Postcrossing Blog

Postcrossing HQ makes a point in checking whether every country from which we receive a postcard is in fact as beautiful as that postcard promises ***. We are happy to confirm that Malaysia, with its sunny beaches and spectacular cultural diversity lives up to the promise!

After a week there, batteries were recharged, ideas were brewed, and we returned home eager to get some work done.

So… check out your profile for some re-structured information and cute new icons!
As a bonus, if you are on the top 50 rank by most postcards sent or more distance sent from your country, you’ll have a little medal there too. :-)

*** Well, not really, but if the job existed, I would be the first to apply!

Over these 2 years, the most requested feature we received here at Postcrossing headquarters was from users that wanted to send more than 5 postcards at a time. We hesitated and thought about the issue for a long time… until we decided on a fair way to implement this change.

So, from now on, the number of postcards you can send will depend on the number of postcards you have already sent. This should encourage new users to (slowly) test the system, while allowing more experienced users to send more postcards.

The new limits for the postcards you can send (ie, have simultaneously traveling) are now:

• If you have sent between 0 and 19 postcards, you can send 5 postcards.
• If you have sent between 20 and 39 postcards, you can send 6 postcards.
• If you have sent between 40 and 59 postcards, you can send 7 postcards.
• If you have sent between 60 and 79 postcards, you can send 8 postcards.
• If you have sent between 80 and 99 postcards, you can send 9 postcards.
• If you have sent between 100 and 149 postcards, you can send 10 postcards.
• If you have sent between 150 and 199 postcards, you can send 11 postcards.
• If you have sent between 200 and 249 postcards, you can send 12 postcards.
• … and so on, in increments of 1 postcard for each 50 you send.

For instance, if you have sent 21 postcards, you can have at most 6 postcards traveling simultaneously to other users.
Please note that since this feature is currently being tested, adjustments to these limits may occur in the future.

Also, did anyone notice there is now a column of random little avatar pictures in each country page? Check it out on the country pages of Turkey, Spain, Brazil or China or look up a specific country on the countries’ list.

Postcrossing’s group @ Flickr reached 2000 users today, hoorray! Our big “thank you” to all the contributors who keep sharing their received cards (49000 and counting).
To celebrate, we made a little mosaic with some of the images. Enjoy!



Credits:
1. US 157597, 2. USA, 3. LT-5111, 4. CN-11219–2, 5. ES-18210 26.2.2008 Jordi02, 6. NL-45407, 7. 20080218 – RECd—PT-43695, 8. DE-131019 from magira, 9. US-139115, 10. FI-261302 from Finland, 11. Russia – rest of the world tag, 12. FI-237826, 13. CA-21032, 14. Japan_JP23043, 15. Slovakia SK-2659, 16. NL-63463, 17. Chrysler, 18. Mount Huangshan, 19. MY-5306, 20. DK-3116, 21. lighthouse_texel_netherlands, 22. From Meulikki, 23. bouffant – Canada, 24. Shirujo Castle (Japan), 25. DE-125149

PS – Not sharing your received postcards with the rest of us yet? Sign up at Flickr.com and join the Postcrossing pool!

We’re proud to announce a new Postcrossing!

It’s been a long ride, with over a year of development, design and testing, but here it is, with a fresh face and some cool new features:

• Avatars
• Google maps integration
• Inactive state (for when you go on holidays)
• Invite your friends easily
• Check out members near you
• More ways to arrange your data
• A blog, to keep you posted on the latest news and events
• Improved address selection

The best feature of all is actually hidden underneath Postcrossing. Paulo re-coded the whole system, which means from now onwards it will be much easier to include new features! Got a suggestion? Let us know!

We’re really pleased with the result, and we hope you are too. Enjoy!