Your belongings
can find their
way home.

A permanent ID engraved into the item itself. If it gets lost, stolen or left behind, whoever finds it can reach you in seconds — without an app, and without either of you giving up your details.

Create a tag Check an item

Works on any phone camera. No account needed to return something.

A cordless drill, camera, drone and laptop on a workbench, each engraved with a XAN Return tag

How XAN Return works

Engrave it

Every item gets a permanent XAN Return ID. Eight characters, no I, L, O or U — so it survives being read aloud over the phone.

If it's found

Anyone can scan the QR with the phone in their pocket. No app to install, no account, nothing to sign up for.

Get it back

The finder messages you through us. You never hand over your email address, and neither of you can lose the thread.

Permanent and tamper-proof

Engraved into the item itself. It cannot be peeled off, faded out, or swapped for someone else's.

Your privacy holds

Finders never see your email or phone number. Contact is relayed through a link, and you decide what gets shared.

Made for valuables

Tools, cameras, drones, bikes, laptops — anything that costs enough to be worth getting back.

A better chance of return

Most people who find a thing are honest. The reason lost items stay lost is that returning them is a hassle.

On the things that actually go missing

Same tag, different surfaces. Metal, plastic, leather and paint — the engraving goes into the material rather than onto it.

Cordless drill, circular saw, angle grinder and tool case, each engraved with a XAN Return tag

Tools and workshop

Engraved into the housing, not stuck on it. Survives cutting fluid, being dropped off a scaffold, and ten years in a ute tray.

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What actually arrives

One artwork file, engraved once. The QR does the scanning; the code underneath works if the QR gets worn off, or if someone reads it to you over the phone.