How would you price a newly trending book, like Sleepwalker #1?16540

Originally Posted by Broker1
Simple answer - no. Downloaded app and going to give it a try. Really miss CLZ's pricing, hopefully there is a way to import collections.

Originally Posted by sportshort
@Collectionary_FTW, is it only available for Apple? (I found it on my phone) I use a chromebook mostly, is there a google app? I couldn't find it.

Originally Posted by esaravo
@Collectionary_FTW - I just put your app on my iPad and have started to “kick the tires.” Looked at some ASM issues and noticed some issues even have Pence versions - nice! But when I clicked on the eBay link when I was looking at the Pence version, it took me to a US edition. And not be too critical, as there isn’t much data to support them, the graphs look like they were created on an Etch-a-Sketch.
I am definitely looking forward to seeing how this progresses.
Good luck!

Originally Posted by Collectionary_FTW
Seems most collectors have a few options: Key Collector if they've deemed a book worth of tracking, OR going to GoCollect if your book is slabbed, or simply going to eBay to see what recent sales there have been.

My team has created the free Collectionary 4Comics app, which shows recent sales from eBay and also a Price Chart of historical sales on eBay for the last 2+ years -- For raw and slabbed book. We figure, collectors just want to see the data so they can determine their own sense of price and trends.

But, we're trying to be the easiest and best solution for collectors that you can have with you in your pocket anytime you need it. So, looking to hear if there's a consensus on how the service could be better.... Should we simply pick a grade (say, NM) and average the last X sold prices of a book, and simply do the math, so there's a single price presented, rather than present the data so you can eval it yourself?

Originally Posted by flanders
Waiting for an android version.

Originally Posted by Sigur_Ros
'Cuz the world needs more apps....

Anyway, like Cesidio said, I just look at eBay myself. I haven't found the need to pay an app to do that for me.

Regardless, this is all moot as I'm an Android user.

Originally Posted by Collectionary_FTW
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Originally Posted by Sigur_Ros
'Cuz the world needs more apps....

Anyway, like Cesidio said, I just look at eBay myself. I haven't found the need to pay an app to do that for me.

Regardless, this is all moot as I'm an Android user.

Free is free, and I do mean free... no in-app purchases. When we release the Android version, I'll try to remember to post it here.

Our hope is to keep it free and support the app through minimal ads, and affiliate sales -- Meaning, browse "For Sale" books from within the app, and if you decide to buy through that link, the vendor pays us.

Originally Posted by Collectionary_FTW
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Originally Posted by poka
...I wish you good luck,. but a couple of comments.

1) How are you going to price raw books on ebay - group them all together - or based on grades - and if based on grades - how to determine the grades - not everyone provides a grade and grades for raw books i like the wild west

2. How are you going to outperform existing services for slabs - such as GPA? While GPA only provides prices for CGC (although these days prices for CBCS would be similar), they have more data points than ebay.

Currently, the app sorts "Recent Sales" data by grade, and our "Historical Price Charts" do, too. And the data is "variant-specific", so prices for Direct Editions and variant covers are split out, too. We also added labels to Recent Sales so that you can see which sales were for slabbed books -- and which company slabbed it (CBCS/ CGC). That said, we're still working our systems to improve the amount of pricing data we present. And, we're talking with other comics sellers and auctioneers to build more data sources.

Our goal isn't to replace the big boys like Go Collect or GPA (yet ), but rather to be a faster, easier, always-in-your-pocket supplement for collectors. Here's a situation I bet is familiar that we want to solve: "Geez, here I am, looking at some tasty books for sale at the convention / LCS / fair / garage sale. Do I have this one already? Did my fave Creator work on this book? And, is that a fair price for it?" Whip out the app, use the Cover Image Search, read up on the creator credits, and feel comfortable that you're not getting ripped off.