Frequently asked questions
Found App
How do I register an item?
It’s easy! Just follow the in-app instructions to create an account first. We’ll send you an email, don’t forget to check your spam folder, to verify your account.
Open the app and press the protect item button. Take a photo of the item and our image recognition technology will fill out the details. Fill out any more details you'd like to add, this will help us match you with your items faster if they are ever lost.
How do I mark an item as lost?
It’s easy! Just follow the in-app instructions to create an account. Tap on ‘Protect an item’ and follow the instructions. Once you have registered it the item will appear on your ‘Items’ list. Tap the newly added item and tap the ‘Mark as lost’ button.
If you have already registered your lost valuable it’s even easier. Open the app, tap the item and tap the ‘Mark as lost’ button.
If you haven’t yet registered the item follow the steps in how do I register a valuable with Found, once registered you can mark the item as lost using the steps described above.
What if I have lost my smartphone?
If you have lost your smartphone, you won’t be able to easily access the app. If that happens head to our Report Lost Property page to tell us about it and we'll start the search. If you already have a Found account you can login here and mark your phone as lost as well.
How do you match up items of lost property?
We use a combination of the data you supply and the data supplied by our partners to match you up. The photo you upload, description of the item and details of when and where you lost the item are all really useful. The more information you put in the app, the faster the Found tech can locate your lost property.
I haven’t received any emails from you…
You may not have received your email from us to validate an email based account, or you may not be receiving emails from us updating you on items you have lost or found. Have you tried checking your spam folder? Yes, sometimes we end up in there.
If you still can’t find any emails from Found
contact us and we will get that sorted asap.
How do I get my favourite businesses on Found?
If you have a local spot you like to hang out...and may have lost something in, you might want to get them on Found. We are all about community so the more the merrier! To see them on Found you can post on social media and tag Found and the business in your message. That way we both know and we can get in touch with them. Failing that
get in touch and we’ll follow up with them.
How does your image recognition software work?
We’re glad you asked. Our image recognition technology utilises super clever machine learning that is constantly training to become more intelligent. For example, after seeing a lot of Macbooks it learns to recognise one all on its own! The more things we take pictures of the more intelligent it becomes, so remember to include pictures of your items to make matching even better for when you lose something.
Don’t worry about the Found tech taking over the world though, it’s friendly and focused on the mission of protecting your valuables.
I have a match, what do I do next to get my item back?
Your lost property has been found and you want to get it back, hooray!
If another Found user found your valuable they have the ability to drop the item at a local Found business partner’s site for you to collect. They can also share their email address with you so you can connect via email to arrange to collect the item.
If the item was found by a Found Business Partner you have the option to collect the item in person from the partner, or you can arrange to have the item sent back to you by one of our trusted courier partners. Just follow the in-app instructions, pay for the service you have selected and sit back and wait for your item to make its way home.
How do I get my lost property back?
Your lost property has been found and you want to get it back, hooray. Follow the instructions that will be emailed to you and arrange to collect your lost item. If collecting it is inconvenient, you can arrange to have it sent back to you with one of our trusted courier partners. Just follow the in-app instructions, pay for the service you have selected and sit back and wait for your item to make its way home.
I haven't heard about my lost property, what gives?
If you haven’t heard about your item, we haven’t managed to find it...yet. If you are worried you have missed an email or notification you can view any status updates in the Found app by clicking notifications. If your valuable is still showing as ‘Lost’ we haven’t found a match yet.
If it is showing as ‘Found’ we have sent you an email to tell you, so it could be worth checking your spam folder and the notification section of the app to set your preference for collecting the item.
I found my item already, how do I change it in the app?
Great news you found your item! You can change its status to found so that we stop looking for it by selecting the item from the home screen and in item details select the ‘Mark as found’ button.
I think the app isn't working, how do I let you know?
Thanks for taking the time to find this out, you are a star! So that we can look into this please report your problem here, including sharing the details on the issue you have experienced.
Who is Sir Foundalot?
Sir Foundalot is our mascot! He's dedicated to helping you protect your valuables and works tirelessly to find them when you can't. He's the head honcho at Found HQ and is in charge of our clever image recognition software.
He is also a 🦁 Leo, has never tried 🧘♂️ yoga, only likes his 🍳 eggs scrambled and won't disclose his real age!
I have feedback on the app I’d like to share with you
That’s great, we love to hear from our users so that we can continue to develop the Found products. Please submit your feedback here - we really appreciate it!
How do I sign up to Found?
Once you’ve downloaded the Found app you can create an account using your email address. If email and passwords aren’t your thing you can sign up using Facebook, Twitter or Apple ID credentials. When using Apple ID if you want to hide your email address from Found please turn email forwarding on so that we can contact you regarding important account updates. Once you’ve signed up you are ready to go.
If you do sign up using your email address, look out for an email from us to verify your account. You will need to do this before being able to login to the Found app.
Why is my email address listed as an @privaterelay.appleid.com in the app?
When you sign up to Found using your Apple ID you have the option of sharing or hiding the email address associated with your Apple ID account. If you select to hide your email address from Found, Apple put a relay email address in place to manage emails between Found and yourself. This relay address ends with @privaterelay.appleid.com and is unique for emails between Found and yourself.
Please note if you decide to turn the forwarding option off for the Found app you will not receive any emails from us. This means if we find a lost item of yours, you will not receive an email to let you know we have found it.
Found Business App
I haven’t received any emails from you…
You may not have received an email from us to validate your email address or have not been receiving emails from us updating you on items you have found. Have you tried checking your spam folder? Yes, sometimes we end up in there. If you still can’t find any emails from Found contact us and we will get that sorted asap.
How do I register an item I have found?
If you have not yet signed up for Found follow the instructions to create your account and sign up first.
Once this is completed login to the Found Business app and select register item from the home screen. You will then have the option to take a picture of the item, doing this will help complete the items details but you don’t need to add a picture if you’re not able to. Once you complete the item details confirm where it was found along with the time and date found.
If a member of the public found the item and handed it to you, you can capture their name and email address. Once you save the item details our clever tech will get to work matching the item with its owner.
How do I return an item of lost property to the owner?
This depends on how they have decided they would like the item to be returned to them.
If the owner is coming to collect the item, you just wait until they arrive to pick it up. When they are there to pick the item up, locate the item in the Found Business app and tap the ‘Return to owner’ button. This will ask you to capture the name and email address of who is collecting the item.
If they have selected to have it delivered back to them you will get a notification in the app and the selected courier will email you instructions. They will come to you and say they are collecting for Found. Just give them the item and they will take it back to the owner. The owner of the item pays for this service when they book it, so you don’t have to worry about incurring any costs. Simple!
How do I dispose of an unclaimed item?
There’s no need! We can help with that. Once you have held an item of lost property for your determined time, we can help. Simply request a collection of lost property and we will organise for the items to be donated to a local charity.
How do I add or remove a team member?
To add or remove a team member from your business account select profile when in the app and in the top right hand corner of the screen select the settings cog. From here you can select to invite a new member and enter their email address. You can also view the existing members, selecting the member you wish to remove so their profile opens where you will be able to select the option to delete the member.
How do I sign up for Found?
Once you’ve downloaded the
Found Business app you can sign up with an email address.
You can sign up
online as well, but the best experience is in the
Found Business app. Simply select business in the top right-hand corner of the screen and then sign up. You’ll be prompted to enter your details and set a password for your account. If you sign up via the website you use the username and password to access the app on your smartphone.
Once you have signed up you will receive an email from us to verify your email address so please look out for this and check your spam folders.
Privacy
Is my personal information secure?
Yes, all data is encrypted when it is sent to and contained within our database. We take personal information very seriously, building and operating our technology to ensure data is safe and secure at all times.
How do I deactivate my account?
If you no longer wish to use the Found mobile and web applications you can deactivate your account by:
1. Opening the Found mobile application and navigating to the profile screen, once there select settings in the top right hand corner of the screen.
2. On the settings screen you will see the option to deactivate your account
If you are no longer able to access the Found mobile application please
contact us selecting the option deactivate account. Let us know your name and email address you used to create your account on Found and we will do the rest. If you signed up via Facebook or Twitter the email address will be the one you use for those applications. If you signed up using Apple ID and selected not to share your email address please ensure you provide your full name when contacting us.
