Discovery pass
A discovery pass is a digital pass, sold to the public, that gives access to offers at several partner businesses (most of them one-time) so people have a reason to try them. Arsom Pass is the platform for launching yours in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, under your own name. You pick the businesses and sell the pass. Arsom handles online checkout, the single-use QR codes for printed cards, redemption at the counter and sales tracking for each business.
Demo screens, shown in French, with fictional businesses. The pass and the redemption screen are also available in English.
You know your area and its businesses, so recruiting, selling and promotion stay with you. Arsom handles everything technical.
Arsom
You
The participating business
Which one you use depends on your audience and on how much of the selling you hand to the businesses.
The buyer pays online and adds the pass to their Wallet. Every sale lands in one place and you collect the money.
Participating businesses sell the pass themselves. Each one gets a reusable promotional QR code to put on a counter display.
A numbered card with your artist’s illustration and a single-use QR code. The buyer scans the code and the pass unlocks on their phone.
Your area, your audience, the businesses you have in mind and how you want to sell. You get a quote.
The pass, its expiry date, the list of businesses and the visual identity, built around your artist’s illustration.
Each business has its own redemption login and defines what it gives Pass Holders.
Online, through your resellers and their QR codes, or on printed cards made from the files we deliver.
The dashboard shows who is selling and where Pass Holders use their pass. The export prepares your payouts to the businesses.
Still looking for your first businesses? Read question 7 of the guide: who to call first, what to say and how to answer objections.
An annual subscription that covers the platform, maintenance and support, plus a small commission on each paid pass sold.
Subscription
Annual
Platform, maintenance and support included.
Commission
Per paid pass sold
A small commission, taken on each sale.
Pricing
By quote
Tell us about your project and we’ll send you a quote.
Your revenue is pass sales: the price of the pass times the number you sell. Both numbers are in your hands, along with the list of businesses and the way you get the word out.
Up to three amounts come out of each sale: the share you pay the participating businesses, if you promised one; the commission for businesses that sell the pass at their counter, if you pay one; and the platform and payment processing fees. You agree on the first two directly with your businesses. With Arsom, the platform costs an annual subscription plus a small commission per paid pass sold, quoted per project.
What’s left pays for the illustration, printing, promotion, professional advice and your time. The number of passes sold matters most and is the hardest to predict, so base your estimates on a conservative sales volume before you promise the businesses a share. Discovery pass costs and revenue goes through each cost line and how to work out your break-even.
Describe your area, the businesses you have in mind and how you want to sell. We’ll get back to you with a quote. No obligation.
roman@arsom.quebec · Apple Wallet and Google Wallet · Dedicated account manager · Canada, United States, France
A discovery pass, also called a city pass or digital passport, is a digital pass, sold to the public, that gives access to offers at several partner businesses (most of them one-time) so people have a reason to try them. The buyer pays once and uses the offers until the expiry date. Arsom Pass lets an operator launch one in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet.
No. With Arsom Pass, the discovery pass is added to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, with no app. A Pass Holder who can no longer find the pass recovers it by email.
On Arsom Pass, a business redeems an offer on any phone or computer, with its own redemption login. There is no hardware to buy. Every redemption is recorded, and those records feed your visit statistics for each business.
No. With Arsom Pass, you can collect payments on your own Stripe account, or let Arsom collect on its account and pay the funds out to you. Either way, taxes are calculated at checkout.
No, that’s up to you. You can pay each business a share of every sale or pay nothing, in which case it takes part for the exposure and the new customers. For a reseller, you choose whether it earns a commission on the passes it sells.
Arsom charges an annual subscription that covers the platform, maintenance and support, plus a small commission on each paid pass sold. Pricing is quoted after a conversation about your project.
We can’t name a customer yet. Our first network is being set up, so there are no results to publish.
Arsom Pass applies the expiry date you choose and calculates taxes at checkout. The rules themselves change from one place to the next: a prepaid pass may be subject to rules on expiry, refunds, taxes and personal data. Have an advisor review your project before you sell.
