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HobbyTalk

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HobbyTalk believes that the dominance eBay has enjoyed in recent years is giving way to web 2.0 specialist auction sites with strong community elements. Over the last three years its team has built category killer software to specifically target large communities of collectors allowing it to compete with eBay in a number of their markets. HobbyTalk has launched its first community, Toy Collector with the following features:

• Niche specific blogs, clubs, directories, competitions, events, forums, friendships, galleries, videos
• A Catalogue of every toy ever produced
• Context engine allowing all content to be personalised (a member only sees only Batman stuff, L.A. Lakers memorabilia, stamps from Indonesia or all of them - subject to what he likes or chooses)
• A Google Finance style Collection Management capability that links press releases and buy/sell events to track the current value of individual collectables together with a collectors entire portfolio.

Revenues come from P2P sales, insurance commissions and advertising.

Recent Milestones

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  HobbyTalk received () in Angel funding. (1/29/10)
  Posted 1/29/10 at 9:04pm via finsmes.com
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  HobbyTalk received $301k (£150k) in Seed funding. (1/1/08)
  Posted 10/5/09 at 5:25am
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  HobbyTalk added Christian Braun as CEO.
  Posted 10/5/09 at 5:25am
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  HobbyTalk added Christopher Caruk as CTO.
  Posted 10/5/09 at 5:25am
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  HobbyTalk added Robert Dighero as Chairman.
  Posted 10/5/09 at 5:25am

Videos

Screenshots

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Above: Home Page
Uploaded: 1/30/10

Above: HobbyTalk Blog
Uploaded: 8/13/12

Sources

1. Citation Needed [add]
2. UK, Martingale Raises "Substantial" Angel Funding to Accelerate Growth of Toy Collector (finsmes.com) [edit]