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Getting started

URBALT is a Baltic micromobility marketplace and community. You can browse listings without an account, but posting, chatting, and using the community require a free account.

Your first visit — cookie banner

The very first time you land on URBALT, a banner slides up from the bottom asking for your cookie preferences. Three quick options:

  • Accept all — the easy default if you're comfortable with us counting visits anonymously.
  • Only essential — keeps the site working (login, language, theme) but turns off analytics and everything else.
  • Customize — pick category by category.

You can change your mind anytime via Cookie settings in the footer. Full details on the Privacy & cookies page.

Create an account

  1. Click Log In / Register in the top-right.
  2. Sign up with email and password, or use Google sign-in for faster setup.
  3. Confirm your email — we send a one-time link. This is the baseline EMAIL verification tier.

Verification tiers

Each tier unlocks more trust. Badges appear on your listings and profile.

  • EMAIL — confirmed email (every account).
  • GOOGLE — signed in via Google.
  • PHONE — confirmed phone number (stronger signal for buyers).
  • ID — personal code verified (Estonian isikukood, more coming). Highest personal trust level.
  • SHOP — verified business / vendor. Shown as a business storefront.

Complete your profile

A full profile unlocks everything on URBALT. Required fields are marked with a *:

  • Identity * — Rider 🚴 (bikes), Glider 🛴 (scooters / e-mobility), or Walker 🚶 (no bike yet / here to watch). You need this to join the community (post, like, comment). You can switch it any time.
  • First name *, Last name *, Date of birth * — required before you post a listing. Only your age is shown to others, the date itself stays private.
  • Username / Display name * — this is how other members see you in the community and on your listings. Hint from the form: "How others see you in the community."
  • Country *, plus Region * and City * when your country is covered by our library (EE, LV, LT, FI, SE, DE, PL, NO, DK). For these countries you pick from a dropdown; for any other country you type freely.
  • isikukood (optional) — Estonian personal code for the ID verification badge. Validated by checksum, no uploads.

Fill these in at /panel/profile. New user flow, in order: identity → profile details → first listing.

Profile photo

Your profile photo is shown next to your listings, messages and community posts — it's the fastest way for other members to recognise you. Uploading one is optional but strongly recommended.

  1. On /panel, tap your photo (or the Change photo link under it) — it takes you straight to /panel/settings/account, where the Profile photo section is at the top.
  2. Tap the photo itself, or click Upload photo (Change photo if you already have one) — both open the file picker. Pick a file from your phone's camera or library.
  3. JPG, PNG or WEBP, source file up to 15 MB — we compress the photo on your device before uploading. HEIC isn't supported: picking one shows a clear error, so export it as JPG first.
  4. To remove your current photo, click Remove photo and confirm. The avatar goes back to the default initials.

In the mobile app, the same lives under Settings → Profile & account.

What "identity" means

Identity is a community preference, not a role. Calling yourself a Rider doesn't stop you from selling a scooter, and a Glider can upload a bike route. It's just your voice in the community — pick whichever fits you most of the time. You can change it in your profile any time.