{"id":1653,"date":"2023-08-21T10:44:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T10:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/romax.co.uk\/digital\/?p=1653"},"modified":"2023-08-21T10:46:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T10:46:13","slug":"what-is-a-digital-membership-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/romax.co.uk\/digital\/blog\/what-is-a-digital-membership-card\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a digital membership card?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A digital membership card is a convenient digital card saved to your smart phone wallet. It contains all of the information about a member relating to their membership tier of the club, society or institute that they belong to. It is a digital version of a physical card.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"444\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/romax.co.uk\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Digital-Membership-Card.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/romax.co.uk\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Digital-Membership-Card.png 444w, https:\/\/romax.co.uk\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Digital-Membership-Card-291x300.png 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Organisations issue membership cards as proof of membership, providing members with an easy way to access all of their benefits and amenities as well as giving the member a sense of status and belonging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Membership cards come in various formats, printed cards on board or eco-friendly plastic, but increasingly both members and organisations are opting for a digital first membership that automatically issues digital membership cards that are easily downloaded to a smart phone wallet providing ease of access at all times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are the benefits of a Digital Membership Card<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is always available (who forgets their smart phone these days!?)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is encrypted and secure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It can be immediately issued, upgraded and replaced.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It can be set for any time period, for automatic date expiry or a life membership!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A digital card has a much lower cost to produce, compared with the costs to print and deliver a physical card.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It can enhance or replace the need for a physical card for those preferring a digital card.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Providing an option for digital membership cards reflects well on organisations, demonstrating a modern and interactive membership experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What features does a digital card have?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital membership cards can have the same features of a printed membership card including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Full branding at organisational level<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member level specific branding and content<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Barcodes for access (QR Codes and Linear barcodes) which when scanned allows access to member only areas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Full personalisation including:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Membership number,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start and end dates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Photograph<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital Cards can also have ADDITIONAL features such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Access tracking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Driving related communication based on member activity and location. (This helps with membership engagement and retention.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can replace the need for tickets for events.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can integrate to other digital applications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<strong>Digital cards are an accessible and convenient alternative to carrying a wallet full of plastic cards. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A digital membership card is a convenient digital card saved to your smart phone wallet. It contains all of the information about a member relating to their membership tier of the club, society or institute that they belong to. It is a digital version of a physical card. Organisations issue membership cards as proof of &#8230; <a title=\"What is a digital membership card?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/romax.co.uk\/digital\/blog\/what-is-a-digital-membership-card\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about What is a digital membership card?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[14,13],"class_list":["post-1653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-membership-card","tag-digital-membership-cards","tag-smart-phone-enabled-cards"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/romax.co.uk\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/romax.co.uk\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/romax.co.uk\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romax.co.uk\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romax.co.uk\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1653"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/romax.co.uk\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1659,"href":"https:\/\/romax.co.uk\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653\/revisions\/1659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romax.co.uk\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/romax.co.uk\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romax.co.uk\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romax.co.uk\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}