Opportunities › Frictionless file transfer between personal and shared devices › Proposed app
Hatch
Send files to any shared computer by scanning a code. No account or install.
- Score
- 46
- confidence 42
- Evidence
- 6
- items on the page
- Rivals
- 8
- named in sources
- First version
- 25 d
- estimate
- Type
- Desktop and mobile
- PWA: on computers and phones alike
- Market since
- 2007
- Mature market · AI estimate
ScreensConcept
Desktop and mobile: Works as both sender and receiver across phones and computers; users need both the initiating device to scan and send, and the receiving computer to open the connection. Sample screens on a computer and a phone, in the proposed brand. Their numbers are sample data.
Ready to receive
No sign-in- StatusWaiting for scan
About this appAI proposal
Hatch sends files from your phone or laptop to any browser, including a library or hotel computer. Open Hatch on the receiving screen, scan the QR code with your own device, pick files, and they arrive. No account, no install, no password to type.
Files go straight from one device to the other and are encrypted end to end. Nothing is uploaded to a cloud folder, and the link ends when either browser closes, so nothing stays on a machine you do not own.
It is built for people who use shared computers and do not want to plug in a thumb drive or sign in to a personal cloud on a stranger's machine. It works across different networks, not only on the same Wi-Fi.
- Tagline
- Scan, send, close the tab. Nothing is left behind.
- Voice
- plaincalmtrustworthy
- Why this name
- A hatch is a small door you open and shut. The product opens a brief private passage between two devices, then closes it.
In the first version
Members say which features they would use. It tells PWAS what people want; it changes no score.
Scan to connect
Open Hatch on any browser and scan the QR code with your phone. No typing, no pairing codes.
No member yet
No account, no install
Works in a normal browser tab on both sides, so it suits locked-down library, school and office machines.
No member yet
Direct and encrypted
Files travel device to device with end-to-end encryption, not through a cloud folder.
No member yet
Works across networks
Send from mobile data to a library PC. Both devices do not need to share Wi-Fi.
No member yet
Brand identityAI proposal
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Palette
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Typography
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Hatch
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Scan, send, close the tab. Nothing is left behind.
PricingAI proposal
The material gives only Dropbox's pricing: a free plan and one paid plan at €12 a month. Hatch tiers are a starting point to test, kept at or below that.
Free
Free
- Unlimited short sessions
- Files up to a modest size limit
- No account needed
Plus
$4 a month
- Larger files
- Longer sessions
- Transfer history on your device
- Relay fallback for strict networks
Team
$12 a month
- Per seat for libraries and offices
- Branded receive page
- Admin usage summary
Would you pay Plus · $4 a month?
Your answer tells PWAS which prices people accept. It changes no score.
No answers yet.
What it could be worthEstimate
What a software business making this much sells for today, from real deals. Pick a monthly revenue.
If it makes
Worth about
$194,000
Sale range $132,000 to $263,000
$120,000 a year in revenue
From 87 software businesses listed and sold on Empire Flippers in the last year, revenue vetted by the broker: they sell for about 19× their monthly revenue, most between 13× and 26×.
Measured on profit, the middle deal is 32× monthly net profit: about 2.7 years of profit.
An estimate, not an offer or financial advice. A real price depends on profit, growth, churn, how much of the work is the owner's, and the buyer.
How it would growAI proposal
How the product would reach new customers through its own use, and how the first ones would be found. A plan to test, not a result.
- Built-in loop
- Shared outputs. The receiving screen shows a small Hatch label and a link to the sender's page. Each transfer puts the product in front of whoever is at the shared computer, and senders show friends how they moved files.
- Do they become customers?
- Receivers see Hatch once and may not return. Test whether people at shared computers go on to use it from their own phone and take a paid plan for larger or repeated transfers.
- First customers
- Students and staff who regularly use library and school computers, starting with one university library or public library system.
- Where to reach them
- Library and campus staff: Offer librarians and IT desks a short guide and a poster with a QR code to the receive page.
- Hacker News and privacy forums: Share a working demo and the encryption design in threads on file transfer and shared devices.
- Student communities: Post in campus groups and subreddits about printing and lab computers.
- First milestone
- Fifty weekly active senders at one library, and ten paying users on the Plus plan within eight weeks.
Why people already pay for this
- VerifiedHacker News post received 15 points and 2 comments
- Public claimFile transfer to public computers is a common need, especially in scenarios where typing complex passwords or creating accounts is impractical.
- Public claimExisting solutions all have limitations: LAN-only, require installation, require accounts, are hardware-locked, or use cloud upload.
- Public claimThe need for simple cross-device file transfer is fundamental and widespread.
- Public claim
Tech stack
Every proposal builds on the same PWA base, installable from the browser on any phone or computer. Dashed boxes are what this app adds.
- AppNext.js and TypeScript
- PWAManifest and service worker
- UITailwind CSS
- Data and authSupabase Postgres
- PaymentsStripe
- EmailResend
- HostingVercel
- This app · Direct connectionWebRTC with a signaling serviceMoves files device to device in the browser, with a small server only for the QR handshake.
- This app · Relay fallbackTURN relay serviceCarries encrypted data when direct links fail on strict networks. It cannot read the files.
RisksAI inference
- TechnicalDirect browser connections can fail on strict networks. A relay fallback is needed and adds cost. Large files on mobile browsers may stall if the screen sleeps.
- CommercialFree tools like PairDrop and LocalSend exist. Willingness to pay for occasional transfers is unproven, and the Hacker News post drew only 15 points and 2 comments.
- RegulatoryEncrypted transfer can be misused to move illegal files. Abuse reporting terms and a size limit on the relay may be required.
- PlatformBrowser camera and background rules differ between iOS and Android. Library machines may block the scripts the direct connection needs.
Everything marked AI proposal or AI inference was written by a model from the evidence on the opportunity page. The proposed name must be checked against trademark registers before it is used.