LevelUp is an American mobile ordering and mobile payments platform created by Boston, Massachusetts-based start-up SCVNGR. The LevelUp platform connects restaurants and guests with a customer experience that blends analytics, loyalty, and rewards. LevelUp brings its technology to market in multiple ways: embedded into partner restaurant apps to provide a full-stack customer engagement solution; via an open developer platform powering over 200 mobile apps; and through LevelUp's partner distribution channels, which lets consumers order ahead and avoid the line at restaurants using the apps already on their iPhone and Android phones. On July 25, 2018, it was announced that LevelUp would be acquired for US$390 million by Grubhub, an online food delivery platform.
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History
LevelUp was initially launched in March 2011 and operated for its first 3 months as a daily deals platform. In July 2011, LevelUp shifted away from the daily deal space to focus exclusively on their mobile payments solution. In July 2013, around 200,000 users and 3,000 companies were using LevelUp. In October 2014, around 14,000 stores were using LevelUp. In May 2017 they announced that they had raised $50 million in funding, with over 50,000 locations and more than 200 brands using Levelup.
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Overview
The LevelUp mobile application for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone allows registered users to securely link their debit or credit card to a unique QR code displayed within the app. To pay with LevelUp, users scan the QR code on their phone at LevelUp terminals located at local businesses who accept LevelUp as a form of payment.
Some merchants that accept LevelUp as a form of payment also offer monetary savings to users. Users are given "First-Time Visit Specials" the first time they make a transaction at the merchant's location. Users can also unlock "credit" to a merchant's store after spending a certain amount at the merchant's location.
As of June 2016, LevelUp is available for businesses in the Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, Northern Virginia, Philadelphia, St. Louis, New York City, Atlanta, San Francisco, Dallas, San Diego, Minneapolis, Montgomery, Kansas City, Seattle and Wilmington, NC areas.
In early 2018, the company announced the release of Broadcast, enabling restaurant brands to reach millions of new customers by allowing them to browse live menus, order ahead and pay directly from high traffic apps such as Facebook, Messenger, Yelp, Foursquare, Amazon Alexa and Chase Pay.
References
Further reading
- Empson, Rip (September 6, 2012). "On A Mission To Be Mobile Payment Agnostic, LevelUp To Roll Out NFC-Capable Terminals". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
External links
- Official website
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