Pre programmed, encrypted, and ready out of the box. Passive, so there is no battery and nothing to charge.

Why ours

Not Just a Tag with a Link

Most tags hold a web address. Ours are locked, pointed and managed from Core, and Advance tags carry an identity that cannot be copied.

  • Signed on every tap

    Advance tags sign each tap with a one time code, so a copied link or a cloned tag simply fails.

  • Locked once written

    A locked tag cannot be overwritten or reprogrammed by anyone with a phone and an app.

  • Pointed from Core

    Change what a tag opens, or the whole journey behind it, after it has shipped. The hardware never changes.

  • Switched off if lost

    A lost or misused tag is disabled from Core in a moment, without recalling anything.

  • No personal data on the tag

    A tag carries its own identity, never a person’s. Everything personal sits in the record, under consent.

  • Passive, and built to last

    No battery and nothing to charge. Every modern phone reads it without an app.

Compared

A QR Code, a Generic Tag, a TapTech Tag

QuestionQR codeGeneric NFC stickerTapTech tag
Proves someone was thereNo. A screenshot travels anywhere.Partly. The link can be copied and shared.Yes. Advance tags only open from the tag itself.
Can be copiedTrivially.Often, with a free app.Locked, and Advance tags are signed on every tap, so a copy fails.
Change it after printingOnly through a redirect you manage.Rewrite each tag by hand.From Core, for one tag or a whole batch.
OpensA web address.A web address.Your Portal, with consent and a record behind it.
What you learnA scan count.Usually nothing.Who arrived, where, when, and who came back.

Three paths

Standard, Custom or Bespoke

Start off the shelf, make it yours, or build the tag into the product itself.

  1. Standard

    01

    From about a week

    Any of the ten formats, off the shelf, programmed and ready to point at a Portal. The fastest way to a first moment.

    Best for pilots, events, launches

  2. Custom

    02

    A few weeks

    A standard format in your artwork, colours and finish. The tag looks like it belongs to the thing it sits on.

    Best for merch, packaging, programmes

  3. Bespoke

    03

    Scoped with us

    The tag built into the product itself: a temple arm, a sole, a casing. Engineered with your makers and tested for the material.

    Best for products, collections, collaborations

    E Gucewicz: a tag in every temple armBrief us on a bespoke form factor

Plan an order

Choose Tags, Get a Tier and a Cost

Pick formats and quantities. The same tool on the Portal and Pricing pages carries your choices through to a brief and an indicative cost.

Add a format

Your tags

  • Mini CD£6.21 a tag at this quantity, before your tier’s discount

Advance tags sign every tap and cannot be cloned. From 20,000 on a line the price is on request, and the price falls further.

FAQs

Which tag is right for me?

The surface decides the format before anything else does. Metal needs a shielded tag, a garment needs one that survives a wash, and a wall outdoors needs resin. Tell us the surface and the quantity and we will tell you which one it is.

Does it need to charge?

No. A tag is passive: there is no battery, nothing to charge and nothing to fail. It takes the small amount of power it needs from the phone that touches it, which is why it works years after it was made and years after anyone thought about it.

How long will it last?

Tested to 100,000 tap cycles, and rated for fifty years. The limit in practice is the thing it is attached to rather than the tag: a sticker can be peeled off, a garment tag survives a wash, and resin is the one to reach for outdoors.

Where Next

In the docsTags: formats, paths and specifications ↗How tags authenticate ↗Ordering tags ↗