Win students and graduates for life with verified, exclusive offers that recognize their identity, build brand trust, and give you permissioned data to create more personalized campaigns that grow CLV.
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The Benefits and Challenges of Student Marketing
Lifelong Revenue Streams
College students and Gen Z have $859 billion in spending power. Recognizing their lifestage with exclusive offers can launch a lifetime of loyalty: 90% of Gen Z college students check for one before purchasing from a brand.
Flawed Verification
Without instant verification, students will abandon their purchase, your margins will shrink, and you won’t get the data you need to to build true loyalty.
Acquire and Retain Students with Offers that Recognize Their Identity
SheerID’s Audience Network enables you to win students exclusive offers that show how much you value them. AI-native verification happens instantly on your website in a privacy-friendly exchange that gives you permissioned data to create lifecycle marketing to drive CLV.
The results speak for themselves. Comcast increased student subscriptions by 6x, and Back Market drove a student CLV that is 30% higher than its global average.
Turn Students and Graduates into Brand Advocates in Four Easy Steps
Create an Exclusive Offer
Develop an exclusive student or graduate offer that shows you see and support them.
Verify Eligibility Instantly
Instantly verify students and graduates on your website with SheerID’s Audience Network.
Capture Permissioned Data
Collect verified data and stream it to 400+ martech platforms.
Personalize Your Campaigns
Leverage the data to re-engage students and graduates with lifecycle marketing that builds deep loyalty.
Convert Customers. Drive Revenue. Boost CLV.
Drive More Conversions
Eighty-six percent of Gen Z college students would be more likely to purchase from a brand that gave them a verified, exclusive offer.
Reduce CAC and Increase ROI
Unity Technologies drove 95K student verifications in six months and CompTIA’s student offer generated a 20:1 ROI.
Grow Student CLV
Seventy-three percent of Gen Z college students would be more likely to join a brand’s loyalty program to receive a verified student offer.
Real Results from Leading Brands that Verify Students with SheerID
Unity Technology’s student and educator offer boosted conversions by 50%.
Comcast’s student offer increased subscriptions by 6x and conversions by 91%.
CorePower Yoga’s young adult program drove 47% year-over-year growth.
Peacock verified more than 760K students for its exclusive offer.
Start with a Student Offer. End with a Lifetime of Loyalty.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is student verification?
Student verification is a digital check that proves a shopper is currently a college student. It lets brands give students an exclusive offer without fear of it being abused.
How does student verification with SheerID work?
A student enters basic information into a form when they checkout. SheerID’s Audience Network uses 200K+ data sources to instantly verify their student status and confirm their eligibility to receive an exclusive offer. Once a student is verified, they can redeem the offer and finish their purchase.
Why should brands market to college students?
Students are building brand preferences for the first time. Reaching them early helps you secure high lifetime value.
How do you market to college students?
Give them a high-value, exclusive offer and instantly verify their eligibility for it as a seamless step in your purchase process. This is a privacy-friendly value exchange that builds brand trust and collects verified, permissioned data you can use to re-engage them.
How can brands increase student engagement?
Nearly half of Gen Z college students say an exclusive student offer is the best way for a brand to stand out from its competitors. When you verify a student’s eligibility for your offer, use the permissioned data you collect when you verify eligibility for an exclusive student offer to create more personalized rewards that will drive student loyalty long after they graduate.
How do brands build loyalty with college students?
Give students an exclusive offer, instantly verify their eligibility for it, and stream their verified data to your CRM, loyalty, and other martech platforms. This gives you the ability to nurture their loyalty long after they graduate.
How can brands verify student status for exclusive offers?
Brands can integrate SheerID’s Audience Network into the checkout flow on their website. SheerID uses global authoritative data sources to instantly confirm a customer is a currently enrolled student.