hobbyDB

Please excuse me for this post. But I'm excited about where hobbyDB is going. Perhaps some of you will be as well.

You know I’m a fan of hobbyDB, the online database, and marketplace for an incredible array of collectibles. Several of us have been working hard to help them amass a database for scale model cars. The number of models listed grows day by day, with several manufacturers having their entire catalogs, along with brochures listed.

hobbyDB is also a marketplace where you can buy and sell with the going retail prices included on many of the items shown. It’s also a convenient and easy place to record your collection, an instant inventory of all the models in your collection.

They work closely with many manufacturers and frequently offer exclusive limited-edition specials in several categories. In short, it’s the type of resource for which we’ve all been waiting a long time.

hobbyDB is partially crowd-funded. I got in early on, and so have several of the folks on this site. I’d like to see them continue to grow and offer new features that help us enjoy our hobby. They’re running a new funding campaign right now. Here’s what they have to say about it,

“We know that hobbyDB would not exist without you and all of the important contributions that you make every year. This is why it has always been important to us to enable you, one of our most important members, to own a part of the site that you help improve every day. This way, if hobbyDB does well, so will you.

If you haven’t already, you can now join more than 1,430 industry leaders, as well as fellow collectors such as yourself, in owning a piece of hobbyDB. For as little as $100, you will own 89 hobbyDB Shares (and if you’ve already invested, if you invest more, you own more!).

That means new and updated features and tools to allow you to build and track the value of your collection and do so with confidence. Check out our full vision via our hobbyDB profile on the SEC-approved Crowdfunding platform Wefunder.

And we accomplish this with help from our annual Crowdfunding efforts. But! Unlike donations, hobbyDB Crowdfunding allows those who put their faith in us to benefit when we do well.”

I know this is not for everyone. But, if you’re a visionary and want to own part of something we can all benefit from, for less than the price of a well-detailed model, you can have a share and give something back to the hobby we all love. Other than the benefits of being a shareholder, my relationship with hobbyDB is as a volunteer helper. I receive no compensation other than a greater chance to enjoy our little jewels.