A trusted identity for luxury fashion products
Build a luxury fashion brand authenticity check into the products you issue. TAGBASE connects physical fashion items to cryptographically secured NFC identities and branded product verification experiences.
Challenges Facing the Fashion Industry
From fast fashion knockoffs to sophisticated counterfeits of mid-tier brands, the fashion industry faces threats at every price point.
Widespread Counterfeiting
Fake garments, shoes, and accessories flood online marketplaces โ often indistinguishable from originals without expert inspection.
Resale Market Fraud
The booming secondhand fashion market creates new opportunities for counterfeiters to sell fakes as authenticated pre-owned items.
Cross-Border Grey Markets
Unauthorized distribution across regions undermines pricing strategies and exclusive retail partnerships.
EU DPP Regulation
The EU Digital Product Passport for textiles will require brands to provide transparency on materials, manufacturing, and sustainability.
Supply Chain Complexity
Multi-tier supply chains spanning dozens of countries make traceability from raw materials to finished garments extremely difficult.
Brand Value Erosion
Counterfeits devalue brand perception, reduce willingness to pay premium prices, and create customer service burdens from confused buyers.
What Your Customers Worry About
Shoppers increasingly question the authenticity of fashion purchases โ especially online and secondhand.
Cannot tell if online marketplace purchases are genuine or counterfeit
Fear of buying fake items from resale and pre-owned platforms
No way to verify the sustainability and ethical sourcing claims of brands
Confusion about care instructions and material composition on fake labels
Reduced confidence when gifting fashion items purchased online
Difficulty returning or getting warranty service on unverifiable products
How TAGBASE Solves This
Our NFC-based trust infrastructure gives each garment a unique, cryptographically secured digital identity โ from the factory floor to the resale market.
Clone-Resistant NFC Identity
Each garment receives a cryptographically secured NFC tag sewn into the label or hangtag. Designed to resist cloning, removal and transfer to counterfeits.
Instant Consumer Verification
Shoppers tap the item with any NFC-enabled smartphone to verify authenticity, view product details, and access care instructions โ no app required.
Resale Authentication
Pre-owned buyers can verify authenticity before purchase. The TAGBASE Browser Extension adds trust signals directly on resale platform listings.
A secure entry to DPP data
Material composition, origin, carbon footprint and recycling information can be opened after the item is verified. TAGBASE is the entry point, not the DPP provider. TAGBASE is building partnerships with specialized providers in this industry.
Build authenticity checks into the brand experience
Let customers tap with a phone to open your verification journey and product information. TAGBASE supplies trust infrastructure for physical objects; your brand defines the customer experience.
Plan for tag attachment and product lifecycle
Choose tag placement and attachment for the material, packaging and intended use. A fashion pilot should consider wear, repair and resale alongside the initial verification experience.
Brand-issued identity is different from a visual authenticity opinion
TAGBASE supports verification for items connected to a configured NFC identity. It is not a service for retrospectively authenticating an untagged handbag or garment from photographs.
Frequently asked questions
- How can a luxury fashion brand offer an authenticity check?
- A brand can associate its products with configured NFC identities and provide a branded verification experience. Tag placement, attachment and provisioning are part of the implementation.
- Can TAGBASE authenticate an untagged item from a photograph?
- No. TAGBASE verifies a configured NFC identity. It does not provide retrospective visual authentication for an untagged fashion item.
- Can the verification experience carry our branding?
- Yes. TAGBASE VERIFY can run as a white-label solution under your own domain, where TAGBASE is only the technology provider and nothing from TAGBASE is visible. It can also run on verify.tagbase.io.
Protect Your Brand Across Every Channel
See how TAGBASE can authenticate your fashion products from retail to resale.
Schedule a callLet your customers Talk to your product
Forget thick manuals and hard-to-find FAQs. With TAGBASE's built-in AI chatbot, every product becomes an interactive knowledge hub. Customers simply tap the NFC tag and ask any question โ about ingredients, usage instructions, certifications, or care tips.
- Documents as knowledge base
All attached product documents โ certificates, safety data sheets, usage guides โ are automatically ingested and used to answer customer questions.
- Website content included
Your brand's website is crawled and indexed so the AI can reference the latest product pages, blog posts, and FAQs โ always up to date.
- Natural conversation
No more scrolling through PDFs. Customers ask questions in plain language and get instant, accurate answers โ in any language.
How should I store this product?
Based on the product data sheet, store in a cool, dry place between 15โ25ยฐC, away from direct sunlight. Once opened, use within 12 months. The packaging is recyclable โ check the label for local recycling instructions.
What certifications does this product have?
This product is ISO 9001 certified and has a sustainability rating on file. I can show you the available certificates.
EU Digital Product Passport
Regulation (EU) 2024/1781
2027
First sectors mandatory
2030
Full rollout deadline
A secure entry point to the EU Digital Product Passport
The European Union is introducing digital product passports (DPP) across a growing number of industries. Brands that sell in the EU will need to provide detailed product data โ from materials and origin to sustainability metrics โ accessible via a digital carrier on the product.
TAGBASE is not a DPP solution provider and does not make a product DPP compliant. A clone-resistant NFC tag (NXP NTAG 424 DNA) can prove with two taps that this physical item is genuine before its DPP data is shown. DPP content comes from specialized providers. TAGBASE is building partnerships with those providers in each industry.
Talk to us about secure DPP accessTurn every scan into Actionable insight
Every time someone verifies one of your products, TAGBASE captures valuable data points and makes them available to you โ giving you full visibility into how, where, and when your products are being interacted with in the real world.
- Device & Browser details
Know which phone model, operating system, and browser was used for each verification โ useful for understanding your customer demographics.
- Timestamp & frequency
See exactly when each product was scanned, how often, and detect unusual patterns like repeated verifications that may indicate suspicious activity.
- Geolocation data
When the user shares their location, you get precise geolocation. Otherwise, we still provide country-level data โ helping you spot grey market activity or regional demand.
- Portal analytics & raw data export
View all statistics directly in the TAGBASE portal, or export the raw data to feed into your existing ERP systems and run your own custom analytics.
12,847
Total scans (30d)
43
Countries
Recent verifications
iPhone 15 Pro
Munich, Germany
Samsung Galaxy S24
New York, USA
Google Pixel 8
Tokyo, Japan
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