If life happens to you, imok hands your business to someone you trust.

Imok quietly watches for your regular check-ins. If you ever go silent, it gently delivers a pre-written, encrypted handover packet — everything a successor needs to run or wind down your business — to the person you chose.

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What happens to your business if you can't run it tomorrow?

If you run a business alone, you are the single point of failure. The logins live in your head, the clients only know your email address, and nobody else knows which invoices are outstanding or where the backups are.

If something happens to you — an accident, an illness, anything that keeps you away — the revenue stops, clients are left stranded, and the people who care about you are locked out of everything. Not out of malice, but because no one ever had the keys.

We wrote about this in detail: what happens to your online business when you die. Imok exists so the answer isn't "it just disappears."

How it works

One job, done carefully: check in on a schedule you set, and if you go silent long enough, hand over the packet. Here's the full sequence.

1. ACTIVE

You check in by email link on the interval you chose — every few days, weekly, whatever fits your life. One click and the clock resets.

2. REMINDING

Miss a check-in and we email you reminders for 5 days. Life gets busy — this stage exists so a forgotten reminder never causes a release.

3. CONTACTING_TRUSTED

Still silent after your grace period? Your trusted contact gets one neutral message asking them to check on you. It deliberately never mentions a packet.

4. RELEASED

Only then does your successor receive a one-time reveal link to decrypt the packet. The link expires after 30 days or its first use.

Any check-in during the first three stages returns you to ACTIVE. Full walkthrough on how it works.

Security that assumes we'll be breached

Imok is built zero-knowledge from the ground up. Your packet is encrypted in your own browser with AES-256-GCM; the key is derived from your passphrase with PBKDF2 (SHA-256, 310,000 iterations). The passphrase never leaves your device.

  • Our servers store only ciphertext, the IV, the salt, and the iteration count.
  • Reveal and check-in tokens are random 32-byte values stored only as SHA-256 hashes.
  • Reveal links are one-time and expire after 30 days or first use.
  • Rate limits on magic links and reveal fetches, plus hardened session cookies.

We cannot read your packet, and we cannot recover your passphrase — by design. Read the full security model, including what it does and doesn't protect against.

Built for people who run businesses alone

If your business would stall the moment you're unavailable, Imok was built for you.

Solopreneurs

One-person agencies, consultants, and course creators whose clients know only them.

Indie founders

Bootstrapped products where the founder is the entire ops, support, and billing team.

Freelancers

Client work, contracts, and in-flight projects that someone must be able to hand off.

SaaS owners

Recurring-revenue apps where customers deserve a plan if the owner goes silent.

Bitcoiners

Self-custody holders who need family to find the seed backups — without exposing keys today.

Frequently asked questions

Is a dead man's switch legal?

Yes. You're simply arranging for information you own to be delivered to a person you choose if you stop responding — no different in principle from leaving instructions with a colleague. Imok is not a legal document and doesn't replace a will or estate planning; it handles the practical, operational side of your business.

Can Imok read my packet?

No. Your handover packet is encrypted in your browser with AES-256-GCM before it's uploaded, using a key derived from your passphrase. We only ever store ciphertext. Your passphrase is never transmitted, so we cannot read your packet and cannot recover your passphrase if you lose it. See our security model for the full details.

What if I forget to check in?

Nothing is released immediately. You first get 5 days of email reminders, then your trusted contact is notified once (without being told a packet exists), and only after that does the packet go to your successor. A single check-in at any point resets everything back to normal. The exact timing is explained on how it works.

Is this a digital will?

No. Imok is not a legal document, not estate planning advice, and not a substitute for a will. It solves a narrower, practical problem: making sure someone can actually operate your business — find the logins, the clients, the next steps — if you're suddenly unable to. See digital will vs. Imok.

How much does it cost?

Imok is free while in early access. After launch we plan one simple flat plan — around $2.9/month or $29/year — with everything included. If a subscription ever lapses, your switch pauses; it never triggers a release. Details on the pricing page.

How is this different from a password manager's emergency access?

Password managers hand over credentials. Imok hands over a written handover packet: what the business is, where things live, who to contact, and what to do first. It's built for one job — business continuity when you run everything alone. More questions are answered on the FAQ.

More answers on the full FAQ page, or see pricing.

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Your business shouldn't disappear with you.

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