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Did you ever receive a postcard without a Postcard ID? Or perhaps one you couldn't read completely? Perhaps you submitted your request for help, but you think you could find out who the sender was based on the clues written on the postcard?

Then put your detective hat on and come check our new feature: users search!

Now you can search for users by their username, or even just parts of it! You can filter by location, when they have last used their account, if they are interested in direct swaps, etc.

This has been, for a long time, a very requested feature and we are very happy to be able to provide it to you now. Your support and feedback has been very important to achieve this, so a big thank you to all Postcrossers!

Oh! And, as always, we like to hear from you, so go run some searches and let us know how you like it! Happy Postcrossing! :)


Posted by Rose on 16 Jan, 2010
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29 comments so far

AndAllThatJazz, United States of America
This is great :)
Posted by AndAllThatJazz on 16 Jan, 2010


chrisy1, Netherlands
I've been waiting for this....great to have it!
Happy Postcrossing!
Posted by chrisy1 Rose on 16 Jan, 2010


britgirl, United Kingdom
yay! great work guys :)

now time to try it...
Posted by britgirl on 16 Jan, 2010


britgirl, United Kingdom
...wow! it's amazing! i found all the people in my local town!

another genius feature :)
Posted by britgirl on 16 Jan, 2010


britgirl, United Kingdom
...ok this is too addictive - i'm gonna lose hours of my life to it :D
Posted by britgirl on 16 Jan, 2010


shaeshae, United States of America
Woo hoo! This is fantastic!
Posted by shaeshae on 16 Jan, 2010


geminiscp, Portugal
Thank you Paulo for another great feature! :)
Posted by geminiscp on 16 Jan, 2010


heyjude, United States of America
This is a great help, BUT, I'm still stuck on cards where I have just a first name. I can usually tell the country from the postmark and stamps and maybe even the city. But I still have no username.
for instance:
signed name: Natalia
from: Nizhny, Novgorod, Russia
any takers?
am I just missing how to do this and not get a super long list.
Posted by heyjude on 16 Jan, 2010


AllSerene, United Kingdom
Yes, the old version was easier when you had a name, rather than a postcrossing id. You can get the same result in Google though, if you specify the site. I've just googled for "natalia novgorod russia site:www.postcrossing.com", which suggested Natalka_dzr. I don't know is she's the user you want though!
Posted by AllSerene Rose on 16 Jan, 2010


ains, United States of America
Thank you Paulo! :) I was hoping something like this would become available
Posted by ains on 16 Jan, 2010


Viva101, Australia
Fantastic new tool! Thanks:):):)
Posted by Viva101 on 17 Jan, 2010


9teen87, United States of America
WONDERFUL!!!

When I was inviting people to the Florida Postcrossing meet-up it took me forever to find people in Florida. This will help A LOT for the next one!

Thank you very much for this feature :D

~Brenda
Posted by 9teen87 Rose on 17 Jan, 2010


heyjude, United States of America
Serena - looks possible. via a method I can't duplicate now I found a Natalia_L earlier today and sent her a pm - if it's not her I'll try this one. thanks.

9teen87 - I have no trouble searching states via
explore - countries - region (which fo USA gives state)
Posted by heyjude on 17 Jan, 2010


mynameisbliss, Turkey
Thank you for this great feature!! Happy postcrossing.
Posted by mynameisbliss on 17 Jan, 2010


britgirl, United Kingdom
i know i talk too much... sorry :)

but i must say that my immediate thought was that, as people very rarely sign their postcards with their user name, why isn't there a search field for the sender's actual name?
Posted by britgirl on 17 Jan, 2010


Norway_girl, Norway
I like the options in the new version of the user search.
I'd like to get these options too;
-a real name search (as britgirl says, postcards are usually signed with the real name)
-option to search for only males/females or all users
-search for contents in profile, for example when a person tells that (s)he has a turtle or like the Twilight books. Maybe (s)he has written that in her/his profile.
Posted by Norway_girl on 17 Jan, 2010


Dorthe, Denmark
This is fantastic, I think it will be a great help. It is usually the ID I have trouble reading, not all numbers are easy to see.
Posted by Dorthe Rose on 17 Jan, 2010


MorgenSter, Brazil
This is really cool :D:D:D I agree with Norway_girl, most of us sign with our real names... I never write my nickname actually...
Thanks !!!!
Posted by MorgenSter on 17 Jan, 2010


Zmrzlina, United States of America
I always include my username with the ID... i.e. US-123456 from Zmrzlina... and then sign with my real name. I love the search, though. It makes it so much easier to find people in specific locations.
Posted by Zmrzlina Rose on 17 Jan, 2010


isagvproject, Germany
Great work! Wow!
Curious me spent some time watching profiles from people from the same hometown as mine. Quiet a few. :D
Posted by isagvproject on 17 Jan, 2010


elwingelfje, Netherlands
It would be great, if, in the future, you could use this function to search for people who collect postcards like you (or who collect postcards you happen to have access to) so that you can arrange swaps based on those interest.
Posted by elwingelfje Rose on 18 Jan, 2010


chongcw, Malaysia
I like this feature, it is very useful to help me retrieve unknown IDs of some of the received cards. Thank you Postcrossing team! :)
Posted by chongcw on 18 Jan, 2010


Gizella, Finland
Yes, I found out that it´s useful if you use your username on the postcard then the reciver can found you if the id is uncorrect. So my recommendation is ; use your username and if you like your real name.
Posted by Gizella on 18 Jan, 2010


Mundoo, Australia
You can still look for members through the Postcrossing Explore google search function. It helps when you have information that may be in a profile or a first name. A good article of using THAT search is at http://forum.postcrossing.com/viewthread.php?tid=39273
Posted by Mundoo Rose on 19 Jan, 2010


Norway_girl, Norway
Well, according to the forum post about the google search, you should find my profile by entering ["from Norway" "or Cathrine"] in the search field. But this is the result of the search:
No standard web pages containing all your search terms were found.

Your search - "from Norway" "or Cathrine" - did not match any documents.

And I would still find it useful to combinate those two search functions in one!
Posted by Norway_girl on 20 Jan, 2010


calmond, United States of America
I have been waiting for this feature--thank you! I just found a lady living near me that is an active Postcrosser--I didn't think there were any others around here! :)
Posted by calmond on 20 Jan, 2010


Mama_Bear, United States of America
I've used it a few times and love it! Thank you! It's very quick and easy to find folks.
Posted by Mama_Bear on 20 Jan, 2010


Markku11, Finland
What a great idea!
Posted by Markku11 on 25 Jan, 2010


Videl, United Kingdom
I'm happy!!! I solved a wrong-ID issue thanks to search! Some guessing was involved as well :P, but still... search played the main role! ;)
Keep it up!
Posted by Videl on 12 Feb, 2010