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SwissID – one login for everything
Login and SwissID
SwissID is the login for your Swiss Post user account.
SwissID is a secure solution that facilitates your everyday digital life:
- it gives you access to all of your online services on swisspost.ch.
- With the same username and password, you can use over 200 additional online services from Swiss companies and public authorities.
- Your data is stored in encrypted form.
- SwissID login fulfils the security requirements of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and the Swiss Federal Act on Electronic Signatures (ESigA).
- SwissID meets the international standards of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
SwissIDTarget not accessible is a service from SwissSign. SwissSign specializes in data security and is owned by Swiss Post. SwissID has over two million users.
Login with SwissID
- Click on “Login” at the top right in the menu bar.
- Select “Register”.
- Follow the instructions. Once you have registered, we will send an activation code to the e-mail address you have provided.
- Activate your user account with the activation code within one hour.
- Click on “Login” at the top right in the menu bar.
- Enter your e-mail address and password.
After you have successfully registered, you are required to enter your address. We will check this and send you a verification by letter. This is how we ensure that the confidential data really belongs to you.
Enter address
- Log in via your user account in the top right-hand corner.
- Select “Manage address” under “My profile” in the customer portal.
- Enter your address.
After we have checked your details, you will receive a confirmation letter. You can activate your new address in the “My Post” customer portal.
Activate address
- Log in via your user account in the top right-hand corner.
- Select “Confirm address”.
- Enter the 7-digit confirmation code. You will find this in the confirmation letter. The code is valid for 90 days.
Please note: only addresses in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein will be confirmed.
Confirmation code lost or expired
- Log in via your user account in the top right-hand corner.
- Under “Confirm address”, you can order a new confirmation letter via “Resend confirmation codeTarget not accessible”.
Please note: you cannot request a new confirmation code unless you have already received a confirmation code.
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- Click on “Login” at the top right.
- Select “Forgotten password”.
- Follow the instructions.
Some time ago, we sent out an e-mail to our customers. Follow the instructions in the e-mail and link your old “Swiss Post Customer Login” to the SwissID login. It couldn’t be easier:
- After receiving the e-mail, log in as usual with your “Swiss Post Login”.
- Follow the instructions.
If you haven’t received an e-mail, you can link your old “Swiss Post Customer Login” to SwissID with ease. Please follow these steps:
- Log in as usual with your Swiss Post Customer Login.
- Click on the link or the “Link SwissID” button in the customer area or in your user profile. You can then create a SwissID and link it to your Swiss Post user account.
Business customers
Find out how to register as a business customer and how to apply for a billing relationship with Swiss Post
- in our videoTarget not accessible.
- Read our factsheet (PDF, 283 KB)
Business customers save two addresses in their customer account.
- We use the first address for invoicing (Swiss Post customer invoice). This address can be changed only by Swiss Post.
- If you want to change your address, call us or contact your customer advisor.
- You can use the second address for online services, such as forwarding orders, P.O. Boxes, sub-addresses and authorizations.
Do you want to save more than two addresses that can be used in online services? Save these in your company profile under “Manage your company details” → “Address”.
Do you require more than one address for online services? Please get in touch with our Contact Center. We can register several addresses for certain services.
Our Contact Center would be pleased to help you.
Have you accidentally registered as a business customer and want to use your account privately? Please get in touch with the Contact Center.
Private account
- Access to all online services that are useful for private customers.
- Individual online services are available exclusively to private customers.
Business account
- Access to online services that provide optimal support for your business processes.
- As a business customer, you have access to almost all of Swiss Post’s online services.
- The business user account is suitable for sole enterprises, associations, law firms and larger companies.
- Do several employees in your company or organization do business with Swiss Post? In that case, you can open additional user accounts centrally for all staff. You can grant individual staff members different authorizations for online services.
- Do other companies provide you with services? You can allow them to access your customer account in order to use services such as printers and letter shops. Furthermore, you can request access to another company’s account. This feature is available via your user profile in your own company account.
Important information for customers with the old “Login Swiss Post”
Over two million customers already use Swiss Post’s new SwissID login. Are you not one of them yet? Are you still using the “old” Login Swiss Post? Then make the switch now. It couldn’t be easier.
Some time ago, we sent out an e-mail to our customers. Follow the instructions in the e-mail and link your old “Swiss Post Customer Login” to the SwissID login. It couldn’t be easier:
- After receiving the e-mail, log in as usual with your “Swiss Post Login”.
- Follow the instructions.
If you haven’t received an e-mail, you can link your old “Swiss Post Customer Login” to SwissID with ease. Please follow these steps:
- Log in as usual with your Swiss Post Customer Login.
- Click on the link or the “Link SwissID” button in the customer area or in your user profile. You can then create a SwissID and link it to your Swiss Post user account.
Here’s how secure your data is
SwissID is highly secure:
- Your data is stored in encrypted form.
- SwissID login fulfils the security requirements of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and the Swiss Federal Act on Electronic Signatures (ESigA).
- SwissID meets the international standards of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The security of customer data is of utmost priority to Swiss Post:
- SwissSign, the provider of SwissID, is wholly owned by Swiss Post.
- In its capacity as Swiss Post’s data security specialist, SwissSign ensures that customer data is secure.
- As a certified trust service provider, SwissSign protects this data to the highest security standards. All data is stored in Switzerland.
- We don’t use your data for any other commercial purposes, such as advertising. We also don’t use your data to track other applications.
- As a subsidiary of Swiss Post, SwissSign is subject to Swiss Post Group’s strict security requirements.
Fraud attempts on the Internet are increasingly targeting unwary users. The aim is to obtain sensitive data from such users. You can find out what to be aware of and where to get help in suspicious cases under “Phishing and other fraud attempts on the Internet”.
SwissID has nothing to do with the e-ID Act. The e-ID Act was about a state electronic identity. SwissID is a simple and certified login solution for Swiss Post’s online customer area.
To register with SwissID, you are not required to have your identity checked. You can create your personal account with ease – all you need to do is provide your name and e-mail address.
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Please get in touch with the Contact Center.
Please get in touch with the Contact Center.
Please get in touch with our Contact Center.
Private customers
- Click on “Login” in the menu bar at the top right
- Select “My profile”
- You can manage your address under “My profile”.
Click on your name in the top right-hand corner, and select “User profile” in the selection menu. Under “Manage user account”, you will find the “Address” button. This is where you can change your address.
Business customers
- Log in to swisspost.ch with your username and password, and click on your name in the top right-hand corner.
- Select “User profile”. Under “Manage your company details”, you will find the “Address” button. This is where you can change your address.
Useful information: the postal address can be changed only by a user with administrator rights.
If you don’t have these rights, click on “Contact”. You will obtain a list of all the administrators in your company. Contact a company administrator if you want to enter or update the company address.
You can place orders even if your address hasn’t yet been confirmed with a letter. Please note the following restrictions:
- Orders require a minimum of four days’ prior notice
- Forwarding orders can be sent only to Swiss addresses
- Payment by invoice is not possible
An identification surcharge of CHF 5 will apply