How to Build a White-Label Access Control Platform for Lockers and Doors

Alexander Stasiak

Jul 18, 2025・5 min read

White label accessDigital key SDKSmart lock SaaS

Table of Content

🎯 Why Go White-Label?
🧱 Platform Components You’ll Need
📲 Your Mobile App: Branded + Secure
🔌 SDK or API: What's the Best Fit?
🔐 Access Control Logic (and Why It’s Hard to Build Alone)
📈 Use Case: Coworking Chain With Branded Locker Access App
🧠 How to Get Started
✅ Conclusion

Want to launch your own branded smart access solution?
You're not alone.

From coworking operators to logistics startups and real estate tech companies, more and more businesses want to offer digital key systems under their own brand.

Fortunately, you don't have to reinvent the wheel.
With the right partner and tools, you can build a full white-label platform — fast.

🎯 Why Go White-Label?

Benefit	Explanation
Brand Control	Deliver a consistent experience across touchpoints
Faster Time to Market	Skip years of R&D and start onboarding users today
Lower Risk, Higher ROI	Proven backend, extensible APIs
Custom Monetization	Sell as SaaS, embed in product, or bundle with hardware
Client Stickiness	Own the relationship, not the infrastructure provider

🧱 Platform Components You’ll Need

A white-label smart access platform typically includes:

Branded mobile app (iOS & Android)
Admin web dashboard
Smart lock / locker integration (e.g. ROGER, BLE, NFC)
Access rules engine (roles, zones, time windows)
Audit-grade event logging
API / SDK for third-party integration
Tenant / user management tools
Offline access fallback
Analytics / dashboards / exports

📲 Your Mobile App: Branded + Secure

Custom splash screen, icons, and domain
Push notifications (e.g. “Access granted to Locker #8”)
Biometric unlock (Face ID / fingerprint)
Offline unlock via BLE
Multi-language support
Embedded QR scanner if needed
Cloud + local caching logic

White-label ≠ generic. Users still get world-class UX.

🔌 SDK or API: What's the Best Fit?

Option	Ideal For	Pros
SDK	Mobile-first startups, embedded IoT	Fast integration, native support
API	Platforms building their own UI	Full flexibility, headless architecture

You can even mix both — use SDK for mobile, API for admin UI.

🔐 Access Control Logic (and Why It’s Hard to Build Alone)

Don’t underestimate complexity:

Who can access what? When? How often?
What happens when a user is revoked mid-session?
How to handle multi-zone passes or tiered access?
Can access be scheduled or usage-based?

A mature white-label platform handles this via:

Roles + permissions
Temporary key generation
Dynamic locker allocation
Multi-tenant structures

📈 Use Case: Coworking Chain With Branded Locker Access App

A European coworking brand needed:

Self-check-in lockers for members
Integration with their existing mobile app
Real-time logs + remote revocation
Offline unlock support in basement floors

✅ We delivered a white-label SDK that plugged into their app in under 2 weeks.
✅ Smart lockers were managed directly from their internal CRM.
✅ Users only interacted with their brand — not the infrastructure provider.

🧠 How to Get Started

To launch your own access control platform:

Define your brand and user journey
Choose between SDK, API, or hybrid
Design your access logic: fixed, dynamic, multi-zone?
Add locker/door integrations (e.g. ROGER, BLE locks)
Launch with real-time logging, analytics and support

Or: start with a proof-of-concept in one building and scale gradually.

✅ Conclusion

White-label access platforms aren’t just for giants anymore.
With the right tools, you can launch your own smart lock solution — branded, secure, scalable.

Whether you're managing lockers, coworking zones, self-storage, or gated properties, your users will remember your brand — not the backend.