# Publish a Digital ID and product passport

> Prepare certificates and product story, design what customers see, create the Digital ID and put its code on the product.

Source: https://docs.vestislabs.com/journeys/publish-a-digital-id-and-product-passport/

A Digital ID is the page a customer opens by scanning a code on the garment. This journey gathers the proof (certificates), designs the experience, creates the ID and gets the code onto the product.

## Before you start

- A finished style with materials, composition and care instructions.
- Your certificates as files, if you have them.

## The steps

1. **[Create a certificate on certificate management](https://docs.vestislabs.com/certificate/create-a-certificate-on-certificate-management/)**
   Add the certificates that back up your claims.
2. **[Digital ID settings overview](https://docs.vestislabs.com/digital-id/digital-id-settings-overview/)**
   See everything you can customise.
3. **[Digital ID customization in cover](https://docs.vestislabs.com/digital-id/digital-id-customization-in-cover/)**
   Design the cover customers see first.
4. **[Digital ID customization in product detail](https://docs.vestislabs.com/digital-id/digital-id-customization-in-product-detail/)**
   Choose which product details to show.
5. **[Digital ID customization size chart](https://docs.vestislabs.com/digital-id/digital-id-customization-size-chart/)**
   Show the size chart.
6. **[Digital ID customization in product journey](https://docs.vestislabs.com/digital-id/digital-id-customization-in-product-journey/)**
   Tell the product journey.
7. **[Digital ID customization in post sales content](https://docs.vestislabs.com/digital-id/digital-id-customization-in-post-sales-content/)**
   Add care, repair and other post-sale content.
8. **[Digital ID customization photo journal](https://docs.vestislabs.com/digital-id/digital-id-customization-photo-journal/)**
   Let customers add photos.
9. **[Create custom pages](https://docs.vestislabs.com/digital-id/create-custom-pages/)**
   Add custom pages.
10. **[Create a digital ID](https://docs.vestislabs.com/collection-style/create-a-digital-id/)**
   Create the Digital ID for a style.
11. **[Style Product ID tab and DPP validator](https://docs.vestislabs.com/collection-style/style-digital-product-id/)**
   Check the Product ID tab and validate the passport.
12. **[Generate your barcode](https://docs.vestislabs.com/barcode/generate-your-barcode/)**
   Generate the codes.
13. **[Print barcode label](https://docs.vestislabs.com/barcode/print-barcode-label/)**
   Print the labels.
14. **[Activate the digital ID from store](https://docs.vestislabs.com/digital-id/activate-the-digital-id-from-store/)**
   Activate the Digital ID when the product is sold.
15. **[View Digital ID scans](https://docs.vestislabs.com/digital-id/digital-id-scans/)**
   See how often your IDs are scanned.

## What comes next

- [Shopify integration overview](https://docs.vestislabs.com/integrations/shopify-overview/)