The YOU-FOUND-IT key (if sold on a product or just as the Tag-Mark) is pre-paid and includes subscription to the service for a term that varies from 6 months to 3 years, depending on the product. At the end of subscription term, renewal is offered.

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Watch your email account(s) to see if it is found and the finder sends you an email through the YOU-FOUND-IT webpage.. Just stay attentive and check your email regularly.

We are not involved in the process of organizing or physically moving back property to the owner or rewarding the finder. YOU-FOUND-IT is a matching network to get the two parties (the owner and the finder) anonymously together. It is entirely up to the owner of the lost item to offer a reward if he wants to do so.

The YOU-FOUND-IT key can be found on Tag-Marks like labels and key-rings or luggage tags. A YOU-FOUND-IT key looks something like sodu-760e-1710-c4bf. Put your YOU-FOUND-IT key on labels, onto key-rings or anything that you want to have marked. If you happen to lose the item, the finder, lost property department or law enforcement agency will contact you by using the YOU-FOUND-IT key on your lost property.

A Tag-Mark is a label (or key-ring, luggage tag, wallet-card or anything else) which includes instructions on how to contact you, the owner. On the same Tag-Mark the finder also can view your personal YOU-FOUND-IT key. Tag-Marks can be put onto all your property so the finder knows how to get in touch with you.

No! The only requirement is at least a valid email address and the unique YOU-FOUND-IT key so the finder is able to contact you if a lost item is found. Please also view our Privacy Policy and the General Terms and Conditions.

First step: Register and activate your Key online; go to REGISTER KEY. All you need is your personal key and a valid email address. Optionally, you may add an alternative email address as a back-up. That's it!

Only a registered YOU-FOUND-IT key will successfully track your lost property.

Next step: Simply attach the Tag-Mark or label to your property.

If you lose an object with a YOU-FOUND-IT address tag, either the finder, a lost property office or another appropriate person will read the instructions on the tag.

The person (finder / lost property office etc.) will go to the website www.you-found-it.com and type in your key, which appears on the address tag.

The YOU-FOUND-IT system then sends an email to you, the owner, so that you can arrange the collection or delivery of the lost item with the finder!

Of course, you don't want just anyone to know your name and telephone number. It is most important that none of your personal details appear on your key ring, otherwise you are simply making things easy for burglars.

But if only your name is on the item, it cannot be returned to you. Indeed, your name alone will not be enough even to enable a finder to contact you.

YOU-FOUND-IT acts exclusively as intermediary between two parties - the owner and the finder. All communication between the two parties is without any participation or contribution by YOU-FOUND-IT. We fully respect your privacy.

We do NOT store any information, other than your personal key in connection with your valid email address(es).

Please review our Privacy Policy here

Law enforcement statistics have shown that it is much less likely to have a property / item stolen if it is marked in some way (due to psychological barriers and resale difficulties). Thieves avoid Tag-Marked items.

YOU-FOUND-IT Tag-Marks and labels are for everyone.

On almost everything you would like to have back - after you have lost it.

If you have any changes in your contact information, just log in MY ACCOUNT - and make the updates. If you forget your user name or your password, your unique key will easily and quickly help you retrieve it with an email to your registered email address(es).

No problem! Simply login and modify your details as required in MY ACCOUNT .

There is no fee for reporting a found item and there is no fee for retrieving your lost property. No hidden costs at all.

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You chose your own password during the registration process, it is NOT sent to you.

Follow the information on the "MY ACCOUNT" page to "lost your password?".

It is usually due to poor connectivity from your service provider to the YOU-FOUND-IT server. This is generally temporary. Please try to access the web site later.

You received a YOU-FOUND-IT Tag-Mark with a YOU-FOUND-IT key on it. This Tag-Mark or key can be given to you - depending of service you purchased or given to you - on paper, printed on key rings or in other forms.

This YOU-FOUND-IT Key is not-in-use until you 'activate' in 'Register Key'. Once activated, the YOU-FOUND-IT email address will start 'accepting' email messages and forward them to your usual email and to your mobile phone (if mobile-phone service is available).

Remember, you have to register just once and then you can use your personal YOU-FOUND-IT key as many times as you want on your property.

The unique key that you have bought (or that has been given to you as a present or reward) can be found on Tag-Marks like labels and key-rings. A YOU-FOUND-IT key looks something like sodu-760e-1710-c4bf.

You can have as many Tag-Marks with the same common key printed on all of them. Use them on all your property. Use the key as many times as you wish. Create your own label or your own tag. The use of the key is not limited in any way.

Test it yourself ! If you have been successful in registering your key you will get an email message confirming that it is activated. To test it, use your own YOU-FOUND-IT key in the section "I found something". Within minutes you will get the email notification to the mail address(es) you have chosen for the YOU-FOUND-IT service.

Sure - use your own YOU-FOUND-IT key in the section 'I found something' and then you will get the notification sent to the email address(es) you have chosen/registered for the service.

No. You have to register for every unique key. If you choose for any reason to have several different unique numbers, you have to register every single number.

You can "register" as many YOU-FOUND-IT keys as you like.

But remember - you can use your unique YOU-FOUND-IT key as on many items as you want - even write them yourself on different property - without paying more.

Use the key as many times as you wish. Create your own label or your own tag; the use of the key is not limited in any way.

Your combination of key, email and password is on a secure server. This information is accessible only by you with your password from the YOU-FOUND-IT website.

We ask you to provide the absolute minimum of personal information to operate our service efficiently. You only need an email address and your YOU-FOUND-IT key. NEVER give your personal address or other sensitive private information (like credit card number or passwords). Read our privacy policy or Terms and Conditions for more details.

Business: Laptops, PDA's, Memory Medias, such as Memory Sticks, CD's.; Briefcase Personal Electronics: Cell Phone, Cameras, CD Players, Family Items: Game Boy's, Backpacks, Luggage, Instrument Cases, Sunglasses, Textbooks… Sporting Gear: - from Roller Blades to Sleeping Bags, Bicycles ……

And on much more such as...

... Cell Phones, PDA's, Laptop computers, Cameras, Watches, , Audiotapes, Backpacks, Bar Code Readers, Battery Chargers, Binoculars, Books, Boom Boxes, Briefcases, Calculators, Camcorders, Car Stereo, CD Organizers, CD Player, CDs, Computer Accessory/Equipment, Computer Bag, Construction Tools, Coolers, Cosmetic/Accessory Cases, Date Books, Depth Finders, Digital cameras, Earphones, Eyeglasses/Sunglasses, Fire Extinguishers, Flash Lights, Pocket Knives, Garment Bags, Hand Trucks, Handheld GPS, Handheld Testing Equipment, Headphones, Jewelery, 2-Way Radios, Address Books, Baseball Caps, Coats, Bicycles, Portable Air Conditioners and Dehumidifiers, Keys, Lanterns, Laptop Computers, Leather Jackets, Leather man Tools, Luggage, Mini-Disc Players, Model Plane, MP3 Players, Organizer/PDA Accessory, Pagers, Passports, Play Station Games, Pocket Recorders, Portable Instrument-Cases, Portable Musical- Instruments, Portable TVs, Prescription Containers, Presentation Equipment, Purses, Radar Detectors, Sunglasses, Tape Recorders, Toiletry Kit, Trade-Show Equipment, Umbrellas, Videotapes, Walkmans, Wallets, Watches, Baseball Gloves, Basketballs, Bicycles, Surf Board, Dive Fins, Tackle Boxes, Tents Waders, Wakeboards, Water Skis, Wetsuits, Camp Clothing, Dolls, Eyeglasses, Favourite Toys, Keys, Lunch boxes, School Backpacks, School Equipment, Scooters, Skateboards, Soccer Balls, Sports Uniforms, Sunglasses, Textbooks, Sporting Gear, Backpacks, Ball Machines, Bicycles, Bike Cases, Boots, Camping Gear, Cooking Stoves, Dive Bags, Dry Suits, Equestrian/Horses/Polo Gear, Equipment Bags, Exercise Equipment, Fishing Equipment Fishing, Reels/Rods, Fishing Vests, Goggles, Golf Bag, Golf Clubs, Guns, Life Vests, Paddles/Oars, Pitching Machines, Pool Sticks, Pumps, Racquets, Roller blades, Scuba/Diving Gear, Skates, Ski Bags, Skis, Sleeping Bags, Sleeping Pads, Snowboards, etc.

The owner can therefore react individually and spontaneously to ANY loss. An immediate and INSTANTANEOUS response is especially important when one discovers that a personal item has been lost.

For example, if you are on holiday and have lost your mobile phone, the message could read: “I’ve lost my mobile phone. Until 13 August, it can be handed in at the reception of the Hotel Holliday Inn Dreamland. Reward guaranteed. Thank you.”

Or you could offer a special reward which matches the “sentimental value” of the registered or lost item – this considerably increases the chance that the person who finds the item will also return it.

Only you, as an owner, can send such messages using “MY ACCOUNT”. This means that the owner has sole responsibility, at all times, for every text that he or she writes in “MY MESSAGE” for all his or her accounts.

“MY WHITE BOARD” is the legal, completely private, secure and comprehensively protected place for the storage of (important) personal information.

“MY WHITE BOARD” offers a 250-digit memory for text and/or numeric information and is only accessible using the appropriate username and password (access through “MY ACCOUNT”).

The owner has the unique opportunity to store personal, critical or important passwords, keywords, notes, passport numbers, emergency numbers and so on. He or she can then call these up as required, using any computer with an Internet connection anywhere in the world.

A distinctive application of the “MY WHITE BOARD” service adds an ABSOLUTELY secure factor to your property.

TIP: For example, store the serial number of an item (e.g. a digital camera) in “MY WHITE BOARD” and you will be able to prove that you are the rightful owner at any time (and that the camera belongs to you).