UNiDAYS and Student Beans are third-party verification platforms: you confirm your student status once on each site, then get access to discount codes for the brands partnered with that platform — no need to re-verify for every purchase.
This post explains how the platforms themselves work. For a list of which specific brands offer student discounts, see Closetta's student fashion discounts guide.
How Verification Works
- Sign up with your student email, if your school uses a recognized
.edu-style or institution domain — this usually verifies instantly. - No student email? Upload proof — a document like a class schedule, tuition receipt, or student ID, which a manual review process checks (can take longer, sometimes a day or more).
- Verification persists — once approved, you don't need to redo this for each brand or each purchase; it applies platform-wide until your account needs re-verification (usually annually).
How Redemption Works
Once verified, each partner brand's page on the platform shows the current discount and either:
- A one-time code you copy and enter at checkout, or
- A unique link that applies the discount automatically when you shop through it
The discount percentage and terms are set by the brand, not the platform — UNiDAYS and Student Beans are the verification and distribution layer, not the source of the discount itself.
UNiDAYS vs. Student Beans: Why Both
The two platforms have overlapping but different brand rosters, and sometimes different discount depths for the same brand. Among the brands tracked in search activity: Aritzia shows up connected to both platforms, and Steve Madden has appeared in student-discount searches as well. Because the rosters don't fully overlap, verifying on both platforms (it takes a few minutes each) covers more brands than picking just one.
Combining With Sale Events
A student discount code and a brand's sitewide sale don't always stack — some brands block student codes during major sale events, others allow it. There's no universal rule; it's worth testing at checkout. For brands that rarely go on sale otherwise, the student discount is often the only markdown you'll get — see Closetta's student fashion discounts guide for which brands fall into that category versus which ones you're better off waiting for a sitewide event on instead.
FAQ
How does UNiDAYS verify you're a student?
UNiDAYS typically verifies through your school email address, or through a document/ID upload if you don't have one. Once verified, that status applies across every brand on the platform without re-verifying each time.
Is Student Beans different from UNiDAYS?
They're separate platforms with overlapping but not identical verification processes and brand rosters — some brands partner with one, some with both, and the discount percentage can differ between them for the same brand.
Which brands use UNiDAYS or Student Beans that Closetta tracks?
Aritzia and Steve Madden are among the brands that appear in student-discount search activity tied to these platforms. For a fuller brand-by-brand list, see Closetta's student fashion discounts guide.
This post explains general UNiDAYS and Student Beans platform mechanics based on publicly available information, not Closetta-tracked discount data. For brand-specific discount tracking, see the linked student fashion discounts guide.