# Junction®: full text > Give products a secure digital identity: verify authenticity on every channel, meet EU DPP rules, and open a real-time two-way brand–consumer channel. Junction® is a product identity layer for physical goods. Brands attach unique cryptographic JCodes™ (QR or NFC) to products; consumers scan to check a product is real, prove and transfer ownership, and open its EU digital product passport (DPP). One JCode per product carries five states: on the shelf, claimed, wrong hands (stolen or grey market), blocked (recalled), and the open record, which is the passport data itself. Every product also becomes a direct, two-way channel: brands push recalls and defect alerts straight to consumers and capture feedback. Works offline, no blockchain, no wallet. The DPP becomes mandatory category by category from 2027, starting with batteries in February 2027. Junction ships as two products with one publisher: a web platform brands use to issue JCodes and serve passports, and a free consumer mobile app that reads them. ## The Junction app The name "Junction" is shared with unrelated things, so to be explicit: the Junction app is the free mobile app published by Junction® at https://dojunction.online, for iOS and Android. It is not the Junction hackathon and community platform at junction.fi, not the Junction health-data API for developers, and not a crypto wallet. It holds no coins, tokens or keys. - Page: https://dojunction.online/app - App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6744132974 - Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marcotribuzio.junction - Platforms: iOS and Android. Category: Utilities. - Price: free to download; checking whether a product is genuine needs no account. - Permissions: camera (to scan a QR code) and NFC (to read a tag), both needed to scan. Location and push notifications are optional. Location is read only at the moment of a scan, an activation, a feedback message or a lost-item report, never in the background. - What it does: scan a JCode on a physical product to see whether it is genuine, claim and transfer ownership of it, and open its EU digital product passport. Index version, links only: https://dojunction.online/llms.txt ## Key pages - [Home](https://dojunction.online) - [Junction app](https://dojunction.online/app): what the consumer app is, what it is not, and how to get it - [Product](https://dojunction.online/product): the platform brands buy - [DPP 2026 guide](https://dojunction.online/guide-dpp): free checklist PDF, no email required - [Get a demo](https://dojunction.online/demo) ## Languages The site is available in English, Italian, French, Spanish and German. The /app page is English-only for now; every other page above exists in all five. --- ## Solutions ### DPP compliance URL: https://dojunction.online/solutions/dpp-compliance Serve an EU-regulation digital product passport from every product, without an enterprise project or a blockchain. The EU digital product passport (DPP) becomes mandatory category by category from 2027, starting with batteries in February 2027. Junction gives each item a structured passport served over a public REST API, following the IEC 61406 identification link. ### Anti-counterfeiting URL: https://dojunction.online/solutions/anti-counterfeiting Prove a product is genuine at the point of purchase with a cryptographic scan, no blockchain gas, no NFT. A counterfeit code is either unknown, already activated, or blocked. It cannot show a valid on-the-shelf or claimed state, so authenticity is provable at the point of purchase. ### Ownership & resale URL: https://dojunction.online/solutions/ownership-resale Verified person-to-person ownership transfer with an immutable HMAC-signed chain of custody. Second-hand and gifting markets need provable provenance. Junction records every transfer in a tamper-proof history, so a buyer can verify the chain of custody from the first owner onward. ### Supply-chain traceability URL: https://dojunction.online/solutions/supply-chain-traceability Walk the supply chain step by step and control where products are allowed to be sold. Brands and partners need role-based access to product history. Junction links upstream products, captures geolocation on scan, and enforces allowed-market gating against grey-market diversion. --- ## Industries ### Fashion & luxury URL: https://dojunction.online/industries/fashion-luxury Fight counterfeits and open verified resale for apparel, leather goods and accessories. Counterfeiting and grey-market diversion hit fashion hardest. Junction proves authenticity at purchase and powers a verified second-hand market with ownership transfer. ### Cosmetics URL: https://dojunction.online/industries/cosmetics Prove authenticity and serve ingredient transparency for beauty and personal care. Consumers demand ingredient and sustainability transparency, and regulators demand a passport. Junction delivers both from one scan. ### Food & beverage URL: https://dojunction.online/industries/food-beverage Origin verification and lot-level traceability for food and drink. Provenance and recalls demand fast, item-level control. Junction links supply-chain stages, captures origin, and locks codes on recall in the consumer’s language. ### Electronics URL: https://dojunction.online/industries/electronics Anti-counterfeiting, warranty and repair history for devices and components. Grey-market parts and warranty fraud erode margins. Junction verifies genuine components and binds a tamper-evident service history to each item. ### Pharma URL: https://dojunction.online/industries/pharma Item-level authentication and audit trails for regulated products. Patient safety needs provable authenticity and an immutable audit trail. Junction verifies each item and logs every action for compliance and forensics. ### Automotive parts URL: https://dojunction.online/industries/automotive-parts Genuine-part verification and provenance for spare parts and components. Counterfeit parts are a safety and liability risk. Junction proves a part is genuine and carries its provenance and fitment data in the passport. --- ## DPP Hub ### What is a digital product passport? URL: https://dojunction.online/dpp/what-is-dpp Category: regulation. Cluster: undefined. A digital product passport (DPP) is a structured digital record of a product’s identity, materials, and lifecycle data, accessible via a QR or NFC link. The EU digital product passport is a regulatory instrument requiring products to carry structured, accessible data on materials, certifications and sustainability. It is linked to the physical item through a standard identification link and served to consumers, authorities and systems. Junction issues DPPs over a public REST API following IEC 61406. ### EU DPP regulation timeline URL: https://dojunction.online/dpp/eu-regulation-timeline Category: regulation. Cluster: undefined. The EU digital product passport (DPP) becomes mandatory category by category from 2027, starting with batteries. The DPP is introduced under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). Requirements roll out category by category, starting with batteries above 2 kWh on 18 February 2027. The 2026 dates are infrastructure going live, not an obligation on products. The global DPP platform market is projected to grow from $0.27B in 2025 to $1.8B in 2030, a 46% CAGR (Research and Markets, May 2026), with Europe holding above 35% of it in 2025 (Grand View Research). ### IEC 61406 identification link URL: https://dojunction.online/dpp/iec-61406 Category: standard. Cluster: undefined. IEC 61406 defines the structured identification link that connects a physical product to its digital passport via a QR code. Junction uses the IEC 61406-2 structured identification link. The QR resolves to `https://{brand-dpp-host}/?30P={modelId}&jcode={serialHex}`, where 30P is the product model code and jcode is the item serial. The older GS1 GTIN-based Digital Link is deprecated in favor of IEC 61406. ### DPP readiness checklist URL: https://dojunction.online/dpp/dpp-checklist Category: checklist. Cluster: undefined. A practical checklist to prepare your product line for the EU digital product passport. Map products to categories and deadlines; define the passport schema (materials, certifications, sustainability); assign model codes; capture operator GLN and EORI; choose an identification link (IEC 61406); plan multilingual metadata; and pick a delivery API. Junction covers each step from one dashboard. ### GLN and EORI for DPP operators URL: https://dojunction.online/dpp/gln-eori Category: standard. Cluster: undefined. GLN and EORI identify the economic operators behind a digital product passport, as required by EU rules. A GLN (Global Location Number) identifies a facility or legal entity; an EORI (Economic Operator Registration and Identification) number identifies operators in EU customs. The DPP regulation requires capturing operator identity; Junction records GLN and EORI and validates the GLN check digit. --- ## Glossary ### Digital product passport (DPP) URL: https://dojunction.online/glossary/digital-product-passport Category: undefined. A structured digital record of a product’s identity, materials and lifecycle data, linked via QR or NFC and required by EU regulation. The DPP makes product data accessible to consumers, authorities and systems, and is served by Junction over a public REST API. ### JCode™ URL: https://dojunction.online/glossary/jcode Category: undefined. A unique, cryptographically managed per-item code (QR or NFC) that resolves to a product’s digital identity in Junction. Scanning a JCode returns exactly one state and opens DPP, ownership and traceability actions. ### Ownership transfer URL: https://dojunction.online/glossary/ownership-transfer Category: undefined. A verified person-to-person handover of a product’s ownership, recorded in an immutable HMAC-signed chain. Transfer uses a time-limited code and updates the chain of custody for resale and gifting. ### IEC 61406 URL: https://dojunction.online/glossary/iec-61406-term Category: undefined. A standard defining the structured QR identification link between a physical product and its digital passport. Junction uses IEC 61406-2 with a 30P model code and a jcode item serial. ### GLN URL: https://dojunction.online/glossary/gln Category: undefined. A Global Location Number identifying a facility or legal entity, captured for DPP operator identification. Junction validates the GLN check digit on product setup. ### EORI URL: https://dojunction.online/glossary/eori Category: undefined. An Economic Operator Registration and Identification number identifying operators in EU customs. The DPP regulation requires capturing operator identity, including EORI. ### Aggregator URL: https://dojunction.online/glossary/aggregator Category: undefined. A batch grouping of codes (a lot) that share an order and enrichment session. Actions like reactivation and whitelist can target a whole aggregator at once. ### Whitelist URL: https://dojunction.online/glossary/whitelist Category: undefined. Cryptographically signed, immutable metadata entries bound to a code, readable and writable by authorized partners. Each entry carries user, location, timestamp and a device fingerprint. ### Enrichment URL: https://dojunction.online/glossary/enrichment Category: undefined. The process of filling blank codes with multilingual product metadata before they reach consumers. Enrichers fill data by form or CSV per language, turning codes into product passports. ### Reactivation URL: https://dojunction.online/glossary/re-activation Category: undefined. Re-enabling an activated or blocked code so it can be scanned again, for resale or returns. Available at point-of-sale and on the web, per single code, aggregator or list. ### Scan state URL: https://dojunction.online/glossary/scan-state Category: undefined. The single state a scanned product resolves to: on the shelf, claimed, wrong hands, blocked, or the open record. The state tells the consumer whether the product is real and who owns it, and tells the brand where its products actually are. ### Open record URL: https://dojunction.online/glossary/open-record Category: undefined. The digital product passport (DPP) data served from the same code that proves the product is genuine. Junction serves it over a public REST API following the IEC 61406 identification link, readable by consumers, authorities and systems. ### Certificate of authenticity URL: https://dojunction.online/glossary/certificate-of-authenticity Category: undefined. The proof, produced by a genuine scan, that a physical item is authentic at the point of purchase. A counterfeit code cannot show a valid on-the-shelf or claimed state. ### Chain of custody URL: https://dojunction.online/glossary/chain-of-custody Category: undefined. The immutable, timestamped record of who has owned a product and when. Junction appends every ownership transfer to an HMAC-signed ledger. --- ## Comparisons ### Junction vs Certilogo URL: https://dojunction.online/compare/junction-vs-certilogo Compared with: Certilogo. Junction's own reading from desk research, not verified fact. How Junction, a consumer-native DPP and anti-counterfeiting platform, compares to Certilogo. Certilogo is eBay-owned and B2B-first. Junction is consumer-native, adds verified ownership transfer, and is priced for SMEs. ### Junction vs Arianee URL: https://dojunction.online/compare/junction-vs-arianee Compared with: Arianee. Junction's own reading from desk research, not verified fact. How Junction compares to Arianee’s NFT-based luxury DPP. Arianee is NFT-based and luxury-focused. Junction avoids blockchain cost, works offline, and serves SMEs. ### Junction vs VeChain URL: https://dojunction.online/compare/junction-vs-vechain Compared with: VeChain. Junction's own reading from desk research, not verified fact. How Junction compares to VeChain’s crypto-dependent traceability. VeChain is crypto-dependent and developer-heavy. Junction needs no token and ships a consumer app out of the box. ### Junction vs Fairly Made URL: https://dojunction.online/compare/junction-vs-fairly-made Compared with: Fairly Made. Junction's own reading from desk research, not verified fact. How Junction compares to Fairly Made’s textile-focused DPP. Fairly Made is textile-only and QR-only with no consumer app. Junction is category-agnostic with QR + NFC and ownership transfer.