Pet IDs
Create and manage scannable IDs for your pets.
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Put a QR tag on the collar. Anyone who scans it sees your pet's name, what they need and who to call — and if your pet ever goes missing, one tap turns the page into a missing poster that people can reply to.
- Your number, tappable, from any phone
- Lost mode reframes the whole page
- Finders can leave word without calling
Pet ID FAQs
How a pet tag works — lost mode, what finders can send you, and why we never ask for your address.
What is a ScanMe pet ID, and how is it better than an engraved tag?
An engraved tag gives whoever finds your animal a phone number. That is genuinely good, and it fails in three ordinary ways: the number changes, nobody answers, or the finder has no credit. A ScanMe pet tag is a QR code that opens a page you control — your pet’s name and photo, what they need, who to call — and it keeps working when your number changes, because the code points at the page rather than at the number. It also lets the finder write to you: where they saw your pet, whether they have them, a number to call back. That is the part an engraved disc cannot do at all.
What happens when I mark my pet as missing?
The page changes shape, not just its wording. A red banner leads with your pet’s name and how long they have been gone, the photo gets bigger, calling you becomes the main action, and the message form opens instead of sitting folded away. Anyone who scans the tag — or opens the link you have shared in a neighborhood group — lands on that version instead of the ordinary one. It is one tap from your dashboard, it is one tap to turn off again, and the tag itself never changes.
Can someone tell me they have found my pet without calling?
Yes, and it is deliberately easy. The page has a short form: where they saw your pet, anything they want to add, and optionally their name and a number. <strong>None of the contact fields are required</strong>. "Saw him on Elland Road about 3pm, heading north" is worth having on its own, and demanding a phone number from a passerby is how that sighting never gets written down. Messages appear in your dashboard and on the pet’s row, and if they did leave a number you can call them straight from there.
Does the page show my home address?
No, and there is no field that could. We ask for an area, "Wicker Park, Chicago", which tells a finder whether your animal is near home or has traveled, and tells them nothing about which house. This is on purpose: a public page saying an animal is missing and naming the house it lives in announces that the house is empty and its occupant is out walking the streets. If you want to give somebody your address, do it on the phone once you have spoken to them.
Does this replace a microchip?
No, and it is not trying to. A microchip is permanent, works with no phone and no signal, is what a vet or a shelter scans, and in many countries is a legal requirement. Keep it, and keep its registry details current. A ScanMe tag is for the ordinary case a chip handles badly: an ordinary member of the public, standing in the street with your animal and a phone, who wants to give them back right now rather than drive to a vet. Use both. You can put the chip number on the tag too — it is kept private by default, because it is your strongest proof of ownership.
Can I hide a behavior warning, like "bites when frightened"?
No, and this is the one choice the product makes for you. A bite warning behind a tap is one the person already reaching for your animal will not read, and the harm lands on both of them. Anything you record under Behavior is always shown immediately. You may leave it off the page entirely if you would rather; what you cannot do is record it and then put it somewhere it might be missed. Microchip, insurance and vet details work the other way round and are private by default.
What happens if I retire a pet ID?
It permanently deletes everything on it: the contacts, the medical and behavior details, and any messages people sent you through the tag. Only the web address and the QR mapping are kept, so a disc still in a drawer resolves to a page saying the pet ID was retired rather than to somebody else’s animal. If you only want the tag to stop working for a while, switch it off instead: scanning then says so, nothing is deleted, and you can turn it back on whenever you like.
I have three cats. How many pet IDs can I make?
Three, on Pro — which is the whole of its Smart ID allowance, because every kind spends from one number. Pro allows three profiles and Business ten, in any mix, so three cats fill a Pro plan and leave no room for a business card unless you buy an extra Smart ID slot. The free plan allows one profile, so there it is one animal or nothing else. Each cat does need its own tag: the page names them, carries their photo and lists what they specifically need, so one tag shared between three would tell a finder almost nothing useful.