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RJ, Maybe a free  simple Website to direct interested members to other sports collectibles not allowed on TCDB. I'm sure you saw the Pins link mentioned by 1 of our members. Good idea!

Bob-

I agree there have been a few 'asks' about other collectibles in the forums that are typically followed up with clear reminders that this is the Trading CARD Database. I wanted to weigh in on your idea with my thoughts.  First and foremost, I would not want to see all collectibles on this site.  It is FAR too ambiguous.  My mother-in-law collects Precious Moments dolls.  My brother used to collect beer cans.  My dad collected shot glasses.  I used to have a bottle cap collection as a kid...and I just realized we were all drunks!  J/K  Not to mention penants, beanie babies, postcards, spoons, die cast cars, hats, buttons, political items, bobbleheads, etc.  It is just WAY to big a task for my brain to comprehend.

Remember, ADMIN created this site 10+ years ago (which makes it nearly as old as Facebook).  Admin thankfully decided to make it open to anyone to edit via crowd sourcing.  It is a FREE website that many dozen or even a few hundred visit on a daily basis, spending hours every single day looking at.  There is a lot of loyalty here and many thousand members, many of whom are extremely active.  There are over 100 folks that have well over 14,000 points which shows how dedicated they are to updating the site regularly with checklists, scans, information etc.  I REALLY hope and pray that ADMIN is making good money on this site so that there is never a temptation to sell out to a larger site like Beckett.  I'm guessing it's not Zuckerberg money, but hopefully enough to keep away big offers.  I love using the Transaction Manager and that may not have ever been a part of the original scope of the site when it was conceived, but it works wonderfully and the constant updates are fabulous.  I don't want to ruin what we have here by dilluting it with collectibles.  Your list of Pros and Cons in the original post seems more like your list of ideas, not a real list of Pros and Cons.  I personally think the Cons FAR outweigh the Pros to have it done here

If a separate site is desired to track a person's collectibles, I say GO FOR IT! That is the American Way!  See a need, fill a need, make some money on it!  If you want to advertise here to bring people over to that site, fantastic!  There are lots of places to add links to it: your signature, forums, your personal page here, etc.

Please remember, this is Admin's site.  We are all here as long as Admin allows us to be here - and it is Free.  The fact that we contribute via crowdsourcing has empowered some to take an ownership perspective, but it is not ours.  It is copyrighted as The Trading Card Database, LLC.  It is a business and I'll say again, I hope it is a long living and successful business that pays all the bills and then some for the owner.  Many thanks to Admin and all who keep the lights on here and allow us a place to spend our time on a regular basis.  It is not perfect, but it is about as perfect of a site as I could ever imagine existing when it comes to trading cards.

Thank you Bob for your passion on other collectibles and I hope your endeavor is just as successful as TCDB currently is the way it is.

Dan

No? What is the, Pen link?

Your negative really is that you don’t have a clear idea. You just physically can’t list every type of collectible. I know a lady that collects dirt (really). Focus on a niche in the collectibles would be a better idea. 

As for this site... I hope it stays as close to cards only as possible. It’s not my site so I have nothing more to say on the topic. 

Dirt, huh? I guess I'm not too far off. I have two rocks at home both from Israel; one from Jerusalem and another from the Jordan River.

I have volcanic sand from Iwo Jima. Does that count?

Rocks! I have 5 picked up from around Bran Castle in Romania.

I think there should be a new post. Let make a list of, what are the other things everyone wants to be added. So we can find out what are the top things people would like to see. This would help in forcing on to what they are and maybe what could be done with the top favorite picks. You need a starting point. 

I have a box of Hockey puck with team labels on them. They make great card-weights when counting and you have a stack. I was thinking of selling some of them. 

Would that site have a listing for hockey pucks? 

I've put my thoughts on this out there before, but I will mention them again. Trading Card Database. Stick as close to cards as possible.

I still think the best way to document other collectibles is Google Sheets/Google Docs. You can create your own spreadsheet with whatever categories and headings you want. You can use different sheets on the same document for different years or objects (pucks, bats, pocket schedules, etc.). You can use a ctrl+F function for ease of searching. Best of all, you can utilize a shareable link to insert a link to that spreadsheet (or document) anywhere you want to.

It's also remotely accessible, unlike Excel. You can pull up your Google account on your phone at a show to see your Sheets with wantlists/havelists easily. Honestly, that's why I keep a copy of my wants/haves for my player collections on Sheets in addition to here. It's easier to link to my blog, plus it's easier to pull up when I'm at a show or my LCS.

The one thing that I don't know how to do would be inserting pictures into sheets. If that's something you just have to have on your inventory, I guess that method won't work. But if you're simply looking for a way to catalog what you have/want, I personally think that's the way to go.

Reminds me of scat collecting.  I actually used a scat collector website when I was trying to ID some scat I came across in the woods.  My guess was correct, it was beaver scat.