SERIALIZED CODES
One unique code per box. Counterfeits flag themselves.
No chips, no apps, no lab. A QR sticker and a phone camera are enough for any smoker, anywhere, to check that your cigar is real.
WHY IT MATTERS
Premium cigars get copied. A fake band costs pennies to print, ruins a smoker's evening, and quietly burns a reputation you rolled for decades. Holograms and stamps help, but a smoker can't verify a hologram. Anyone can scan a code.
Checking a cigar you already own? How to tell if a cigar is fake →
HOW IT WORKS
Generate a batch
From your dashboard, create as many unique codes as you have boxes, say 500 for this spring's production. Each code exists exactly once, in your registry.
One code, one box
Print each QR on its own sticker or band and seal it on one box. Two boxes never share a code.
The smoker scans
The code opens your cigar's page with a live check against your registry. Nothing to install, nothing to type.
Copies expose themselves
A genuine code gets scanned a handful of times, by one box's owner. A copied code shows up again and again, and the page starts warning everyone who scans it.
WHAT THE SMOKER SEES
Verified authentic
The code is in your registry with a normal scan history. The smoker sees the check, the brand name, and when the code was first scanned.
Check this cigar
The code is real but has been scanned unusually many times, a sign the band may have been copied.
Could not verify
The code isn't in your registry at all. The smoker is told it may be counterfeit, and to contact you to be sure.
Serialized authenticity codes are included without limit from Reserva upward. On Capa they are an add-on: packs of 1,000 at $99, less at volume, and credits never expire. See pricing →