Tap to Pay on your phone
Take cards on the phone you already carry. No new terminal to buy.
For Western North Carolina merchants
Take cards on the phone you already have. Keep Square or Clover.
Coupling is the shop system for independent WNC businesses — farm stands, massage, chiropractic, and the stores already ringing sales on a phone, from Hendersonville to Haywood Road. Mix cash, card, and rewards. Let customers book the next visit.
Keep Square or Clover
Stay on the checkout you already run. Mix cash, card, and rewards on one sale.
Catalog, checkout, booking
Sell items, time the order, and let customers book the next appointment.
Works with SquareWorks with CloverTap to Pay on your phoneNo Coupling fee on each sale
What you can run tomorrow
Checkout, booking, and rewards — on the phone you already have
Built for independent WNC shops already on Square or Clover on a phone: farm stands, massage, chiropractic, and the stores ringing sales from a pocket, not a back office. We don't sell terminals. POS is mobile-only.
Catalog, checkout, mixed tender
Sell the way your shop already sells
Put items in a catalog, take the order, and split the ticket across cash, card, and rewards. Keep Square or Clover if you already use them.
Mix cash, card, and rewards on one sale. Square and Clover stay in the flow you already know.
Appointments included
Let customers book the next visit
Massage, chiropractic, and other appointment businesses can take bookings in the same system that handles checkout and rewards.
Full appointment booking is live — customers pick a time, you see it next to the rest of the shop.
POS and payment workflow
Start the sale in Square or Clover. Mix cash, card, and rewards. Close it on your phone.
Keep the checkout you already run. Coupling plugs in beside Square or Clover, or runs Tap to Pay on the phone in your pocket. Rewards come off the ticket, the remaining balance is collected as usual, and the new reward lands automatically. We do not sell terminals.
Square integrationManual mode availableSquare and Clover liveNo terminals to buy
How the integrated checkout works
Keep your current checkout. Add Coupling beside it.
The flow below is the Square-connected experience. Clover works the same idea. Screenshots under it show the mobile POS — a demo of the app, not hardware we sell.
Checkout system
Square POS
$15.00 sale
Charge starts in Square
A normal Square sale creates the matching charge inside Coupling. Clover works the same way.
Square creates the original charge.
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2Rewards layer
Coupling
-$10.00 in rewards
Apply rewards in Coupling
Customers use eligible rewards, and Coupling updates the amount still due.
Coupling applies rewards and recalculates what is still due.
Checkout system
Square POS
$5.00 paid
Square collects the updated amount
The shopper pays the remaining amount through Square, Clover, or Tap to Pay on your phone.
Square now checks out only the remaining balance.
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4Rewards layer
Coupling
+$0.25 reward
Coupling disburses the new reward
Payment confirmation issues the new reward, and the customer receives it immediately.
Coupling sends the new reward automatically.
Available now
Tap to Pay on your phone, Square, and Clover. Mix cash, card, and rewards on one sale.
Also live
Catalog, order timing, and full appointment booking in the same mobile POS.
Honest about hardware
POS is mobile-only. We do not sell terminals. Hardware in photos is a demo of the app on a phone or tablet you already own.
What the shopper sees
Rewards reduce the balance before checkout, and the new reward appears after the sale closes.
Screenshots below show the live mobile POS. The Square-connected version uses the same redemption and reward logic, but the sale starts and finishes inside Square. Clover follows the same pattern.
1Charge generated
Start the sale in Coupling POS
Ring the sale on your phone. Coupling POS is mobile-only — the same phone you already carry, not a terminal we sell.
2Customer payment
Mix cash, card, and rewards
The shopper pays with card (including Tap to Pay), cash, rewards, or a mix. The app shows how much is covered before the sale closes.
3Mixed tender
Close the remaining balance
Coupling shows the rewards already applied and the amount still due so you can finish the sale in Square, Clover, or on your phone.
4Reward disbursal
The new reward lands automatically
When the sale completes, Coupling issues the new reward back to the customer — no extra step at the counter.
Local merchant network
Accept other local merchants' rewards and grow your reach without giving up control.
Once checkout is running, you choose which local merchants to connect with and how much of their rewards you'll accept. That helps bring in new customers, gives existing customers more ways to spend, and keeps more value moving through the local network.
For merchants
Bring in customers from other local businesses, encourage repeat visits, and control your exposure with merchant-set limits.
For customers
Use rewards, vouchers, and gift value at more than one business instead of being stuck with a single merchant.
For the local economy
Keep more spending inside a connected group of local businesses instead of losing value out of the area.
How merchant partnerships work
Grow local partnerships without opening the network blindly.
Start with checkout and your own rewards, then add a partner when the relationship makes sense and cap how much of their value you accept.
Merchant control
Choose the partner
Accept value only from businesses you trust and want to bring into your local circle.
Acceptance cap
Start with a $100 limit
Set a dollar amount that fits your comfort level before any partner value is accepted.
Local growth
Keep value moving nearby
Give customers more places to spend while keeping the relationship rooted in WNC merchants.
Start with your own offer
Lead with checkout and rewards, vouchers, or gift cards customers already understand.
Add one partner
Choose a nearby merchant with overlapping customers or a natural business relationship.
Grow carefully
Raise the cap only after the partnership proves useful for both sides.
WNC example
A WNC partnership can start with a cap, not a blank check.
Mountain Roast can choose to accept up to $100 of Slope Side value, then bring that value back to Slope Side for wholesale orders, event tabs, or future redemptions.
That keeps the partnership useful without making the network feel abstract, risky, or hard to explain to staff.
Network overview
See your network
Track who you are connected to, how strong your network is, and which reward relationships are active.
Spend map
Show where rewards can be spent
Customers and merchants can quickly see which nearby businesses accept a reward, making it more useful.
Partner limit
Set a limit and accept a partner reward
Accept a partner's rewards up to a dollar amount you choose, so you stay in control as the network grows.
Transparent pricing
Simple tools. Predictable costs.
One low monthly subscription, no per-sale Coupling fee, and checkout, booking, and rewards on the phone you already have.
Merchant subscription
$10/month
Run checkout, appointments, and rewards without paying a Coupling fee every time a customer pays or redeems.
+Free for users
+No Coupling fee on each sale
+Tap to Pay, Square, and Clover
+Catalog, mixed checkout, and appointment booking
+Merchant-controlled rewards, vouchers, and gift cards
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Reward issuance cost
Issue $10,000 in rewards for about $1.20.
Issue rewards without paying a percentage of every redemption. Coupling costs stay tied to running the shop tools, not a cut of every sale.
Issue $10,000 worth of rewards for about $1.20.
Need help planning a rollout or merchant network?
Book a demo and we'll walk through your current checkout flow, network goals, and what the pricing looks like for your shop.
Local merchant spotlight
What Coupling looks like in a real Asheville practice
"I use Coupling for reward points and gift cards at my massage therapy practice. My clients love earning rewards they can share with friends."
Emily Manders, Sacred Hands Alchemy
At Sacred Hands Alchemy, customers can scan the sticker, redeem rewards, and book the next visit. Checkout and the offer live together — the kind of setup a Hendersonville or Asheville shop can actually run tomorrow.
Demo-first next step
See how Coupling fits your store before you commit
We'll walk through Tap to Pay, Square or Clover, mixed checkout, appointments, and rewards using the way you already sell.
Ask about bonus vouchers toward your subscription when you try Coupling.