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Tool inventory and theft registry app for tradespeople
Tool inventory and theft-proof registry app for tradespeople
How much it itches 28 of 40
Will people pay 0 of 35
- Job to be done
- When tools are stolen from a work van or shop with no serial numbers, photos, or records, the tradesperson needs to document and protect their tools, so they can prove ownership to police and insurers and avoid lost work.
- Buyer
- Tradespeople and small contractors with work vans
- How often it comes up
- One-off
- How critical
- Critical
- Evidence layers
- 1 of 9
- What to build
- Owners photograph and log tools in the field on a phone, and AI recognition from photos is a helpful add-on, but the registry works without it.
Customer complaints 4
Owners and users describing the problem in their own words: Reddit, low-star reviews, App Store, Ask HN.
Work van keeps getting broken into, with tools stolen three times in a year, and the owner has no good way to protect them at home.
r/electricians 583 upvotes
Tools were stolen overnight, a loss that interrupts work.
r/HVAC 527 upvotes
Tools stolen from a van with no serial numbers, photos, or records, making it hard to prove ownership to police and insurers.
r/electricians 4 upvotes
Unclear how to keep track of inventory in shop and work van.
r/electricians 0 upvotes
No evidence found yet for: Paid tasks, Success stories, Funds raised, Creator patterns, Product sunsets, Compliance needs, Search trends, Incumbent gaps.