Shortly after somehow the word got out on some popular Apple related forums and the page visitors shot through the roof, it was then i decided to create a new domain for this page and give it a nice look and feel.
Over time more features were added, the database became messy and that's where some friends joined in to help out, they have each been doing a part since. Read below to see who's involved.
The secondary purpose of this page was to give buyers of used Macs a chance to check if a Mac was what the seller claimed it to be. We are happy to see that by now most Macs that are being sold include a screenshot of this website showing the specs, or a link to this site as a means to verify.
E-mails started coming in with reports of stolen Macs and other Apple products so we added a section on the site for that too. A registration was added were users can register all their Apple products and save the info in one place without having to worry about saving receipts etc. Long story short... in just one year this website grew enormously!
We took pride in offering this service for free without pushing people into paying for anything or annoying advertisements crowding the page. In time we did add a small Google Ad banner and donations button to hopefully get a small revenue for the time and efforts we have put into this. We will continue to offer the full contents of this site for free to the public.
When this site started the intention was to support Macs built in 2000 or after but quickly found the demand for older Macs to be just as high or possibly even higher so we decided to just add anything and everything Apple from displays to Apple TV, iPod and iPhone, Performa to the latest Mac Pro, whatever we can get our hands on.
Without user submitted information this site would not grow as fast as it currently does, many users submit their specifications daily. We compare, compile and add it to our database. This is a website by Apple users for Apple users and we are very happy to see the new emails come in every day.
As this text is typed there are close to 800 unique configurations supported. 15 Service Providers around the world use appleserialnumberinfo.com for what it was originally intended to do and we expect many more to follow.
This way it's easier to track down production issues, production numbers, determine warranty etc.
Serial numbers are valuable in quality control, as once a defect is found in the production of a particular batch of product, the serial number will quickly identify which units are affected. Serial numbers are also used as a deterrent against theft and counterfeit products in that serial numbers can be recorded, and stolen or otherwise irregular goods can be identified. In your Mac's case it holds a lot more info.
A serial number only holds hardware information, not personal information.
Only the store where the hardware was purchased holds records with the name, purchase date etc.
Appleserialnumberinfo.com can only read out the hardware information since we are not linked to any
store databases.
