Sonata Passwave
For Websites
ID verification for websites, free of charge
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What is Passwave?
Passwave is a reusable, privacy-first digital ID. It’s a win-win for website operators and website visitors alike.
Passwave is free for website owners and operators
It saves you the cost of verification fees
Website visitors verify once, the reuse their Passwave digital ID anywhere which accepts it
How much does it cost?
For website owners and operators, it costs nothing. Passwave is free of charge. You no longer have to pay outside companies for repeated verifications.
Instead, Passwave’s users pay €3 per year for convenient, secure, risk-free online privacy.
What’s the catch?
There is no catch. You get unlimited photo ID age verification without having to pay a penny.
As you know, age-sensitive industries are feeling the effects of new online safety laws. Verification costs are rising, while customer numbers are falling. Site visitors are moving to less intrusive, non-compliant websites.
In short, putting Passwave on your website saves money and prevents you from losing customers.
Sonata Passwave is launching soon. Join the waitlist to be notified.
How it works
Here’s how Passwave works:
Once a visitor is verified, they’ll use a QR code to access your website services
Passwave sends confirmation to you that they’re verified
It’s proof that the website visitor is a real person, has shown government-issued ID and is over 18
Uniquely, we give users a choice of recommended ID verification providers. All have solid cybersecurity track records and minimal data retention policies. Passwave stores no document scans at all.
To prevent fraud, users provide regular selfies. We check these against a vector sheet created when they first verify.
How to add Passwave to websites
We’ve made it simple. There’s no coding involved.
Create an account on Sonata Pro Services (Coming Soon)
Activate Passwave
Get an API key then use our integrations to handle verification requests
Documentation will be available when Passwave launches (Coming Soon).
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What you get with the free plan
The free plan gives you unlimited age verifications and a generous number of verification requests per hour.
As well as confirming that the user is over 18, and a real person, the free plan gets you:
Limited access to a unique identifier which stops people from creating multiple different accounts
Automatic website access, without verification, for repeat visitors
Need more?
Upgrade to the Passwave paid plan and get access to more. For example:
A higher rate limit: Verify more website visitors per hour
More age-gate options, such as users under 18, an older minimum age, or those within a specific age range
Significantly more access to a unique identifier to stop people from creating multiple accounts
Country of verification: Passwave isolates users from specified geographic locations more accurately than any other method
Faster, smoother user flow: With unlimited webhooks, completion happens almost instantly
Sonata Passwave is launching soon. Join the waitlist to be notified.
Who benefits from using Passwave?
For age-sensitive industries, it brings freedom from the crippling cost of verification services. For the website user, Passwave offers control over online privacy.
And looking beyond that, imagine the following:
Online dating apps Online dating apps
National news websites with comments by nationals only
Private gaming servers which permanently ban cheaters — without relying on invasive anti-cheat programs
18+ services which can easily meet legal requirements, and quickly confirm compliance
Retailers who prevent scalping by limiting purchases to one per person
Ticketing services wwhich prevent ticket resale
In fact, Passwave can be used by any industry to:
Make sure that every user is a real person
Make CAPTCHA a thing of the past
Prevent banned users from returning under a different identity
Allow users only from a specific geographic area
Allow users only within a defined age bracket
Ensure the first names of users are accurate
Reduce spam to a minimum
Sonata Passwave is launching soon. Join the waitlist to be notified.
FAQs
We’ve answered some of the most common questions about Passwave here. If your question isn’t here, don’t worry. Just get in touch and we’ll provide an answer.