For independent shops

Take cards on the phone you already have

Coupling is the free shop system for independent businesses, with no monthly subscription fee. Run checkout, appointments, and rewards on your phone. Token minting and payment-provider fees may apply.

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What you can run tomorrow

Checkout, appointments, and rewards — on the phone you already have, or an optional Stripe reader.

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Tap to Pay on your phone

Your phone is the card reader. Take contactless payments right in the app, or add an optional Stripe reader.

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Coupling POS runs your entire checkout

One system handles custom catalogs and workflows, online orders paid up front or at pickup, appointments, recurring subscriptions, and custom tipping with tip pooling.

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Sell, ring up, and book

List your items and services, time orders, and let customers book their next appointment from the same system.

How It Works

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Take cards on your phone

Tap to Pay turns the phone in your pocket into the card reader. The whole POS lives in the app. Want a counter or handheld reader? Add an optional Stripe reader.

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Coupling POS runs your entire checkout

Mix cash, card, and rewards on one ticket. Keeping your current register? Square works beside Coupling; Clover is coming soon.

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Book the next visit

Catalog, order timing, and full appointment booking live in the same shop system.

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Person using the Coupling mobile app to run a shop and hold local rewards

One app for the counter and the customer

Merchants run checkout and bookings from their phone. Customers keep rewards ready for the next visit. No extra gadget to buy.

Tap to Pay and mixed tender

Split a sale across cash, card, and rewards on your phone or a Stripe reader

Appointments included

Massage, chiropractic, and other shops book the next visit in the same app

Rewards customers can actually use

Issue store credit, vouchers, or gift cards from the same sale

Rewards that work at the shop next door

Coupling rewards are dollar credit, not points. Issue store credit, vouchers, or gift cards from any sale — and your regulars can spend them at partner shops down the street.

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Dollars, not points

$1 in rewards is $1 off a purchase. No exchange rates, no expiring point balances, nothing for customers to decode.

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You choose your partners

Accept another local shop's rewards only when the relationship makes sense — and cap how much you take in. Optional, not required.

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New regulars from next door

Partner shops send their best customers your way, and you send yours to them. More of every dollar stays in the neighborhood.

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Payments & hardware

Tap to Pay on your phone, or an optional Stripe reader.

Built on Stripe

Card payments, payouts, and refunds run through our Stripe integration, connected to your Coupling catalog, checkout, and rewards.

Tap to Pay, nothing extra

Take contactless cards on the iPhone or Android you already carry. No extra device needed to get started.

Or an optional Stripe reader

Add a countertop or handheld Stripe Terminal reader when you want one. It works through Coupling POS, so sales, tips, and rewards stay in one place.

See the Stripe readers available through Coupling →

Built for independent shops

Farm stands, massage, chiropractic, and the shops that sell from a phone.

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Merchant app on your phone

Ring sales, take bookings, and issue rewards from the same mobile app your customers also use as a wallet.

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Shop dashboard

See catalog, checkout, appointments, and rewards in one place — built for independents, not a back office.

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Local shop network

When you are ready, accept another local shop's rewards with a cap you set. Optional, not required.

First community

Live with merchants in Western North Carolina

Coupling WNC is the first community: Hendersonville, Asheville, and the mountain towns in between. Independent shops run checkout, appointments, and rewards with Tap to Pay or an optional Stripe reader.

The platform is open. Local communities can grow on their own terms, and shops stay in control of who they connect with.

See couplingwnc.com for the local merchant site.

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Ready to run checkout on the phone you already have?

Core platform access has no monthly subscription fee for merchants or customers and works with Tap to Pay on your phone or an optional Stripe reader. Token minting, payment-provider fees, and optional paid merchant memberships or offers may apply.

Bird's-eye view of connected local shops