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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2530
10/28/2019
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Any of you who follow ComicsPriceGuide know that we are in this for the long term. Part of that involves, improving our current offering and adding additional features and sites. You can look down the CPG Announcement page and see some of the improvements we've made.
We want to improve the app and hopefully get more 5 star reviews. Here are our initial plans
1. Add a Barcode scanner
2. Improve the search function
3. Add better functionality to the login, like a password reset
4. Push notifications about value changes (1 per week so that it doesn't overwhelm users with too many notifications)
These were the primary complaints about our app, so we want to add these features/functions. This will cost us money and time so I'd like to ask for a minor and easy favor.
If you use and love our app, please leave a 5-star review for us. That's it.
If you hate our app, please contact me and let's talk.
Ron
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gg92659 Posts: 1
10/29/2019
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I am definitely for the bar code scanner and the better search app. The inadequate search app has always been a frustration for me
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claydwilli Posts: 66
10/30/2019
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Looking forward to the updates! I went in and gave a 5 star. Personally I like the app, but these will add some great functionality.
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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2530
10/30/2019
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gg92659 wrote:
I am definitely for the bar code scanner and the better search app. The inadequate search app has always been a frustration for me
How would you like the search to be different? Different people have different ideas about what makes a search good.
Claydwilli,
Thanks so much!
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Guest
10/30/2019
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Does anyone else experience comic book covers randomly not showing up in the app?
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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2530
10/31/2019
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Does anyone else experience comic book covers randomly not showing up in the app?
Does it say "missing scan" or is it just blank?
Can you give a specific example? That would help us figure out whether the issue is on our side or on your side.
Thanks,
Ron
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fdaz89 Posts: 56
10/31/2019
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It's just blank. Some examples: Age of Ultron No.1, Amazing Spider-man (1963) Nos. 64, 67, 68, 97, 100, 101 to name a few.
Ronbatman wrote:
Does anyone else experience comic book covers randomly not showing up in the app?
Does it say "missing scan" or is it just blank?
Can you give a specific example? That would help us figure out whether the issue is on our side or on your side.
Thanks,
Ron
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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2530
11/1/2019
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Every book that you mentioned comes up with a cover scan for me on the app. Which means the app is functioning correctly.
Potential causes -
Some work IT departments block entertainment websites. I spoke with someone this week who said all images on the main site display at home but not at work. They want you working.
If this happened late on Sunday or very early Monday morning then it might be related to our regularly scheduled image backup system.
If you continue to have an issue please contact me and I'll try to help.
Ron
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fdaz89 Posts: 56
11/1/2019
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I did some troubleshooting and discovered the apparent cause. I have scans of all my books uploaded to your site, when I deleted them, the cover scans appeared in the app. I re-uploaded my scans and they now show up in the app.
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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2530
11/4/2019
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fdaz89 wrote:
I did some troubleshooting and discovered the apparent cause. I have scans of all my books uploaded to your site, when I deleted them, the cover scans appeared in the app. I re-uploaded my scans and they now show up in the app.
Ok, that makes sense. Glad you were able to figure it out.
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WaveWarrior Posts: 109
11/5/2019
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I gave 5 stars! The App has been very helpful to me when visiting comic book stores and hunting. Thanks!
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Marciano Weber
CPG ID: WaveWarrior
Display Case: https://comicspriceguide.com/members/wavewarrior
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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2530
11/6/2019
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Thanks Marciano, you're the best
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Eaglewolf Posts: 2
12/3/2019
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I would LOVE:
1. Add a Barcode scanner
2. and when you do a search to be able to just type "Spider-Man 300" and then only show all the spider man 300's
Thank you!!
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Dylman Posts: 119
12/3/2019
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I still can't see my uploaded scans on my phone using the App.
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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2530
12/4/2019
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Eaglewolf,
First post, welcome! We are beta testing the bar code scanner right now. Maybe I'll make a video for our Instagram for people to see it while in testing. Both of the things you mention will be on the revision.
We need everyone's help to add in the UPC numbers. I just added in all the UPC's for Batman volume 1. We've opened it up for all members to be able to add UPC numbers. Any help would be great.
Dylman,
I see what you're talking about. Let me look into this.
Ron
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Dylman Posts: 119
12/4/2019
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That would be great! I have scanned in thousands of books.
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Eaglewolf,
First post, welcome! We are beta testing the bar code scanner right now. Maybe I'll make a video for our Instagram for people to see it while in testing. Both of the things you mention will be on the revision.
We need everyone's help to add in the UPC numbers. I just added in all the UPC's for Batman volume 1. We've opened it up for all members to be able to add UPC numbers. Any help would be great.
Dylman,
I see what you're talking about. Let me look into this.
Ron
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Eaglewolf Posts: 2
12/5/2019
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Ronbatman wrote:
Eaglewolf,
First post, welcome! We are beta testing the bar code scanner right now. Maybe I'll make a video for our Instagram for people to see it while in testing. Both of the things you mention will be on the revision.
We need everyone's help to add in the UPC numbers. I just added in all the UPC's for Batman volume 1. We've opened it up for all members to be able to add UPC numbers. Any help would be great.
Dylman,
I see what you're talking about. Let me look into this.
Ron
Thank you!
That would be amazing! I don't mind helping you beta test if you need more hands and eyes on it.
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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2530
12/6/2019
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Our big need right now is UPC numbers in the system. Any member can add a UPC number to a comic book. We need your help adding those numbers!
This might help anyone who is interested in understanding the UPC number better.
A modern Spiderman comic has this number
75960608936902411 - The last 5 digits are what most collectors focus in on since 024 is the issue number, 1st Cover, 1st printing
75960608936902511 - Is the next issue
7 is from the UPC guidelines
59606 is the code for Marvel on current books
08936 is the code for Amazing Spiderman
9 is the check digit
024 is the issue number
1 is the cover number
1 is the print number
Easy enough formula now but there are so many books that need UPC's added. One of our members wrote a nice article on this topic on his blog. https://thejimfurey.com/2018/06/29/anatomy-of-the-modern-comic-book-barcode/
Ron
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drewzer15 Posts: 84
12/6/2019
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Ronbatman wrote:
7 is from the UPC guidelines
59606 is the code for Marvel on current books
08936 is the code for Amazing Spiderman
9 is the check digit
024 is the issue number
1 is the cover number
1 is the print number
Easy enough formula now but there are so many books that need UPC's added. One of our members wrote a nice article on this topic on his blog. https://thejimfurey.com/2018/06/29/anatomy-of-the-modern-comic-book-barcode/
Ron
Except on Walmart variants and some books that have more than 10 variant covers. Also there is one publisher out there that doesn't use that formula. ICR which publisher it is. Also there will be some confusion with the hidden secret Marvel variants that will have the same UPC but different covers.
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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2530
12/12/2019
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Quick Update -
We have submitted the revisions for the app to the Apple Store and Google Play. We are waiting for their approvals and/or issues with the app. If there are problems we could be delayed a few days.
When the app is approved, if you find a book that has a UPC code but it's not in our system, please add the UPC. This will help everyone looking for the book and you can scan the book right after entering the code. I've tried it and after entering the code the scanner immediately recognizes it. (which is very cool) If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
Ron
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