Digital time capsules
Make a digital time capsule
A digital time capsule is a message sealed now and opened later — letters, photos and videos, delivered on the day you choose. On SealedIn, it's free.
What is a digital time capsule?
It's the same idea as a box in the ground, without the box. You gather what you want to keep for later — words, pictures, a video of your voice — and seal it until a date you set. When the day comes, it's delivered to the people you chose, and they open it online.
On SealedIn, each time capsule is called an envelope.
What to put in it
- A letter about life right now: what you're worried about, what you hope for.
- Photos of the ordinary things that won't look ordinary in ten years.
- A video: your face, your voice, your house, the view from the window.
- Questions for the person opening it to answer.
Who people make them for
- For your children
A letter for their 18th, written while they're small.
- Baby time capsule
Messages for their first birthday, and far beyond.
- Weddings and anniversaries
Words for your first anniversary, or your tenth.
- Your future self
A letter to the person you'll be in a year.
- Birthdays and milestones
Arriving at 7am on the morning of the day.
- Video messages
Your face and your voice, for later.
Digital or a box in the loft?
A physical time capsule is lovely, and if you'll be there to dig it up, it works. A digital one is different in a few ways:
- It arrives on its own. No one has to remember where it is or when to open it.
- It can go to several people, wherever they live.
- It can hold video and sound, which a box can't play back.
- It can open at a particular minute, not just “some day”.
What a box has that we don't: you can hold it. Some people do both.
How long can it wait?
A free envelope can be sealed for up to 3 years. A Premium envelope, a one-off £4.99, can wait up to 25 years.
Somewhere safe to wait
Who looks after it.
SealedIn is run by Rabblepop Ltd, a UK company in Warrington.
Where it's kept.
On Amazon Web Services in London.
What we do with it.
Nothing but deliver it. No ads, no selling your data.
If plans change.
Cancel any time before delivery.
Questions
Is there a free digital time capsule?
Yes. SealedIn envelopes are free up to 500 MB and 3 years ahead.
Do I need an app?
No, it works in your browser.
How does the person open it?
From an email on the day, by signing in with a one-time code.
Say it now. Let it arrive later.
It's free to write, seal and send.
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