Custody

Enhance asset accountability

Use our custody feature to assign assets to individuals through shelf. Better asset management, always ready for an audit.

Asset custody is live. Signed asset custody is under development.
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Why Asset Custody?

Having an asset inventory with asset names is a good start. For extra security and reliability - knowing who has had custody over an asset over its lifetime provides extra value when auditing your inventory.

  • Single source of truth for asset custody

  • Easy custodian change through desktop or by scanning asset labels

  • Team members can log custody changes

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Problems asset custody solves

Audits happen, staff being onboarded and off boarded are common situations. An asset registry and custody allows for quick answers on how to react to various situations.

  • Assets without custody are shown as available

  • Assets under the active use of a team member are under custody

  • New staff? Check what is available and provision it to them

  • Staff departing? Query shelf to see all assets that must be returned

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Team Member Profile Pages

Instantly see all assets currently in a team member's custody.

  • Booking History: Access a complete record of past and upcoming bookings for each individual.

  • Streamlined Navigation: Easily switch between asset and booking views for each team member.

  • Powerful Filtering: Use categories, tags, and locations to quickly find specific assets.

  • Role Visibility: Clearly displayed user roles (e.g., Owner) for at-a-glance team structure understanding.

Reviews

Read some words from our users. Shelf is on a mission to empower teams to track 1 Billion assets by 2033.

I've been using Shelf for my & our filming equipment management, and it has been a game-changer. The personal support is exceptional. I’m especially impressed with how quickly they are able to address our feature requests and fix problems. Shelf has made our operations smoother and more efficient. Highly recommended!
Arthur "AK" Kallinen
Arthur "AK" Kallinen
We use Shelf to track all of assets/equipment that moves in between our 7 locations. Our team loves how simple and straightforward it is to use, Shelf is by far one of the cleanest UI's compared to the other solutions we have tried. We particularly love the unclaimed asset tags; it gives our team the freedom to tag assets and then enter the info when it's convenient.
Joey Stills
Joey Stills
7 locations managed in 1 workspace
We have been using Shelf for several months now and have found the service to be well worth the learning curve. We primarily use it for keeping track of roughly 400 assets that are out in the field and 120 within our office itself. The system for assigning the devices to team members is easy to learn and the duplication and creation of assets within the system are as well. While we have yet to utilize the booking feature, we there is a significant chance that we may use it in the future for our onboarding process. We have found the search functionality to be useful and the inventory value system is phenomenal.
Coby Sherrod
Coby Sherrod
Simple and powerful
"πŸ‘πŸ½"
Kaja Wolffers
Kaja Wolffers
Head of Content Prime Video Benelux @ Amazon
"We've been looking for an asset tracking software to help us manage all the gear for our trucks. Shelf has helped us exponentially and Carlos has been there every step of the way!"
Jason Baros
Jason Baros
Shelf user
"When I read about what features Shelf is offering, it definetly deserved a try and I am using it from few weeks now and I'm totally satisfied. Awesome product, will recommend everyone to try atleast once."
Hunar Arora
Hunar Arora
Shelf user
"Congratulations with the launch, Carlos. I have been waiting for a simple and straight forward app to track all my assets and golden samples within my company."
 Erik Stakenborg
Erik Stakenborg
Shelf user
"Congrats with a launch! I've been following Carlos on Twitter and we've chatted for a few times. I can say for sure that Carlos deeply cares about what he's building when makes me sure the product is very decent too!"
Igor Krasnik
Igor Krasnik
CTO @ Paralect | IndieHacker @ Momentum | Cheerleader @ Nano Fund
"The idea of building a smart asset tracking and management tool is very smart. I wonder if your clients are mostly remote, hybrid or in-office kind of? I can bet remote mostly, since they're delivering assets worldwide? +1 for showing yourself as you are within the #buildinpublic community! Congratulations on your launch!"
Nacho Franchini
Nacho Franchini
3x Co-Founder
"No more treasure hunts for missing items or wasting time searching through piles. With Shelf, everything is at our fingertips, and workflows have become super smooth. πŸš€ If you want to add some fun and efficiency to your asset management, trust me, Shelf is your go-to buddy. Don't miss out on this smart tool – it's an asset management superhero! πŸ¦Έβ€β™‚οΈπŸ’ͺ"
Shashank Singh
Shashank Singh
Shelf user
"πŸŽ‰ Congrats my brother @carlos_virreira on launching shelf! πŸš€ It's an excellent asset-tracking tool that saves time and boosts productivity. In just one line I would say go for the shelf. ! Great job! 😊 #GameChanger"
Udayraj Parmar
Udayraj Parmar
Shelf user
I've been using Shelf for my & our filming equipment management, and it has been a game-changer. The personal support is exceptional. I’m especially impressed with how quickly they are able to address our feature requests and fix problems. Shelf has made our operations smoother and more efficient. Highly recommended!
Arthur "AK" Kallinen
Arthur "AK" Kallinen
We use Shelf to track all of assets/equipment that moves in between our 7 locations. Our team loves how simple and straightforward it is to use, Shelf is by far one of the cleanest UI's compared to the other solutions we have tried. We particularly love the unclaimed asset tags; it gives our team the freedom to tag assets and then enter the info when it's convenient.
Joey Stills
Joey Stills
7 locations managed in 1 workspace
We have been using Shelf for several months now and have found the service to be well worth the learning curve. We primarily use it for keeping track of roughly 400 assets that are out in the field and 120 within our office itself. The system for assigning the devices to team members is easy to learn and the duplication and creation of assets within the system are as well. While we have yet to utilize the booking feature, we there is a significant chance that we may use it in the future for our onboarding process. We have found the search functionality to be useful and the inventory value system is phenomenal.
Coby Sherrod
Coby Sherrod
Simple and powerful
"πŸ‘πŸ½"
Kaja Wolffers
Kaja Wolffers
Head of Content Prime Video Benelux @ Amazon
"We've been looking for an asset tracking software to help us manage all the gear for our trucks. Shelf has helped us exponentially and Carlos has been there every step of the way!"
Jason Baros
Jason Baros
Shelf user
"When I read about what features Shelf is offering, it definetly deserved a try and I am using it from few weeks now and I'm totally satisfied. Awesome product, will recommend everyone to try atleast once."
Hunar Arora
Hunar Arora
Shelf user
"Congratulations with the launch, Carlos. I have been waiting for a simple and straight forward app to track all my assets and golden samples within my company."
 Erik Stakenborg
Erik Stakenborg
Shelf user
"Congrats with a launch! I've been following Carlos on Twitter and we've chatted for a few times. I can say for sure that Carlos deeply cares about what he's building when makes me sure the product is very decent too!"
Igor Krasnik
Igor Krasnik
CTO @ Paralect | IndieHacker @ Momentum | Cheerleader @ Nano Fund
"The idea of building a smart asset tracking and management tool is very smart. I wonder if your clients are mostly remote, hybrid or in-office kind of? I can bet remote mostly, since they're delivering assets worldwide? +1 for showing yourself as you are within the #buildinpublic community! Congratulations on your launch!"
Nacho Franchini
Nacho Franchini
3x Co-Founder
"No more treasure hunts for missing items or wasting time searching through piles. With Shelf, everything is at our fingertips, and workflows have become super smooth. πŸš€ If you want to add some fun and efficiency to your asset management, trust me, Shelf is your go-to buddy. Don't miss out on this smart tool – it's an asset management superhero! πŸ¦Έβ€β™‚οΈπŸ’ͺ"
Shashank Singh
Shashank Singh
Shelf user
"πŸŽ‰ Congrats my brother @carlos_virreira on launching shelf! πŸš€ It's an excellent asset-tracking tool that saves time and boosts productivity. In just one line I would say go for the shelf. ! Great job! 😊 #GameChanger"
Udayraj Parmar
Udayraj Parmar
Shelf user
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How to use asset custody

Asset custody is live and ready for usage. Follow the steps below to get started.

Register to Shelf

Simply register to shelf. Each user starts with a personal workspace.

Create one asset

Create one or many assets to your asset database. Plus and team plans can import via CSV.

Add a team member

You can add 'non registered' team members to shelf. This way you can use a personal account and still keep track of who has custody over what.

Assign custody

Go to your asset page, navigate to your actions panel and pick 'give custody' from there you can select the team member you want to give custody to.

Custody for assets is live and ready for you to use.