BarBridge hello@barbridge.io

Capture Customers Before They Disappear.

Guests scan a QR code to claim a free or discounted drink, delivered straight to their Apple Wallet. To get it, they hand you their name, phone number, and marketing consent — captured before they reach the register and synced directly into Square. Turn anonymous walk-ins into identifiable customers you can reach again.

  1. Scan QR
  2. Get Free Drink Offer
  3. Receive Apple Wallet Pass
  4. Redeem at Bar
  5. Captured in Square

What it is

BarBridge is a customer acquisition and onboarding platform built for hospitality venues — bars, lounges, restaurants, and clubs. It sits alongside your Square POS and turns a free drink into a customer record.

A guest scans a QR code to claim a free or discounted drink. To receive it, they enter their phone number and get a branded Apple Wallet pass — and in that moment you've captured a real, reachable customer: name, phone number, and marketing consent. No app download, no account, no friction. Every signup flows directly into your Square customer database, giving you a growing list of identifiable people you own outright.

Why This Matters

Most venues have no idea who their customers are. They rely on anonymous foot traffic, third-party platforms, or loyalty programs that only capture the occasional repeat visitor. The result: you can't re-engage people you never identified.

A free drink is the trade. The guest gets an offer they want; you get their identity at the one moment they're motivated to share it — before payment, when venues normally lose the opportunity forever. That first-party data is captured with explicit consent, belongs to your venue, lives in your Square database, and is yours to re-engage forever.

How it works

  1. Set up your offer in minutes

    Connect BarBridge to your Square account, set the free or discounted drink you want to offer, and download a print-ready QR poster. Place it at the entrance to capture guests before they disappear into the crowd — or at the bar for the moment they're deciding to stay.

  2. Guests scan to claim a free drink

    A guest scans your QR code to claim the drink offer. To receive it, they enter their phone number and instantly get a branded Apple Wallet pass via SMS. No account to create, no app to download. In under 30 seconds they're onboarded — and synced into your Square customer database with consent to reach them again.

  3. They redeem, and you own the customer

    When the guest presents their Apple Wallet pass at the bar to redeem the drink, the visit is confirmed and the record is complete. What started as an anonymous walk-in is now an identifiable customer living in Square.

    You capture:

    • Verified phone number
    • Name
    • Marketing consent
    • Visit confirmation

    All automatically synced into Square.

Features

  • Square-native customer sync

    Every BarBridge signup creates or enriches a Square customer profile automatically.

  • Apple Wallet passes

    Guests receive a branded digital pass via SMS that lives in their Apple Wallet — their onboarding confirmation and their redemption credential. No app required.

  • QR onboarding funnels

    Generate branded, print-ready QR posters and digital assets. Deploy at the door, the bar, or across your front-of-house in minutes.

  • Acquisition dashboard

    Track new customer captures, conversion rates, redemptions, and repeat visit behavior — all in one place.

  • First-party data you own

    Every record is captured with explicit TCPA-compliant consent and belongs entirely to your venue. No shared audiences. No lock-in.

  • Frictionless guest experience

    From QR scan to Apple Wallet pass in under 30 seconds. No app. No account. No barrier.

  • Built for compliance

    Registered with the U.S. Campaign Registry. All SMS flows are fully TCPA-compliant.

The acquisition layer Square doesn't have

Square is built around the transaction. BarBridge is built around the moment before it — capturing customer identity when a guest walks in, before they've ordered anything. We plug directly into Square's Customer API, so every guest BarBridge captures becomes a Square customer profile your venue owns:

  • Captures identity before the first transaction
  • Syncs directly into Square customer profiles
  • Works alongside Square Loyalty — not instead of it
  • Your data lives in Square, not in BarBridge

BarBridge captures customer identity before payment — when venues normally lose the opportunity forever.

Turn BarBridge on or off anytime — your customer records stay in Square.

If you are running your venue on Square today, you can start acquiring and owning your customers tomorrow.

Own your walk-ins.

We're offering BarBridge free to a limited group of early venues. If you run on Square and want to turn anonymous foot traffic into a customer list you can reach and re-engage:

hello@barbridge.io

(646) 401-3815