If your bar was on the Passport, your free first shell for new guests is now an Exclusive Deal in the HappyKava app. It shows up where guests already look for deals, it redeems with one staff tap, and you can see every claim. And any bar can run an Exclusive Deal. It's free.
Why we built it
The Passport had a lot of bars on it, but not many shells were actually being redeemed. Guests had to find a separate Passport screen to even know the offer existed. Exclusive Deals had the opposite problem: they were easy to find and redeem, but only 9 bars had one.
So we put the two together. Your first shell moved to the place guests already browse, and it works exactly like every other Exclusive Deal.
What changed for your bar
- It's a real Exclusive Deal. Its title is "Your first shell on us", and each guest can redeem it once at your bar, ever. If your Passport reward wasn't a shell, the deal says what it really is.
- It doesn't use up your five. You can still publish five Exclusive Deals of your own next to it.
- Guests find it in the app. It shows on Home, in Explore and on your bar's page.
- No repeats. A guest who already redeemed a Passport shell at your bar isn't offered a second one.
- It counts like the rest. Guests check in first, and it uses one of their weekly free claims, the same as any Exclusive Deal.
Redeeming takes one tap
Nothing new to train. The guest opens the deal on their phone and hands it over. Your staff tap STAFF TAP TO REDEEM, then Continue. That redeems the shell and checks the guest in if they haven't already.
Every bar can have one now
Exclusive Deals cost your bar nothing. They're app-only offers for HappyKava guests: a free first shell, a BOGO, a dollar off a flight. Whatever gets people through your door. By the end of the day Passport moved over, 96 bars had an Exclusive Deal live, up from 9.
If you weren't on the Passport, you can set one up in a couple of minutes from your dashboard.
Where to find it
In your dashboard, open Deals, then the Exclusives tab. Your first shell is listed there. You can edit it, pause it and track claims. The once-per-guest limit stays fixed.
Also improved
- Exclusive Deals now say "Free for every bar" on your owner screens, because they are.
- Add a photo to your Exclusive Deal and Home shows it first. No photo? Your logo goes there instead.
- Haven't claimed your bar's page yet? Claim it, and you can edit or pause your first shell like any other deal.
