Promotional Scratch card printing UK manufacturer
WE PRINT SCRATCH CARDS FOR MARKETING & PROMOTIONS
If you’re considering a new marketing promotion, consider how a scratch card can be used to spearhead the campaign. Northstar can bring their extensive scratch card printing & UK market knowledge to create an interactive customer experience to help promote your product and business.
A well crafted scratch card campaign can engage with your customers far better than more standard forms of promotion. It can create a buzz around your brand and help generate sales and interest.
As well as helping sell more they are great for developing customer retention, increasing footfall in your shop, or attract customers to your website. They are a fun promotional solution.
Hospitality
Scratch cards are great for promoting bars, clubs & restaurants. Use them to create footfall, or reward customers once they are buy with an incentive to come back again. These scratch cards for Revolution bar in Manchester were targeted specifically at its younger market.
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Businesses also love a scratch card. Even more sober and conservative brands have used them to create interest. Here Unisys used them at an exhibition to create footfall to their exhibition stand, but they could equally have been used to drive customers to their website. More…
Leisure
In a competitive market it’s no mystery as to why scratch cards can give you an edge. – This example for the Mouse Trap not only looks great but the concept of mystery and intrigue works a treat as the user carefully reveals the prizes on offer.
Retail
High street brand Boux Avenue have used scratch cards numerous times over the years to create footfall to their stores. Offering different discounts these examples and fun, bright and attractive – all key elements to the perfect scratch card. More…
Using scratch cards effectively
IDEAS FOR PRIZES AND HOW TO USE THEM
Offer a discount
There is an art to giving something away:
Make it time specific - Redeemed in quieter days & times.
Make the offer simple to understand and administer.
Offer money off a new product or one that you are trying to clear.
Star Prize Excitement
An opportunity to win a 'Star Prize' sure gets customers interested. It's also an excuse for some Social Media coverage!
Promote a special occasion
A new shop opening
A new product launch
A company anniversary
A seasonal campaign
Generate footfall
Encourage customers to visit your shop
Visit your exhibition stand
Visit your website
Collect data
Use a scratch card card as a prompt to collect valuable customer data. If you're giving something away it's only right that may expect something back in return - a customer email or phone number (opted in of course).
Scratch card printing UK promotion
THINGS TO CONSIDER
Define your promotion goals.
Before embarking on a scratch card promotion, a good question to ask is; “what is it that I am trying to achieve?” Do you want to generate more sales, create customer retention, increase footfall in your shop, or attract customers to your website? Once you know your goals you can start to devise your game. We can support campaigns of all sizes and complexities from small one-off instant win style games or complex variable data scratch card printing UK wide coverage
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Return on Investment.
In its simplest form a scratch card is a fun way to engage with your customer. They help create a buzz and excitement with your brand. Most scratch card promotion ideas normally reward the recipient. This could be a gift or prize, money off a purchase, or an experience with your company. However, if used correctly they can offer equally as much back to you in repeat business, customer retention, or even some valuable customer data (which you can use for future marketing).
If you give a little – you can hopefully get a lot back!
Product Selection
We have a host of solutions and solution suitable for all types of complexity and budget. Consider the structure of the scratch card game: Do you opt for lots of losers and few star prizes; OR maybe you have many winners of low value. Consider know what you can afford to give away and what you aim to expect in return. Other things to consider include:
Number of variations (i.e. winners/losers) • Quantity per variation • Card size • Supply of cards (mixed on non-mixed) • How customers redeem their prize.
Once you have formulated a plan, we can then help you select the best solution from one of our products:
Mix ‘n’ Match Games • Hot Card Games • Bespoke Games • Variable data/Numbered Cards
More ways to use scratch cards
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Promotions & Sales
Create sales with a scratch card promotion.
Charity Scratch Cards
Start fundraising with our Charity & Lottery solutions
Voucher cards
Create vouchers with unique codes for redeeming in-store or online.
Reward Schemes
Show your staff, pupils & customers that you love them with a reward scratch card.
Top-up cards
Use a scratch card to distribute access codes for your goods or services
Permits & Validation Cards
Parking permits and other forms of validation cards.
Marketing Tool
Use scratch cards for gathering customer & marketing data.
Scratch Maps & Posters
Make your mark on the world with a scratch map / poster
More scratch card ideas
Explore more innovative ways of using our scratch-off technology.
Scratch card printing UK Resources
EXPLORE MORE...FORMATS, EXAMPLES, HINTS & TIPS
For additional advice for selecting the ideal solution, download our ‘Scratch card format guide’ or our ’10 Top tips for scratch cards’.
There are many examples displayed in our Scratch Card Examples page.
If you need legal information about creating a lottery style game then visit the Gambling Commission Website.
Contact our studio on 01257 786660, or complete the enquiry form below.
Examples of Promotional Scratch Cards
Lottery cards printing – St Mirren FC
Lottery cards are a great way to raise funds for your club or charity. Client: St Mirren FC. Solution: Bespoke scratch cards. St. Mirren FC used lottery cards to help raise funds for the clubs’s coffers. The printed scratch cards... Continue reading→
Iroko TV – Voucher card printing
Creating customized scratch cards for a pre-paid subscription card. Client: Iroko TV Solution: Voucher card with variable data. Iroko sell TV content to customers in African countries such as Nigeria and Ghana. They required a simple, yet secure voucher card... Continue reading→
Arthur Riley – Energy top-up cards
Top-up cards, Prepayment cards... whatever you call them we print scratch reveal cards for utilities, telecoms & subscriptions. Client: Arthur D. Riley, New Zealand Solution: Unique numbered scratch cards. New Zealand based company Arthur.D.Riley use scratch reveal cards as top-up... Continue reading→
Nissan UK – Staff reward scratch card
A fun, festive staff incentive for Nisan's 8000 workforce at Christmas. Continue reading→
Lipstick Queen – A fun promotional scratch card
Client: Lipstick Queen Requirements: A fun, interactive scratch card for a fashion event. Solution: Mix 'n' Match scratch card game. Lipstick Queen are a very fashion conscious brand and scratch cards were seen as an appropriate marketing tool. They appealed... Continue reading→
Unisys
Using scratch cards at an exhibition to create footfall Continue reading→
Regatta Clothing – Retail promotional scratchcard
Promotional scratch card for a winter marketing campaign. Client: Regatta Clothing Solution: Bespoke scratch cards. Regatta Clothing used a promotional scratch card campaign as a fun marketing tool to raise brand awareness and ultimately sell some product. They used scratch... Continue reading→
Boux Avenue
Discover how UK retailer Boux Avenue uses scratch cards from Northstar for their In-store promotion campaigns. Continue reading→
Bristan – In-store promotion
If youre looking to order scratch cards for your next promotion, Call Northstar: 01282 865333. Bespoke, Numbered & Standard game solutions. Continue reading→
Hanson Academy – Pupil incentive scratchcard
Are you looking for a fun pupil incentive idea? One that is interactive, memorable and easy to manage?. Consider a pupil/staff incentive scratch card from Northstar. We're a Scratch card company with a wealth of ideas, solutions and products for... Continue reading→
Rochdale Hornets – fundraising scratch card
People ask "How to Make Scratch cards work for fundraising for a Club, Charity or Organisation?" Contact Northstar where we can show you the right strategies & products to help you use them successfully. Continue reading→
Uniqlo – Retail promotion & marketing campaign
Custom Scratch Cards UK manufacturer 'Northstar' has the experience to devise, manage and deliver complex scratch card games to very exacting standards. Continue reading→