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Profiles, Badges & Following

Profiles, Badges & Following

Claim a collector profile at your own handle, earn badges as you collect, follow other collectors, and keep track of everything you've lent out.

Your Collector Profile

Owlect now has a home for you, not just for your collections.

  • A page that's yoursturn on a public profile and you get owlect.app/u/your-handle: your avatar, a short bio, and every collection you've made public, all in one place.
  • Pick your handlechoose a memorable @handle to share on Reddit, Discord, BoardGameGeek, or anywhere collectors gather. It stays yours, even if you switch the profile off later.
  • Linked from your collectionswhen someone opens one of your public collections, a small avatar links back to your profile, so visitors can discover the rest of what you collect.
  • Opt-in, private by defaultno profile exists until you create one, and your private and unlisted collections never show up there.
  • Badges to Earn

    Your collecting habits now leave a mark.

  • More than a dozen badgesearn them for moments like your first item, your first 100 (and 500, and 1,000), collecting across three categories, a 30-day adding streak, lending and returning items, and sharing a Wrapped.
  • Earned in the momenta celebration pops up the instant you unlock one, the same way collection milestones already do.
  • A shelf of achievementsa dedicated page lays out every badge you've earned and the ones still waiting, rarest first.
  • On show on your profileyour badges appear on your public profile, so visitors can see what kind of collector you are at a glance.
  • Follow Your Favorite Collectors

  • Follow collectors you admirefound someone with a great shelf? Follow them from their profile and keep their handle close.
  • Follower and following countsevery profile shows how many collectors follow it and how many it follows, each with a tappable list.
  • Built for what's nextfollowing is the foundation for more ways to connect, coming soon.
  • Lend With Confidence

    Keep track of what you've loaned out — no more "who has my copy?"

  • Lend an item in two tapsrecord the borrower, an optional contact, the date it went out, and when you expect it back.
  • "Lent" badgeitems currently on loan are marked right on the card, so you always know what's off your shelf.
  • "Out on loan" filternarrow any collection to just the items you've lent, next to the existing "For sale" filter.
  • Due-date remindersa banner at the top of your collection flags anything overdue or due within the week, one tap to see them all.
  • Mark as returnedclose out a loan when an item comes home; its record stays on file.
  • Share & Count Smarter

    A few upgrades to how you share and tally your collection.

  • Anyone with the linka new sharing option keeps a collection out of search and off your public profile while still letting anyone you send the link to view it, like an unlisted video.
  • Reset the linkrotate a collection's share URL any time to invalidate an old one, without turning sharing off entirely.
  • Multiple copiesown more than one of something? Set a quantity and a ×N pip appears on the item, on your own shelf and on shared pages alike.
  • Profiles, Badges & Following — Updates | Owlect