Rotten America

Put a tap in the thing they already carry.

An NFC chip in a keychain, a wristband, a shirt or a sign. Tap it with a phone and a page opens — no app to install.

Your brand, your colours, your rewards. Your list stays yours.

A phone tapped against a Rotten America keychain, showing a point earned

Anything you already hand out.

Keychains

The workhorse. Pocketable, re-taps daily, survives a keyring.

Wristbands

Events and venues. One per attendee, tapped at entry or at a stand.

Apparel

A chip in the hem. The shirt keeps working long after the sale.

Signage & badges

Static placement — a table, a stand, a door, a lanyard.

A reason to tap it again tomorrow.

Merchandise stops working the moment it is handed over. A tap turns it into a channel you control.

Opens where you point it

Re-pointable any time, without reprinting a thing.

Earns points

You decide what counts, and what it is worth.

Reports back

Taps by item, day and region. See what actually worked.

A venue full of people, taps registering across the crowd

A tool you configure, not a programme you join.

Nothing below is fixed. We supply the plumbing and the tags; the rest is yours.

The item

  • Keychains, wristbands, apparel, badges, signage
  • Your artwork — the tag is invisible inside it
  • Each unit individually identifiable by factory serial
  • From one event run upward

The destination

  • A page you control — campaign, sign-up, drop
  • Re-pointable any time, nothing reprinted
  • Your brand, your colours, your domain
  • Different items, different destinations

The rewards

  • You define what earns points, and how many
  • You define what they unlock, and when
  • Draws, tiers, streaks or straight redemption
  • Or no rewards at all, if the count is the point

What comes with it

  • Abuse controls on every tap by default
  • Reporting by item, day and region
  • Supporter records that stay yours, exportable
  • A sandbox to test before a tag is printed

Rewards are whatever motivates your people — a membership, tickets, merchandise, early access, or a donation unlocked at a threshold.

Built in, not bolted on.

Any system that hands out rewards gets gamed. Nothing is silently discarded — a tap that earns nothing is still recorded, with the reason.

  • Per-phone daily limits

    One device cannot farm a tag all day.

  • Per-minute caps

    Bursts throttled before they reach a count.

  • Rapid-repeat flagging

    Odd patterns flagged for review, not dropped.

  • Item-level suspension

    Switch one tag off without touching the rest.

  • Permanent logging

    Every tap recorded, including the ones that earn nothing.

  • Full audit trail

    Every decision is reviewable after the fact.

What a serial proves, and what it does not.

Every chip carries a factory serial that cannot be altered, so each item is unique and every tap is attributed to it. That is more than a web form gives you.

It is not proof a physical tap happened — a standard tag resolves to a URL, and a URL can be revisited. Secure dynamic NFC closes that gap, and it is a hardware choice made at order time, not a setting. Say so early if you need it.