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Why Flicp

Unique digital rewards for everyday commerce.

Flicp gives eligible coupons a unique digital identity with clear details about who issued them, what they offer, where they work, and when they expire. Businesses can check each use and keep a shared activity record. These are rewards for shopping—not investment products.

00The business model

One simple system for everyone involved.

Flicp connects brands, stores, platforms, and customers around clear offers and reliable activity records. Customers use rewards normally; the technical work stays behind the scenes.

For investors

Brands create the offers, stores and platforms share or accept them, and Flicp keeps the rules and activity record connected.

For customers

A clear digital coupon that shows who issued it, what it offers, where it works, and when it expires.

For brands

Product campaigns with clear budgets, approved channels, and a view of every accepted redemption.

For retail partners

A consistent way to validate approved offers at participating locations and review redemption evidence with the issuer.

For platforms

APIs and shared offer rules that support discovery, validation, and redemption inside the platform's own customer experience.

01The difference

Where the categories end and Flicp begins.

Traditional loyaltyPromo-code toolsFlicp
Who funds the discountAmbiguous — venues absorb it and chase reimbursementsNobody — codes are created without a funding modelThe issuer, always. Issuance is liability, capped server-side
Where a coupon worksLocked to one program at one businessAnywhere the string is pasted — including where it shouldn'tExactly where its scope says: products for brand coupons, the home venue for venue coupons
Double-spend protectionPer-store databases that don't talk to each otherNone — one code, infinite screenshotsOne redemption arbiter — first server-accepted redemption wins, everywhere
Fraud & resalePoints fraud and account gamingCodes leak, get scraped, get resoldVenue coupons are soulbound — resale is impossible by construction
Proof of redemptionMonthly reports you have to trustA row in someone's analytics toolAn immutable record on FlicpLEDGER, our private enterprise chain
Life after issuancePoints sit in a silo until they expireThe code dies in an inboxDigital coupons stay identifiable, rule-bound, and easy to check
Settlement for venuesInvoices, disputes, and waitingDoesn't existRedemption records drive settlement — no invoice chasing
Developer surfaceA CSV export if you're luckyA REST endpoint and good luckTyped SDK, sandbox, signed webhooks, idempotency, offline mode, real POS
Kill-switch controlEmail support and waitDeactivate the code, hope caches expirePause an agreement and validation stops instantly, at every venue

02Pillars

Five things that only work if they are built in.

01 · Clear usage rules

Every coupon clearly shows where it works.

A brand coupon can be linked to specific products and approved stores. A store coupon can work across that store's products but only at that store. The offer always explains its limits.

  • Brand coupons can follow selected products across approved stores.
  • Store coupons can apply across that store's products without being used elsewhere.
  • Clear rules help customers and stores know which offers can be used together.
  • The same rules are checked across Flicp services and supported checkout tools.

02 · Offers with clear limits

Every discount has an owner and a limit.

The issuer sets the discount, available quantity, and usage limits. Flicp checks those limits each time the coupon is used.

  • The issuer is responsible for the discount it creates.
  • Each coupon can have a maximum number of uses and a maximum discount amount.
  • The first accepted use is recorded as the successful redemption.
  • An offer can be paused when the agreement changes.
  • Brands and stores can agree how a shared promotion is funded.

03 · Proof, not guesswork

Every coupon has a record of its important activity.

FlicpLEDGER keeps proof of important coupon activity, including creation, transfer, use, and expiry. Teams can review one trusted record instead of comparing screenshots and separate reports.

  • Important actions are linked to the account or service that made them.
  • Some store coupons cannot be resold or transferred.
  • A used coupon is closed and cannot be accepted again.
  • The important activity stays available for checking later.

04 · Easy to follow

Each digital reward keeps its terms and status together.

Customers can find eligible coupons in one wallet and check who issued them, what they offer, where they work, and when they expire.

  • A Flicp wallet brings eligible digital coupons together with their status.
  • Offer terms identify the issuer, eligible products or venues, and expiry.
  • Transfers follow issuer rules and are shown only where supported.
  • Timed drops provide a controlled release format for limited campaigns.

05 · Infrastructure, not a widget

Built like a payments network, not a marketing plugin.

Flicp ships the surface serious teams expect: a typed SDK with idempotency and offline mode, a real POS, signed webhooks, and a developer model where access can be revoked instantly.

  • @flicp/sdk covers coupons, drops, auctions, loyalty, POS sessions, disputes, payouts, and webhooks.
  • Idempotency keys, retries, and offline mode are built in — not left as an exercise.
  • Organisations nominate developers; revoking a nomination kills that developer's keys instantly.
  • FlicpPos runs the counter; the same rule engine runs everywhere.

03For every side

Different for you, specifically.

Define the offer. Set its limits. Follow its results.

Issuer-defined campaign rules

Set eligible products, participating channels, supply, expiry, and budget before a tokenized offer reaches customers.

Clear campaign activity

Review claims and accepted redemptions in the campaign record, with lifecycle events recorded on FlicpLEDGER where enabled.

Control participating channels

Choose which approved partners and platforms can accept each reward under your campaign agreements.

Product-scoped offers

Link a brand reward to eligible products or categories so its intended scope is clear across approved venues.

Pick your side of the counter.

Walk the full loop, check the pricing, or tell us what you want to launch.