INVIGORATE YOUR CAMPUS DEBIT CARD PROGRAM!

 

Feeling like your campus debit card program could do with a pick me up? It may be time to consider invigorating your Campus Debit Card Program with a rewards solution designed specifically for University and College campus, students, and faculty.

As you are aware, the majority of debit and credit cards offer some form of reward program element as a means to build loyalty and increase transaction activity.

Online-Rewards has developed a solution that enables Universities and College campuses to tie-in a private label, points-based loyalty program to debit card system. Students and faculty earn points for transactions and redeem them for books, music, DVDs, food, entertainment and other exciting rewards through campus and non-campus merchants.

The Online-Rewards Campus Rewards Program was created to give students and faculty additional reasons to load more funds onto their debit card and use their campus debit card more often.

Online-Rewards helped the University of Akron campus debit card program by developing the "Zippy Rewards" program and related web site - www.zippyrewards.net .

According to the Director of Auxiliary Business Operations, Dean Goumas, "The Zippy Rewards program has been a great success with increased student participation rates by students and increased transaction frequency.”

The Zippy Rewards program enables students and faculty to earn 2 Zippy Rewards points for every dollar spent at participating merchants. Students and faculty then redeem their Zippy Rewards points for merchandise from on and off campus merchants.

According to Dean Goumas, "The Zippy Rewards program was a low cost way to build excitement around the University of Akron’s Zip Card program. The Zippy Rewards program also provides an added dimension when presenting the debit card program to off campus merchants.”

The University of Akron has also added promotions to the Zippy Rewards program where students can earn "instant" awards for logging into the program web site or for making purchases at select campus merchants. These instant awards help build further excitement around the University of Akron's debit card program while driving students to participating merchants to take advantage of specific promotions.

Michael Levy, President of Online-Rewards, elaborates "Campus debit card programs need to develop compelling reasons for students to participate in campus debit card payment systems. Credit card programs offer most of the features and functions that student debit card programs in terms of tracking expenditure and establishing caps on expenditures. In addition, credit card programs offer reward program elements which benefit the card holder.”

"University and College Campuses that are committed to their debit card programs have little option but to identify reasons why students and faculty should be using a campus debit card program over a credit card program. A rewards program linked to the debit card program can provide tangible benefits.”

 

About Online-Rewards

Online-Rewards is the company behind the next-generation of web-hosted incentive and loyalty marketing program management tools. Online-Rewards was founded to capitalize on the internet's emerging power as a performance improvement, rewards and communications tool.

Founded in 2001 by a highly experienced and committed team with backgrounds in management consulting, software development, marketing and multi-media, Online-Rewards delivers outstanding, robust and secure incentive and loyalty marketing applications.

With backgrounds in Fortune 100 internet consulting, the US Government, and large scale ecommerce platforms, the Online-Rewards management team brings over 45+ years in advanced internet based consulting experience. For more, visit www.online.rewards.com.