A hand holding a Costco gold-star membership card
Costco has been cracking down Netflix-style on improper membership sharing.
  • Costco appears to be testing a digital ID scanning station at the front door of at least one of its stores.
  • Shoppers spotted the tech at the store near Costco's corporate headquarters in Issaquah, Washington.
  • Small tweaks — like more thorough ID checks — can have a large financial impact for the company.

Costco's membership sharing crackdown appears to be growing.

On Sunday, shoppers spotted a digital ID scanning station at the front door of a Costco warehouse near the company's corporate headquarters in Issaquah, Washington.