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VeroTag gives a physical object a permanent, checkable record. This page covers how that works, what you can do where, and — honestly — what is built today and what is not.
01Is this for you?
Worth answering before you tag anything, because VeroTag solves one specific problem and is unremarkable at everything else.
The problem it solves: a collectible's story lives apart from the object. Certificates get lost, receipts fade, the anecdote about where you got it dies with you, and a buyer three owners later has no way to check any of it. VeroTag binds that record to the item itself, through a tag that cannot be cloned, so it travels with the object.
A good fit if…
- You own things whose value depends on being the one — provenance, edition, condition history
- You expect to sell, insure, or pass items on, and want the buyer able to check without trusting you
- You already keep a spreadsheet of your collection and want it attached to the objects
- You have items whose story you are the only remaining source of
Probably not, if…
- You want automatic valuations — we do not price your items, and nothing here revalues them
- You want a marketplace; VeroTag is a record, not a place to sell
- You want bulk cataloguing of hundreds of low-value items quickly — that is a spreadsheet's job
- You need it to prove an item is authentic today; see the honest limits below
02How the pieces fit
The mobile app is where an item enters the system — it is the only surface that can read a tag. The website is where you do everything afterwards.
03Your first item, start to finish
About ten minutes, most of it deciding which item to do first.
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Install the mobile app and sign in
Use the same account you just created here. NFC reading needs an iPhone 7 or later. You can capture items without an account at all — everything stays on the device — but syncing is what creates a passport.
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Pick an item you know well
Not your most valuable one. Pick something whose details you can recite, so you are learning the flow rather than researching and learning at once.
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Attach the tag
On a graded slab, the tag goes on the slab. On a raw item, somewhere it will not be removed or damaged. The tag is the anchor — moving it later means the record no longer describes what it is attached to.
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Scan, photograph, name it, save
Hold the top edge of the phone against the tag. Only the name is required — everything else can wait. A thin record you sync today beats a perfect one you never finish.
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Sync
This registers the passport, assigns an ID like VT-4K7P-9Q2M, and creates the public page anyone can open by tapping the tag.
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Open it here and fill in the rest
Your item now appears in the vault. Add catalog detail, grading and certificate numbers, extra photos, and private notes like what you paid. The field guide explains every field and how to choose a category.
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Check what a buyer would see
Open your own passport's public page. It shows what a stranger tapping the tag sees — and, importantly, none of your private notes or valuation.
04What the website is for
Everything that is not reading a tag.
| Do this here | What it gives you |
|---|---|
| Edit item details | The full form, with fields that change to suit the category — a watch is asked for a Reference #, a card for a Card #. |
| Add photographs | More angles than you would bother with on a phone. How many depends on your plan. |
| Record grading & certificates | The grading company and its certificate number — the one detail on your passport a buyer can verify against someone who is not us. |
| Set visibility | Withdraw the public link for an item. Anyone physically tapping the tag can still verify it — that is the point of the tag. |
| See the provenance history | Every registration, edit and photo change, timestamped and append-only. |
| Keep a wishlist | Items you are hunting, kept private unless you list them. |
| Delete & restore | Deleted items go to a recycle bin for 30 days. Note that a deleted item keeps its tag reserved until you delete it permanently. |
05What is built, and what is not
You are early. This is the current state, without the roadmap dressed up as the product — you can check every "live" row yourself in the next ten minutes.
Working today
| Capability | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tag reading & capture | Live | Offline-capable, on iPhone. |
| Passport registration | Live | Assigns the ID and creates the public page. |
| Cryptographic tag authentication | Live | The chip answers a challenge proving it is the original. |
| Integrity anchor | Live | A salted fingerprint of the identifying fields, so silent rewrites are detectable. |
| Provenance history | Live | Append-only; distinguishes a record completed from one altered. |
| Public verification page | Live | What anyone tapping your tag sees. |
| Editing, photos, visibility, recycle bin | Live | On this website. |
Under development
| Capability | Status | What that means today |
|---|---|---|
| VeroTag Verified — expert attestation | In development | The trust lane exists and is described on every passport, but no items carry it yet. Only this lane will ever say anything about the object rather than the tag. |
| Ownership transfer | In development | You cannot hand an item to a buyer inside VeroTag yet. Today, releasing a tag means deleting the passport permanently. |
| Tokens & on-chain records | In development | Nothing is minted today. The integrity anchor is a fingerprint we hold, not a blockchain transaction. Any copy you see elsewhere describing on-chain records is ahead of the build, and we are correcting it. |
| Automatic catalog matching | In development | Item details are entered by you. Where the platform demonstrates automatic matching, that is a preview, not a live integration. |
| Valuations | Not planned near-term | Estimated value is a number you set. No provider prices your items, and nothing revalues a collection. |
| Public collector profiles | In development | Design decided; deliberately unbuilt until the privacy questions around exposing a collection are settled. |
| Android | In development | Capture is iPhone-only for now. |