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Re: Show HN: ShelfLife, a social commerce platform for collectors

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Post by nickh » Tue, Mar 04, 2014, 11:24 PM UTC

hoopism wrote: post #4

Have to check out the Canadian version of DD. Site looks promising but lacked the few things I am interested in. Hope it takes off and I encounter it again.

What do you collect that isn't on ShelfLife yet? There might be a curator working on it right now.

Re: Show HN: ShelfLife, a social commerce platform for collectors

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Post by nickh » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 12:10 AM UTC

rickdale wrote: post #3

nickh wrote: post #2

ShelfLife co-founder here. We're aiming to document to every collectible ever made, and provide collectors with the best tools for buying, selling, and tracking their collections.

I saw this on the canadians dragons den. Did your deal go through?

We decided to postpone the deal because it was still quite early in ShelfLife's life and we want to grow our userbase. There's a write-up about it in the Financial Post.

http://business.financialpost.com/2014/03/02/shelflife-clinc...

Re: Show HN: ShelfLife, a social commerce platform for collectors

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Post by ToastyMallows » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 4:26 AM UTC

nickh wrote: post #9

ToastyMallows wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Awesome site, I've had this idea many times I hope it takes off. Question: How general will catalogs be? I collect keychains, will something this general be supported?

Thanks! Nearly anything can be catalogued, provided there's information available for it (E.g. manufacturer, release date, etc), and it's not something like the sweater that your grandmother knitted you.

Ehh that might be hard for keychains. Thanks for the info!