Arsenal — Engagement & Retention

The Wallet Pass

Live · send a push, then price the same reach on SMS

Every text you send has a meter running. Every email fights a crowded inbox and almost never reaches a lock screen. A wallet pass does both jobs better: once a customer adds your pass to Apple or Google Wallet, you can push an offer, an appointment reminder or a loyalty update straight to their lock screen — and the push itself carries no per-message fee. You stop renting a channel and start owning one.

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● Live — tap a push and watch the lock screen, then drag the sliders to price the same reach on SMS
WALLET PASS // LOCK SCREEN PER-MESSAGE FEE $0.00CARRIER NONELIVES ON LOCK SCREEN
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Added to Wallet
Send a push — watch the lock screen
Pushes sent: 0 · Cost so far: $0.00
What the same reach costs on SMS
SMS
$80.00
Wallet
$39.50
You keep $40.50 a month — and it lands on the lock screen.
SMS at $0.01 per message before carrier fees. Wallet shown at a flat $39.50/mo platform plan — the push itself has no per-message fee, so the wallet bar stops growing no matter how many you send.

Questions

What exactly is a wallet pass?

It is a branded card your customer adds to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, in the same place they keep boarding passes and store cards. Because it lives on the phone rather than in an inbox, you can update it at any time and the customer sees the change on their lock screen.

Is it really free to send?

The push is. Apple and Google do not charge per message to notify people holding your pass, and there is no carrier fee because it is not a text. What you do pay is a flat monthly platform fee to run the passes — plans commonly start around forty dollars a month — so your cost stays flat as your list grows instead of rising with every send.

So I can message people as much as I like?

No, and you would not want to. Google limits pushes to three per pass in any twenty-four hours, and Apple expects updates to be genuinely relevant — abusing it can get your pass credentials pulled. We treat it as a channel for useful updates: your offer is live, your points changed, your appointment is tomorrow. Used that way it stays welcome, which is the entire point of owning it.

Does this replace my texts and emails?

It replaces the expensive, repetitive part. Reminders, offers and loyalty updates move to the pass where they are free and more visible. You keep SMS and email for genuine conversation and for anyone who has not installed the pass — the two work together, and your per-message spend drops.

How do customers get the pass?

A link or a QR code — on your site, at the counter, in a booking confirmation, in your reply to a lead. They tap once, it is in their wallet, and from then on they are reachable. We build the install flow into the site and booking system we already run for you.

What do you need from me to start?

Your brand assets and a decision on what the pass should do first — usually appointments or loyalty. Setup also needs an Apple developer enrolment and a pass platform account, both of which we walk you through. Text Rudy and we will scope it for your business.

You are renting a channel you could own.

Every reminder, offer and follow-up you send today has a price per message attached to it. Move the repeatable ones onto a pass your customers already carry, and that cost stops scaling with your list — while your brand sits on their lock screen instead of at the bottom of an inbox. Text Rudy and we will scope it for your business.