Box 7
Inside: camping stove, lantern, tent stakes, fire starters
Last recorded place: Back wall, shelf B
THE ORGANIZER
Know which box to look in before you go.
Keep box labels, what is inside each box and the last place you recorded it together. Search what you saved before your next trip to storage, instead of opening every box.
The demo uses made-up boxes and works without an account. Saving your own boxes needs one.
Illustration, not a photo of a real unit
Box 7: camping stove, lantern
Last recorded place: Back wall, shelf B
One list, from packing day to the day you need something
The organizer is the part of your plan that stays useful after the move. Each new box goes around the same four steps.
Step 1
Label the box
Print a label with a short code and a QR code for each box. The label never lists what is inside. Switch on Codes only if you would rather leave the box name off too.
Step 2
List what is inside
Add the things you would look for, in your own words, like winter lights or the good scissors. Search reads every word you wrote.
Step 3
Record where it went
Write the place the way you would say it, like back wall, shelf B. BoxNStore keeps it with the date. If a crew puts your things away during a service job, the place they record shows up too, marked as recorded by the crew.
It is the last place someone wrote down. If a box moves and nobody records it, the record does not change.
Step 4
Find it later
Search for what is inside or where you put it. You get the box and its last recorded place. Scanning the label opens the same record after you sign in.
Try it with made-up boxes
Search the 6 sample boxes. Then pretend you moved one and record its new place, and search again to see the last recorded place change.
- Nothing you type here is saved or sent. Reloading the page starts the demo over.
- The boxes, what is in them and the places are invented for this page. They are not anyone’s real belongings.
Sample boxes, made up for this demo
What is saved, and who can see it
In the demo above
Nothing is saved. What you type stays in this page’s memory. It is not added to the address, not stored in your browser and not sent to BoxNStore.
When you save your own
- Your boxes, what you list inside them and the places you record are saved to your BoxNStore account, in a plan you can open from My account.
- Only you can open them, while you are signed in. A printed label carries a code and a link, not your list. Anyone else who scans it sees nothing about your things.
- Other people can see a box only if you choose to share it. If you invite someone to see an inventory, they see item names and measurements. Your notes and recorded places are not part of what is shared.
- If you send the team a request, it includes only the plan summary you agree to share.
- Recording a place needs an account. Plans you start without one stay in your browser, unlocked by a cookie that lasts 30 days.
A recorded place is what you, or a crew during a service job, wrote down on that date. It is not live tracking, and the organizer cannot know about a move nobody recorded.
My account has an Export my information button that downloads your plans, including box names and what you listed inside. It does not include recorded places.
Your plan becomes your organizer
Box labels and inventory lists are familiar ideas. What is different here is where they start: from the plan you already made to choose and arrange your space, so you do not rebuild a list after the move.
Questions about the organizer
Do I need an account to try the organizer?
No. The demo on this page uses made-up boxes and works without an account. Saving your own boxes and recording where they are needs an account.
Is a recorded place live tracking?
No. It is the last place you, or a crew during a service job, wrote down, with the date. If a box moves and nobody records it, the record does not change.
What does the box label show?
A short code, a QR code, the plan name, BoxNStore and the box name. It never lists what is inside. Switch on Codes only to leave the box name off. Scanning the QR code opens the box record for its owner after sign in, and shows nobody else anything.
What can I search for?
Box names, the things you listed inside, notes, the plan name and the places you recorded.
Ready to keep your own list?
Set up your first box in four short steps: name it, record where it is, print its label and search for it straight away.