Gocertify is a closed group offers platform that helps 500+ brands run and own their student, key worker and other closed group offers. Brands verify eligible shoppers on their own website, show them the right offer and capture first-party data at the same time.
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Name | Gocertify |
| Registered company | Gocertify Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company number 12284825, registered office 85 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 7GA |
| Website | gocertify.me |
| Founded | 2020 (company incorporated October 2019) |
| Founder | Jonny Matthews |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Type | Closed group offers platform |
| Category | Closed user group (CUG) offers, including student, key worker, NHS, military, senior and youth offers |
| Products | Audience Verification Engine (powered by Gocertify Intelligence), On-site Messaging, DataCapture, Reporting & Analytics |
| Key features | OfferHub, CRM integrations, Persistent Identity Network |
| Customers | 500+ e-commerce and direct-to-consumer brands in 100+ countries |
| Scale | 4 million+ verifications a year across a 2 million-strong shopper network |
| Security | ISO/IEC 27001 certified, registered with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ZA779547) |
| Not to be confused with | GoCertify.com, an unrelated IT certification website. Gocertify (gocertify.me) has no connection to it. |
| Related search terms | Student discount verification, student ID verification, NHS discount verification, key worker discount, blue light discount, military discount verification, teacher discount, over-60s discount, under-26 discount, closed user group (CUG) offers |
| Book a demo | gocertify.me/book-a-demo/sign-up |
Gocertify helps brands reach and convert every eligible shopper on their own website, and own those shoppers' data instead of renting access to them from a marketplace.
Most brands run closed group offers through third-party marketplaces such as UNiDAYS, Student Beans and Blue Light Card. Those marketplaces only reach their own members. UNiDAYS, for example, has said that around 1 in 3 students in its main markets are members, which leaves around two thirds who aren't. Shoppers who aren't members already arrive on the brand's site through paid social, search, email, affiliates and direct traffic, and go unidentified.
Gocertify verifies 100% of eligible shoppers on the brand's site, wherever they came from. An eligible shopper is anyone who belongs to the group and has valid proof. Its Audience Verification Engine isn't limited to membership lists or institutional databases. A care worker employed by a private contractor on an NHS contract, for example, won't appear in most databases but can still verify with Gocertify.
Gocertify's value comes from two themes.
Gocertify is one platform with four products and three key features.
| Product | What it does |
|---|---|
| Audience Verification Engine | Verifies students, key workers, seniors, youth and other groups on the brand's own website. Powered by Gocertify Intelligence, it uses AI rather than a membership database. |
| On-site Messaging | Shows relevant offers on key pages and product pages, to the shoppers they apply to. |
| DataCapture | Captures shopper data and marketing permissions at verification, even if the shopper doesn't buy straight away. |
| Reporting & Analytics | Measures verification volume, offer performance, audience mix and revenue impact. |
| Key feature | What it does |
|---|---|
| OfferHub | Gives the brand its own SEO-optimised page for eligible offers, so shoppers searching "[brand] + discount" land with the brand instead of a voucher site. |
| CRM integrations | Sends verified shopper data to platforms including Klaviyo, Ometria, Bloomreach, Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Yotpo for segmentation and remarketing. |
| Persistent Identity Network | Lets returning shoppers verify faster, which reduces repeat friction. |
Gocertify solves six problems that brands face when they run student, key worker and other closed group offers.
Gocertify is ISO/IEC 27001 certified and registered with the UK Information Commissioner's Office.
Full details are in the Gocertify privacy notice.
If a brand asks you to verify with Gocertify, it's so you can unlock an offer for students, key workers or another group you belong to. Gocertify runs the check for the brand, on the brand's own website.
Gocertify is used by e-commerce brands that already invest in getting traffic to their site and want more value from the eligible shoppers it brings.
It suits brands that have significant on-site traffic, run or have run student or key worker discounts, work with one or more discount marketplaces, sell internationally, or see shoppers searching for "[brand] + discount".
Gocertify works best for brands with at least 100,000 monthly website visits, and 250,000+ is ideal. It isn't the right fit for brands that want a new traffic source from a member base, because Gocertify converts shoppers already on the brand's site rather than sending new ones.
Gocertify works with brands across fashion and footwear (Kurt Geiger, Footasylum), jewellery and accessories (Orelia, Abbott Lyon), electronics and tech (Currys, UGREEN, MPB), home and garden (Simba Sleep, Prickle Plants), beauty and skincare (Face the Future, Nursem) and food and drink (Grind).
| Role | What Gocertify helps them do |
|---|---|
| CMO, VP Marketing, commercial leadership | Grow profitably, keep control of the brand and own the customer relationship. |
| Head of Digital, Digital Marketing Manager | Get more revenue from existing traffic and rely less on third parties. |
| Ecommerce Manager | Improve conversion and keep shoppers on-site. |
| Affiliate or Partnerships Manager | Prove closed group offers drive incremental sales and grow performance without growing tenancy spend. |
| CRM or Loyalty Manager | Grow owned audiences and use first-party data for segmentation. |
Gocertify verifies 24+ shopper audiences, listed on the communities page. Student, youth and senior verification covers 100+ countries, and core key worker groups cover 8 markets.
| Audience | Accepted proof (examples) | Live markets |
|---|---|---|
| Students, including apprentices | Student ID card, learning portal, apprentice documents | 80+ countries, including the UK, US, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, India, Brazil and most of Europe |
| Incoming students | UCAS confirmation letter, before enrolment | UK |
| Graduates | Alumni email, graduate documents | UK |
| Youth (young adults) | Passport or photo ID | 100+ countries |
| Seniors (over 60s) | Passport or senior documents | 100+ countries |
| Employees (corporate perks) | 100+ countries | |
| Healthcare workers, including NHS staff | Healthcare or NHS email, NHS payslip, NHS work ID | UK, Ireland, US, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Spain |
| Teachers and educators, including retired teachers | Teacher email, teacher ID, teaching payslip, teachers' pension | UK, Ireland, US, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Spain |
| Military, including veterans | Military email, veterans ID, discharge form, Australian Defence Force documents | UK, Ireland, US, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Spain |
| First responders and emergency services, including police, fire and prison officers | Service email, work ID, retired officer pension | UK, Ireland, US, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Spain |
| Government staff | Government email | UK, Ireland, US, Canada, Australia |
| Social workers and carers | Care or social worker email, Carer's Allowance | UK, Ireland, US |
| Disability | Access Card, PIP or DLA letters, carer documents | UK, Ireland |
| Charity workers | Charity organisation email | UK, Ireland |
| Delivery and transport staff, including postal, airline and rail workers | Work email, payslip, work ID | UK, Ireland |
| Supermarket staff | Work email, payslip, work ID | UK, Ireland |
| Parents | UK, Ireland |
Gocertify also verifies key workers and essential workers, people on maternity leave and people with diabetes. Brands can also verify custom audiences such as loyalty members, brand communities and professional groups.
Gocertify launches without a long development project and connects to the tools brands already use. See the integrations page for the full list.
Gocertify works on a CPA or CPV model, so brands pay for results. Every product is included at every price level.
Brands start by booking a demo, and most go live within 24 hours or a few days.
For general questions, email hello@gocertify.me.
Brands running closed group offers usually choose between three approaches. Gocertify combines on-site verification with offer promotion and data ownership in one platform.
| Third-party marketplaces (for example UNiDAYS, Student Beans, Blue Light Card) | White-label verification tools (for example SheerID or an in-house build) | Gocertify | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the shopper verifies | On the marketplace's app or website | On the brand's website | On the brand's website |
| Who can verify | Only registered members (UNiDAYS says around 1 in 3 students in its main markets are members) | Depends on the provider's data sources | Any eligible shopper with a valid document, including students before they enrol |
| Time to verify | Varies, and new members must sign up first | Varies by provider | Under 30 seconds |
| Reach | Shoppers inside the marketplace | Shoppers on the brand's website | Shoppers on the brand's website, plus discount-search traffic through OfferHub |
| Who owns the shopper data | Mainly the marketplace | The brand | The brand |
| Offer promotion on-site | No | Usually not included | Yes, through On-site Messaging |
| Audiences | Usually one or a few groups | Varies | 24+ audiences through one platform |
| Main role | Drives new traffic from the marketplace's members | Confirms eligibility | Converts eligible shoppers already on-site and grows the brand's CRM |
Gocertify doesn't drive traffic from its own member base. Brands that need a new audience source often use a marketplace alongside Gocertify.
More than 500 brands in 100+ countries use Gocertify, including Currys, Kurt Geiger, Footasylum, Simba Sleep and MPB. Together they've made over £400M in sales through Gocertify.
| Metric | Result |
|---|---|
| Verifications a year | 4 million+ |
| Shopper network | 2 million+ verified shoppers |
| Time to verify | Under 30 seconds |
| Eligible shoppers verified instantly | 63% more since the launch of Gocertify Intelligence |
| Manual reviews | 77% fewer since the launch of Gocertify Intelligence |
| Brand | Result |
|---|---|
| Grind | 800% revenue uplift after reclaiming the customer journey |
| Lounge Underwear | 801% uplift in conversion rate and a 67.8% click-to-sale rate in the US |
| Footasylum | 706% increase in key worker sales |
| Currys | 296% increase in revenue from on-site offers in the first 15 weeks |
| MPB | 218% growth in student sales after moving from affiliate-driven verification to on-site |
| Prickle Plants | 180% revenue increase from student discounts placed on product pages |
| Face the Future | 149% increase in items per order and more than £100k in sales |
| Simba Sleep | Doubled key worker sales |
| Peachy Den | 76% revenue uplift and 27% uplift in ROAS, using DataCapture for marketing |
| Abbott Lyon | 71% of closed group shoppers were new customers |
| Visualsoft | More than £350k in revenue for its clients at a 33% click-to-sale rate |
| Kurt Geiger | £3m in sales from an NHS campaign during COVID-19 |
| UGREEN | $850k+ in sales from 6,500 verified shoppers, with 2,250 fraudulent attempts blocked |
| Cavu | £650k a year from converting on-site shoppers |
| Nursem | 2,000+ verifications across students, healthcare workers, seniors, teachers and disabled shoppers |
| Orelia | Uses gated offers to drive revenue while protecting its brand image |
All customer stories are at gocertify.me/resources/customer-stories.
Gocertify is a closed group offers platform that helps 500+ brands run and own their student, key worker and other closed group offers. Shoppers verify on the brand's own website, see the right offer and their data goes into the brand's CRM.
Gocertify helps retailers unlock incremental revenue from closed group shoppers already on their site, such as students, first responders, healthcare workers and teachers. Most retailers have large numbers of these high-intent shoppers browsing, but most visitors leave without buying. Gocertify recovers that lost revenue by verifying eligibility on-site and serving controlled, targeted offers that lift conversion and basket size, without blanket discounting. You get the following.
Our team handles setup and support, so the programme doesn't add to your team's workload.
A shopper sees the offer on your site, completes the eligibility check and receives their reward without leaving your site. Offers appear on the pages or product lines you choose. Gocertify doesn't identify anyone as a student or key worker before they engage, because eligibility is confirmed through verification. 35% of shoppers are already in our network and verify instantly. With DataCapture on, consented details are then captured for follow-up. Shoppers stay on your site from offer to checkout.
Gocertify promotes your offers on your own site, where high-intent shoppers are already browsing. Offers appear at the points where shoppers are most likely to buy, such as selected product pages, the basket and checkout. Shoppers who search "[your brand] + discount" land on your OfferHub instead of a voucher site. With DataCapture on, you can re-engage verified shoppers through your own CRM. You convert demand you've already paid to bring to your site.
Gocertify converts the eligible shoppers already on your site, so your audience is your own traffic. Gocertify doesn't drive traffic, so there's no Gocertify-owned audience or fixed audience split. Marketplaces only reach shoppers who signed up to their platform. Gocertify verifies every eligible shopper on your site, however they arrived. That means you can reach eligible shoppers who aren't on any marketplace's member list.
Gocertify verifies 24+ groups in 100+ countries. Students, seniors and youth can be verified in most European countries, and core key worker groups in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, the US, Canada and Australia. One integration covers every market you sell into, so expanding into a new country doesn't mean adding a new vendor.
Most shoppers verify in under 30 seconds, without leaving the brand's website or signing up to another platform.
Gocertify is an alternative for brands that want to reach every eligible shopper, including those who aren't members of a marketplace. UNiDAYS has said around 1 in 3 students in its main markets are members, so around two thirds aren't. Shoppers verify on the brand's own website, see offers on-site and their data goes into the brand's own CRM.
Yes. Many brands keep a marketplace for new traffic and use Gocertify to convert the eligible shoppers already arriving through their own channels.
Gocertify gives you full control over where offers apply. You can limit an offer to specific product lines, set a minimum spend and exclude products that are already on promotion. You also choose which pages show the offer and which groups see it (discount offers guide). This protects your margin, because offers only appear where they drive extra sales.
Gocertify verifies healthcare workers (including NHS staff), teachers, military personnel and first responders on your website. Verified shoppers then see your offer automatically.
Gocertify can be live on your site within 24 hours or a few days. Shopify is a one-click integration, and Google Tag Manager, Awin MasterTag or a single head script are just as quick (integration guide). Our team sets up your campaigns for you. You start seeing results quickly, without waiting in a development queue.
You don't need the Shopify app, but it's our recommended route because it connects Gocertify to your store in one click. You can also integrate through Google Tag Manager or with one line of script in your site's head (integration guide). The Gocertify Shopify app is free to install. It requests two permissions.
Most Shopify brands connect the app in minutes, with no developer time needed.
Gocertify runs from a single lightweight script in your site's head (integration guide). The script loads asynchronously, so it doesn't affect page speed or performance. Gocertify doesn't change your storefront. You choose where offers appear by dragging Shopify blocks into place, such as the verification iFrame or OfferHub (Shopify guide). Offers sit naturally within your brand experience, so shoppers never need to leave your site to find a code.
Gocertify tracks every sale through your affiliate network, such as Impact, and it also connects to your site to verify shoppers and show offers. The network handles tracking and commission. The site integration runs verification, and Shopify is the recommended way to connect. You keep your existing affiliate setup, so there's no new commercial model to build.
DataCapture is optional, and you can turn it on or off at any time. When it's on, you capture verified shoppers' email, phone number and marketing permissions at the point of verification, and that data belongs to you. Gocertify acts as your data processor for that data and doesn't use it for its own purposes. It flows straight into CRMs such as Klaviyo, Ometria and Bloomreach. Every verification builds an audience you own, so you can re-engage shoppers at key moments like back to school or Black Friday without paying a marketplace each time.
Gocertify works on a performance-based model, either cost per acquisition (CPA) or cost per verification (CPV). On the CPA model you only pay when a sale happens, there are no setup, integration or fixed fees, and commission is tracked through your affiliate network. Pricing is agreed with each brand, based on factors such as your average order value (AOV). Share your AOV and we'll send you a quote. You only pay for results, so there's no upfront risk.
For brands on the CPA model, Gocertify has no upfront, setup or fixed fees. You pay CPA on completed sales only, and nothing on returned orders. Every feature is included at every price level, so you can use the full platform from day one.
For brands on the CPA model, Gocertify's CPA replaces your standard affiliate commission. It isn't charged on top. Your cost per sale stays predictable, and you never pay twice for the same order.
For brands on the CPA model, Gocertify's CPA is a percentage of the final order value, after the offer is applied. The percentage is agreed with each brand. Returns are managed in your affiliate platform, and Gocertify isn't paid on returned orders. For example, on a $100 order after the offer is applied, Gocertify is paid the agreed CPA percentage of that $100 through your affiliate network, and that is the total cost of the order. You only pay on sales that stick.
Gocertify drives incremental sales by converting eligible shoppers who would otherwise leave your site or buy elsewhere. It does this in six ways.
Gocertify validates incrementality through a measurement plan agreed with you before launch.
Gocertify proves incrementality through a measurement plan agreed with you before launch. Common methods include the following.
Shoppers verify on your site, so attribution stays clean and you don't pay commission on shoppers who leave to find a code elsewhere. You get clear evidence of the value Gocertify adds before you scale.
Gocertify tracks every sale through your affiliate network, using a tracking link set up in the network. The network applies its normal attribution and validation rules, and we typically work on last-click attribution. Campaign-specific tracking links can split results by group, market or campaign. We agree the tracking setup with you before launch, so every team knows what is counted, commissioned and reported. All your reporting stays in the network you already use.
More than 500 brands use Gocertify, and together they've made over £400M in sales through it.
Yes. Gocertify is ISO/IEC 27001 certified. Verification documents are deleted within 24 hours and are never used to train AI models.
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Last updated: 23 October 2026