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The Perkstar Zapier integration gives you 29 triggers, 10 actions and 2 searches. Every trigger is instant, the app works on the free plan, and the loyalty actions refuse duplicates on their own. Here is what each one does, what it costs and where it breaks.

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Overview

What the Perkstar Zapier integration actually does for you

Perkstar runs digital wallet passes and loyalty programs: stamp cards, points, cashback, memberships, gift cards, tickets. Plugging it into Zapier means two things. Whatever happens on a card (a booking, a redemption, a renewal) can start work in your other tools, and what happens elsewhere (a sale, a visit) can land on the right card without anyone typing it in.

Three results people usually build first. A stamp per visit: a booking marked attended adds a stamp through Add Stamp or Visit, so the card fills itself. Points from your shop: an order paid elsewhere becomes points through Award Points, or a purchase amount through Record Purchase on a cashback or discount card. And a win-back nudge: when Customer Card Expired or Membership Cancelled fires, the Zap can follow up, for instance with Send Wallet Push straight to the pass on the customer's phone.

One detail makes this app easier than most. All 29 triggers are instant, so the free plan's waiting time between checks never applies here. Another one protects you: every action that writes to a card asks for a stable source ID and refuses to record the same one twice, so a replayed Zap does not double the points.

What Zapier does not do with Perkstar: there is no action to create or edit a card, design a pass, delete a customer or start a broadcast. Those stay inside Perkstar. The integration only moves customers, enrolments and transactions. Redemptions also stop at whole-number balances on Stamp, Points, Cashback or Multipass cards; coupons, memberships, discounts, gift cards and tickets follow their own flows that Zapier does not reach.

Before you commit, two reads help put Zapier in context: Zapier review and Make vs Zapier.

Vocabulary

Zapier vocabulary, in plain words

Eight words come back on every line of this page. Here they are once, so the rest reads easily.

Zap
The automation you build in Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run each time that trigger event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts your Zap, like a booking marked attended in Perkstar. Once the Zap is on, Zapier waits for it.
Action
What the Zap does after it starts: the step that writes, sends or changes something for you, such as adding points to a card.
Task
What Zapier bills you for: one action your Zap completes successfully. The allowance on your plan is a count of these.
Polling vs instant
A polling trigger is checked by Zapier on a timer. An instant trigger is reported by the app itself the moment it happens. Perkstar only has instant ones.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap continue only when the incoming data meets your condition, and quietly stops it otherwise.
Search step
A step that looks up something that already exists, a customer for example, so the next steps can use what it found.
Multi-step Zap
Any Zap beyond one trigger and one action. A second action, a filter or a search makes it one, and it then needs a paid plan.
Cost

What a Perkstar Zap really costs

Perkstar is not a premium app, so it runs on the free plan. The trigger never costs anything; only an action that succeeds counts as a task.

  • Premium appNo, works on the free plan (marked beta by Zapier)
  • Free plan100 tasks a month, two-step Zaps only
  • Trigger cost0 tasks
  • Instant triggers29 of 29

An action that fails is not billed. A Zap with three actions uses three tasks each time it runs, so a chain of stamp, push and update adds up fast. The free plan gives 100 tasks a month and builds two-step Zaps only: one trigger, one action. Add a filter, a search or a second action and you need a paid plan. The polling grid below does not touch Perkstar, whose triggers are all instant. Only completed actions ever show up on the bill.

Connect

Connect Perkstar to Zapier in three steps

  1. 01

    Open your connections

    In Zapier, go to the Apps page of your account and click + Add connection. You need a Perkstar account first, plus access to any program you do not own yourself but want the Zap to touch.

  2. 02

    Pick Perkstar

    Type Perkstar in the search box of the dialog, select it, then click Add connection. A new tab opens on the Perkstar side: keep it open, the next step happens there.

  3. 03

    Sign in and allow access

    Sign in to Perkstar in that tab and grant Zapier access to the account. The connection is saved once, and every Perkstar step in every Zap reuses it. No need to redo it per Zap.

First Zap

Your first Zap: a stamp and a push after each visit

GoalWhen a booking is marked attended, add a stamp to the customer's card, then send a wallet push to their pass.

  1. 01

    Pick the trigger

    Start a new Zap, choose Perkstar as the app and Booking Attended as the event, then select your Perkstar connection. Any of the 29 triggers is set up the same way.

  2. 02

    Test it on a real booking

    Run the test. Zapier brings back the three most recent items from your account, so pick a real booking to map the next steps against.

  3. 03

    Add the stamp

    Add Add Stamp or Visit. Choose how to find the customer, map the lookup value, pick the stamp card, enter 1, and map the booking reference as Source activity ID.

  4. 04

    Find the pass, then push

    Add Find Enrolment or Pass for the same card, then Send Wallet Push with a message of 180 characters or less. The search makes this a multi-step Zap, so a paid plan.

  5. 05

    Test, then publish

    Test each step and read what came back before moving on. When every step looks right, click Publish to switch the Zap on.

Triggers

The 29 Perkstar triggers

29 events start a Zap when something happens in Perkstar, and 29 of them are instant: the app calls Zapier straight away, whatever your plan.

1

Automation Fired

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when an automated-message firing is recorded.”

Each time one of your Perkstar automated messages goes out, Zapier gets a record of that firing. It is the hook for anything you want to happen alongside an automated campaign, without rebuilding the campaign logic in Zapier.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
log every automated message in a spreadsheet so the marketing team can see which campaigns actually reach customers.
2

Booking Attended

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a booking is marked attended.”

A booking gets marked as attended, and the Zap starts. This is the cleanest signal that a customer actually showed up, which makes it the natural starting point for visit-based rewards.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
add a stamp with Add Stamp or Visit after each appointment at a barber shop or a studio class.
Watch out
the Zap only sees bookings someone marks attended; a visit nobody ticks never triggers it.
3

Booking Cancelled

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a booking is cancelled.”

Cancelled bookings land in Zapier here. You get the event the instant a customer or your staff calls off an appointment, which gives you a chance to fill the slot or follow up.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
post a message in your team chat so the front desk can offer the freed slot to someone on the waiting list.
4

Booking Confirmed

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a booking is confirmed.”

Fires when a booking moves to confirmed. Unlike Booking Created, it waits for the confirmation step, so you only act on appointments that are actually locked in.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
add the confirmed appointment to a shared calendar so the person on shift sees it.
Watch out
if you also run a Zap on Booking Created, the same appointment can start both Zaps; pick one.
5

Booking Created

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a booking is created.”

The earliest booking signal Perkstar sends: a new booking exists, confirmed or not. It suits anything that should start the moment a request comes in rather than once it is validated.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
create a lead or a contact in your CRM for every new booking request, so sales sees it before the visit.
6

Booking Marked as No-Show

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a booking is marked as a no-show.”

When staff flag a booking as a no-show, this trigger passes it on. It is the only booking event that tells you someone did not come, which the attended and cancelled triggers cannot.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
send a friendly rebooking email after a missed appointment, or keep a no-show list for your manager.
7

Broadcast Sent

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a wallet broadcast completes delivery processing.”

Your wallet broadcast has finished going through Perkstar's delivery processing, and Zapier hears about it. The event comes at the end of processing, not when you press send.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
notify the team in chat that the weekend promotion has gone out, so staff expect the extra footfall.
Watch out
there is no action to start a broadcast from Zapier; broadcasts are still sent from Perkstar.
8

Card Scanned

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when an online scanner lookup successfully finds a customer card.”

Fires after an online scanner lookup successfully finds a customer card. A failed scan, where no card matches, does not start the Zap.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
keep a check-in log of every scanned card at the counter, one row per scan, for a gym or a coworking space.
Watch out
a scan only looks up the card; if you want it to count as a visit, add a stamp yourself in the Zap.
9

Coupon Redeemed

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a coupon card is redeemed.”

Covers coupon cards specifically: the Zap starts when one is redeemed. Other kinds of rewards and vouchers come through Reward Redeemed instead.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
track which coupon campaigns convert by adding each redemption to a reporting sheet.
Watch out
Redeem Loyalty Balance cannot redeem a coupon from Zapier; coupons use their own redemption flow inside Perkstar.
10

Customer Anonymised

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a customer’s personal data is anonymised.”

A customer's personal data has just been anonymised in Perkstar. For privacy requests, this is the signal you need to clean the same person out of every other tool that holds a copy.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
delete or anonymise the matching contact in your email tool or CRM, so an erasure request is honoured everywhere.
Watch out
once anonymised, the record carries no personal data, so match on an ID you stored earlier.
11

Customer Card Expired

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when an enrolment reaches its effective card expiry, once per expiry instant; extending it can produce a later event.”

When an enrolment reaches its card expiry date, this event goes out, once per expiry. Extending the card can later produce a new expiry event for the same customer.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
start a win-back sequence in your email tool for customers whose card has just lapsed.
Watch out
an extended card can expire again later, so the same customer may enter your sequence twice.
12

Customer Lifecycle Group Changed

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a customer moves between lifecycle groups, not when a saved segment changes.”

Customers move between lifecycle groups in Perkstar, and each move reaches Zapier. It reacts to those built-in lifecycle groups, not to changes in a saved segment you built yourself.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
update a tag in your email tool so lapsing customers get a different newsletter from your regulars.
Watch out
editing a saved segment never starts this Zap.
13

Customer Unenrolled

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a customer’s access to a loyalty card ends.”

A customer's access to a loyalty card has ended. Whatever the reason on the Perkstar side, the Zap gets the moment the link between that person and that card is cut.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
remove the customer from the matching mailing list so they stop receiving news about a card they no longer hold.
14

Feedback Submitted

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a customer submits feedback for a loyalty card.”

Customers can leave feedback on a loyalty card, and every new piece arrives here. It is the shortest path from a comment on a pass to someone who can answer it.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
forward each piece of feedback to a support inbox or a team channel so no complaint sits unanswered.
15

Gift Card Purchased

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a paid gift card purchase is fulfilled.”

Only paid gift card purchases count here, and only once they are fulfilled. An abandoned or unpaid order never reaches the Zap.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
copy each gift card sale into your accounting sheet so the money owed in future redemptions is visible.
Watch out
spending the card later is a separate event, handled by Gift Card Redeemed.
16

Gift Card Redeemed

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when value is spent from a gift card.”

Value has just been spent from a gift card. Each spend is its own event, so a card used in three visits shows up three times.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
pair it with Gift Card Purchased in the same sheet to see what is still outstanding on gift cards.
Watch out
gift cards follow their own redemption flow, so Redeem Loyalty Balance cannot spend them from a Zap.
17

Loyalty Tier Changed

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a customer’s status, cashback, or discount tier changes.”

Status, cashback or discount tier: when any of them changes for a customer, Zapier knows. It works in both directions, up and down.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
alert the account manager when a customer reaches your top tier, so they can thank them in person.
Watch out
a downgrade fires too; add a filter if only upgrades matter, which makes the Zap multi-step.
18

Membership Cancelled

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a recurring membership is cancelled or expires incomplete.”

A recurring membership that is cancelled, or that expires incomplete, ends up here. Both cases mean recurring revenue just stopped.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
open a retention task for the team so someone calls the member before they sign up somewhere else.
Watch out
an incomplete expiry fires too, so do not word the follow-up as if the customer chose to leave.
19

Membership Purchased

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a recurring or one-off membership first activates.”

The first activation of a membership, recurring or one-off. Renewals do not come through here; they have their own trigger.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
send a welcome email with the house rules to every new member of your club or studio.
Watch out
a Zap built on this trigger alone never hears about renewals; add a second Zap on Membership Renewed.
20

Membership Renewed

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a recurring membership renews for a new billing period.”

Each time a recurring membership rolls into a new billing period, the Zap starts. It tracks loyalty in money terms: who stays, period after period.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
award bonus points with Award Points on each renewal, to reward members who keep paying.
Watch out
map a stable renewal reference as the source ID, or two renewals could look identical to Perkstar.
21

Multipass Purchased

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a multipass is purchased or topped up.”

Multipasses are bundles of prepaid visits, and this trigger catches both a new purchase and a top-up of an existing one.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
record each class pack in your bookkeeping sheet.
Watch out
a top-up fires the same trigger, so your sheet should not assume every row is a new customer.
22

New Customer Enrolment

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a customer is enrolled in a loyalty card.”

Somebody just joined one of your loyalty cards. It is the classic onboarding trigger, the right moment to welcome someone to the card.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
add the new member to your email list with a tag naming the card they joined.
Watch out
an action that enrols customers from Zapier will start this trigger too; never point it back at the same card.
23

New Customer Referral

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when one customer refers another customer to a loyalty card.”

One customer has brought another to a loyalty card. Zapier gets the referral as a single event, which is enough to reward the person who spread the word.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
thank the referrer with Award Points, or log referrals in a sheet to see who your best ambassadors are.
24

New Loyalty Transaction

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a loyalty transaction is committed.”

The broadest trigger of the app: any loyalty transaction that gets committed. Stamps, points, purchases and redemptions all pass through here.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
mirror every transaction in a reporting sheet for your accountant or your dashboard.
Watch out
Include test events is off by default so test activity cannot run live steps; switch it on only in a dedicated test Zap.
25

Reward Redeemed

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a reward, offer, voucher, or milestone is redeemed.”

A reward, an offer, a voucher or a milestone has been claimed by a customer. It covers every redemption that is not a coupon card.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
tell the kitchen or the stockroom when a free item is claimed, so inventory stays right.
Watch out
leave Include test events off in your live Zap, or test activity will run your real steps.
26

Ticket Cancelled

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a ticket event is cancelled.”

This one concerns the event, not a single ticket: it fires when a ticketed event is cancelled. Every buyer is affected at once.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
alert the events team and the venue contact so nobody prepares the room for nothing.
Watch out
one buyer's refund does not come through here; that is what Ticket Refunded is for.
27

Ticket Purchased

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a paid ticket purchase is fulfilled.”

A paid ticket purchase has been fulfilled. Free or unpaid orders do not count, so what reaches Zapier is money you actually took.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
add each buyer to a guest list sheet for a workshop or a tasting night.
Watch out
a refunded ticket stays on your list unless a second Zap on Ticket Refunded removes it.
28

Ticket Refunded

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a ticket payment is refunded or charged back.”

A ticket payment has been refunded or charged back. Both end in the same place for you: the seat is free and the money is gone.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
strike the buyer off your guest list and flag the line in your accounting sheet.
Watch out
a chargeback arrives through the same trigger as a refund you issued yourself.
29

Wallet Pass Installed

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a customer’s Apple or Google Wallet pass installation is first observed; Google observation is periodic and can be delayed by provider cadence or projector backlog.”

Perkstar reports the first time it observes a customer's pass installed in Apple or Google Wallet. That is the proof the card is now sitting on their phone.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
send a welcome push or mark the contact as wallet-active in your CRM.
Watch out
Perkstar checks Google Wallet periodically on its side, so a Google install can reach Zapier later than an Apple one.
Actions

The 10 Perkstar actions

Perkstar gives you 10 actions. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

1

Add Stamp or Visit

Action

In Zapier“Adds one or more stamps or visits to a customer’s loyalty card.”

Adds stamps or visits to an active Stamp or Multipass card, usually one at a time.

When to use it
one stamp per paid haircut or per class attended.
Watch out
Perkstar uses the Source activity ID to refuse duplicates forever, so map a stable order or appointment ID, never something that changes.
2

Award Points

Action

In Zapier“Awards a specific number of points to a customer.”

Credits a chosen number of points to a customer on an active Points card. Fractional points are accepted, to two decimals, when the card allows them.

When to use it
points for a review, a referral or a campaign.
Watch out
the Source points award ID blocks a second award with the same ID, so reuse it only when you mean the same award.
3

Create Customer

Action

In Zapier“Creates a customer; a matching external reference safely returns the existing record.”

Adds a customer to Perkstar. If a customer with the same external reference already exists, Perkstar hands back that record instead of creating a twin.

When to use it
push every new buyer from your online shop into Perkstar.
Watch out
only set the marketing and ad tracking consent options when your source really recorded consent; blank does not grant it.
4

Enrol Customer in a Card

Action

In Zapier“Enrols a customer in a loyalty card, creating the customer first when needed.”

Puts a customer on a loyalty card, and can create the customer first when the lookup finds nobody.

When to use it
enrol each new newsletter subscriber on your welcome card.
Watch out
a pass barcode can only match an existing customer, so it cannot create a new one.
5

Record Loyalty Activity

Action

In Zapier“Records a purchase, visit, stamp, points award, discount purchase, or redemption.”

The all-purpose recorder: one action for a purchase, a visit, a stamp, a points award, a discount purchase or a redemption, picked in Activity type.

When to use it
a single Zap that handles several card types with one step.
Watch out
duplicate protection is tied to the activity type, so the same source ID under two types counts twice.
6

Record Purchase

Action

In Zapier“Records a purchase amount on a customer’s cashback or discount card.”

Logs a purchase amount on a Cashback or Discount card so the customer earns what the card promises.

When to use it
every paid order from your checkout lands on the cashback card.
Watch out
the amount is in minor units: 1250 means 12.50, so a total sent in whole currency units would be a hundred times too small.
7

Redeem Loyalty Balance

Action

In Zapier“Redeems a whole-number loyalty balance or prepaid visit from a customer’s card.”

Takes a whole-number balance or a prepaid visit off a Stamp, Points, Cashback or Multipass card. Perkstar never lets the balance go below zero.

When to use it
deduct a visit from a multipass at each check-in.
Watch out
Coupon, Membership, Discount, Gift and Ticket cards are refused here.
8

Reverse Loyalty Transaction

Action

In Zapier“Reverses a previously recorded loyalty transaction.”

Cancels a loyalty transaction that was already recorded, for example after an order is returned.

When to use it
a refund in your shop removes the matching points or stamp.
Watch out
prefer the Perkstar Transaction ID; the original source ID also works, but only together with the Perkstar action that used it.
9

Send Wallet Push

Action

In Zapier“Sends a consent-checked wallet push to a customer’s pass.”

Sends a push message to the wallet pass on a customer's phone, after Perkstar checks their consent.

When to use it
a thank-you right after a visit, or a reminder that a reward is waiting.
Watch out
the message stops at 180 characters, and the step needs an enrolment from an earlier Perkstar step.
10

Update Customer

Action

In Zapier“Updates an existing customer.”

Changes an existing Perkstar customer, picked by Customer ID from an earlier Perkstar step. Zapier can insert a Find Customer step for you.

When to use it
keep consent in Perkstar in line with your email tool.
Watch out
without a prior step that returns the ID, there is nothing to update.
Searches

The 2 Perkstar searches

2 search steps look for data that already exists in Perkstar, so a later step can use it.

Searches sit at the bottom of the event list in the editor, under SEARCH. On their own they change nothing in Perkstar: they fetch a customer or an enrolment so the next step knows who to act on. Three settings decide what happens when the result is not the one you expected.

1

Find Customer

SearchFind or create

In Zapier“Finds a customer by customer ID, email, phone, external reference, or pass barcode.”

Looks a customer up by customer ID, email, phone, external reference or pass barcode, and hands their record to the next steps.

When to use it
before Update Customer, to get the ID it requires.
Watch out
the editor also lists Find or Create Customer; it is this same search with the create box ticked, not a separate operation.
2

Find Enrolment or Pass

SearchFind or create

In Zapier“Finds a customer’s enrolment and wallet pass links by customer ID, email, phone, external reference, or pass barcode.”

Finds a customer's enrolment on a given card, plus the links to their wallet pass, using the same lookup choices as Find Customer.

When to use it
right before Send Wallet Push, which needs an enrolment.
Watch out
Find or Enrol Customer in a Card is this search with creation switched on: no match, and the customer gets enrolled.

The three settings every search exposes

  1. Successful if no search results are found?
    Left on its default, a search that finds nobody stops the Zap and the steps that depend on it are skipped. Turned on, the Zap continues empty-handed.
  2. Create X if it doesn't exist yet?
    Ticking it turns the search into a find-or-create: the setting above disappears and the step asks for what it needs to create the missing item.
  3. If multiple search results are found?
    Keep the first match (the default), stop the Zap, or hand every match to the next steps at once.
When it breaks

When a Perkstar Zap breaks

Zapier publishes no help article and no documented limit specific to Perkstar. What breaks is what breaks on every Zap, plus one setting of this app.

If a Zap behaves oddly, start with these four cases. For a methodical pass on a broken Zap, see Zapier troubleshooting.

  • Old activity is never picked up

    A Zap only reacts to what happens after you publish it. Bookings, enrolments and transactions from before stay where they are; moving that history is a separate job.

  • The Zap keeps setting itself off

    Enrol a customer from a Zap that starts on New Customer Enrolment, and each run creates the next one. A loop like that burns through your task allowance quickly.

  • A bulk import gets held back

    After a big import or a migration, a trigger can suddenly send a huge batch at once. Zapier's flood protection may hold it back until you check and release it.

  • Test activity running live steps

    Include test events on New Loyalty Transaction and Reward Redeemed is off by default. Switched on in a live Zap, test activity starts your real actions.
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FAQ

Perkstar and Zapier: frequent questions

01Is the Perkstar Zapier integration free?
Yes, as far as Zapier goes. Perkstar is not a premium app, so it works on the free plan, which gives 100 tasks a month and Zaps of two steps: one trigger and one action. Once you add a second action, a filter or a search, the Zap becomes multi-step and requires a paid plan. Zapier marks the app as beta. Your Perkstar subscription is a separate matter that this page does not cover, and no price is given here because the grids change too often.
02How many Zapier tasks does a Perkstar Zap use?
One task per action that succeeds, and nothing for the trigger. A booking that starts a Zap with Add Stamp or Visit costs one task. Add Find Enrolment or Pass and Send Wallet Push and that same visit costs more, because every completed action counts on its own. An action that fails is not billed. Watch for loops, too: a Zap that enrols customers while listening to New Customer Enrolment can run again and again and empty your allowance.
03Do Perkstar triggers run in real time?
Yes. All 29 Perkstar triggers are instant: Perkstar tells Zapier when the event happens, and the Zap starts right away, on any plan, including the free one. The interval grid that slows down polling triggers on the free plan does not apply. One nuance comes from Perkstar itself: for Wallet Pass Installed, Perkstar observes Google Wallet installs periodically, so a Google install can reach Zapier later than an Apple one.
04What does it take to connect Perkstar to Zapier?
A Perkstar account and a Zapier account. From the Apps page in Zapier, click + Add connection, search for Perkstar, click Add connection, sign in to Perkstar in the new tab and grant access. If you want the Zap to touch programs you do not own, you also need access to them. Most actions then need an active card of the right type, so create your stamp, points or cashback card in Perkstar before building the Zap.
05Why does Perkstar ignore a second points award?
Because it carries the same source ID as the first one. Every Perkstar action that writes to a card asks for a stable source reference, such as an order or appointment ID, and permanently refuses a second record with the same one. That is what stops a replayed Zap from doubling points. The flip side: if you map a value that repeats, like a fixed text or a product name, only the first award ever goes through. Map an ID that is unique per order or visit.
06What if the Perkstar operation you need does not exist in Zapier?
Then it is not available through Zapier today. The integration covers customers, enrolments, stamps, points, purchases, redemptions, reversals and wallet pushes, plus 29 triggers. Creating cards, designing passes, deleting customers and launching broadcasts are done inside Perkstar. Redemptions on coupon, membership, discount, gift and ticket cards also stay there. Often a workaround exists: a search followed by Update Customer, or Record Loyalty Activity, which handles several activity types in a single action.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for Perkstar?
Decide on criteria rather than on a ranking. First, coverage: here you get 29 instant triggers, 10 actions and 2 searches, so check that your scenario fits inside them. Second, volume: every successful action is a task, and a visit that triggers three actions costs three. Third, complexity: filters, searches and several actions all need a paid Zapier plan. If your need fits the operations listed on this page and your monthly volume stays modest, Zapier is the shortest route.
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