Collectors site adds new features, graduates from startup accelerator

A web developer launched a new iteration of his website to help collectors keep track of and discover collectables.
 
The website, CompleteSet, allows collectors to track their progress of collections and encourages members to contribute to the site's database—much like a wiki. The company graduated from Velocity, a startup accelerator in Jeffersonville, Ind., on Monday.
 
"It's about contributing to the collecting community," says CompleteSet co-founder and CEO Gary Darna. "It's often times very close-knit because there are message boards and stuff surrounding the subject matter."
 
Launched in May 2013 on an invite-only platform, CompleteSet has expanded its membership from 4,000 to 7,000—including users from 31 countries—since the beginning of August.
 
"If you're a collector, for instance, of Star Wars, you can go on there and see everything that's been released—not yet, of course, because not everything has been added, but that's the goal," Darna says. "Our users contribute collectables that they have in their collection and then the curator, who's typically one of our members, will review that and approve it."
 
The newest version of the site utilizes a search engine to help users track collectables, as well as a new interface.
 
"You can use that information, collectors [can] catalog what they have and want, and it allows us to figure out where those things are for sale, like on eBay, Amazon or any other marketplace online," Darna says.
 
CompleteSet is developing an iPhone app, and plans to launch it by the end of the year. The company has recently expanded from the two creators—Darna and Jaime Rump—to five employees and an intern.