# StockPickr

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{{Infobox website
| name           = StockPickr
| author         = [James Altucher](/source/James_Altucher)
| launch_date    = {{start date and age|2006|09}} (beta)<BR>{{start date and age|2006|11}} (final)
| current_status = Redirected to [TheStreet.com](/source/TheStreet.com)
}}

'''StockPickr''' was a [social networking service](/source/social_networking_service) and [virtual community](/source/virtual_community) for sharing stock picks, financial analysis, research, news, and commentary.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news |title=Before Stockpickr.com, a Hedge Fund Deal Not Done | url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/before-stockpickr-a-hedge-fund-deal-not-done/ | work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) | date=November 20, 2007 | url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=time>{{cite magazine| last=Murray Buechner | first=Maryanne | title=50 Best Websites 2007: Stockpickr| url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1633488_1633530_1633565,00.html | magazine=[Time](/source/Time_(magazine)) | date=July 8, 2007}}</ref> The website was founded by [James Altucher](/source/James_Altucher) in 2006 and acquired by [TheStreet.com](/source/TheStreet.com) in 2007 for $10 million.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://techcrunch.com/2007/04/25/stockpickr-acquired-by-thestreetcom/ | title=Stockpickr Acquired By TheStreet.com | first=Michael | last=Arrington | work=[TechCrunch](/source/TechCrunch) | date=April 25, 2007}}</ref><ref name=nyt1>{{cite news | title=TheStreet Picks Up Stock-Picking Social Network | url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2007/04/27/thestreet-picks-up-stock-picking-social-network/ | work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) | date=April 27, 2007 | url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thestreet.com/technology/thestreetcom-to-buy-rest-of-stockpickrcom-10352914 | title=TheStreet.com to Buy Rest of Stockpickr.com | work=[TheStreet.com](/source/TheStreet.com) | date=April 27, 2007}}</ref>

It included an [Internet forum](/source/Internet_forum), a blog, and he makeup of 90,000 stock portfolios, including 800 of professional investors including [Warren Buffett](/source/Warren_Buffett), [George Soros](/source/George_Soros), and [Mark Cuban](/source/Mark_Cuban).<ref name=techcrunch>{{cite news | last=VENEZIANI | first=Vince | title=Stockpickr in deal with The Street: More to Come? | url=https://techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/stockpickr-in-deal-with-the-street-more-to-come/ | work=[TechCrunch](/source/TechCrunch) | date=January 3, 2007}}</ref><ref name=marketwatch>{{cite news| last=Barnako| first=Frank |title=Stockpickr.com: trading meets social networking| url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/stockpickrcom-trading-meets-social-networking | work=[MarketWatch](/source/MarketWatch) | date=January 3, 2007}}</ref><ref name=nyt/><ref name=freakonomics>{{cite web| last=Dubner| first=Stephen| title=Friends With Cool Websites| url=http://www.freakonomics.com/2006/11/27/friends-with-cool-websites/ |publisher=Freakonomics Blog | date=November 27, 2006}}</ref> 

Users were able to rate portfolios, see recommended similar portfolios and get advice of stocks within similar portfolios to help assemble their own.<ref name=marketwatch/><ref>{{cite web | last=Warner | first=Andrew | title=Stockpickr: The Controversial Deal That Built A $10 Mil Company – with James Altucher | url=https://mixergy.com/interviews/james-altucher-stockpickr-interview/ | publisher=Mixergy}}</ref>

The website launched in beta version in September 2006 and in final in  November 2006. By January 2007, the website had over 10,000 portfolios posted, and over 2,500 registered users.<ref name=marketwatch/>

By August 2007, the website had over 100,000 users, 10 million monthly page views, and was named one of the ''50 Best Websites of 2007'' by ''[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))''.<ref>{{cite news| last=Nicole| first=Kristen| title=Stockpickr Hits 100K Users| url=https://mashable.com/2007/08/09/stockpickr/| work=[Mashable](/source/Mashable) | date=August 9, 2007}}</ref><ref name=time/><ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20070712005556/en/Stockpickr.com-Named-50-Websites-2007-Time.com-Roundup | title=Stockpickr.com Named as One of 50 Best Websites 2007 in Time.com Roundup | publisher=[Business Wire](/source/Business_Wire) | date=July 12, 2007}}</ref>

In April 2007,[TheStreet.com](/source/TheStreet.com) acquired the website for $10 million.<ref name=nyt/><ref>{{cite news |last=Marshall |first=Matt |title=Roundup: Scribd hype, Stockpickr, Red Herring, Cozmo and lots more| url=https://venturebeat.com/2007/04/27/roundup-scribd-hype-stockpickr-red-herring-cozmo-and-lots-more/ | work=[VentureBeat](/source/VentureBeat) | date=April 27, 2007}}</ref>

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Category:2007 mergers and acquisitions
Category:American social networking websites
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