Good Sam

Both sides of the exchange

One code. Two people who have never met and never need to.

Good Sam sits between the person who lost something and the person holding it, and gives each of them exactly what they need and nothing else.

If it is your thing

Four steps, once.

  1. Make a code

    Give it a name a stranger would recognise, like 'blue Kathmandu daypack'. Add a note if the item needs one. Nothing you enter identifies you.

  2. Get it onto the thing

    Print it on label sheets you already own, or order weatherproof stickers, iron-on labels, luggage tags or a pet tag. One code can go on several places on the same item.

  3. Tell us where to reach you

    Your account email always gets the alert. Add a partner's inbox, a phone number for a text, or a web address for anything you have wired up at home.

  4. Forget about it

    That is the point. If the thing comes back, you hear about it. If it never goes missing, you never think about Good Sam again.

If you found it

Thirty seconds, no account.

  1. They point a camera at it

    No app. Every phone made in the last decade reads a QR code from the camera app, and the link opens straight in the browser.

  2. They see what it is and one clear ask

    The page says what the item is and shows your message. There is no sign-up, no email wall and nothing to install.

  3. They choose how much to help

    One tap sends a bare alert. They can add a location pin, describe the spot, say what they did with the item, and leave a name and number if they want to arrange a handover.

  4. You get it, everywhere at once

    The alert lands on every channel you set up, usually within a few seconds. It carries only what the finder chose to share.

Try it right now

Scan this with your phone and you are the finder.

It opens the real finder page on a demo code. Fill it in, send it, see the confirmation. Nothing reaches a person and nothing you type is kept.

If found, scan me

TRYME

good-sam.fullstackplus.com.au

This one is real. Point your camera at it to see exactly what a finder sees.

What if there is no signal?

The code is printed with the address underneath it, so a finder can type it in later. Nothing about the tag depends on the finder being online at that moment.

What if the sticker gets scuffed?

QR codes carry error correction, so roughly a quarter of the pattern can be damaged and it still reads. The printed characters are the backup for the rest.

What if nobody scans it?

Then you are no worse off than an unlabelled bag. Mark the code as missing and the finder page will say so the moment somebody does look.