RepGuard: self-serve evidence kit for smeared businesses

Help small businesses turn fake reviews and copycats into submittable evidence packs

Problem

One owner had a displeased customer's relatives post false reviews across multiple platforms, including a fabricated medical-document accusation, and ignored a cease-and-desist. In another thread a developer found his closed-source app cracked, rebranded and republished with UI layout and localization files copied over. Solo merchants rarely know what to preserve or where to file.

Solution

A guided evidence tool: walk users through capturing and freezing evidence per platform (timestamped and hashed), auto-build a factual timeline and generate complaint/cease-and-desist templates, export a submittable pack, and track each platform's response status.

Users

Small brick-and-mortar businesses and indie developers facing fake reviews or copycats

MVP

Multi-platform negative-review/copycat checklist; timestamped and hashed screenshots and page archives; complaint and C&D template generator; per-platform PDF/zip evidence pack; resolution status board

Revenue

Pay-per-export packs or annual subscription; affiliate revenue with local law and IP firms

Why now

Fake reviews and rebranded clones are getting easier to produce on content platforms while small merchants have no legal team; evidence assembly is pure workflow and buildable solo without platform APIs.