0 items
How?
Add the exact original files for this part of the record. Keep them unchanged; a different export or edit has a different fingerprint.
Add link and screenshots
The link is recorded, not fetched or verified.
Shopping
Keep dated original photos of item condition and packaging before a sale or shipment.
Keep dated original photos of item condition and packaging before a sale or shipment. Keep your original source records together, then date the exact files. It does not prove who created the file, that its contents are true, or that it was sent, approved or accepted.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
EXAMPLE
Item condition before sale or shipping
1 Nov 2026
Authority time: 14:02 UTC · example
Bitcoin block time: 14:10 UTC · example
Last checked: 15:02 UTC · example
Bitcoin block time: 14:10 UTC · example
Last checked: 15:02 UTC · example
✓ Dated◆ Permanent
Now keep it safe: three things
- Keep your photos and files unedited. The receipt only matches the originals. Put them in an album such as “My records”.
- Save this receipt to your camera roll.
Keep the receipt file too. The image is a handy copy; checking needs the file.
- Email it to yourself.Email it to myself
Your mail app opens a draft. Attach your receipt image and receipt file. Don’t attach your photos or documents. Timevolt does not send it or know whether it was sent.
Your record, one step at a time.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
Local preview: files are fingerprinted here. Notes and progress stay in this browser. Keep downloaded copies; browser storage is not a backup.
0 items
How?
Add the exact original files for this part of the record. Keep them unchanged; a different export or edit has a different fingerprint.
Add link and screenshots
The link is recorded, not fetched or verified.
0 items
How?
Record the date, time, place and who you spoke to. New notes are saved separately rather than editing an old note.
How to keep notes that hold upWrite it down
By making a receipt you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. The Bitcoin record is permanent.
By making a receipt you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. The Bitcoin record is permanent.
How to keep notes that hold up
Write notes as soon as you can. Keep the original account rather than replacing it later; the venue decides what weight it gets.
- Write it down straight away, on paper or in the box on a step.
- Put the date, time and place at the top, and who you spoke to.
- Use their words where you can; separate what you saw from what you were told.
- Sign or initial a paper note, photograph it and add the photo.
- Never edit an old note. Add a new dated entry when something changes. A device save time is not independent time evidence or proof of event order.
Item condition before sale or shipping
Item condition before sale or shipping
01 · Keep the exact files
Keep the original files for item condition before sale or shipping. Include any existing photos, signed records and source-system exports.
Records to keep: Item photos · Serial number
Item condition before sale or shipping
02 · Date the file’s code
Your device fingerprints the selected file or manifest. Dated follows an independent timestamp; Permanent follows Bitcoin anchoring.
An independent time, tied to the exact bytes.
Item condition before sale or shipping
03 · Keep the evidence
Keep the original files and complete receipt separately, alongside any existing venue, signature and workflow records.
Keep the originals too. A changed or compressed copy has a different fingerprint.
Try a file. It stays here.
Make a test receipt on this device.
By making a receipt you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. The Bitcoin record is permanent.
or drop a file here
Real cases: why the saved copy matters.
Real cases where dated records mattered. We don’t claim a time receipt would have changed the result.
United Kingdom · 2025
Returned-item claims need reliable condition proof
A seller said a returned item had damage and lacked a cable after a payment claim. The review found the service followed its terms, with no proof that a different item came back. The complaint failed without deciding if the buyer owed for damage.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the source ›United Kingdom · 2023
Delivery proof does not answer a damage claim
A seller facing a claim about a damaged TV could upload only one file at first. The reviewer allowed pay for that trouble, not the TV's price. Later repair proof did not show that timely evidence would have changed the outcome.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the source ›What courts, schemes and regulators say.
Positions below refer to the cited rule or record type, not endorsement of Timevolt. This service is not represented as an eIDAS qualified timestamp provider. A non-qualified timestamp does not receive the qualified timestamp presumption.
eBay official help
Supporting evidence for not-as-described or damaged items
Recommends clear pre-postage condition photos; buyer’s payment institution decides. This is a platform process, not an endorsement of private receipts.
Source summary as of 2026-10-29. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceBack Market official help
Required pre-shipping photographs
Calls for device views and packaging with readable shipping label, retained safely. Dating a file does not complete this photographic step.
Source summary as of 2026-10-29. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceTrade Me proof-of-goods policy
Follow the request; photograph goods with physical dated publication
This distinct possession check says electronic documents are not accepted. A private digital receipt cannot replace the requested physical publication in the image; follow the actual email instructions.
Source summary as of 2026-10-29. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceOther ways to do this
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Related workflows.
Proves / Doesn’t prove
Proves
A completed time receipt shows that the exact selected file existed by the independently witnessed time. You can check whether a later copy has the same bytes. It does not establish creation time, authorship, identity, event order, location or the truth of the contents.
Doesn’t prove
It does not prove who created the file, that its contents are true, or that it was sent, approved or accepted.
It does not prove who created the file, that its contents are true, or that it was sent, approved or accepted.
These are the bounds of a completed proof. The local tester does not establish any time. The chosen court, scheme or regulator decides what to accept.
Questions, answered plainly.
Your file stays on your device. During normal receipt creation, your device sends a randomized code made from its fingerprint, plus encrypted recovery data. It doesn't send the plain fingerprint or the random value that opens the code. Keep the original file and the complete receipt for checking. Privacy Policy.
Do photos guarantee seller protection?
No. In the returned-item case, the ombudsman found the particular seller-protection terms did not cover the situation.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerWhat does eBay recommend for a condition dispute?
Its UK payment-dispute help recommends a clear photo of the item as described and its condition before posting.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerWhat does Back Market ask me to photograph?
The US trade-in help lists the device from relevant angles and the packaged device with its shipping label.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerCan I use a digital receipt for Trade Me’s possession check?
Its proof-of-goods page says electronic documents are not accepted for the requested dated-publication evidence. Follow the request.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerDoes proof of delivery prove undamaged condition?
No. In the television decision, delivery was undisputed and did not resolve the damage claim.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerThe file tester runs on your device. It does not issue a timestamp or take a payment.
Keep the records you already have.
Keep your original files and any existing official records while the receipt service is being prepared.