From "Alerts" to "Notifications"Last year we rolled out Alerts, which sent private messages from our admin account whenever there was a new private signing for one of your favorite players, a trade proposal, or an approved/rejected signing. It worked, but i...
Some sad news to share - RJ "Jack" Smalling has passed away. His son confirmed it on Facebook this weekend. If you've been collecting autographs through the mail for any length of time, you know exactly who Jack Smalling is.Jack was the author of The Sport ...
Wishing a happy and healthy New Year 2026 to the SCN community. You all continue to bring so much joy to my household and make collecting more fun!SCN turned 25!!!The community hit this pretty amazing longevity milestone in 2025. II wrote about how it start...
Earlier this year, we hit the 25th Anniversary of when I publicly launched SportsCollectors.Net allowing collectors to join. It's hard to believe, and I thought I would celebrate a little bit on the site's blog.Where It All StartedGrowing up in the 1980's i...
The Common ProblemFor a long time we have heard frustration from members that they miss out on private signings for players they want or need.Last week long time member twinsnut posted a suggestion on our message board:Private Signing Notification for Favor...
I launched the Photos and Collections in March 2008 and the community has uploaded of over 800,000 photos to the site. 17 years is a LONG time!!! Back then we all accessed the internet from our desktop computers (iPhones and Android became mainstream years ...
The qualifying premium member who accurately predicts the winning team, final score, and MVP of the 2025 Super Bowl will win these signed cards of pro football stars (Ted Washington, Kevin Hardy, Mervyn Fernandez, Ken Dilger, Charlie Joiner, Steve Atwater, ...
Wishing a happy and healthy New Year 2025 to the SCN community. You all continue to bring so much joy to my household and make collecting more fun!SCN is turning 25!!!I am very excited as 2025 will mark the 25th anniversary of my launching this community pu...
Wishing a happy and healthy New Year 2024 to the SCN community. You all bring so much joy to my household and make collecting more fun!I always enjoy writing a blog post around this time of year. It allows me to reflect on things related to this site, our c...
Private signings on SCN are quite popular, as there have been over 150,00 transactions related to them in our Trade Manager since we first launched the feature in 2010. These signings have provided collectors with great opportunities to get autographs from ...
Way back in 1998, I came up with the idea of creating a database for collectors to track when they mailed out a letter to athletes asking for an autograph. I went on to launch autograph request tracking as the key feature on SportsCollectors.Net in 2000 and...
2023 is here and I want to wish the SCN community a Happy New Year. Community stats In 2022, we have seen great growth again with over 100,000 new successes entered in our database and over 1,000 new subscribers. It's always exciting for me to see collector...
