Buoy Local Program®

What is Buoy Local^®?

Buoy Local is a mobile app-based rewards program that promotes locally-owned businesses through innovative technology, keeping more money in our communities. Customers get rewarded for shopping locally with points to spend at participating businesses. Our Buoy Local app¹ connects customers to your business and rewards them for shopping with you, which means customers spend more, more often.

How does it work?

Signing up is simple, requires no new terminals or software, and comes with included a variety of benefits for the low monthly fee of $9.95 per location. Buoy Local users link their Bangor Savings Bank Debit Mastercard^® to the Buoy Local app¹ to earn points on all their purchases made at participating Buoy Local Businesses. If someone doesn’t have a Bangor Savings Bank debit card, they can still be a part of the Buoy Local program by linking any U.S. issued debit or credit card to their Buoy Local account and use a Buoy Local card to earn rewards. 

Customers are encouraged to visit your business via the Buoy Local app¹, our social media posts, and the Buoy Local sticker on your front door. They will transact using a physical card which you can process using your POS system as you currently do. 

Have an online storefront, take over-the-phone payments, or have order ahead or take-out systems? 

Buoy Local users can use their Bangor Savings Bank debit card or Buoy Local card to rack up rewards points by simply using their card information as they normally would, and the transaction will be processed the same as others.

Bangor Savings Bank offers 1 point for every $1 spent. Customers can redeem their rewards points for “Buoy Bucks” (100 points = $1), which will then be refunded to your customers’ linked card the next time they shop at a participating business.

What benefits are included?

• 1x points back to your customers when they make a purchase at your business that turns into Buoy Bucks (just like any other rewards credit card)
• Only locally-owned businesses can be a part of the Buoy Local program
• Bangor Savings Bank and Buoy Local promote our Buoy Local program on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn
• Be in our virtual holiday gift guide with the promotion of your choice
• Access to a complete merchant portal and dashboard to track sales and transactions, update pictures and description of your Buoy Local profile
• Presence of your business on the Buoy Local app¹ and Buoy Local website
• We have integrated Buoy Local into all Bangor Savings Bank debit cards allowing over 200,000 debit cardholders in Maine and New Hampshire to participate in the Buoy Local program without needing a Buoy Local card