eSIM as a card benefit, from the rule to the extra eSIM
Set the benefit rule, check eligibility with a customer token, and let the customer install in your app. Paid extra eSIMs run through your own payment step.
Short answer: A card benefit is a rule, a check, and an install. The eSIM API checks eligibility with a customer token, issues the plan in your app, and sells extra eSIMs through your own payment step.
- A rule per tier
- Eligibility without card data
- Extra eSIMs at your price
The rule decides. The app delivers.
How the eSIM API runs as a card benefit: the rule, the check, the install, and the extra eSIM. Pick a step to see it.
Set the benefit rule
The rule lists the eligible tiers, the data included per trip, and the paid plans. The card program funds the allowance.
- Trigger
- Benefit design
- Measure
- Tiers with a data benefit
Check eligibility
The app sends a customer token and a segment, never card data. The answer says what the customer gets for the trip.
- Trigger
- Customer opens the travel section
- Measure
- Eligibility checks per trip
Install in the app
The benefit arrives as a plan in the app, with the install link on the same phone.
- Trigger
- Benefit issued
- Measure
- Benefits activated per 100 eligible trips
An extra eSIM at your price
When the allowance runs low, the app offers a paid extra eSIM through your own payment step and installs it in the app.
- Trigger
- Allowance runs low
- Measure
- Paid extra eSIMs per 100 benefits
How to run it.
01Set up
- Set the rule: the eligible tiers, the data included per trip, and the paid plans.
- Fund the allowance from the card program budget.
- Connect the entitlement and order APIs in the sandbox.
02In the app
- Show the benefit in the travel section of the app.
- Check eligibility with a customer token and a segment, never with card data.
- Issue the plan and show the install step in the app.
03During the trip
- Offer an extra eSIM at your price when the allowance runs low.
- Charge it through your own payment step, and install it in the app.
- Keep the plan history in the app.
04Support
- Choose the support split: your app answers first, and RoamWorks handles provisioning and activation.
- Check the issuer and card network rules before launch.
Three numbers to review in a pilot.
- Benefits activated per 100 eligible trips
- Paid extra eSIMs per 100 benefits
- Travel section opens per month
The products behind it.
eSIM API
Add eSIM to your product with one API.
See eSIM API →
Digital vouchers
Issue data at the counter. Deliver it by email or account.
See Digital vouchers →
White-label eSIM
A co-branded eSIM store for large platforms.
See White-label eSIM →- Issuer and card network rules apply. Check them before launch.
- Never send card data. Eligibility uses a customer token and a segment.
- The included allowance and a paid extra eSIM are separate lines.
Fintech and cards
Add a travel data benefit to the app. The bank sets eligibility, funds an allowance, and keeps the customer in its app.
See the solution →You set the retail price.
Buy at partner rates, keep the customer relationship, and agree the support split privately. One catalogue, three commercial shapes.
Wholesale pricing before your retail price.
You decide what the customer pays.
Support, refunds, and volume in the agreement.
From first step to first order.
Start with a short pilot. Review it, then add the next desk, route, or market.
Scope
Scope the segment, the markets, and the budget.
Sandbox
Connect the entitlement and order APIs and test the install.
Launch
Launch one segment, review activation and extra eSIMs, then extend.
Before you choose
Short answers to the common questions. The partner agreement sets the final terms.
How does the app check eligibility?
With a customer token and a segment from your systems. The API never needs card data.
Where does the customer install?
In your app. The install link opens on the same phone, and the app keeps the plan history.
Can an extra eSIM use the card on file?
Yes. It runs through your own payment step, so the card data stays with you.
Can the benefit be a co-branded store?
Large banks can use a co-branded store. Most start with the benefit in the travel section of the app.