Connected experiences · proposed direction
A little less searching.
A little more discovering.
A welcome you can open in a moment. An offer you can find when you need it. A reminder you actually wanted.
Start with easy taps and scans. Grow towards a community app that earns its place on people’s phones by making everyday local life easier.
See where each approach helps ↓While the coffees are being made
A friendly exchange.
A new connection.
A couple taps the café’s invitation while waiting. Their screen opens a welcome from this business, with a useful introduction just around the corner.
Example phone experience
Welcome from your local café
Something lovely
around the corner.
A nearby florist invites you to enjoy $5 off a bouquet of $35 or more.
An invitation to explore, at your pace.
Illustrative offer · one per person · participating florist · valid during the example campaign.A little playfulness: your local discovery trail
A proposed optional trail could recognise three confirmed visits with a clearly stated local reward. Tap or scan to discover; a business-confirmed visit earns a stamp. Repeated scans would not earn extra stamps.
Show progress, participating places and reward conditions upfront. No forced social follows or marketing sign-ups to complete the trail. Businesses agree reward costs and limits before the campaign starts.
Interactive concept only. Saving here changes this demonstration; no offer is issued and no personal information is collected.
The right connection for the moment
Make the next step
feel effortless.
QR · Take the welcome with youA moving-in pack, school fête sign or café receipt opens the right local invitation without typing an address. Useful when people want to browse now or keep the printed invitation for later. A web experience can work without an app.
NFC · A quick tap at the counterA clearly marked tap point opens the same useful destination on compatible phones, without framing a camera. Ideal for a counter, reception desk or welcome display. Include a QR alternative so there is always another way in.
App · Keep the good things togetherComing soon: a local companion for saved offers, favourite businesses, events and welcome packs. People choose their neighbourhoods and interests, then opt into useful push updates, such as a chosen class opening bookings or a saved invitation nearing expiry.
Beacons · Remember at the right placeA possible later enhancement: an opted-in app could recognise proximity to a participating location and remind someone about a saved welcome. Useful when the offer would otherwise be forgotten. A beacon supplies a proximity signal; it does not send offers to arbitrary nearby phones.
Location anchors · Find what’s relevant nearbyA neighbourhood, venue or signboard can lead to a curated local destination. People can choose an area manually; optional device location could reduce searching. Physical placements give campaigns context without requiring continuous tracking.
One connected experience
From a welcome pack
to a familiar place.
- 01 · Discover
A coffee to say hello
A new resident scans their welcome pack and finds a nearby café’s invitation, with clear conditions and opening times.
- 02 · Keep
Save it for Saturday
They can use the web experience first. The future app would offer a convenient place to keep invitations and choose local updates.
- 03 · Return
A reminder with a purpose
If they enable reminders, a timely update could bring the saved offer back to mind. A later proximity pilot could test whether an arrival reminder is more useful.
Illustrative journey. The app, notifications and proximity features are proposed, not operating in this preview.
Less work for the business, more relevance for the customer
You bring the welcome.
We connect the experience.
The proposed service would prepare tap and scan destinations, coordinate placements and manage approved campaign content. You set the offer, availability and limits.
Campaigns could be adjusted without reprinting every invitation. Source links would help distinguish where interest began; claims and confirmed redemptions would show separate actions. A tap, scan or nearby signal alone would not prove a purchase.
Useful notifications, on the customer’s terms
Follow chosen businesses, categories or neighbourhoods. Set quiet hours, frequency limits and pause controls. Save an offer without being subscribed to every partner. Notification permission would be requested after explaining a useful benefit; delivery and timing depend on device settings and operating-system behaviour.
Where we would test beacons first
A small, consenting pilot around saved-offer reminders at a participating venue. Compare usefulness and redemptions against simpler reminders before expanding. Bluetooth, location permissions and device support affect reliability; proximity would not be used as proof of redemption.
A community start, with room to travel
Begin with one connected local area and enough worthwhile invitations to make returning useful. Expand to neighbouring communities after learning what people save, use and return for. The same planned app could let people choose another neighbourhood when visiting or moving, carrying their preferences with them rather than installing a separate app for every suburb.
A practical path to adoption
Earn the next step.
First · Prove the invitationWeb destinations, QR and compatible NFC taps. Test whether the welcome is valuable before asking people to install anything.
Next · Earn a place on the phoneA community app with saved invitations, events and chosen push updates. Build around reasons to return.
Then · Add context where it helpsPilot optional proximity reminders and expand across communities only when the experience proves useful.
App coming soon. Features will be introduced in stages; no release date is confirmed.