Vault. Will. Handover pack.
Plan the handover,not just the paperwork.
Create a South African will, organise your important documents, record your final wishes and leave a handover pack your family can actually use.
✓ Available now: will tools and existing paid vault access. New vault checkout is paused.
◦ Coming soon: funeral, life and estate liquidity cover.
When I Am Gone provides educational content and estate information storage tools. For guidance specific to your situation, consult a qualified attorney or fiduciary practitioner. Find an adviser or book a consultation.
Start here
One clear path, from learning to leaving things in order
Most South Africans never quite know where to begin. So we have laid it out as one path: understand the basics, build your will and vault, and bring in a professional only if your situation actually needs one.
Step one
Learn the basics
Learn what a will does, what the vault stores, and what usually costs money when an estate is wound up.
Start learningStep two
Create your will and vault
Create a free account and generate a Wills Act-compliant will when you are ready. New paid vault checkout is paused during billing review.
Build mineStep three
Get professional advice if you need it
Book a paid consultation with a When I Am Gone specialist, or browse vetted attorneys, fiduciaries and financial planners across SA.
Find a professional
What you can do here
What When I Am Gone offers
A factual look at the tools we build today. Each part is priced separately, so you only pay for what you actually use. Full breakdown is on the pricing page.
South African will
R 99 once-off
A guided will template you print and sign with two competent witnesses, as required by the Wills Act 7 of 1953.
Encrypted estate vault
Account registration is free. New vault checkout is paused
Existing paid vault accounts retain access. Consumer vault entries are browser-encrypted. Some authorised sharing functions use server-side envelope encryption. Public LifeKey release requests and key-holder handover remain paused during private review and are not included as a live benefit.
Executor handover pack
Available to existing paid vault accounts
An export-ready PDF with everything your executor and family will need, generated from your vault.
Key holders
Not yet publicly available
The planned key-holder release workflow is in private review. Public requests are paused and this is not currently a live paid-plan benefit.
Digital legacy
Available to existing paid vault accounts
Record digital accounts and preferences so nothing important is lost when you are gone. We never store passwords or seed phrases.
Practitioner workflow
Separate plan for attorneys and advisers
A portal for attorneys and advisers managing client estates and Estate Advertisements. Priced separately, see For Professionals.
Getting started
How it works
Four steps to organise your estate information, at your own pace.
Create vault
Set up your vault with email verification. Your vault entries are encrypted before they leave your device.
Add documents & details
Upload important documents and record key information about your assets, accounts, and wishes.
Plan the handover
Record trusted contacts and export a handover pack yourself. Public LifeKey access requests remain paused during private review.
Generate handover pack
Export a structured PDF based on the information entered, for use in estate administration.
Built for privacy
How vault security works.
Consumer vault entries are browser-encrypted. Some authorised sharing functions use server-side envelope encryption. The planned LifeKey release workflow is in private review and public key-holder access requests are paused.
- Encrypted before it leaves your device
- Consumer vault entries are browser-encrypted. Some authorised sharing workflows use server-side envelope encryption so access can be scanned, granted and audited.
- Passphrase-protected
- Decryption requires the passphrase you set.
- Full audit log
- See who accessed what, and when.
- Private by design
- Consumer vault entries are browser-encrypted. Some authorised sharing workflows use server-side envelope encryption so access can be scanned, granted and audited. Current vault access requires your authenticated account and passphrase. Public LifeKey and key-holder access remain paused.
South African first
Digital legacy and crypto inheritance
Most South African estates lose money to forgotten subscriptions, locked email accounts and crypto wallets nobody can open. We give your executor a complete digital handover plan, without ever storing your passwords or seed phrases.
- Online presence
- Email, social media and cloud storage with memorialise, delete or transfer instructions for each account.
- Recurring spend
- Subscriptions and domains your executor must cancel before they keep billing the estate.
- Crypto and exchanges
- Luno, VALR, Binance and self-custodied wallets with recovery guidance, never the keys themselves.
- Per-account wishes
- Clear instructions for each platform so the right person makes the right call without guessing.
Stories
Stories from South African families and the practitioners who work with them.
Real accounts gathered with consent from the families and practitioners we work with, and from our own team. Every piece is reviewed by a human before it is published. Some stories are anonymised composites; those are clearly labelled.
Why I built When I Am Gone
“They were not careless. They had wills. And still the family paid the price.”
Pricing
Product status
Each tool is priced on its own. Pay for what you need, when you need it.
South African will
A Wills Act-compliant draft will you print and sign
R 99 once-off. No subscription required. Standard and Muslim will draft pathways.
Estate vault
Encrypted storage for documents, accounts and key information
Free account registration. New vault checkout is paused. Existing paid access includes handover pack export.
Estate notices
Section 29 and Section 35 newspaper notices, prepared and submitted
Section 29 liquidation notice. Section 35 estate notice. Submitted to approved newspapers.
The full picture
Will tools and existing paid vault access are available. New vault checkout is paused, and insurance products are not for sale.
Available today
- Encrypted vault
- Existing paid accounts can manage assets, liabilities and key contacts. New checkout is paused.
- Will generator
- Civil and Muslim pathways with executor quick-pack and liquidity guidance.
- Estate notices
- Section 29 and Section 35 newspaper notices, prepared and submitted.
Quick answers
The questions families ask first.
- What is WIAG?
- An estate-readiness service to help you prepare your will, organise key documents, and leave clearer instructions.
- Does the QR code unlock my vault?
- No. The proposed QR reporting workflow is in private review and public submissions are paused.
- Do I have to appoint WIAG as executor?
- No. Executor choice remains yours.
- Is an online will automatically valid?
- No. It still has to be properly signed and witnessed under South African law.
- Can WIAG store my signed will and key records?
- Yes, where that service is selected.
- Is funeral or life cover available now?
- Only if clearly marked as live. "Coming soon" means not yet available.