Our story
The best marketing isn't an ad. It's a friend telling a friend.
WOMi is word-of-mouth infrastructure for local business — turning the trust between people into growth you can measure, reward, and count on.
Built in Sacramento · Free to start · 0% commission
WOMi is word-of-mouth marketing infrastructure for service businesses. Instead of paying Google or Facebook for impressions, you offer cashback only to customers who actually buy. Create a deal, share the link, and rewards pay out from your wallet automatically when someone redeems. Operators typically see roughly 3–5× lower cost per acquisition than paid ads — because you're paying for verified visits, not clicks.
The problem
Local business runs on word of mouth. So why was it the one thing nobody could measure?
For generations, the businesses that hold a neighborhood together grew on a single thing: people telling people. Then marketing went digital, budgets poured into ads, and the most powerful growth channel ever invented was left untracked, unrewarded, and taken for granted.
Ads keep getting pricier
Every year you pay more per click — and most clicks never walk through your door.
Clicks aren't customers
Strangers who tap an ad rarely come back. The people a friend sends you almost always do.
Your best marketers get nothing
The happy customers sending you business are your real growth engine — and they've never been rewarded for it.
From the founder
Why I built WOMi
I spent years working for local businesses — auto shops, mostly — so I saw it from the inside: owners pouring money into ads that never paid off, while the people who could actually grow them — their happiest customers — walked out the door unrewarded.
The math never made sense. A stranger's click cost a fortune. A friend's recommendation — the most valuable marketing on earth — cost nothing, and earned nothing for the person who made it.
So we built WOMi to fix that: to turn word of mouth into something a business can measure, reward, and count on — and to finally pay the people who power it.
— Tim, Founder of WOMi
What we do
Think of it as the Stripe for word-of-mouth.
One platform that turns happy customers into measurable, low-cost growth — and rewards everyone who drives it.
Automated Deals that Spread
Create a deal once and it's ready to spread everywhere — Instagram, a text, an email, a QR code on the counter. Every share rewards new visits and referrals automatically.
Link Google Business Profile
Look your business up on Google and WOMi pulls in your photos, hours, rating, and reviews — your public deal page is ready instantly.
WOMi Deal Coach
Powered by Claude — it analyzes your business and recommends deals built to drive growth: the right amounts, structure, and exactly who to target.
Referral Network Map
Watch every referral chain live — who shared, who redeemed, and your ROI on each reward dollar, tracked in real time.
Secure Cash Payouts with Stripe
Cash rewards move through Stripe — load funds, pay out automatically the moment a customer redeems, and withdraw to your bank anytime. Bank-grade secure, 0% commission on your sales.
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Leverage Cash and Store Credit
Reward with cash, store credit, or both — choose the incentive that fits each deal. Store credit keeps spend in your shop; cash is the universal pull. WOMi tracks every balance and applies it at checkout automatically.
One Wallet for Customers
Cash back, store credit, and loyalty rewards all land in one virtual wallet WOMi manages automatically. Customers cash out to their bank or spend in-store — you hand out and track nothing.
Secure redemption
Confirm visits with an in-person QR scan, or approve remote redemptions with proof of purchase — fraud-proof either way.
Growth feature
Full Loyalty Suite
Configurable tier ladder (New → Regular → VIP), welcome rewards, visit milestones, automated birthday + anniversary gifts, and win-back campaigns — all in one Growth-plan toggle.
See the full loyalty systemBusiness Dashboard
One control center for everything — track live deals, redemptions, customers, loyalty, referrals, and payouts at a glance, with search and real-time numbers across your whole operation.
Financial statements
Exportable statements of every reward, payout, and referral bonus — ready for tax season and your accountant.
WOMi Business App
Manage deals, scan redemptions, and message customers on the go — the WOMi Business app for iPhone and Android.
Referred customers are simply better customers
This isn't a hunch — it's how people have always chosen who to trust. When growth comes from a recommendation, it compounds.
2×
the sales of paid ads, driven by word of mouth
+16%
higher lifetime value than non-referred customers
+18%
more likely to stay loyal
Directional figures from referral-marketing research: McKinsey (2010); Schmitt, Skiera & Van den Bulte, Journal of Marketing (2011). Your results depend on your offer and audience.
What we stand for
The principles behind every decision
Customer first
Every feature starts with one question: does this help a business serve its customers better?
0% commission, always
No hidden fees, no cut of your sales, no surprises. You always know exactly what you pay.
Built for local
Made for the barbershops, salons, studios, and trades that keep neighborhoods running — not big-box chains.
Earned, not guessed
Real-time data on every deal, referral, and redemption, so you grow on evidence instead of hope.
Proudly built in Sacramento, CA
Ready to turn happy customers into growth?
Join the local businesses using WOMi to grow on word of mouth. Start free — no credit card required, 0% commission, ever.