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Show IH: How we made a lost and found sticker service in 28 days?

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Today we launched our 28 day built product: https://found.link .

I took the time to fillup the timeline on how we did it on the product page here:

https://www.indiehackers.com/product/found-link

Hopefully, we can help some of you return their lost items.

As always, we're eager to get feedback so feel free to slam us :)

on January 8, 2021
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    Nice idea! Hope this project helps someone soon! I would stick them on all my luggage.
    The current design is not very motivating though.

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    love the idea and that you are iterating on it. wouldnt it be better if you could add a qr code that once scanned, pings a service to let people know that it was found?

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      We thought of QR codes initially but then changed our mind for two simple reasons.

      1. They don't look so good on your device. We're still to improve on our designs. Stay tuned ;)
      2. We wanted to make as simple as possible for people to get back to the owner. While QR codes are well known and understood among young and techies, people with less technical skills would not make the connection right away. Our assumption here is that not everyone knows that most camera apps support QR scanning.

      Thanks for your suggestion!

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    I have worked in the print businesses, and I would recommend you to look for stickers that can be color-washed, like wine labels.
    I believe this company could help you with that.
    https://www.spicers.ca/

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      Thanks. This is useful. We already started exploring ideas on what kind of materials we could use. Appreciate the reference!

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    someone has made a product called foundit like yours since 2019 you can inspire from them , producthunt link:
    https://www.producthunt.com/posts/foundit

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      Cool! It's obviously not a brand new idea. We've seen quite a few other projects attempting this. I like how Adem designed it all and that he made it open source! Thanks for sharing ;)

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    My first thought was "how long will the ink last?"

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      good point! We're starting this with some simple stickers. Mine is still looking fine after a couple of weeks of use. Our plan is to get better, much more durable stickers with some kind of coating.

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        If you can solve that trust challenge then this is a pretty fun little side-hustle. Good luck!

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          Yeah, you're most likely right. Thanks for the feedback!

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    Love the simplicity :) Good luck!

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    Always nice to see products outside of software services to make it. Keep it up guys!

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      P.S: You got my interest indeed, so you got my follow on your product as well as your IH profile :)