Partner Account vs Personal Account

UPCS offers two kinds of use. Which one fits depends on whether you are an individual or a business integrating UPCS into a shop or website.

Personal account

A personal account is for individuals.

• You sign in with a WhatsApp number and a one-time code. See signing in with WhatsApp.
• You get an account dashboard and My postcodes. See your dashboard.
• You create codes on the map, look up codes and share them, as described in generating your first code.

Partner account

A partner account is for businesses. Businesses create it at the partner page.

• You manage API keys and allowed origins in the partner panel.
• Keys start with upcs_, and the same key works in the store plugins and in custom code.
• Each key has an hourly request limit, which is 1,000 requests per hour by default.
• Keys should be kept on the server.

Which should you choose?

If you want to...	Use
Give a courier the exact spot of your home	Personal account, or no account at all
Look up a code someone sent you	No account needed
Show a UPCS map at your store checkout	Partner account
Call the UPCS API from your server	Partner account

Keeping them separate

Personal use and business integration are different tasks. A partner account does not change how codes work for ordinary users, and a personal account does not give access to API keys.

For personal use, read account and privacy basics. For more about codes themselves, see what is UPCS.