Hello all!
I’ve gotten the go-ahead from @AndreBoulay to share this with you all, so I’m hoping it is well received! …and if you’ve already seen this on other socials, I apologize for the repeat message!
While building up my collection over the years, I’ve always searched for and yearned for a tool to help me document and keep track of my collection, but to no avail. Excel wasn’t cutting it, notepad, word, even keeping a hand written journal just wasn’t good enough either. None of the social media outlets provided the features I wanted either, so I decided to build a tool myself - something I would enjoy using.
I’d like to share with you all Yoyo Collector!
Yoyo Collector is a tool I built to help you document and keep track of your collection, split it into multiple collections if you wish, and add details about your individual throws (some private, some not!)
As a quick example, here’s my profile if you’d like to click around: Yoyo Collector
And one of my collections: www.yoyocollector.com/collections/273
Some key features I’d like to highlight:
Privacy (found in the profile settings page) - There are three settings here: Public, Anonymous, and Private
Public: Everyone can see your profile and collections, your information like your description, handle, etc. This setting will be right for most collectors.
Anonymous: Your name and personal details are removed, yet people can still see your collections and yoyos. This setting will be right for those who want to share their collections with the world anonymously, without the desire for attention.
Private: No one can see your profile, your collections, or your yoyos. This setting will be right for those who strictly want to keep track of their collection and keep things to themselves.
Messaging - There is none! It was not my intention to build a site where people can dm and message each other about their collections and yoyos. This site exists solely for collecting purposes and nothing else. The only interaction available is likes and favorites. You can like other peoples’ collections, photos, and yoyos.
Favorites - You can add other peoples’ collections and yoyos to your favorites so that you don’t have to search for them again. To view your favorites, just navigate to your profile (you will have favorite collections and favorite yoyos). Alternatively you can view favorite collections on the All Collections page.
Things to come:
- I might add the ability to follow users so you can see new additions to their collections, but this skirts the line of becoming more social media than collecting focused
- Bulk upload from .xls or .csv file
- Collection export to .xls or .csv file
- User search functionality so you can look people up by name or handle
…and more
I hope you all get some benefit out of this, it has definitely helped make documenting my collection easier.
If you have any questions or feedback, please don’t hesitate to reply here or message me privately.
Thanks!
-Evan
