Jointech

For the reseller

Jointech: GPS padlocks, a market where almost nobody competes with you

Shenzhen Joint Technology, of China. It makes electronic GPS padlocks and seals for containers and vans, as well as trackers.

Who you sell it to: logistics and foreign trade. This customer needs to know not only where the container is but whether it was opened, when, and at what point.

What it earns you: a niche ordinary tracking competitors never reach. And the goods-in-transit customer counts value in merchandise, not in device dollars: when a container is stolen he loses more in one night than everything he paid you in a year.

What to watch: the padlock is opened and closed, and that means an operating procedure you have to set up with the customer. If you don't define who authorises the opening, the device is worthless.

This brand's customer is usually here: assets with no engine, construction and machinery and what it really costs to start.

Which protocol it speaks: Jointech devices reach the platform over the Jointech and Sello electrónico protocols. Their pages explain what they are and how they work.