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Visitors showing each other their enca cards and joining via QR at an event venue
ENCA FOR EVENTS & BRANDS

Turn “we met”into a brand asset.

enca is the app that records real-world meetings. We've opened that mechanism to brands, connecting saw the ad → came on site → explored in a single line. Every response, visit and stop becomes brand data.

Completely free for users (iPhone and Android). Only businesses pay — pricing is shown in the web dashboard, no in-app purchases.

USE Comiket & doujin events/ Pilgrimages & walking tours/ Collab cafés & IP venues/ VTuber & creator drops
WHAT YOU CAN OFFER · FULL FUNNEL

Three tactics connect awareness all the way to return visits.

For visitors it's just “scanned it, got it.” Behind the scenes, how many responded → how many came → how many collected them all becomes data at every stage.

Sign-ups (join with a single scan)
AWARENESS01

Sign-ups (join with a single scan)

A QR code or URL on an ad, product or poster signs people up the moment they touch it. For visitors, it's just “scanned it, got it.” Zero friction for that first touchpoint.

What you can measure
Participants (people who actually responded)
Exclusive covers + completion reward (circulation)
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Exclusive covers + completion reward (circulation)

Hand out exclusive covers at several locations, and give a completion reward to everyone who collects them all. Turn on GPS checks and covers can only be received within range of the spot, guaranteeing people actually showed up. Each location can offer a different cover, so the fun of collecting is the promotion itself. It drives circulation and store visits.

What you can measure
Acquisitions per spot, and number of completions
Exclusive covers
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Exclusive covers

A collectible that proves attendance. It lives on in the user’s profile as a full-bleed cover, driving return visits and lasting keepsakes. The original artwork is never handed out and is shown only inside the app (a display license). Users can save or share only the card image, with its band and profile, so the official art can’t be taken out on its own.

What you can measure
Real-time acquisition trends and post-event reports
DASHBOARD

Watch encounters happen,
live during your event.

Headline numbers update in real time during the event. Post-event reports — daily trends, reunion analysis — are included with every campaign. Businesses receive aggregates only, never information that identifies a visitor.

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Participants & acquisitions How many people joined, and how many sign-ups and covers were acquired. Updated in real time during the event.

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Breakdown by method and spot Acquisitions by method — QR scan, NFC tap, GPS, giveaway — and by installed spot.

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Completions How many started collecting covers, and how many collected them all and received the completion reward.

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Post-event report A daily acquisition timeline and reunion analysis (the meetings that happened during the event, and the reunions that followed). Available for every campaign.

encafor Business
LIVE · DURING THE EVENT
Participants
412
+18 / last 1h
Covers acquired
287
QR 214 · NFC 47 · GPS 26
Started collecting
129
+7 / last 1h
Completions
43
Collected all 5 covers
SAMPLEFigures are illustrative, not real data.
REAL, VERIFIED

Proof they werereally there.

Every acquisition is decided on our servers.One per account — and with GPS checks on, a photo of your QR code circulating online won’t work anywhere but on site.

A phone held over an NFC tag while location and time are verified
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QR spots

The standard. Printed QR codes cover even large venues at low cost. Each spot has its own acquisition code, and it can be reissued if one leaks.

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NFC tags

Optional. Place tags carrying the same acquisition link beside your QR codes for a tap-to-enter option. Acquisitions pass exactly the same server-side verification as QR.

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Server-side GPS & timestamp checks

Choose it per spot. When on, covers can only be received within the radius you set, which stops people acquiring from afar via forwarded photos or links. You can also choose GPS check-in, where people acquire by entering a spot’s range. Outside the event period or a spot’s active hours, no method works.

An enca with a business (campaign participation) is tracked separately from person-to-person enca (TOTAL ENCA). The user's “we really met” experience is never diluted.

DATA & PRIVACY

We never hand over visitors’ personal data.

We measure how many people came, not who they were. Visitors who feel safe taking part are what make a campaign easy to join.

Businesses get aggregates only

Participants, acquisitions, completions, daily trends, reunion counts — everything is provided as totals. Visitors’ names, email addresses, accounts and location history are never shared with businesses.

Location is checked just once

At spots with GPS checks on, we check once — when a cover is received — whether the person is within range. We never track location over time or keep it as a history for businesses.

No ad tracking

No advertising IDs are used, and in-app analytics are anonymous and never linked to individuals. Visitors can delete their account from the app at any time; afterwards their acquisitions remain only in aggregate, unlinked from any person.

How we handle your business’s information

Contact names and email addresses, billing details and tax IDs are used only to run your account, bill you and get in touch. See the Privacy Policy for Businesses for details.

Privacy Policy (for Businesses) · Privacy Policy (for individuals)

SETUP FLOW

From sign-up to launch, fast.

Fully self-serve in the web dashboard. Creating and testing are free; you're billed only for the campaigns you publish (no in-app purchases). Before publishing there's a content and rights review, and you can go live once approved.

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Sign up for the dashboard

Create a business account in the web dashboard. No app install, no in-app purchases.

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Create a campaign

Set your covers and completion reward, the distribution method (QR, NFC, GPS), dates and locations. The map picker makes on-site spots easy.

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Test for free

Creating, previewing and testing are all free. Verify everything exactly as it will run before you publish.

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Submit and review

When you request publication, the price is locked in on the spot and enca reviews the content and rights — IP, wording, distribution method. Submit at least 3 days before your start date.

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Pay and go live

Once the review passes, we email you an invoice and a payment link. Payment is in advance — we publish once it’s confirmed. We never bill by number of visitors.

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Distribute and measure

Put QR codes on ads, products and posters, and NFC tags on site. Acquisitions can be checked in real time during the event, and afterwards a post-event report shows daily trends and more. Pause and resume instantly from the dashboard, no review needed.

* For major IP and official collaborations we work with you case by case, rights clearance included (Contact us).

PRICING

Two ways to pay, to match how you use it.

One simple price: a monthly fee per campaign. Campaigns with an end date pay once for the number of months listed (rounded up to whole months); campaigns without an end date pay monthly or yearly. Spots, covers, completion rewards and multilingual support are unlimited and included, and so is the post-event report. We never bill by visitors or acquisitions. Creating and testing are free.

EVENT

Fixed-term (single event)

One-time payment for the months listed

For Comiket, collaborations and limited-time walking tours. Creating and testing are free; you pay only for the campaigns you publish.

✓Price = monthly fee × months listed (rounded up to whole months)
✓Unlimited spots, covers, completion rewards and multilingual support included
✓Post-event report included; never billed by visitors
ALWAYS-ON

Always-on

Monthly / yearly per campaign

For permanent spots at stores and IP venues, or creators' monthly drops. Built for ongoing use with no fixed event dates.

✓Price = a monthly fee per campaign (yearly = 12 months)
✓Spots, covers, completion rewards, multilingual support and post-event reports included
✓Rotate covers regularly to drive return visits
ENTERPRISE

Major IP & official collabs

Contact us

For large collaborations involving rights clearance and contracts, we work with you case by case.

✓Support with official art rights clearance
✓Custom distribution and measurement design
✓Individual quotes

The dashboard calculates the price automatically from your listing period, and it’s locked in when you request publication (prices exclude tax). Campaigns without an end date can be cancelled from the dashboard. enca does not supply NFC tags — we support tags you provide.

GET STARTED

Turn your next enca
into data.

Events, campaigns, permanent locations, creator drops. Get in touch about getting started or to request materials.

We use what you send only to reply to your inquiry. Privacy Policy

Major IP and official collaborations are handled case by case, rights clearance included (Contact us).