QR code rack labels and phone scanning for reptile collections
Print a sheet of scannable codes for a whole rack, then walk it with a phone — open the record, or log the chore as you scan.
Individual QR codes are free on every plan, so a free-tier animal's code always resolves. The multi-code Avery label sheets are what needs Breeder.
Sheets sized for paper you already buy
Label sheets are laid out for Avery 5160 and 5163 — the 30-per-sheet and 10-per-sheet address labels sold in every office supply shop. You are not buying special stock, and you are not nudging a template around in a word processor to make codes line up.
One action generates a code for every tub on a rack. Run it again after adding tubs and it tops up the rack rather than reprinting codes you already stuck on.
Codes that are checked before they print
Every generated code is decoded again from the rendered image before it ships, so a label that cannot be read never reaches your printer. When a breeder logo is embedded, the logo is shrunk and the code re-rendered until it verifies rather than being printed hopefully.
Scan with a phone, no app to install
The scanner runs in the browser on the phone you already carry. Point it at a tub label and the record opens; switch to logging mode and each scan writes the chore you picked — a feeding, a spot clean, a water change — so a rack round is one hand and one pass.
A repeated code inside a short quiet period is ignored, because you will hold each tub in frame for several seconds while the decoder runs. Confirmation is a short vibration rather than a beep, which is what you want at eleven at night.
Bluetooth and USB scanners work too
A hardware barcode scanner is a keyboard: it types the code and presses enter. The typed input on the scan screen is a first-class path rather than a fallback, so a bench setup with a wired scanner behaves exactly like the phone camera and ends in the same place.
A code can point at a public page
An animal's code resolves to that animal's public profile for anyone outside your workspace, and straight to the internal record for a member — so the same sticker on a tub at a show is a shareable link for a buyer and a shortcut for you.
Rack and enclosure codes are internal-only by design: there is no public page for a tub, so a stranger's scan reaches a sign-in prompt and nothing else.
More features
Genetics & pedigrees
Every animal carries a recorded genotype rather than a morph name typed into a text field, so predictions come from genes and pedigrees come from real parentage.
Husbandry & records
Feeding, weights, health and housing are the daily work of keeping animals, and none of it is behind a paywall on any plan.
Breeder website
Your animals, prices and photos are already in HerpSync — the website is a view of them, not a second copy you have to keep up to date.
Feeder colonies
The other half of a keeper's operation, counted properly — and without a rack of mice eating into your animal limit.
Common questions
What label sheets does HerpSync support?
Avery 5160 (30 labels per sheet) and Avery 5163 (10 per sheet) — standard address labels available from any office supply shop. The PDF is generated to those templates, so codes line up without adjustment.
Do I need an app to scan the codes?
No. Scanning runs in the phone's browser. HerpSync is also installable as a home-screen app if you want it to open like one, but there is nothing to download from a store to scan a label.
What happens when a customer scans a label on an animal I sold?
They land on that animal's public profile, if you have published it — photos, lineage and whatever details you have chosen to make visible. Members of your workspace go straight to the full internal record instead.
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