Create a Business account

The Business account is the account of your company on Web3Card. Whoever creates it becomes the owner of the company in the platform. It takes a few minutes and has three verification steps, all required.

Three verification steps, all required: a code by email, an authenticator app and a code by SMS.

The Business panel is at business.web3card.dev.

Before you start

Have these three things at hand:

• Access to your work email. You will receive a 6-digit code.
• An authenticator app on your phone. Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, Authy or 1Password all work.
• A mobile phone that receives SMS. You will receive one code by text message.

After you confirm your email, you have 60 minutes to finish the other two steps. The account and the company only exist when the last step is done. If you stop before that, nothing is saved.

Open the form

1. Open the Business panel. On the login screen, select Sign up your company.
2. Fill in the form Create your company account:

Field	Rule
Company name	2 to 60 characters
Email	Your work email. An email address can have only one Business account
Password	At least 12 characters, with at least 1 number, 1 lowercase letter and 1 uppercase letter

3. Check I agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
4. Select Create account.

The four password rules turn green on the screen as you type, and the eye button in the field shows what you typed. Passwords are case-sensitive. Choose one that you do not use anywhere else.

Step 1 of 3: confirm your email

The platform sends a 6-digit code to the email you entered.

1. Open the email and copy the code.
2. On the screen Confirm your email, type it in Code from the email.
3. Select Confirm email.

Good to know:

• The code works for 15 minutes.
• Send a new code sends another one. Only the newest code works.
• After 5 wrong codes the sign-up is cancelled. Fill in the form again to receive a new code.
• If no email arrives after you ask for a new code, select Use a different email and fill in the form again.
• The email brings only the code. It never has a link to click.

Step 2 of 3: set up the authenticator app

From now on, every sign-in asks for a code from an authenticator app. A stolen password is not enough to get into your account.

1. On the screen Protect your account, open your authenticator app and scan the QR code.
2. Cannot scan it? Under Can't scan it? Type this key into the app instead: the screen shows a key. Type it into the app. The button next to the key copies it.
3. The app starts showing a 6-digit code for Web3Card Business. Type it in the field 2. Enter the 6-digit code the app shows.
4. Select Continue.

The code changes every 30 seconds. If one is refused, wait for the next.

Keep the phone with the app

The key is shown only on this screen. After this step it is never shown again. If you lose the phone, follow Lost your phone: replace the authenticator.

Step 3 of 3: confirm your mobile number

1. On the screen Confirm your mobile number, choose your Country and type your Mobile number with the area code. If your country is not on the list, choose Other country and type the full number, starting with the country code.
2. Select Send code by SMS.
3. On the screen Enter the code we texted you, type the code in Code from the SMS. The screen shows the number that received the code, partly hidden.
4. Select Finish creating account.

Good to know:

• The SMS code works for 10 minutes and stops working after 5 wrong attempts. When that happens the screen goes back to the mobile number, and you ask for another SMS.
• You can receive up to 3 SMS per sign-up, with at least 60 seconds between one and the next. The button counts down: Send a new code in 42s.
• Typed the wrong number? Select Wrong number? Change it. The screen Send the code again opens. Sending to the new number uses one of the 3 SMS.
• If you reload the page, Send a new code asks for the number again.
• If the 3 SMS are used up, that sign-up cannot be finished. Start again from the form.
• A mobile number can have only one Business account.
• This is the only SMS the platform ever sends you. Signing in never uses SMS.

You are in

When the SMS code is accepted, the company and your account are created and you are signed in. This first session lasts 1 day. The Home screen of the panel opens with a notice that tells you which stage your company is in.

What opens next is described in From sign-up to launch.

If you stop in the middle

Where you stopped	What happens when you come back
Before confirming the email	Sign in with the email and password you chose. The platform takes you to the screen Confirm your email. You can also fill in the form again: the new sign-up replaces the old one
After confirming the email, in the same browser	Reloading the screen shows the same step. If you open the main address of the panel, you see the login: sign in with your email and password, and the platform takes you back to the step where you stopped
After 60 minutes	The screen shows This step has expired. Please start again. and takes you to the sign-up form. Nothing was saved from the first attempt
In another browser or device	Signing in shows Your sign-up was not finished and can no longer be continued here. Create the account again. Select Sign up your company

Joining a company that already exists

Team members do not open a new company. They will join by invitation from the owner, and go through the same three steps.

Status: in development

The invitation screens are being built. This section gets its step-by-step guide when the owner can create invitations in the Business panel.

Messages you may see

Message	What it means	What to do
This email already has an account. Log in instead.	There is already a Business account for this email	Sign in, or reset the password
That code is not right or has expired. Check it and try again.	The code is wrong or too old	Check the code, or ask for a new one. After 5 wrong email codes, fill in the form again
That code can no longer be used. Ask for a new one.	The SMS code expired or reached 5 wrong attempts	Ask for another SMS
This mobile number already belongs to an account. Use another one.	The number is in use by another Business account	Use a different number
Wait a minute before asking for another SMS.	Less than 60 seconds since the last SMS	Wait for the countdown on the screen
No more SMS can be sent for now. Try again later.	An SMS limit was reached	See the limits. If the 3 SMS of this sign-up are used up, start again from the form
This step has expired. Please start again.	More than 60 minutes passed, or the step no longer exists	Create the account again
Too many attempts. Wait a few minutes and try again.	Too many tries in a short time from your network	Wait a few minutes

Every message of the access screens is listed in Security rules and limits.