WorthPoint
The WorthPoint Corporation, founded by Will Seippel in April 2007, has organized global information on the world’s collectibles into a central database, which it calls the Worthopedia.[1]
Users can go to the Worthopedia to get information about their collectibles, or for a fee ask an expert Worthologist to tell them approximately how much the item is worth. The site is also a way for collectors to meet up with other collectors, no matter how obscure their collection.
Worthpoint offers a "7 day free trial" which requires authorizing a credit card to be billed if the trial is not cancelled.
History
WorthPoint was established in April 2007 by Will Seippel. It reached one million page views in January 2008.[2]
WorthPoint currently (as of December, 2010) reaches 12 million page views each month. It is ranked 768 out of the top 1 million web sites by Quantcast.com.[3]
In March 2008 Worthpoint moved its headquarters from Northern Virginia to the Advanced Technology Development Center on Georgia Tech's campus in Atlanta.[4]
In October 2008, WorthPoint, Inc. acquired GoAntiques, a Dublin, Ohio based company that maintained an online network for buying and selling collectibles and antiques,.[5] GoAntiques has continued as a WorthPoint marketplace for buyers and sellers of art, antiques and collectibles.[6]
In January 2009, WorthPoint signed a partnership agreement with eBay research and educational firm Terapeak, whose parent company is AERS.[7] Under the terms of the agreement, AERS will provide WorthPoint with eBay’s entire daily sales of antique and collectible data for inclusion in WorthPoint’s database. In addition, Terapeak will re-sell WorthPoint’s knowledge-based products, which will be incorporated into the database.
In April 2009, WorthPoint began offering a 14-day free trial membership to attract more members. The free trial membership allows people who register to look up items in the Worthopedia for free during the trial period.[8]
Also in April 2009, WorthPoint's Founder & CEO, received the George Mason University School of Management Distinguished Alumnus Award.[9]