Collectible stickers app hits goal target

AVERY busy year is expected by Fantom, a Dublin technology company that has developed online digital sticker albums, a 21st century version of collectible trading cards.

Since launching an app which allows fans to collect and swap stickers online early last year, Fantom has signed agreements with Derby County, Queens Park Rangers, and Wolves, as well as Impact Wresting in the US and the National Science Museum in the UK.

Co-founder and CEO Paul Healy says Fantom is set to achieve a significant breakthrough this year into the digital collectible game card sector, a market which is expected to be worth $560m (€410m) globally in 2013.