital loyalty card they can keep on their phone, and you get a clean merchant dashboard to manage everything.

Customers join in seconds

Here’s how it works:

  1. You display a QR code at the counter

  2. The customer scans it and joins in seconds

  3. They receive a digital loyalty card they can easily access again

  4. Each time they buy, staff can scan and stamp the card

That’s it.

No passwords required for the customer experience (unless you want it). No long sign-up forms. Just a clean flow that gets people into the loyalty loop quickly.

Your loyalty card, but modern

Kawhe gives you the tools to make the loyalty experience feel like your brand:

  • Set your background colour and text colour

  • Upload your logo

  • Add a cover image (store photo, product shot, or brand visual)

  • Use stamp circles that fill as customers earn stamps (instead of just showing a number)

So the loyalty card feels like something your customers want to keep—because it looks good and it’s easy to use.

A dashboard built for real café workflows

Kawhe isn’t built to be “feature-heavy.” It’s built to be practical.

From your merchant control panel you can:

  • View and manage your stores

  • See all your customers

  • Scan and stamp cards in seconds

  • Track progress and rewards

  • Keep things secure with sensible limits and verification tools

Everything is designed to work smoothly in a busy café environment.

Rewards that feel exciting (and easy to redeem)

A loyalty system only works when customers believe they’ll actually reach the reward.

Kawhe helps by making progress visual and satisfying: stamp circles fill up as they collect stamps, and when they hit the reward target, it’s clearly shown.

When a reward is available, staff can redeem it through the scanner flow, and the card updates accordingly.

No app required

One of the biggest reasons loyalty apps fail is the download step.

People don’t want another app. They don’t want another login. They don’t want another notification permission screen.

Kawhe is designed to work without that.

It’s lightweight, fast, and works on any modern phone—iPhone or Android.

Built for cafés that care about brand

If you’ve worked hard to build a great café experience, your loyalty system should match it.

Kawhe is built to feel premium and calm—more like a modern brand product than a “cheap stamp card replacement.”

Because loyalty isn’t just about discounts. It’s about belonging.

Want to try Kawhe?

If you want a loyalty system that’s:

  • Easy for staff

  • Easy for customers

  • Branded to your café

  • Works without an app

  • Actually helps bring people back

Then Kawhe is built for you.

Get started today and create your first digital loyalty card in minutes.