Executive Summary

Many people and their designated executors currently face the pain of fragmented digital estates—cloud accounts, subscriptions, and crypto wallets that become inaccessible or vulnerable after incapacity or death—creating stress, fraud risk, and administrative burden for millions of users and their families. This problem affects a broad demographic from aging adults to busy professionals and the trustees or institutions who must manage continuity and access. You could build a subscription service that schedules periodic "digital legacy check-ins" tied to an encrypted vault and conditional access/escrow: automated reminders, verification steps, cross-service orchestration via IAM APIs, and auditable handoffs or revocations when pre-set triggers occur. The product would prioritize simple UX for setup, strong crypto (privacy-preserving key escrow), and integrations with common identity providers, crypto custodians, and major platforms. The market looks timely and sizable: an addressable market model estimates $3.0B in annual revenue from roughly 200M adult internet users willing to pay about $15 ACV, and macro trends—rising digital asset ownership, growing IAM integrations, and mainstream acceptance of encrypted vaults—support adoption; the concept scores high on market fit (Market Score 88/100) with solid revenue potential (78/100). This idea can differentiate by combining proactive, scheduled maintenance with verifiable, conditional cross-service handoffs and strong privacy guarantees, rather than one-off password dumps or brittle legal documents. Real challenges are integration complexity, liability/regulatory questions, and trust-building against medium competition, but focusing on a narrow set of high-value integrations and partner channels could make it practical and scalable.

Market Opportunity

Scheduled digital legacy check-ins to secure accounts and continuity targets a $3.0B = 200M adult internet users willing to pay $15 ACV for basic digital-legacy/continuity services total addressable market with medium saturation and a year-over-year growth rate of 12% annual growth in identity/access management and digital estate services (source: combined identity management market growth and reported increases in digital-asset management demand).

Key trends driving demand: Trend — Rising digital asset ownership (cloud accounts, crypto, subscriptions) creates ongoing demand for inheritance and continuity tools that go beyond simple password sharing.; Trend — Identity and access management (IAM) growth means more APIs and integrations exist to automate handoffs and revoke access, enabling cross-service orchestration.; Trend — Privacy-preserving and verifiable data handling (encrypted vaults, key escrow) is becoming mainstream, which increases user trust in third-party continuity services..

Key competitors include Google Inactive Account Manager, LastPass Emergency Access, Dead Man's Switch (various standalone services like deadmansswitch.net and ifidie.org).

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Scheduled digital legacy check-ins to secure accounts and continuity

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