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Parcel Room
Branded client file portals with expiry, access control and download tracking
- Score
- 49
- confidence 38
- Evidence
- 4
- items on the page
- Rivals
- 1
- named in sources
- First version
- 35 d
- estimate
- Type
- Desktop and mobile
- PWA: on computers and phones alike
- Market since
- 2007
- Mature market · AI estimate
ScreensConcept
Desktop and mobile: Freelancers create and send file deliveries on desktop, but clients access branded portals and download files on any device including mobile when away from the office. Sample screens on a computer and a phone, in the proposed brand. Their numbers are sample data.
New delivery
Ready to send3 files
About this appAI proposal
Parcel Room lets agencies, consultants and freelancers hand files to clients through a branded portal instead of email attachments or loose cloud links. Each delivery has its own link or client login, an expiry date, and a record of who opened and downloaded what.
It is built for small teams that want control without an IT department. Use the managed version, or point storage at your own bucket so client files stay where you decide. Clients need no account for simple deliveries.
The open-source alternative in the material is free and self-hosted or cloud-run. Parcel Room is a proposal for a polished installable app with simple branding and managed hosting for people who would rather not maintain a server.
- Tagline
- Hand over files with a door that locks.
- Voice
- CalmClearTrustworthy
- Why this name
- A parcel room is where items wait to be collected by the right person. It suggests careful handover, not open sharing.
In the first version
Members say which features they would use. It tells PWAS what people want; it changes no score.
Branded client portals
Add your logo, colours and a custom domain. Each client sees a clean page with only their files.
No member yet
Expiry and access rules
Set expiry dates, download limits, passcodes or sign-in per delivery, and revoke access in one tap.
No member yet
Download tracking
See when a client opened a link and what they downloaded. Get an email when a key file is fetched.
No member yet
Bring your own storage
Connect your own S3-compatible bucket so files stay on infrastructure you own, or use managed storage.
No member yet
Brand identityAI proposal
Check the name against trademark registers before using it.
Palette
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Typography
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Hand over files with a door that locks.
PricingAI proposal
The material gives no competitor prices; it says only that ProjectSend is free and open source. These tiers are a starting point to test against that free option.
Solo
Free
- 1 user
- 2 GB storage
- Link expiry and passcodes
- Parcel Room branding
Studio
$15 a month
- 3 users
- 50 GB storage
- Custom logo and colours
- Download tracking and alerts
- Client upload requests
Agency
$39 a month
- 10 users
- 250 GB storage
- Custom domain
- Bring your own storage
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. Every delivery is a branded link or portal sent to a client. The client sees a small 'sent with Parcel Room' line on the Solo tier and on download and upload pages.
- Do they become customers?
- Clients are often freelancers or small firms who also send files, so some may sign up. Test whether the footer link converts to free sign-ups, and whether any of them upgrade.
- First customers
- Small design and marketing agencies of 2 to 15 people that send final assets and contracts to clients each week.
- Where to reach them
- Agency owner communities: Offer a free pilot in forums and groups where agency owners discuss tools and client handover.
- Open-source user forums: Reach people using self-hosted client portals and offer managed hosting as a no-maintenance path.
- Direct outreach: Email small agencies, offer to set up their first branded portal, and ask for feedback.
- First milestone
- Ten agencies using it weekly for a month, with five paying for the Studio or Agency tier.
Why people already pay for this
- VerifiedGitHub repository gained 2027 stars in 4595 days
- Public claimOrganizations need to share files with clients securely.
- Public claimThere is demand for both self-hosted and cloud-hosted deployment options.
- AI inferenceThe project has sustained user adoption and community support.
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 · File storageS3-compatible object storageLarge files need object storage, with signed URLs and support for customer-owned buckets.
- This app · Malware scanningUpload virus scanning serviceClients download files from senders, so uploads should be scanned before delivery.
RisksAI inference
- CommercialA free open-source option exists, so buyers may not pay for hosting and polish. Willingness to pay must be tested.
- TechnicalLarge uploads, resumable transfers and bring-your-own-bucket setups are hard to make reliable on phones and weak networks.
- RegulatoryClient files may hold personal or confidential data, so privacy law and customer data-location demands may apply.
- PlatformMobile share-sheet intake and install prompts for PWAs vary by operating system and may be limited.
- CommercialSelf-hosted licensing adds support load for a small team and may conflict with a hosted-first focus.
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.