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Banking
People cannot receive their IRS tax refund checks because banks hold or close accounts
Individuals struggle to get their government refund checks released when banks place holds or shut accounts unexpectedly.
Asked ten times · In eight different places
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60
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What you could build
The offerA service that contacts the bank on behalf of the customer, documents the issue, and coordinates with the IRS to reissue the refund.
Who paysPeople whose tax refund checks are stuck or returned due to bank holds or account closures and need help recovering the funds.
First versionA simple web form to collect case details and a template letter package that the founder sends manually to the bank and IRS.
One way to serve the need, not the only one.
Why it scores 60
Demand51Ten asked in thirty days; reading on the subject down 4% on the month.
Timing56Last asked ten days ago; nothing before this month to compare against yet.
Market gap65Not measured yet: we have seen nothing written on it, and we read a narrow slice of what is sold.
Evidence68Eight independent voices at eight different places.
We show real demand. We never estimate what you'll earn.
PotentialLargePotential describes the market we observed. It is not a prediction of what you will earn.
How we know
Ten people asked for this in the last thirty days.
Eight different people, at eight different companies or products, said it in the open.
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What we don't know
Whether anyone will pay for it. No signal can tell us that. The first gate in a launch is there to find out.