The Kemicard Blog
Practical guides on Apple Wallet, Google Wallet, and turning Salesforce data into passes people actually keep on their phones. The wallet passes & Salesforce blog from the Kemicard team.
Latest articles
Mobile Wallet Passes Explained
What a pass really is, and the five things it does that a PDF cannot.
Digital Business Cards for Realtors
Cards that survive the drive home — and update when the number changes.
Location-Based Marketing
Proximity beats timing. Where the consent line sits, and what to measure.
Points Reward Systems That Work
Start with the reward. Make the balance visible. Measure the loop.
Why Event Teams Outgrow Spreadsheets
Centralised data, automated registration and check-in that writes back to the record.
Attendance Tracking Past the Clipboard
Session-level attendance, live headcounts and why write-back is the part that matters.
Choosing Membership Software
What to weigh in a member database — and why an invisible membership is hard to renew.
How to Add a Pass to Apple Wallet
Five ways a pass gets in, and what to do when the button does not appear.
Google Pay vs Google Wallet
A wallet stores credentials; a payment app moves money. Which one you integrate with.
The Google Wallet Partner Programme
What Google actually publishes — and why you do not need partner status to issue passes.
The Seven Stages of Event Planning
How to notice when you are doing the wrong work at the wrong stage.
Concert Ticketing & the Secondary Market
Resale is an economics problem before it is a technology one.
What Event Ticketing Actually Costs
The four places money leaves — including the integration tax.
Digital ID Cards: Where They Work
The difference between an identity document and a credential you issue.
QR Loyalty for Small Businesses
What the paper stamp card cannot do, and the version people actually join.
Designing a Google Wallet Pass
Design for the list view, and put exactly one thing on the front.
QR Codes at Events: What They Fix
Where a bare code falls short, and the write-back that decides the value.
From Passbook to Apple Wallet
What changed in iOS 9, and why the pkpass format still runs your passes.
Create Event Tickets People Cannot Lose
The anatomy of a ticket that works, and where PDF tickets fall down.
What Goes on a Student ID?
The fields every card needs — and what to deliberately leave off.
Student ID Card Makers
What to look for, and the question worth asking before you buy plastic.
Apple Wallet vs Google Wallet Passes: What's Different?
What a mobile wallet app is, how the two platforms differ, and how to design one template that works on both.
Are Digital Wallet Passes Secure?
Encryption, signing, sharing controls, and scan-time validation — why wallet passes beat plastic, PDFs, and screenshots.
How Digital Loyalty Cards Work in the Wallet
Enrollment, points, tiers, and push offers — and why the data behind the card should stay in your CRM.
Event Tickets Go Digital: QR Tickets in the Wallet
Live updates, lock-screen surfacing, fraud controls, and attendance that lands in your CRM automatically.
Digital Student ID Cards: A Practical Campus Guide
What campuses use wallet IDs for, and how to roll them out in one semester from Salesforce data.
Apple Wallet Coupons & Offers: A Quick Guide
Lock-screen presence, instant updates, and redemptions that track back to the customer record.
Loyalty Card Templates: Format, Fields & Example
Which wallet format to pick, which fields earn the front of the card, and a worked example.
How to Send Wallet Passes From Salesforce
Install, design, map, issue, distribute — the five-step path from record to wallet.
Wallet Pass Analytics: What to Measure
Install rate, active passes, scans, and message performance — reported natively in Salesforce.
The Rise of Digital Wallets in Customer Experience
Why the wallet is prime brand real estate — and how Salesforce gets onto the lock screen.
Digital Permits & Licenses: From Paper to Pixels
E-permits and citizen passes: instant issuance, scan verification, real-time revocation.
Leaving Paper Punch Cards Behind
QR enrollment, lifetime value, points vs tiers, and compliance — the SMB loyalty playbook.
What's on the Kemicard Roadmap?
The three pillars, recent highlights like rotating QR codes, and what Kemicard Connect brings next.
The Evolution of Customer Loyalty Cards
Punch cards to wallet passes: the four reward structures and how to pick yours.
Customer Retention Strategies: The Loyalty Playbook
Program design, churn triggers, omnichannel identity, and the metrics that matter.
Student ID Cards: What Goes on Them
Information architecture, design best practices, and the physical-vs-digital decision.
Nonprofit Membership Management: A Practical Guide
CRM vs membership database, software benefits, and migration done right.
Event Check-In, Modernized
Scanners, software, connectivity contingencies, and data that flows to the CRM.
Google Wallet Passes: The Complete Guide
What lives in Google Wallet, how passes behave, and what issuers need to know.
Electronic Tickets, Explained
The honest digital-vs-paper ledger and how wallet delivery changes the game.
Physical vs Digital Membership Cards
Plastic still has a place — here is the hybrid sequencing top programs use.
Event Registration Done Right
Essential fields, frictionless RSVP, waitlists, VIPs, and automatic follow-up.
Google Wallet vs Samsung Wallet
The Android wallet split — and why one link covers Pixel and Galaxy alike.
What Is a Web Wallet?
Crypto wallets, browser wallets, mobile wallets — the two-minute disambiguation.
What Is a .pkpass File? Apple Wallet Passes Explained
The format behind every Apple Wallet pass — what's inside, how to open and create one, and why you never build one by hand.
Why Nonprofits Should Go Digital With Kemicard
Engagement, sustainability, and cost savings — the full case for retiring plastic membership cards.
Digital Membership Cards for Salesforce: A Launch Guide
From data model to enrollment email: a step-by-step plan for replacing plastic cards with live wallet passes.
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