With Off-Campus Advantage, Merchants can:
- Strengthen their relationships with the local university and its students.
- Become part of the UGryd® merchant network.
- Gain access to previously unavailable student funds.
- Increase student traffic and average transaction amounts.
- Create repeat customers with RewardU!.
- Off-Campus Advantage can establish a 'real-time' connection between the campus and each merchant, instantly verifying fund availability.
- Many merchants can use their existing bank card equipment.
- Off-Campus Advantage will visit each merchant location to set up the equipment and to provide training to management and staff.
- Off-Campus Advantage representatives are available 24/7 to answer questions and troubleshoot technology issues.
- Daily ACH funds settlement = no wait for funds to be transferred!
- Daily and monthly statements of activity help merchants to easily reconcile accounts while better understanding sales cycles.
- Participating merchants are featured in Off-Campus Advantage-designed marketing materials, specific to each school, including web pages and mailers.
- Dedicated Campus Manager coordinates each school's marketing efforts, including flyers, posters, and web-based marketing.
- The Off-Campus Advantage proprietary RewardU! program allows merchants to reward students for transactions, while increasing purchase frequency and amounts.
