Website Name: YourProps
Website URL: http://www.yourprops.com
Website Description: “The free online museum for your movie props and wardrobe”
Website Owner/Admin: Tim Ketzer (see Featured Interview)
Type of Website: Online Prop & Wardrobe Photographic Museum/Directory
Subject Matter/Focus: Collection photo hosting/archiving service – original props and wardrobe & replica props and wardrobe
Cost: None
Access/Membership/Participation Requirements: Registration required to use. Site is viewable to members and non-members alike.
Participant Overview: 2,580 registered users as of this review, and growing every day.
Content/Functionality: Website focus is the photo hosting service, organized as single items, per film or television program. Also features”Top Props” via member voting (to vote for your favorite pieces via adding them to your favorites list), Top Users. Site features a private messaging system for communicating with other users.
Presentation/Quality: YourProps.com is a custom software program that is very easy to use and visually pleasing. The list of films and television programs makes it easy to add your own items. Items can be sorted by replica vs. original and other variables.
Time in Service: Operating since February 2004.
Updates/Activity: This is a very active site with many new additions by users daily. Tim is also consistent in adding new features. As of the time of this review, there are 4,344 original props listed and 3,403 replicas listed.
My Experience & Personal Review:
This is a fantastic site and great contribution to the hobby. Before it’s launch, it was challenging to find or learn about what props are “out there” in that hobbyists can be very private and some don’t have the time/inclination/resources to launch dedicated websites showcasing their props.
With his site, Tim has made a great resource for collectors in that it is easy to use and fun for collectors to share what they have.
This is a recommended site, if not to use by way of sharing, considering it as a resource to learn about props and costumes by way of looking at pieces that are part of other hobbyist’s collections.
Jason De Bord