Worthpoint Launches Equity Crowdfunding Campaign

Liz Morton
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Would you like to own a piece of one of the largest online resources for researching, valuing, and buying/selling antiques, art and vintage collectibles?

Worthpoint Corporation has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign to raise capital for future product expansion including enhancing their mobile app with visual search, releasing a standalone user-generated digital database called Worthpoint Vault and launching WorthPoint Indices, an index-linked investment product that statistically measures price trends.

WorthPoint® Launches Crowdfunding Campaign on StartEngine.com - WorthPoint
WorthPoint announces the launch of a regulation crowdfunding campaign as it prepares for future product expansion.

WorthPoint Corporation, an online resource for identifying and valuing fine art, antiques, and collectibles, today announced the launch of a crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine. This Regulation Crowdfunding venture allows the public to purchase equity in the company as it prepares for future product expansion.

The company plans to use the funding raised through the campaign to roll out new tools and services to meet consumer needs. These undertakings include enhancing its mobile application with visual search recognition and releasing the WorthPoint Vault—a user-generated digital database to organize collectibles—as a standalone product. The company is also positioning the launch of WorthPoint Indices, an index-linked investment product that statistically measures price trends.

“There’s something for everyone,” said William Seippel, founder and CEO of WorthPoint. “It’s the right time in WorthPoint’s life that we’re ready to roll out and do this—from the products that are coming out to how the community has embraced us. It’s time to share the company’s future with people of the same passion that will be found on StartEngine.”

By fundraising, WorthPoint aims to continue providing pricing transparency within the growing antiques and collectibles industry. The company invites interested investors to help ensure that data from online marketplaces, auction houses, and private dealers is “available to everybody and preserved,” said Seippel.


Worthpoint's StartEngine page shows a  $45.31M valuation. The current buy in is at $12/share with a $492 minimum investment required. $40,253.22 has been raised so far out of a goal of up to $5M with 36 investors onboard.

Worthpoint's long-standing connection and partnership with eBay is featured prominently in their investment pitch.

WorthPoint is believed to be one of the world's largest sources of how to value fine art, antiques, and collectibles. This popular site, which brings 200,000 to 300,000 visitors to its platform daily, contains 1.3 billion images and more than 715 million values of vintage and antique items. The Price Guide is enhanced by the company’s Dictionary of more than 8,000 articles and a visual database of more than 227,000 identifiable marks, autographs, patterns, and symbols.

This industry-leading suite of services allows buyers and sellers to figure out what an item is, what it’s worth, and what price is reasonable for sale. WorthPoint believes it is the only outside company to share a long-lasting, close working relationship with eBay, the world’s largest e-commerce marketplace for secondhand goods. The company has had eBay as a partner since its founding in 2007.

Could a play for investment directly from eBay's venture capital arm be in the works too?

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Liz Morton is a 17 year ecommerce pro turned indie investigative journalist providing ad-free deep dives on eBay, Amazon, Etsy & more, championing sellers & advocating for corporate accountability.


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Avatar PlaceholderMksowa19 hours ago
They need to fix a very broken system full of nasty attitudes. The patrons no longer matter.
Avatar PlaceholderMarty_JYesterday
Was just checking to see if it would post without creating an account but….
eBay seller since 2022
Just started selling about a year and half ago

800 items sold 99.7 feedback

Recently I went away for family things for 30 days set my acct to be away … got back with items not received cases opened

I wasn’t able to revise existing listings post new listings OR refund the buyer from my eBay funds …

The items were caught up in recent wild fires but ended up being delivered late. I had to beg the buyer to let me pay them off of eBay to close the case because it was on hold and I wasn’t able to refund them from my eBay acct etc…. So luckily they obliged and I did … but ever since then my acct must be strikes as high risk because funds have been on hold 3 days after delivery since then indefinitely might I add… I get the run around everytime etc etc FINALLY I got someone saying it’s temporary it’ll be back to normal etc. these r all reps from escalated departments… one lady told me that with my history and feedback I’ve proved beyond doubt that I’m reliable seller and shouldn’t be on hold she put in for a appeal never heard back got the run around for another few months… they keep telling me I’ve been chosen for the new update they r rolling out total BS … do you believe that sellers will stay on eBay with these holds ? No they will simply go to another platform … they r 100% making money on the holds and use any reasoning to tell you basically no and keep profiting…. The get around is creating a new acct… these cases were closed without eBay having to step in and might I add I lost $$ and its been truly frustrating esp since I’ve built the acct up but I know I can do it again.. when they tell me its going to happen to all accts I just mention how my brother just opened one n now has immediate payments they don’t know what to say I don’t think they really even know.,, its sad n scummy but I see a class action lawsuit coming honestly ! I don’t know💬 if I forgot anything but well written thanks for the information. Have a great one!
Avatar PlaceholderJkvinyl3Yesterday
As many have already quoted - us sellers now can not charge for packaging. I will be £500 a year out of pocket.