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Student Verification

Provide access to over 1.2 million pre-verified student users and enable new members of the student population to verify, all in a single transaction.

When to use this policy

Ideal for retail and eCommerce integrations that require validation that the user is affilited with a specific community.

Who is eligible?

Students who are actively enrolled in an accredited, government-recognized public or private university or college that grants degrees or certificates are eligible for the Student group affiliation:

  • College Students
  • University Students
  • Community College Students
  • Junior College Students
  • Technical or Vocational College Students

Essence of policy

Validated by on one (1) authoritative source OR one (1) piece of evidence:

  • Real Time Authoritative Source (e.g. National Student Clearinghouse)

OR

  • Document Review

Verification flows

As of November 2023, ID.me has over 1.2 million pre-verified Student users within our network. Pre-verified student users can securely access offers, benefits, and services in seconds. New users can complete verification just as fast, using the least amount of information to generate a unique ping from an authoritative data source. Living true to ID.me’s core value of ‘No Identity Left Behind’, new users also have the option to upload a form of documentation proving their Student status. Here you can find what the user verification experience looks like today:


Preverified

Once verified, users can log in with their ID.me credential anywhere ID.me is accepted and share their credentials in a matter of seconds.

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Real Time Authoritative Source

ID.me uses APIs as our primary method for validating a member's status, providing the highest quality and most authoritative data to confirm the status of a given person.

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Document Review

ID.me provides a relief valve for members to submit a document for users who are unable to complete verification through a real-time option.

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Use cases

Here you can find example ID.me use cases:


In Cart/Checkout - Bose

You have an eCommerce store and would like to offer access to exclusive student discounts using ID.me within your cart and/or checkout experience. You want to increase conversation rates, average order value, perform strategic outreach with hyper targeted marketing, and delight customers personalization.


Landing Page - Manscaped

You have a website and would like to offer access to benefits and/or promotions to students by integrating ID.me to gate access to the landing page with exclusive pricing. Your landing page will be a great way to improve SEO, bring awareness and let users know how to take advantage of the program.


Ticketing - Accesso

You have a ticketing platform that would like to offer student discounts on ticketed events using ID.me and ensure users are not abusing the exclusive offer by ingesting the assigned ID.me unique identifiers to trigger purchase limits on events.


Account Registration - Token Transit

You would like to save time during account registration by enabling your student users to complete verification and leverage the assigned ID.me unique identifiers to ensure a 1:1 match between a verified individual and the accounts they create within your application.


In-Store - Pandora/Verizon

You have retail locations that would like to enable ID.me’s seamless omnichannel experience by providing online and in-store verification for your student users to protect customer data, increase customer loyalty, and expand your knowledge of your customer base—while removing the burden of determining customer eligibility from store employees.