# Yoyo Collector - A tool built BY a yoyo collector FOR yoyo collectors to help you document your collections online
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-collector-a-tool-built-by-a-yoyo-collector-for-yoyo-collectors-to-help-you-document-your-collections-online/429487
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [July 14, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-collector-a-tool-built-by-a-yoyo-collector-for-yoyo-collectors-to-help-you-document-your-collections-online/429487 "2025-07-14T16:30:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@Mediumwell](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mediumwell)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-collector-a-tool-built-by-a-yoyo-collector-for-yoyo-collectors-to-help-you-document-your-collections-online/429487/1 "2025-07-14T16:30:54Z")
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](https://yoyocollector.com/)**
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> A public yoyo collection database where users can create, manage, and share their collections with the world
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](http://www.yoyocollector.com/profiles/20)
And one of my collections: [www.yoyocollector.com/collections/273](http://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
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### Author:  [@Mediumwell](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mediumwell)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-collector-a-tool-built-by-a-yoyo-collector-for-yoyo-collectors-to-help-you-document-your-collections-online/429487/2 "2025-07-14T16:32:25Z")
For some reason these pics couldn’t be added to the original post:
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### Author:  [@rkalajian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rkalajian)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-collector-a-tool-built-by-a-yoyo-collector-for-yoyo-collectors-to-help-you-document-your-collections-online/429487/3 "2025-07-14T16:33:58Z")
Hell yes! Up until now I’ve been using Notion to catalog my collection.
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### Author:  [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-collector-a-tool-built-by-a-yoyo-collector-for-yoyo-collectors-to-help-you-document-your-collections-online/429487/4 "2025-07-14T16:53:56Z")
Would be cool if we could have a dedicated link to collector button on our forum profile. I use the url for club but the collection would be a neat extra thing
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### Author:  [@Son-of-Morris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Son-of-Morris)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-collector-a-tool-built-by-a-yoyo-collector-for-yoyo-collectors-to-help-you-document-your-collections-online/429487/5 "2025-07-14T18:00:26Z")
Will it import the actual pictures from the image URL’s on the .xls export from Airtable?
This could be really cool, and I’m interested for certain, but I also don’t want to go through pic by pic if I can avoid it, because I’m lazy, haha!
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### Author:  [@dickytwothrows](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dickytwothrows)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-collector-a-tool-built-by-a-yoyo-collector-for-yoyo-collectors-to-help-you-document-your-collections-online/429487/6 "2025-07-14T18:05:37Z")
This is cool. I keep a spreadsheet of my collection with specs, release year, commentary, etc. that I’d like to share with all of you eventually. But I’ve been meaning to add photos for the longest time… I’m sure a purpose-built tool would help streamline stuff like that. Love it!
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### Author:  [@Mediumwell](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mediumwell)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-collector-a-tool-built-by-a-yoyo-collector-for-yoyo-collectors-to-help-you-document-your-collections-online/429487/7 "2025-07-14T18:12:10Z")
Heh… yeah I haven’t built import functionality yet… So unfortunately no it won’t. Right now the app only supports uploading images from your computer/phone/device, if it’s a hassle (which I completely understand), I’d recommend moving your existing pictures into an album in google photos and then when you begin to upload yoyos and other photos, you can just go to that one centralized album to upload instead of forever scrolling on your phone/device to find the photos.
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### Author:  [@fradiger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fradiger)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-collector-a-tool-built-by-a-yoyo-collector-for-yoyo-collectors-to-help-you-document-your-collections-online/429487/8 "2025-07-14T18:18:10Z")
any plans to open source? this is something i’d be interested in contributing to
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### Author:  [@Son-of-Morris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Son-of-Morris)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-collector-a-tool-built-by-a-yoyo-collector-for-yoyo-collectors-to-help-you-document-your-collections-online/429487/9 "2025-07-14T18:22:54Z")
Oops, yeah, sorry, just saw import was in the “things to come” section, haha.
Either way, I appreciate the response, looks like a cool tool, will check it out!
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### Author:  [@Mediumwell](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mediumwell)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-collector-a-tool-built-by-a-yoyo-collector-for-yoyo-collectors-to-help-you-document-your-collections-online/429487/10 "2025-07-14T19:03:27Z")
Why don’t you shoot me a DM and we can chat about it 🙂
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### Author:  [@Shwa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shwa)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-collector-a-tool-built-by-a-yoyo-collector-for-yoyo-collectors-to-help-you-document-your-collections-online/429487/11 "2025-07-15T00:29:04Z")
Well done, Evan!! I can’t wait to jump in.
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### Author:  [@fradiger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fradiger)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2025, 5:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-collector-a-tool-built-by-a-yoyo-collector-for-yoyo-collectors-to-help-you-document-your-collections-online/429487/12 "2025-07-24T05:05:11Z")
coming soon…
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### Author:  [@beys4days](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beys4days)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-collector-a-tool-built-by-a-yoyo-collector-for-yoyo-collectors-to-help-you-document-your-collections-online/429487/13 "2025-07-25T03:18:19Z")
Sweeeeeeee-
Wait for it
-eeeeeeet!
For real though, cool stuff, I will upload mine soon!
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### Author:  [@rAgingr3dhead](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rAgingr3dhead)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-collector-a-tool-built-by-a-yoyo-collector-for-yoyo-collectors-to-help-you-document-your-collections-online/429487/14 "2026-08-14T23:59:26Z")
it seems like this project has become a bit stale since launch last year. if you open source it i know that the community would be able to report bugs, submit PRs, and get it moving forward. would love to contribute.
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### Author:  [@rAgingr3dhead](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rAgingr3dhead)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-collector-a-tool-built-by-a-yoyo-collector-for-yoyo-collectors-to-help-you-document-your-collections-online/429487/15 "2026-08-15T00:00:03Z")
such the tease on the csv import. moving over to [this open source project](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-made-a-thing-open-source-inventory-app/448058/18) instead