The Lokala gift balance
Keep your spending local with Lokala
Buy Lokala balance, send it as a gift, and pay participating local merchants by scanning their QR code in the Lokala app. Money you load stays in the community you love.
Shopping as a customer? Browsing, gifting, and paying all happen in the Lokala mobile app.
How Lokala works
Load a Lokala gift balance
Add funds to a Lokala balance that's ready to spend at participating local businesses — no physical card, no per-store gift certificates.
Send balance as a gift
Gift Lokala balance to friends, family, or neighbors. They claim it to their own wallet and can spend it anywhere Lokala is accepted.
Pay by scanning in the app
At checkout, open the Lokala mobile app and scan the merchant's QR code to pay from your balance in seconds.
For local businesses
Accept Lokala balance at your counter with a simple QR code, and manage everything from your merchant dashboard. Create an account to get set up — it only takes a few minutes.
New customers can discover and gift your business through Lokala.