Colnect

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Colnect Collectors Club Community
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Type of site
Online collectible item catalogs and personal collection management
Available in62 languages
Founded28 April 2002
OwnerColnect, private
Founder(s)Amir Wald
URLhttp://colnect.com/
Registrationfree registration is optional
Current statusActive

Colnect Collectors Club Community is a website containing wiki-like collectables catalogs. It allows collectors to manage their personal collection using these catalogs and automatically match their swap/wish-lists with those of other collectors. Colnect provides a marketplace dedicated to buying and selling collectibles. Colnect's phone cards catalog is the biggest in the world.[1][2]

History[]

Colnect was founded in 2002 as Islands Phonecards Database with the aim to create a catalog of all phonecards. Since autumn 2008, stamps and coins are supported in addition to phone cards. In the meantime, 43[3] types of collectables are represented. Here is an overview of selected collectibles:

Collectable Added on Number of items Link to catalog
Phonecards April 2002 811,271 Phonecard catalog
Stamps September 2008 1,067,196 Stamp catalog
Coins September 2008 165,563 Coin catalog
Banknotes May 2009 130,735 Banknote catalog
Bottle Caps May 2009 49,507 Bottle Cap catalog
Tea Bags August 2009 135,348 Tea Bag catalog
Bank Cards November 2009 55,154 Bank Card catalog
Transportation Tickets November 2009 88,681 Transportation Ticket catalog
Hotel Key Cards November 2009 119,560 Hotel Key Card catalog
Postcards December 2009 245,733 Postcard catalog
Gift Cards June 2010 242,932 Gift Card catalog
Casino Cards June 2010 2,716 Casino Card catalog
Beer Coasters January 2011 116,866 Beer Coaster catalog
Tokens June 2012 39,941 Token catalog
Trading Card Games July 2012 212,893 Trading Card Game catalog
Sugar Packets July 2012 114,995 Sugar Packet catalog
LEGO Sets August 2012 21,881 LEGO Set catalog
Stickers August 2012 124,566 Sticker catalog
Pocket Calendars October 2012 104,535 Pocket Calendar catalog
Video Games December 2012 184,846 Video Game catalog
Functional Cards January 2013[4] 56,179 Functional Card catalog
Drink Labels February 2013[5] 210,810 Drink Label catalog
Medals and Decorations March 2013[6] 26,905 Decoration catalog
Tea Labels April 2013 24,016 Tea Label catalog
Lottery Tickets May 2013[7] 36,901 Lottery Ticket catalog
Paper Clips January 2014[8] 80,209 Paper Clip catalog
Sports Cards February 2014[9] 138,539 Sports Card catalog
Mini Cup Lids March 2014[10] 61,788 Mini Cup Lids catalog
Kids Meal Toys April 2014[11] 57,985 Kids' Meal Toy catalog
Holy Cards December 2015 14,361 Holy Card catalog
Admission Tickets February 2016 13,714 Admission Ticket catalog
Philatelic Products January 2017 112,244 Philatelic Product catalog
Bookmarks May 2017 20,538 Bookmark catalog
Cigarette Packs July 2017 22,142 Cigarette Pack catalog
Comics September 2017 36,008 Comic catalog
Aircraft Safety Cards January 2018 4,042 Aircraft Safety Card catalog
Paper Napkins February 2018 35,255 Paper Napkin catalog
Fruit Stickers March 2018 16,083 Fruit Sticker catalog
Food Labels June 2019 20,049 Food Label catalog
Chocolate Wrappers April 2019 28,713 Chocolate Wrapper catalog
Cigar Bands April 2020 35,707 Cigar Band catalog
Lapel Pins April 2020 28,475 Lapel Pin catalog
Die-Cast Models December 2020 6,461 Die-Cast Models catalog
Magazines August 2021 3,189 Magazines catalog

(Last Updated: 2 September 2021, the figures in the table above were updated)

Features[]

The collectables catalogs on Colnect are created by collectors using the site. New items are added by contributors and verified by volunteering editors. Though any collector may add their comments on a catalog item, actual changes are done only by site-trusted editors. All users can see the catalog information (issue dates, print runs, pictures, etc.). Registered users can additionally manage their personal collection by marking each item as belonging to their collection, swap list or wish list while browsing through the catalogs. These users automatically can match their swap list with a wish list of another user and vice versa.[12] Users can purchase a Premium membership with additional features. Contributors get it for free. Premium members can download any list with collectables and open it as a spreadsheet.

Colnect provides a marketplace for collectibles. It is publicly available since December 27, 2017. Sales on the marketplace are connected to the centralized catalogs. Sellers can post items for sale directly from the catalog and buyers can view information about a collectible on the item's page.

Statistics[]

The site reports it caters for collectors from 113[13] countries. Hundreds of them are helping the site voluntarily, including the translators who translate Colnect into 62 languages.

As of 2018 Colnect lists 435 Chinese transportation tickets, which are issued by 147 different Chinese companies.[14]

Rewards[]

On April 25, 2009 Colnect was announced as the winner in the European Startup 2.0 competition, out of about 200 competing companies and 11 finalists.[15][16]

On December 31, 2009 Colnect was a close runner up on the TechAviv Peer Awards startup companies competition. It has lost to 5min by a single vote.[17][18]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "TechNation- מדור הטכונולוגיה וההייטק של דה מרקר - TheMarker". TheMarker. Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.
  2. ^ "Article from "Israel on Blog"". Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  3. ^ "Colnect, connecting collectors: Colnect". colnect.com.
  4. ^ "Colnect, Connecting Collectors: Functional Cards: New and Game Changing Category". Colnect.
  5. ^ "Colnect, Connecting Collectors: Drink Labels on Colnect - New Drink Labels Catalog is now available". Colnect.
  6. ^ "Colnect, Connecting Collectors: Medal Collectors - welcome to Colnect!". Colnect.
  7. ^ "Colnect, Connecting Collectors: Lottery Tickets - A New Category Joins Colnect". Colnect.
  8. ^ "Colnect, Connecting Collectors: Paper Clips Collectors Welcome to Colnect". Colnect.
  9. ^ "Colnect, Connecting Collectors: Colnect Welcomes the New Sports Cards Catalog". Colnect.
  10. ^ "Colnect, Connecting Collectors: Mini Cup Lids - Now Joining the Colnect Catalogs". Colnect.
  11. ^ "Colnect, Connecting Collectors: Kids Meal Toys - Fun and New on Colnect". Colnect.
  12. ^ Roi Carthy. "Colnect Is A No-Frills Collectibles Marketplace And Wiki. Someone Wake Up David Cowan!". TechCrunch. AOL.
  13. ^ "Collectors : Countries List [Collectibles: All]". colnect.com.
  14. ^ Chinese Money Matters (The British Museum) - 49. Chinese transportation tokens and tickets. Retrieved: 02 July 2018.
  15. ^ Colnect wins Startup2.0 Archived 2009-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ Amir Wald. YouTube. 11 November 2009.
  17. ^ TechAviv Peer Awards
  18. ^ "5min Wins Top Spot in TechAviv's Peer Awards". VC Cafe.

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