Create your first pass in 5 minutes

Create your first pass in 5 minutes

This quickstart takes you from an empty account to a working Wallet pass on a phone. You'll create a template, make a pass from it, and open the download page. It takes about five minutes.

Before you start

  • A Passcreator account, logged in at app.passcreator.com.
  • Nothing else. You can complete every step with a demo certificate, so you don't need your own Apple certificate yet.
Note. You can't update passes made with a demo certificate later, and they show a Passcreator logo. When you're ready to go live, swap in your own certificate. See Creating a certificate.

Step 1. Create a template

Go to Templates and click New Template, then choose Create new template…. A short wizard opens. On the first step, fill in the basics. Add a Template Name, your Organization and a Description (all three appear on the pass). Step through the rest of the wizard to pick a Certificate (the demo certificate is fine for now) and confirm the Wallet Apps (Apple Wallet and Google Wallet), then finish. Passcreator creates the template and opens it in the editor.


Step 2. Design the pass

The editor has a menu of sections down the left side. Work through the ones you need, the pass preview on the right updates as you go.

  • General → Pass Type. Choose the pass type. Pick Coupon, Store Card, Event Ticket (full-size or background-image style), Generic or Boarding Pass.
  • Design & Content → Front fields. The text shown on the front. You can also click an edit button in the preview to add a field.
  • Design & Content → Back fields. Up to 20 text fields on the back. Apple requires contact information here, so add at least a phone number or email address.
  • Design & Content → Colors and Images. Upload your logo and background, and set the pass colours.
  • Barcode & NFC. Choose the barcode's format and value. You can also click the barcode in the preview.

Step 3. Save the template

Click Save at the top right of the editor. (Until you save, the editor shows an Unpublished Changes badge.) Your template now appears in the Templates list.

Step 4. Create a pass

Open your template and choose Create single pass (from the template's Overview, or the create-pass icon on its card in the list). If you added personalised fields, Passcreator asks you to fill them in now, for example the holder's name or a voucher code. Save the pass.


Step 5. Open the download page

Every pass has its own unique download link. Open it and you'll see the download page, which detects the visitor's device automatically. It shows an Add to Apple Wallet button on iPhone, and a Save to Google Wallet button on Android. Scan the link with your phone and save the pass.


You're done

You've created a template, generated a pass and saved it to a phone. To get that link in front of real customers, choose a distribution method. Send it by email or SMS, embed it on your site, turn it into a QR code, or sell it.



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