Guest WiFi for High Street Retail
See the window-shoppers convert — and come back.
Passers-by never walk in; a shop can't measure that — over the access points you already own, from the team behind 430+ South African venues. POPIA-compliant from the first tap, a branded welcome goes live in under a minute, with no IT team needed to set it up. Every email is checked at the door, so the contact list stays clean instead of filling with fake addresses. And the same login can do more — a genuine welcome-back offer lands, not a blast to the whole list.
What are you here to solve?
Four ways into high street retail. Pick the one that sounds like your week.
The window-to-till WiFi Purple already proves
At Harrods, Purple's guest WiFi has delivered a 57x return on investment and 581,000+ unique annual logins. A 38% opt-in rate is proof this runs at retail scale.
Every passer-by becomes a number
Location Analytics reads passing traffic and dwell from the access points already in the shop, splitting the lookers from the shoppers who actually walked in.
A branded welcome, live in under a minute
A captive portal auto-selects from 25+ languages per device, live in under a minute, with no IT team needed to set it up.
A clean list, not a junk one
Verify checks each email at the point of entry, blocking the fake or mistyped address before it reaches the mailing list.
Recognised without a new form
A shopper who logs in with the same email is matched instantly against the CRM record from their last visit. No new form, no re-asking.
Showrooming, quietly blocked
AI Shield filters price-comparison and other unwanted traffic at the DNS layer, live in minutes, with no hardware change.
Compliant by design
ISO 27001 / 9001 certified, GDPR / CCPA / POPIA-aligned, and synced to 400+ CRM and marketing systems over the access points already installed.
And the same login can do more than connect. Step inside for ten seconds.
The ten seconds your shopper never notices.
A first-time shopper connects at the door.
A branded welcome, one tap — Verify blocks a fake or mistyped email before it reaches the list, and an anonymous window-shopper becomes a known, opted-in contact.
A returning shopper, matched — not re-asked.
The same email is matched instantly against their last visit. Beyond can wire that match into an SMS or WhatsApp platform, so a genuine welcome-back offer lands, not a blast to the whole list.
The shop team sees what actually worked.
Beyond can attribute a redemption straight back to the message that triggered it, so the owner knows which welcome-back note actually brought someone through the door.
Your shopper never noticed the tech. Your team never lifted a finger.
A live conversion number for every window-shopper, a returning customer who gets a real welcome back, and a Friendly WiFi badge on the door — live in under a minute.
Deployed, integrated and supported on the ground
Beyond runs and supports live WiFi estates across South Africa — deployed, integrated and kept POPIA-compliant on the ground, not from a call centre in another timezone. Your high street retail run on the same team that keeps 430+ venues online.
Across our estates we've delivered 11.9M+ guest logins and 1.9M+ POPIA-compliant opt-in records — first-party data that turns a login into a relationship.
Built on Purple — the platform trusted by some of the world's biggest brands, proven across 80,000+ venues in 90+ countries. We make that foundation yours.
What Beyond adds with your till and your messages
The window-shopper who finally walks in
Beyond can turn the passing-traffic count into a real conversion number. How many looked, how many crossed the door, on the days and hours that actually matter.
The returning customer
Beyond can wire that CRM match into an SMS or WhatsApp platform, so a shopper who's back near the shop gets a genuine welcome-back message. It's an offer worth opening, not a blast to the whole list.
The owner with no IT team
A branded, compliant guest network, live in under a minute, with nothing to configure and nothing to maintain. There's no IT team to do either.
The shop team
Beyond can attribute a redemption straight back to the visit that triggered it. The owner can see which welcome-back message actually brought someone through the door.
The family-safe shop
Buy the Shield add-on through us and we arrange the shop's Friendly WiFi certification at no extra cost. It's a visible badge that browsing here is safe for every customer, families included.
You keep your till, your stock system and the access points already in the shop. Beyond wires in a messaging platform and a captive portal. Nothing is ripped out, and there's no IT team required to run it.
Where this venue fits
Connect
- Branded captive portal in 25+ languages
- Frictionless entry on hardware you own
- Network health & coverage analytics
Capture
- Guests choose to share their details — and mean it
- Verify — the digital bouncer that blocks fake emails
- Sync to 400+ CRMs (Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho)
Engage
- SecurePass frictionless auto-connect
- Location & time-triggered journeys
- Insight Surveys — Engage only
Power-Ups for this venue
Bolt-on licences that switch on more without a new platform:
- AI Shield
Frequently asked
Do I need an IT team to set this up?
No — the branded portal is live in under a minute over the WiFi you already have, with no rip-and-replace and nothing to configure.
Can it tell me how many window-shoppers actually walk in?
Yes — Location Analytics reads passing traffic and dwell from your existing access points, splitting the lookers from the shoppers who came through the door.
Can I send a welcome-back message to a returning customer?
Yes — Beyond can wire the recognised match into your SMS or WhatsApp platform. A returning shopper gets a real welcome-back message, not a blanket blast.
Does it stop customers comparison-shopping in my store?
Yes — AI Shield filters price-comparison and other unwanted traffic at the DNS layer, live in minutes, with no hardware change.
Can my shop get a Friendly WiFi badge?
Yes — buy the Shield add-on through us and we arrange your Friendly WiFi certification at no extra cost. It's a recognised family-safe badge for the shop.
See a window-shopper become a regular.
Book a 30-minute walkthrough and leave with a mapped rollout for your till, your messages and your Friendly WiFi badge.