{"id":1728159,"date":"2016-11-22T20:24:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T20:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1728159"},"modified":"2025-06-26T10:37:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T14:37:37","slug":"serato-software-activation-instructions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"Serato Software Activation Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The article below was generously provided by our friends at Serato and can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/support.serato.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360000473855-How-to-activate-Serato-DJ-Pro-or-add-a-Serato-DJ-Pro-license-using-a-voucher-code\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Activate Serato DJ or an Expansion Pack with a license number or voucher code<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have purchased a boxed copy of Serato DJ or have received a voucher code for a Serato DJ license this article explains how to activate your Serato DJ software using a boxed license number or voucher code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT: Your computer must be connected to the internet to complete the steps explained in this article.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>1 Download and install Serato DJ<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t already done so, <a href=\"https:\/\/serato.com\/dj\/pro\/downloads\">download<\/a> and install Serato DJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>2 Open the Serato DJ Online window<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Start the Serato DJ application. Open the Serato DJ Online window by clicking the <strong>My&nbsp;Serato<\/strong> button. This button is located in the license panel, found in the right hand side of the Serato DJ application&nbsp;window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/m.cdn.sera.to\/products\/dj\/license\/license-panel.v1.3.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>3 Log in to Serato DJ Online<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have an existing serato.com or whitelabel.net user account, enter the email address you use to access this account. Otherwise, create a new user account by entering your current email address. Click the <strong>Continue<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/m.cdn.sera.to\/products\/dj\/license\/screen.login.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are logging in using an existing serato.com or whitelabel.net user account, enter your password. If&nbsp;you are creating a new user account, enter a password and confirm&nbsp;it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>4 Select &#8220;Enter Voucher Code&#8221; from the top\u2011right of the&nbsp;window<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon logging in to Serato DJ Online you will be presented with options to enter your license number or voucher code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/m.cdn.sera.to\/products\/dj\/license\/screen.voucher.button.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>5 Enter your license number or voucher code<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/m.cdn.sera.to\/products\/dj\/license\/screen.voucher.input.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\nEnter your license number or voucher code, taking care to accurately enter the characters. Click the <strong>Activate<\/strong> button.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>6 Specify your controller (Serato DJ license only)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Select the controller that you use with Serato DJ<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: If you currently have a supported Serato DJ hardware device connected you will not be presented with this step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/m.cdn.sera.to\/products\/dj\/license\/screen.hardware.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>7 Serato DJ is now activated<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you entered a valid license number or voucher code your product will now be activated on your&nbsp;computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/m.cdn.sera.to\/products\/dj\/license\/screen.activated.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations! You can now explore Expansion Packs or close the Serato DJ Online window and enjoy your new software.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1755505,"template":"","categories":[429786],"tags":[53813,56606,54148,53874,60123,78692],"storecat":[],"itemids":[10718,66418,82260],"manufacturers":[33712],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the Serato Software Activation Instructions page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Serato Software Activation Instructions - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The article below was generously provided by our friends at Serato and can be found here. Activate Serato DJ or an Expansion Pack with a license number or voucher code If you have purchased a boxed copy of Serato DJ or have received a voucher code for a Serato DJ license this article explains how [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-26T14:37:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/11\/Serato-SAE-HERO.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/\",\"name\":\"SweetCare\",\"description\":\"Service and Support\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/11\/Serato-SAE-HERO.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/11\/Serato-SAE-HERO.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/\",\"name\":\"Serato Software Activation Instructions - SweetCare\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-22T20:24:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-26T14:37:37+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Articles\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Serato Software Activation Instructions\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"description":"Check out the Serato Software Activation Instructions page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world's leading music technology and instrument retailer!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Serato Software Activation Instructions - SweetCare","og_description":"The article below was generously provided by our friends at Serato and can be found here. Activate Serato DJ or an Expansion Pack with a license number or voucher code If you have purchased a boxed copy of Serato DJ or have received a voucher code for a Serato DJ license this article explains how [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/","og_site_name":"SweetCare","article_modified_time":"2025-06-26T14:37:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/11\/Serato-SAE-HERO.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/","name":"SweetCare","description":"Service and Support","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/11\/Serato-SAE-HERO.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/11\/Serato-SAE-HERO.png","width":1200,"height":628},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/","name":"Serato Software Activation Instructions - SweetCare","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2016-11-22T20:24:43+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-26T14:37:37+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/serato-software-activation-instructions\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Articles","item":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Serato Software Activation Instructions"}]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/1728159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/1728159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1786618,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/1728159\/revisions\/1786618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1755505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1728159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1728159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1728159"},{"taxonomy":"storecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/storecat?post=1728159"},{"taxonomy":"itemids","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/itemids?post=1728159"},{"taxonomy":"manufacturers","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manufacturers?post=1728159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}