Hey @rrhoover! I was a huge collector growing up and learned a ton about the world through collecting coins, rocks, shells, comic books, and the list goes on. My mom was also a community college art teacher and I went to tons of museums my whole life, so I have a deep appreciation for art and collectibles.
I started NeonMob both for collectors and people who create original media. Digital media is in its infancy in terms of it being a collectible thing. Creators are also looking for ways to monetize and a lot of times struggling to do so. Collecting is really one of the few areas that is stuck in the pre-web era, and we think there's not a very good reason for that which is why we're doing something about it!
When I met @rogie in early 2012, I found not only an amazing designer + developer, but another fellow collecting lover. So we teamed up... and our team has pretty much evolved in an organic way since then. Now we're nine full-time people working on making the web a place for artists to create and make money off selling collectibles and a place for collectors to find original, fun, immensely collectible, limited-edition stuff.
That's the origin of NeonMob in a brief nutshell. Product Hunt is very cool, by the way! :)
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