FOR BARS, RESTAURANTS & VENUES
3 Dollar Beer Club partners commit to one $3 beer for members. In exchange you get foot traffic from people who specifically chose your establishment, and your bartenders earn $10 for every member they sign up — plus $10 every year that member renews.
BECOME A PARTNER →THE ARRANGEMENT
THE NUMBERS
YOUR COST TO POUR
A draft beer that costs you $1.50–$2 to pour goes out at $3. You’re not giving it away — you’re pricing it at a happy hour rate for people who specifically came in.
BARTENDER EARNS PER SIGNUP
Your bartender signs up 10 regulars. That’s $100 from the first year, plus $100 every time those 10 people renew. No hourly cap. No ceiling.
COST TO YOUR ESTABLISHMENT
No signup fee. No monthly fee. No commission on member tabs. You offer a cheap beer and the rest of the economics work in your favor.
“Think of it as a happy hour program that costs you nothing, fills barstools with good people, and pays your staff a finder’s fee for every regular they convert.”
OPERATIONS
The digital membership card shows their name, membership level, and expiration date. No app required on your end. No barcode scanner. Just eyes. We keep this simple on purpose.
Glance at the card. Valid? Pour the $3 beer. That’s the whole process. If you have doubts about a card, trust your gut — you’re the expert in spotting nonsense and we explicitly back your decision every time.
Tipping is a membership requirement, written into the rules. Most members are regular bar people. They know how to behave. If they don’t, you can flag them to us.
QUESTIONS
No. Nothing to install, no hardware, no monthly subscription. Members show their digital card on their phone. Your staff reads it the same way they’d check an ID.
You decide. It has to be beer (not well shots, not a soft drink), and it has to be $3. Beyond that, it’s up to you. A domestic draft, a house lager, a slow-mover you want to clear — your call. You can change your offering as you desire.
Yes. Only with additional purchases, one per day, only with food; whatever makes sense for you. You tell us your rules when you sign up and we put them on your listing so members know what to expect before they walk in.
When a member signs up they enter the name of the bartender who introduced them to the club. That bartender gets $10 directly from us, not through your payroll. Same thing every year the member renews.
Flag them to us. Our rules are explicit: members tip, they don’t make scenes, they don’t abuse the privilege. Anyone who causes problems for a partner establishment gets removed from the club. We side with the bartender.
No. No signup fee, no monthly fee, no commission. You pour the beer. Everything else is on us.
Yes. Give us 30 days notice and we remove your listing. No penalty. We’d appreciate an explanation so we can improve, but it’s not required.
Bars, dive bars, restaurants with a bar program, breweries, taprooms, hotel bars — anywhere that serves beer to the public and wants to be on the list. Food trucks and bottle shops: reach out and we’ll figure out if there’s a way to make it work.
GET IN TOUCH
Tell us about your place. We’ll follow up with details on what participating looks like in your market.