Questions about Wardict
Frequently asked questions
Everything we get asked about Wardict: what it does, what it costs, and how to read the verdict.
What is Wardict?
Wardict is your autonomous venture partner. You drop your business idea and get on with your day. The Warden will test it with real people and let you know what they actually do: it works out the biggest question standing between that idea and something worth building, designs a test that would answer it, and, once you approve, puts the test in front of real people and comes back with what they did. You step in when a decision needs you.
Who is Wardict for?
Anyone with an idea and no easy way to find out if it is real. You do not need a business plan, a pitch deck, or any background in startups. First-time founders, side-project builders, people leaving a job with something in mind, and anyone who would rather know before spending a year on it.
How does Wardict work?
You describe your idea in a sentence or two. The Warden reads it and names the one thing we need to know first, with what is at stake if the answer turns out to be no. If you want it answered, you approve the test. Wardict builds a page for that one question, writes the ads, brings in people who look like your likely customers, and counts what they do against a line set before the test started.
What is the question?
It is the thing your idea most depends on being true, and that nobody has checked. Every idea rests on several of these, and the Warden picks the one worth answering first: the most important one that a test can actually reach. When it is answered, the Warden picks the next one.
Do I have to understand startup methodology to use this?
No, and that is deliberate. Wardict does the startup judgement so you do not have to learn it. You will never be asked to rank an assumption, design an experiment, choose a sample size or interpret a conversion rate. Those are the Warden's job. You approve the things that spend money or reach real people, and you decide what to do with the answer.
How is Wardict different from asking an AI?
An AI will tell you what it thinks about your idea. It cannot tell you what a stranger did when they saw it. Wardict puts the question in front of real people and reports what happened. The rule the whole product rests on is that a result only counts as evidence when a real person's behaviour produced it.
How is Wardict different from an AI builder like Lovable, Bolt, or Google AI Studio?
Those tools help you make the thing: a page, a prototype, a fake front door. Wardict decides what the thing has to prove, builds and hosts it, brings the people, and reads the result. If you go on to build, those tools are how you build it.
Should I build the product first?
Usually not. Building is the most expensive way to find out whether anybody wants something. Wardict tells you when building has become the cheapest remaining way to learn what is still unknown, which is a real moment and not a slogan: it happens once the questions that can be answered without a product have been answered.
What does the test actually do?
Wardict builds a simple page that explains the idea, written to answer the one question at hand, and shows it to people who match your likely customer. It counts how many of them act on it. The number that counts as a pass is set before the test runs and does not move afterwards, which is the only reason the result means anything.
What is the difference between a first reading and a full test?
Size. Both use the same page, the same ads and the same question. A first reading shows your page to about 100 people for £19.99 and tells you if the idea is worth a full test. A full test shows it to up to 472 people for £99 and gives a pass or a fail. If you start with a first reading, its visitors count, and the full test then costs £79.
Do people who find my page another way count?
Yes, while the test runs. Everyone who comes to your page is counted, and the result says how many came from the ads. A result still needs its visitors from the ads. When the test ends, the count is final.
What do I have to do while the test runs?
Nothing. That is the product. You approve the test once, and the Warden builds the page, writes the ads, buys the traffic and watches the result. You get an email when it is live and an email when there is something worth knowing.
What happens if the test goes against my idea?
You find out early, which is the whole point. The Warden will also tell you what it would try instead: one revised version of the idea, with the evidence that prompted it. You can test that version or keep your original. Nothing changes unless you say so. If a second version fails too, the Warden will say it thinks you should stop.
Does Wardict replace talking to customers?
No. A test tells you what people did when they saw an offer. Talking to people tells you why. Wardict is the fastest way to find out whether it is worth having those conversations at all, and it is not a substitute for having them.
Can I use Wardict for more than one idea?
Yes. Every idea you test stays in Your Venture Portfolio, which shows what each one is trying to prove, what is happening, and whether Wardict needs you for anything. Wardict decides the order, so you are never asked to manage a queue.
What is included free?
Finding out what Wardict would test first. Up to three ideas a day, the question that matters most about each one, and the test that would answer it, so you can decide whether it is worth running before you pay anything.
Is Wardict legal, financial, or investment advice?
No. Wardict is not legal, financial, investment, tax, or professional advice. What the Warden thinks is an AI-generated opinion. What a test measured is what real people did. Founders remain responsible for their own decisions, due diligence, and next steps.
Can I see the Warden's working?
Yes. Every venture has a case file holding everything behind the answer: what the idea rests on, the sources behind each part, the test design and its lines, the traffic, and the Warden's reasoning. It is not the default screen, on purpose. It is there for when you want to check the work rather than take it on trust.
What happens to my idea and my data?
Your idea is yours. We do not sell your personal data. To produce the verdict, the text you write is sent to Google's Gemini API through our own server, and Google acts as an independent processor there: we make no promise on Google's behalf about how long it holds a request or whether it is used for training, and Google's own terms govern that. Your account, your verdicts and your venture evidence are kept while your account is open and deleted within 30 days of closing it. The only thing Wardict publishes is the test page itself, at an address like wardict.com/test/your-idea, and only after you approve the test. Full detail is in the Privacy Policy.
Why should I pay for Wardict?
Because a bad idea can cost you a year of evenings and a painful conversation with your bank account. A first reading costs £19.99, once. A full test costs £99, once. At least half of each price buys the people who see your page. There is no subscription.
Still have a question? Email warden@wardict.com.
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