Barpass: a membership club with location-based discounts at bars and restaurants

Barpass is a membership benefits club: members pay a subscription to receive discounts at partner bars and restaurants, any day, at any time. The model only works if a discount appears at the right moment, when someone is near an establishment deciding where to go.

• A subscription system with recurring billing and member management.
• Location-based discounts: the app displays available benefits based on the user's proximity to partners.
• Establishment registration and management, including each establishment's discount rules.
• Benefit validation at the establishment when the member makes a purchase.
• An administration dashboard for Barpass to operate its partner network and monitor usage.

Moving beyond the traditional benefits club, a list of coupons, to make geolocation central to the experience. It needed enough accuracy to be useful and reasonable battery consumption for an app running in the background. Convenience also mattered: open the app and see the right discount without searching.

An operational platform that connects members to local establishments in real time. Members save with little effort, while bars and restaurants gain new customers at the moment they are deciding where to spend.