Activate your tap card

The card we sent you is an NFC tag. A diner holds their phone against it and their stamp lands — no app, no scanning, nothing for your staff to type.

Before diners can use it, you link it to your restaurant once. That takes about two minutes on your own phone.

Step 1 — Tap the card with your phone

Unlock your phone, then hold it flat against the card and wait a second. A notification slides in with a link.

• iPhone: hold the top edge of the phone against the card. Works on iPhone XS and newer with the screen on and unlocked.
• Android: hold the middle of the back against the card, and make sure NFC is switched on in Settings.

Nothing appears? Move the phone slowly across the card — the antenna is a small spot, and a thick case can block it.

Step 2 — Open the link and start setup

Tap the notification. It opens an AskFoodie page that says "This tag isn't active yet" — that's expected, the card isn't linked to anyone yet.

At the bottom of that page, tap "Are you the restaurant? Set this tag up".

Step 3 — Link the card

You'll be asked: do you already have a restaurant on AskFoodie?

If you already have one

1. Tap Yes — sign me in and sign in with your email (we send a 6-digit code) or with Google.
2. You come straight back to the same page with your restaurants listed. Pick the one this card belongs to and tap Link.

No need to tap the card a second time to get back here — the page waits for you.

If you're new

1. Tap No — set one up and fill in three things:

   • Restaurant name
   • Visits to earn the reward — e.g. 10
   • What they get — e.g. "A free slice". Write it the way you'd say it out loud; diners see this on their card.

   

2. Enter your email, then the 6-digit code we send you. No password to set.

3. That's it — your restaurant, your punch card and this tag all go live together.

Step 4 — Tap it once more to check

Tap the card again with your phone. You should see "Checked in — stamp added". That's exactly what your diners will see.

Now put the card on the counter where people pay. That's the whole system: they tap on the way out, the stamp lands, and when the card fills they get the reward you wrote in step 3.

Good to know

• You get 60 free days, and we never ask for a card to start.
• Anyone can tap it — the card holds no personal data and can't be copied by photographing it.
• The reward and the number of visits can be changed later from your dashboard, under Loyalty → Punch card.
• Lost the card? Sign in and release it from Tags in your dashboard, and contact us for a replacement — the lost one stops working.