GS1 Digital Link
One code for the warehouse and the customer
A QR code in the GS1 Digital Link standard contains the same data as a GS1 label: GTIN, batch, dates and serial number. The warehouse scanner reads it as before, and the customer's phone opens a page with information about that specific batch or item, at your company's address.
Wildflower honey 400 g
Batch A123
Production date: 12 Oct 2026
Best before: 12 Oct 2028
Origin: Poland
Glass jar: glass recycling. Steel lid: metal recycling.
Batch quality certificate (PDF)
How it works
Label
SmartDepot prints a QR code on the label with an address in the GS1 Digital Link standard, which contains the GTIN, batch, dates and serial number.
Scanning
In the warehouse, receipt and issue work as before, because the scanner reads the GTIN, batch and serial number from the address. The customer scans the same code with a phone camera, without installing an app.
Product page
The customer sees the data for that batch or item from SmartDepot, up to date at the moment of scanning.
What the customer can see
Product name and photo
Batch, production date and expiry date
Composition and the materials the product is made from
Certificates and declarations
Instructions for use and packaging disposal
A batch recall notice, visible immediately to anyone who scans the code
Your domain, your brand
The page runs on your company's subdomain, e.g. dl.yourcompany.com, with your logo and colours. A single DNS record is enough, and we set up the security certificate automatically.
Ready for the product passport and AI assistants
The page also publishes data in the structured GS1 Web Vocabulary format, read by search engines, shopping assistants and trading partners' systems. The same code on the packaging can serve as the data carrier for the Digital Product Passport once the rules cover your product group.
Regulations: DPP, PPWR, EUDR