The story of VerifyKit
Ours is one of dedication and hard work, how we developed VerifyKit and nurtured it to the global brand that it is today. In a nutshell, it’s the story of challenging ourselves at every corner, finding our own solutions to the problems we face, and sharing those solutions with the world.
We understand the needs of today’s developers, and we strive to meet their every need with our products. We think making life easier for developers is of paramount importance, and that mindset enabled us to make VerifyKit very easy to implement and use.
Without further ado, let’s move on to how we built VerifyKit from the ground up.
VerifyKit is a B2B service developed by Teknasyon, one of Turkey’s leading technology companies. Teknasyon have found worldwide success within the B2C space, and went on to take their in-house tools and infrastructure that they developed and used in line with the needs of their own mobile apps and services, and turned them into B2B services. As a result, Teknasyon utilized its experience in the global mobile app market and launched VerifyKit as a B2B product that offers a full spectrum of solutions needed by mobile developers for mobile phone number verification.
We first started developing VerifyKit within Teknasyon as a part of a mobile app that operated globally. What we needed was a solution that lowered the cost of SMS verification that allowed us to verify users’ mobile phone numbers. We successfully implemented this within our app using WhatsApp and Telegram.
Later on, we decided to use it with our other mobile apps within Teknasyon. Realizing the value it brought to the app we used it with initially, we improved it with SaaS in mind and started turning it into a separate product.
At that point, we went to great lengths to ensure scalability and ease of integration and use. We developed the first iteration of our VerifyKit SDK and made sure that developers could integrate it into their apps seamlessly on iOS and Android platforms.
From then on, to meet the needs of developers in every space, we developed the REST API and the Web SDK that could be utilized within web apps. One of the key strengths that our SDK was the exhaustive documentation we had for it, as it made integration very easy and straightforward.
– Senior Backend Developer of VerifyKit, Gökhan Tunçkale
We needed a way to verify our users’ phone numbers in our apps. This was important to us because it both ensures that we’re reaching the right user and a better user experience. The most traditional way to verify mobile phone numbers is to send an OTP via SMS and let the user enter the code.
However, SMS is a costly method and can become a major cost when scaled up. It is also very expensive in certain countries. As our apps’ popularity increased in global markets, the cost of SMS became close to prohibitive. Not only that, SMS isn’t very reliable and OTPs often didn’t reach the user in some countries. This could lead to churn during acquisition/login, which is one of the most important points in the user journey. Lastly, users had to switch back and forth between their SMS app and our app to enter the OTP, and this caused OTPs to be entered incorrectly, negatively affecting the user experience.
We knew we weren’t the only app developer facing these issues. We began looking for a solution that’s both cost-effective and made an addition to the user experience, increasing the success rate. We started our research into IM apps and number verification methods that most users use daily and developed our solution using WhatsApp and Telegram. However, it quickly became apparent to us that some users still preferred SMS. So in addition to IM apps, we decided to offer SMS verification as well to offer a wider variety of verification methods.
– Product Manager of VerifyKit, Hatice Kasapbaşı
When building VerifyKit, we decided to shift our focus to affordability and high success rate and emphasized IM platforms such as WhatsApp and Telegram. But at the same time, we needed to support the SMS verification method as it was still widely used.
However, the problems of SMS being a costly channel and delivery issues were still there. The price and delivery success of SMS providers varied wildly in every country. That’s why we have developed a service to provide VerifyKit customers that helps them send SMS at the lowest price while maintaining the highest delivery success rate. We brought a large number of SMS providers together and integrated them into a single system in which we find the cheapest price for SMS in each country and operator in those countries and send SMS through them. In case the SMS is not sent within the specified timeframe, we pass it on to the next SMS provider and send it from there. This way, we can keep the costs low and maintain the highest delivery success rate.
– CTO of VerifyKit, Fatih Üstündağ
This is the story of VerifyKit and how we built our company from the ground up, overcoming every single challenge we faced. As we continue growing, we understand the value of tackling challenges head-on, and we will continue doing that in the future.
Verifykit что это такое
Mobile app and website integration is very straightforward and doesn’t require major coding expertise.
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Prevent Fraud
Logging in and verifying critical transactions are a breeze with our two-factor mobile authentication SDK. Reduce the number of unauthorized actions and prevent fraud.
Increase Conversions
Enjoy many options with a high rate of conversion, user verification, account setup, and safe login.
Granular Reporting
Get detailed reports for each country, in-depth analyses, and results-driven reporting tables that are easy to understand at a glance.
Seamless Integration
The simple and clear documentation makes integration a breeze. Integrate and use instantly without the need for major coding.
Scale Globally
VerifyKit offers the most affordable verification options for all mobile numbers on the planet. In countries where SMS is prohibitively expensive, provide a call verification option for your customers. For your target countries, experiment with low-cost verification approaches.
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VerifyKit : Simplify authentication, boost success rate
Quickly integrate a ready-made solution to verify user identities globally through channels such as SMS, WhatsApp, Email, Voice, etc., by sending one-time passwords (OTP).
What will you build with VerifyKit API?
Login without Password
Traditional static passwords created by users are easily susceptible to attacks. By completing the login process with OTP for identity verification, not only does it bring better security, it also improves user experience and brings more business liquidity.
Reasons to love VerifyKit API
A simple and secure verification solution.
Easy Integration
Quickly integrate VerifyKit API into your application system with simple APIs to achieve global user verification.
View our sample code and best practices to quickly integrate and launch within a short time.
Integrated multi-channel, provides generation, sending, and verification of verification code, and fraud monitoring, data statistics, allowing you to focus on important code.
Built-in tools monitor message delivery rates and verification success rate
Preset Template Message
Presets message templates to suit various verification scenarios, such as authentication, account verification, password reset, etc.
Use compliant verification message templates to ensure that messages sent will not be filtered by operators.
Automatically translate to the local language based on the region of user's phone number, with English as a backup language
Multichannel
integrated with various mainstream messaging channels to ensure global verification message delivery
Ready to use, supports SMS, WhatsApp, Email, and Voice
Preset verified numbers and sender IDs, no need to purchase numbers or submit complex authentication materials
Automatic routing to other channels in case of message delivery failure to make sure verification of message delivery
Say goodbye to fraud & attacks
The product has a built-in mechanism for number detection, blocking, and warning. No solution can guarantee 100% effective defense against seasoned attackers, but it can provide timely warnings or reduce losses incurred.
Number detection and interception
Regional Permission Restrictions
Verification exception alerts
Add WhatsApp as a verification channel.
WhatsApp has 2.4 billion active users globally and has high coverage in countries such as India, Indonesia, South America, and the Middle East. As one of the first business partners of WhatsApp in the Greater China region, VerifyKit has integrated WhatsApp into the VerifyKit API to send verification messages, greatly improving the delivery rate of verification messages, without charging for undelivered messages or being vulnerable to fraud using telecommunications networks.
High delivery rate and short reception time
Lower cost, less than one-third of SMS in all regions
Supports SMS resend in milliseconds after failure
Ensures security and anti-fraud without compromising customer experience
Our Advantages
Ultra-low prices
Free registration, start building WhatsApp Business platform without commitment, no software fees, only charge according to consumption.
High delivery rate
VerifyKit has accumulated years of international cloud communication technology, combined with our channel routing strategy, allowing verification messages to be accurately delivered to the end user.
Intimate service
Provides 7/24 online support in multiple languages, such as English and Chinese, to ensure that you are connected directly to live customer support.
Пришло СМС от VerifyKit с кодом: что это
Смартфоны и Интернет стали частью жизни каждого. Трудно представить, чтобы кто-то, живущий в современном мире, не пользовался тем или иным. Более того, с каждым годом все больше и больше вещей можно делать через Интернет. Социальные сети, интернет-магазины, бронирование билетов или даже работа — все это доступно в глобальной сети. Однако для выполнения более или менее серьезных действий потребуется подтверждение со стороны пользователя, так называемая верификация, которая осуществляется путем отправки кода и ввода его на сайте.
Ввод кода из SMS-сообщения эквивалентен простой электронной подписи, чего достаточно для большинства, но наиболее серьезных операций. Серьезные юридические или финансовые операции требуют квалифицированной электронной подписи, которая выдается некоторыми компаниями только после того, как пользователь был аутентифицирован. Однако многое можно сделать и с цифрами текстовых сообщений, поэтому к ним нужно относиться с осторожностью.
Если вы получили текстовое сообщение от VerifyKit с кодом, вы должны сначала проверить, действительно ли вы заказали. Если произошло какое-либо действие, например, вход в вашу учетную запись, регистрация новой учетной записи или принятие действия в вашем профиле, то все в порядке, и вы можете вводить полученные номера. Однако, если вы не предприняли никаких действий, то вы должны быть осторожны в этом вопросе и никому не посылать и не рассказывать код, потому что если мошенники узнают об этом, они могут выполнить некоторые действия от вашего имени.
. В большинстве случаев, однако, отправка кода VerifyKit является честной по своей природе. Магазины, социальные сети и операторы отправляют сообщения отсюда. Таким образом, отправителю можно доверить использовать код в указанном месте. Не каждому бизнесу выгодно иметь свой собственный короткий номер и отправлять оттуда сообщения, поэтому и появились эти короткие номера, которые предприятия арендуют по мере необходимости.
В принципе, вы не можете отклонить эти сообщения, потому что это не подписка или что-то вроде того, это обычное сообщение с телефонного номера. Однако у каждого оператора есть услуга по блокировке сообщений с коротких номеров. При его активации Вы перестанете получать сообщения не только с этого номера, но и с других аналогичных. Это имеет смысл делать, если ваш телефон получает много рекламы или уведомлений от магазинов и сайтов. Но блокировка номера с кодами подтверждения может помешать вам зарегистрироваться на определенных сайтах или получить доступ к вашему аккаунту.