You know that feeling when you see someone's laptop covered in stickers and you just get them?
You don't know their name. You don't know what they do. But you see a sticker for that obscure band you love, or that niche hobby nobody else seems to care about, and suddenly you feel connected to a stranger. Because your stickers say a thousand words.
That feeling is the entire reason I built Stickerbook. Come be a part of it.
Stickerbook is a social app where your identity is your sticker collection. Not your photo. Not your bio. Not your follower count.
You build pages of digital stickers that represent who you are. You discover other people through shared taste. Creators sell their work in a built-in marketplace — grab free stickers or support creators directly with in-app purchases.
A few years ago I was stuck in traffic behind a car covered in stickers. I related to almost all of them. I felt like I'd get along with whoever was driving — not because of anything they'd written about themselves, but because of what they chose to put on their car. Their values and interests were right there, no bio required.
That idea stuck with me. Then like a lot of adults I found myself back on dating apps, and hit the same wall I always do. Upload your best photos. Write something clever about yourself. Describe who you are in a few sentences. None of it felt natural. None of it felt like me.
So I started thinking — what if there was an app where you just showed who you are instead of trying to describe it?
I made a rough mockup in Canva and filed the idea away. Then I saw a Reddit post that brought it all back. Someone found a laptop covered in stickers and posted a photo trying to find the owner. Multiple people commented that they'd want to be friends with whoever owned it — based purely on the stickers. Strangers felt connected to someone they'd never met through curation alone.
That was all I needed. I started building for real.
My name is Austin. I spent over ten years working in the non-profit world. Good work, meaningful work — but last year I walked away. No plan, no next job. Just a feeling that it was time to bet on something different.
That something was an idea I'd been sitting on for about eight years. It kept coming back. I kept filing it away. When I finally had nothing stopping me, I stopped filing it away. That idea is Stickerbook. I have no engineering background. I taught myself how to build it. No outside funding, no team — just me.
I could tell you more about me — my interests, my taste, what I'm into — but in keeping with the whole point of this app, I'd rather just show you.
On the app you'll find me as Frosty. My dad called me Frosty the Austy when I was little. The name faded, then came back in a way I didn't expect. My ex-wife and I co-parent really well — well enough that I'm often around for her daughter too, my kids' little sister from her new marriage. When she started talking we realized there was no word for what I was to her. So we made one up. She calls me Frosty. Now the whole family does.
It's one of the most meaningful parts of my identity. Felt like the right name to bring to an app built around exactly that.
