Find the Item You Want: Tired of flipping through the phone book and cold
calling pawn shops to find the pre-owned item that you are looking for? Welcome
to The Pawnshopper.Com. We are your link to pawn shop online inventory across the
nation… and soon, the world! Simply enter your search description, choose a category,
enter your zip code and your search radius and we will show you which pawnshops
in your local area have the item you want to buy. It is that simple.
Need a Loan? Looking for a loan, pawn loan or quick solution to your financial
situation? Simply click on the "Need A Loan?" button at the top of our home page
to begin a quick and simple process to find our what pawnshops in your area will
give you a loan and how much they will potentially lend on your item. Input the
details of your loan item and upload a few photos and receive potential loan amounts
from the brokers you selected in your area. To get started click
here.
Enjoy your shopping experience here at The Pawnshopper.Com. Need anything? Have
any suggestions? Just let us know by clicking
here.
The Pawnshopper.Com is an innovative, yet simple solution to assist the consumer
in locating inventory available for sale in pawn shops across the country as well
as an industry first loan lead process.
Our focused solution is this: You want a used item that you think you could fine
in a pawnshop and you want it TODAY, how do you find it? Much more efficient than
the current solution of cold-calling pawn shops from the phone book, you simply
go to www.thepawnshopper.com, choose the category
of the item you are searching for, input your zip code, choose a search radius and
click GO. The Pawnshopper will return to you all items available for sale in pawnshops
that are signed up on our site. You view the thumbnail photos, short description,
which pawnhop is listing it, the price and how far from your zip code the pawn shop
is located. To view more details about the item, simply click the item and it takes
you to a detailed item page showing multiple photos, a more detailed description,
link to pawnshops phone number and a link to a map giving directions to the pawn
shop.
Founded in the March of 2007 in Austin, Texas, the company currently consists of
three managing partners and a national board of pawn shop advisors . The site was
officially "launched" to the public in the first quarter of 2008. We have a limited
invitation to pawnshops across America to be the first 300 members of our "CORE
GROUP" that will be our first 300 pawnshops signed up on our site to be our founding
brokers establishing our National Broker Network.
If you are a pawn broker and have an interest in joining our Broker Network, please
click here.
If you are a potential investor and would like more information about investment
opportunities in our company, please click
here.
Ross Rountree
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Ross founded The Pawnshopper.Com in March of 2007 and is the creativity behind the
site's initial concept, industry solution and array of features. Stemming from a
lifetime of entrepreneurial drive and determination, Ross has been involved in many
ventures including his 15 years in the automotive industry to real estate and many
roles in finance, sales/marketing and other start ups. Ross’ business mind and endless
motivation are what propels the vision and future of this company to becoming an
industry supported success and achieving the goal of improving the public’s awareness
and overall perception of the pawn industry.
Robbie Huttenhower
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Robbie is the technology and architecture behind The Pawnshopper.Com and created
the site from initial concept to what it is today. His passion as a software engineer
with more than ten years of computer software and hardware experience in developing
business solutions, specialization in client/server database implementation, front
end application development, hardware/software configuration as well as technically
proficient in many languages, operating systems, network protocols and software
packages is what drives the technology behind this exciting new company.
Jerry Whitehead
Vice President, Broker Relations
Jerry brings 35+ years of pawnbroker experience to the company as well as
establishing key relationships throughout the industry. Jerry is a second generation
pawnbroker and is a leading merger, acquisitions and valuation expert. In addition,
he has grown his reputation and experience in the industry to reach beyond the United
States and consults with Pawn Shop groups across the globe through his company,
Pawnshop Consulting Group, based in Florida. Mr. Whitehead served on the board of
directors for the National Pawnbrokers Association for more than a decade and continues
his service by serving on the Board of Trustees. As a leading Key Note speaker and
author of many published articles in industry related publications for close to
2 decades he continues to support and benefit our company and industry in many ways.
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