Every day, millions of people wait 2–5 minutes for their coffee, their meal, their order — and every one of those minutes is wasted. Endless Tales turns that dead time into an addictive serialised story experience that brings customers back, day after day.
Customers scan your QR code at the till, unlock the next chapter of an ongoing story, earn loyalty levels, and keep coming back — not for stamps, but because a cliffhanger is never forgotten.
Free — If You're Already on Tabless.co.uk
If your venue uses Tabless, Endless Tales is included at no extra cost. Your customers can start reading from day one, and loyalty tracking integrates directly into your existing Tabless dashboard.
Not on Tabless? We set everything up for you:
- Your own branded Endless Tales instance
- Custom QR codes and loyalty tiers with your venue's perks
- Admin dashboard for staff
- First story series pre-loaded and ready to go
- Onboarding and training included
- Ongoing story content delivered automatically
One payment. No monthly fees. Yours to keep.
Endless Tales is built for venues where customers visit regularly and wait briefly — which is exactly the coffee shop model.
For chains and multi-site groups, the platform is venue-agnostic by design:
- One story universe, shared across all your locations
- Customers can visit any branch — their progress carries over
- Each site gets its own QR code; loyalty is tracked per-chain
- Central admin dashboard for all venues in one view
- Chain-wide loyalty tiers (e.g. "20% off at any branch" at Level 5)
If you run 5 locations or 50, the system scales without extra work on your side.
We're actively approaching coffee chains across the UK. If you're a regional or national group — get in touch.
Current options don't work:
- Stamp cards — get lost, forgotten, or never completed
- Points apps — downloaded once, deleted
- Email newsletters — <3% open rate
- Social media — organic reach is dead
The result: venues spend money acquiring customers and have no reliable way to keep them. The answer isn't better stamps — it's a story they can't put down.
☕ Customer orders at the till
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📱 Scans today's QR code (rotates every midnight)
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🔓 Unlocks the next chapter of the ongoing story
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📖 Reads a 60-second illustrated chapter
└── Makes a narrative choice (shapes flavour, not plot)
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⏳ "To Be Continued..." — come back tomorrow
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🏆 Levels up → earns real discounts and perks at your venue
No app download. No email. No phone number. Just a nickname and a PIN. Scan → read → return. Four steps. Under 15 seconds.
Dr. Maya Chen. Archaeologist. Stonehenge. Present day.
An archaeologist discovers a symbol beneath one of the Stonehenge bluestones — a symbol that matches a signal received from deep space hours earlier. The symbol is a key to a network of ancient sites across the world, each containing a fragment of a message left by a civilisation that existed before recorded history.
250+ chapters. A new one per visit. The story never ends.
Story #1 → Echoes of the Monolith (archaeological sci-fi)
Story #2 → The Last Alchemist (historical mystery, Prague)
Story #3 → Signal & Noise (cyberpunk thriller, London)
Story #4 → Roots of the World Tree (Norse mythology, Scandinavia)
→ ...
Levels are earned by chapters read — one per visit. Each level unlocks a real perk at your venue. You define the perks; we handle the tracking.
| Level | Chapters | Example Perk |
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| 🌱 Newcomer | 0–4 | Hooked on the story |
| ☕ Regular | 5–14 | 5% off |
| 🤝 Brew Buddy | 15–29 | 10% off + priority seating |
| 😊 Local Face | 30–49 | 15% off + 1 free drink/month |
| 🪑 Table Holder | 50–74 | 20% off + reserved table |
| 🏠 Part of Furniture | 75–99 | 25% off + seasonal menu preview |
| 📖 Story Keeper | 100–149 | 30% off + name on the wall |
| 👑 Legend | 150+ | 35% off + lifetime member |
The system must work for a 70-year-old who has never downloaded an app.
No app store. No email address. No social login. QR codes are already culturally normalised — every customer knows how to use them. The onboarding barrier is effectively zero.
| Metric | Target |
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| 7-day retention | 70%+ |
| 30-day retention | 50%+ |
| QR scan → completed chapter | 80%+ |
| Average visit streak | 5+ days |
Using Tabless? It's already included — contact us to activate it.
Not on Tabless? £5,000 one-time setup. We handle everything.
Running a chain? Let's talk about a bespoke rollout.
Local Development
git clone https://github.com/tialkan/EndlessTales.git
cd EndlessTales
cp .env.example .env.local
npm install
npm run dev
# → http://localhost:3000Tech Stack
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Frontend | Next.js 16 + React 19 |
| Styling | Tailwind CSS 4 + Framer Motion |
| CMS | Sanity v5 |
| Database | Firebase Firestore |
| Auth | Nickname + PIN |
| Deployment | Docker + Coolify |
Specs
Full platform specifications in /specs.
Endless Tales — Where every visit writes the next chapter.