Authentify: Product Authentication Software That Gives A Straight Answer
Authentify puts a cryptographically signed, single-use QR code on every unit you ship. Your customer scans it with a phone camera, no app to install, and sees whether that code is genuine and unused. You get a geo-tagged record of every scan, so cloned codes show up as clusters on a map.
Proof that a code is yours, and that nobody has used it yet.
Six things the platform actually does. Read the fourth one carefully, because it is where a QR code stops being a wall and starts being a tripwire.
Signed, single-use codes
Every code is signed with a private key you control and marked used on first scan. A second scan of the same code returns a warning instead of a green tick.
Nothing for the customer to install
The code opens in the phone's camera or browser. Your customer reads a plain genuine or not genuine answer in a few seconds, with no download, no account and no sign-in step.
A geo-tagged record of every scan
Each verification records time, approximate location and the code scanned. That gives you a map of where your product is actually being checked, including places you never shipped to.
Alerts when a code goes wrong
Duplicate scans on one code, or a spike of failed checks in one city, raise an alert. You see the pattern while the batch is still moving, not months later.
Fits the packaging you already run
Codes print onto the labels, cartons or inserts you already use, applied at the point your line already prints or applies a label. It's a packaging change, not a new line.
Loyalty attached to a genuine scan
A genuine result can hand the customer something: a warranty registration, a reorder link, a points credit. It turns a check most people skip into a reason to scan.
Who Authentify is built for.
Sectors where a fake unit costs more than the unit itself, either in safety, in warranty claims or in what it does to the brand.
Consumer Electronics
Grey-market chargers and accessories that fail, then land in your warranty queue as your fault.
Talk to us about electronicsPharmaceuticals & Supplements
Serialised packs, batch recall by code, and a check a pharmacist or patient can run in seconds.
Talk to us about pharmaCosmetics & Skincare
Refilled jars and diverted stock sold online, where a bad batch becomes a public safety story.
Talk to us about cosmeticsLuxury Goods & Watches
Resale buyers who want proof before they pay, and a record that follows the piece.
Talk to us about luxuryAutomotive Parts
Counterfeit brake pads and filters reaching workshops, where the risk is not just revenue.
Talk to us about auto partsFood, Beverage & Agricultural Exports
Origin claims buyers pay a premium for, and a code that proves which farm and lot.
Talk to us about exportsWhy Authentify?
Four honest reasons, including the one most vendors in this category leave out of the pitch.
It proves issuance, not magic
A signed code proves the code came from you and hasn't been used before. That's a narrower claim than "this product is real", and it's the one we can actually stand behind.
Cloning becomes visible
A counterfeiter can photograph a real code. What they can't do is stop the second, third and fortieth scan of that code showing up in your log from four countries at once.
Nothing to install
Verification that needs an app download gets used by almost nobody. Authentify runs in the camera and browser your customer already has, which is the only way scan rates get high enough to be useful.
Built and run by us
Authentify is our own product, not a licensed white label. If you need a field added, a language supported or a dashboard changed, you're talking to the team that writes the code.
How does Authentify work?
Four steps. The second one is the one that decides whether this is a two-month project or a two-week one.
We generate the codes
You tell us the SKUs and batch sizes. We generate a signed, single-use code per unit and hand them over as print-ready files or through an API to your printer.
Your line applies them
Codes go onto the label, carton or insert at the point your line already prints or applies one. This is the real work, and it needs your packaging team in the room.
Your customer scans
They point a phone camera at the code and get a genuine, repeat-scan or not-recognised answer. No app, no account. You choose what the result page offers them next.
You watch the map
Every scan lands in your dashboard with a time and place. You filter by batch and SKU, and you get an alert when one code starts appearing in several cities.
Questions buyers actually ask.
A plain QR code is a link. Anyone can generate one that points anywhere, and copying it costs nothing. An Authentify code carries a cryptographic signature tied to a key you hold, and the platform records that the code has been used. The check is not "does this scan", it's "did we issue this code, and is this the first time anyone has scanned it".
Yes, and we won't pretend otherwise. Nothing stops someone copying a printed code onto a thousand fakes. What they can't copy is the single-use rule. Once the genuine unit is scanned, every copy returns a repeat-scan warning, and those repeats show up in your log with times and locations. Cloning becomes visible, not impossible.
No. The code opens in the phone's own camera or browser, the same way any QR code does. There's no download, no account and no sign-in. That matters more than it sounds: verification that needs an app install gets used by a tiny fraction of buyers, which makes the whole scheme useless.
It works alongside them, but it is a packaging change. Codes have to be applied per unit on the line, wherever you already print or apply a label. If your packaging is outsourced, your co-packer has to be part of the conversation. We scope that before quoting, not after.
A dashboard with every scan, its time, its approximate location, the batch and SKU it belongs to, and its result. You can filter, export, and set alerts on duplicate codes or a spike of failed checks in one region. That log is also what you hand to a lawyer or a customs authority.
Yes. If counterfeiting is a rumour rather than a measured problem, the packaging change and the per-unit code cost probably outweigh the benefit. If you sell through channels you fully control and have no grey-market complaints, hold off. Ask us and we'll tell you if we think you don't need it yet.
Put a code on the next batch
Give your customers a straight answer and your fraud team a map. We'll start by working out what this needs from your packaging line and what it costs per unit.