{"id":45433,"date":"2015-05-11T09:42:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T08:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/?p=45433"},"modified":"2021-05-18T13:09:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T12:09:22","slug":"58-swipii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2015\/58-swipii\/","title":{"rendered":"58. Swipii"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Founders: <\/b>Louis Schena and Chitresh Sharma<br>\n<b>Founded: <\/b>January 2014<br>\n<b>Website:<\/b> www.swipiicard.com<\/p>\n<p>Stemming from an idea for a nightclub loyalty platform, Swipii founders Louis Schena and Chitresh Sharma realised many independent retailers were crying out for an affordable and effective digital rewards system.<\/p>\n<p>Their loyalty solution allows the end user to receive points and rewards from local merchants using one multi-function app or card &ndash; all retailers have to do is install an iPad at the point of sale. As a result, the company claims users of the platform increase visits by 12-44%.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2014, the Glasgow company currently has 239 merchants live &ndash; with another 1,000-plus scheduled to join &ndash; and an impressive 70,000 end users. Businesses on a 12-month contract choose between three payment tiers of &pound;39, &pound;49 or &pound;59 to receive the necessary materials and access email deals, a dedicated account manager, custom rewards menu and marketing materials.<\/p>\n<p>Though Swipii shares the loyalty and reward marketplace with a number of ambitious contenders, it claims its quick, hassle-free, 10-second sign-up process and the data and analytics services it offers to its merchants should see its plans to sign up 1,000 UK businesses by the end of 2015 come to fruition. 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