MyThings.com - Keep Track of Your Stuff

MyThings is a service which allows you to keep a record of naturally, your things. There are a number of reasons why you might want to use Mythings; for one, you might have a natural affinity for cataloging. Or perhaps you’d like a place to safely track your purchases. Maybe you just want to better manage your belongings. MyThings is perfect for keeping tabs of all your stuff; you can tally the worth of your items, find out what you’re missing, even keep records for insurance. Of course MyThings insures your records are safe and secure; plus you’ll be able to access them from any location. Members of the service can put their items up for public consumption in the database with pictures and tags. Items can be listed for purchase as well, although MyThings doesn’t deal directly in such transactions. The database also includes lost and stolen items—e.g. art, collectibles and antiques. Users can also list their stolen goods which can be matched up against the database. The site features a resident appraiser while members can take a guess at the value of other people’s treasures.

“MyThings provides a safe, easy-to-use place for you to catalog it and track it online. Why catalog your things online? For many reasons! Perhaps you want one safe place to house all those details—you know, the random receipts and warranties you’ve stuffed in a shoebox or in that famous junk drawer. Or maybe you want to better manage your things—like when you need to upgrade or replace certain items, see what’s missing in your favorite collection, or time which wines to drink within the year. Or perhaps you want to know how much your cache of valuables is really worth. It can be any of these things but the point is with MyThings, you can have peace of mind because it is safe and secure and can be accessed anytime, from anywhere.”

The service definitely has a sort of Antiques Road Show appeal. Your stuff can be quite interesting. Members can browse through the junk and gems of others for fun; they can meet others who are interested in the same items; and they can simply keep track of what’s theirs. MyThings has got quite a large list of collectibles which may attract more than just a niche audience.

Just how is MyThings going keep track of stolen items? How do they screen them? Keeping a listing of all your valuables on the web might not be such a good idea—security risks etc. What are they going to do with the $8 million in funding? Is it really necessary?