A researcher finds whereyour video comes from.
The automatic search is free and takes a minute. When it is not enough, a person takes over: your frames, every tool we have, and an afternoon of judgement. Who posted it, where it was filmed, what else is out there. An email with what we found within 48 hours, for $39. Nothing found, every cent back.
- Start with the free scan below. The order form is on the result page, whatever it shows.
- Tell us what you want to know and anything you already know. It changes where we look.
- $39 once, by card or Apple Pay. No account, no subscription. Full refund if we find nothing at all.
A link checks the first ~5 seconds. To check the whole video, upload the file.
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Not a real result — try your own video above ↑ order the search by a person for $39 — answer by email within 48 h
Tools find pages. A person reads them.
Scan first, free
The automatic search samples up to 24 frames and asks Google's image index, Lens and our own catalogue. Most of the time that is the answer. Order the person only when the result page is not enough.
A researcher takes the frames
Every frame, not a sample. Crops, flipped copies, the text on screen, the music, the comments under each page found, the account that posted first. Lens on the watch, the car, the storefront in the background.
An email with what we found
The original post with its account and date, the reposts, where it was filmed when the frames say, and what we could not establish. Plain language, links you can open. Within 48 hours, usually sooner.
A question is not a subscription.
You want one thing answered. People-search sites sell that as a monthly plan with a trial that renews; investigators bill by the hour.
$39 for the answer, once. If we find nothing at all, you pay nothing: the refund is automatic, not a form.
- Retrace, by a person
- $39
- People-search site (1 month)
- $29.99
- Private investigator (1 hour)
- $100+
Straight answers.
Scan first, free. The order form is on the result page.
Scan the video free →What does the person actually do?
Everything the automatic search does, done slowly and on every frame, plus what software does not: reading the pages found, checking which account posted first, searching the text on screen, the song, the objects and the place in the background, and writing you a plain answer with the links. We do not search by face and we do not build profiles of people.
What can you find, and what can you not?
Where a public video was published, by whom and when; its reposts; often where it was filmed. We cannot find a private person who never posted the video, we cannot identify someone by their face, and we do not try. If your question is who a stranger is from their face alone, we will say so before you pay.
How long does it take?
Within 48 hours of payment, usually the same day. The email comes from a person and you can reply to it.
What if you find nothing?
You get every cent back, automatically. 'Nothing' means no public page with that footage, no account, no location. A partial answer (the reposts but not the original, say) is an answer, and we tell you exactly what is and is not established.
Why not just the free scan?
Use it. It is enough most of the time, and it is where you start here too. Order the person when the scan shows pages you cannot make sense of, when it finds nothing and the question matters, or when you need more than a link: who, when, where, and in writing.
What does $39 cover?
One video and one question about it, however many frames and pages it takes. $39 once, by card or Apple Pay, on a Stripe page. No account needed. Your file is deleted an hour after the scan; what we find is sent only to the address you give and kept nowhere else.