ComicsPriceGuide.com Forums - Issues - New variant additions - Messages https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 ComicsPriceGuide.com Forums - Issues - New variant additions - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Sun, 28 Jan 2024 03:14:26 GMT Sun, 28 Jan 2024 03:14:26 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from collectibleshop LtCmdrMarx wrote:
I have a different Issue #3A for Heat Seeker A Gun Honey Series. What you have listed my be an alternative variant?

forgot to reply to this one. your #3A is the regular cover that CPG didn't have of that one (goes with the 3F virgin cover), so I reduced the size and submitted it too. And I'm not an admin by the way, just a member.]]> Sun, 28 Jan 2024 03:14:26 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from collectibleshop as for your earlier post,
I'm having difficulty finding what you are describing here on the website. All I've ever been able to do is go to the Forums link, and I select the link(?) for Issues and then variants. I never see a tab, (they always look like pages) or any other method to submit missing issues or variants. I have no idea how to resize or reformat an image for submissions here. There is no clear instructions or evidence of instructions on where to go here on the site or how to resize images forsubmissions. If I sound redundant, I do apologize. I just get frustrated when things are not as easy as they ought or sound to be. And that's even with following your given instructions. Thanks


I'm not sure if I understand all that. You've only been to the forums and not to the main site and used the search form? Your member page says you've been a member since 2010, so figured you knew your way around the site by now. Maybe you've found it now. this is the listing page for Heat Seeker #3, https://comicspriceguide.com/titles/heat-seeker-a-gun-honey-series/3/pisrmpy . you see the (faintly highlighted) 'tabs' right above the issues?: Details Values Variants My Collection
so clicking the Variants link shows all the variant issues, and AFTER any listed ones is the 'report missing variant' button. That brings up the form to add a pic and info.
Watch their youtube videos, that should help: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eOHtGDGIs0GGohUDuypf3TlQM2aupdo
the main site search page/form is https://comicspriceguide.com/search in case you don't know, and has all kinds of options in the fields drop down menus, MORE than the forum search box does, so better to use the main one to help narrow results.

if you don't know how to resize pics, you can find many ready-to-copy and submit ones at comics.org, so bookmark that. They can be a little slower to add new comics and they also don't have all the variants of everything, but you can find most with google eventually, and if you can't, post about it on the Database and Missing Issue forum (which actually is where your 1st post shoulda been), and someone can probably track it down. I'll message you about another site too, so check your CPG messages in your dashboard. And no, there's no info on the site about how to resize pics, that's up to users to know or find out. plenty of free online or downloadable applications to edit pics with.
read this thread about pic guidelines: https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=5
also see this thread for my search tips (4th post down): https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=12110

https://comicspriceguide.com/faqs for a few How To answers about submitting missing images and reporting missing issues etc.

there's your homework for the weekend, hope it helps.
edited by collectibleshop on 1/28/2024
edited by collectibleshop on 1/28/2024]]> Sat, 27 Jan 2024 23:44:57 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from LtCmdrMarx

collectibleshop wrote:
well then, submit it as described above and maybe it'll get added. your pic is a bit large, but within specs, so ok to use..
]]> Sat, 27 Jan 2024 22:23:07 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from LtCmdrMarx

collectibleshop wrote:
well then, submit it as described above and maybe it'll get added. your pic is a bit large, but within specs, so ok to use..
]]> Sat, 27 Jan 2024 22:10:23 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from LtCmdrMarx Sat, 27 Jan 2024 22:04:12 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from collectibleshop Sat, 27 Jan 2024 21:26:08 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from LtCmdrMarx Sat, 27 Jan 2024 20:57:03 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from collectibleshop
I found a good pic of that and another variant of it (metal/foil edition), and I've submitted those for you. in the future, if you can get the correct pics, you can submit variants yourself thru the Report Missing Variant function found at the bottom of the Variants tab of the issue it goes with, and that's the preferred way.
instructions:
need a sharp square-on scan (not a camera pic), .jpg, .png, or .gif format preferred, cropped to the edges of the comic. If you can't, then find them on the net, with no watermarks, no signatures, no pro-graded ones, no bagged/boarded pics unless it's a factory polybag, and try to make sure they're a published version, not a pre-production pic (like a Previews solicitation often is), as those get changed in production all the time.
Navigate to the specific book that is missing a variant.
Select the 'Variants' tab found next to 'Values'.
You should see a red box titled "Report Missing Variants" on the right side below any listed variants.
Clicking the box will bring up a page where you can upload the pic and enter information specific to the variant you are reporting (not all is required if they have other issues already). This includes what it's called, an image, price, artist, publication date, etc. This makes it much faster for the admins to process the request.

and now you know how to do self-service for variants. and it may take a while before they get added, so be patient.
edited by collectibleshop on 1/27/2024]]> Sat, 27 Jan 2024 19:55:01 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from LtCmdrMarx Sat, 27 Jan 2024 19:09:24 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from collectibleshop Memn0ch wrote:
I am having trouble adding the Canadian Price Variant of Cloak and Dagger Vol 2 #7. The link to adding cover variants does not seem to be working.

that's because it's already there: https://comicspriceguide.com/titles/cloak-and-dagger/7/phprbsw . if you click the Variants tab it's there under Alternate Countries/Publishers. Or if you use Canada in the Country menu, it comes up. And another Scooby Doo mystery solved...]]> Tue, 19 Dec 2023 19:25:51 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from Memn0ch Tue, 19 Dec 2023 19:12:04 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from rgtichy Ronbatman wrote:
Just 50 hours? smile



Okay, so here's an idea:

Create a functionality that allows the users to add variants, along with a process for multi-party verification of the variant. Basically get the entire entry entered by the users, along with the image, and since it is a variant there's (probably) a limited amount of fields that can differ from the "base" book, (which needs to already exist in CPG).

The only slightly difficult part would be to prevent duplicate variants from reaching the CPG. Voting systems that depend on your most involved customers probably will work well, though, imo. From what I see, you have those customers, and you already have a mechanism that ranks their participation.


This is a fair amount of development work, no doubt. But the problem is getting kind of monstrous, right? Variant covers has become a huge gimmick used by so many publishers to get advance orders "up" and in-the-grand-scheme-of-it-all, the variants represent less value-added by the CPG staff when compared to adding actual new books.]]> Sun, 05 Mar 2023 11:47:59 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from Xvipah73 Thu, 02 Mar 2023 11:46:56 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from Ronbatman ]]> Thu, 02 Mar 2023 10:51:11 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from kds_comics Xvipah73 wrote:
Hi,

I've noticed there's been a massive lag in adding/approving new variants for various titles. Is there something more we could be doing to help that process go faster?

I have a few variants in for SiKtC from Feb that still haven't been approved, which is why I'm asking.

Along those same lines, it would be awesome to have an easier way of tracking variant submissions than having to remember every one we've put in and then going to look them up separately (I'm mostly bringing this up for collection purposes. If you approve my variant submissions and I don't even know it, I may never even add it). smile




You just need the publishing companies to stop coming out with fifty variants for every issues #1 that is rebooted ever two year. Yikes!

CPG says fast way is to submit "new variant" in title issue.


I think they are looking for volunteers/free labor to come into their office 50 hours a week or so and help them out. You can always volunteer if you are in the home office area!]]> Thu, 02 Mar 2023 10:04:29 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from Ronbatman Employees work on critical items as we have determined them.
Price Updates - Programming - New Books - Social Media - Forum

Admins work on things that members cannot do and employees don't have time to do.
Approving Variants - Approving Creators - Approving Stories - Forums

Members work on
Approving Missing scans - Publishing dates - cover prices - UPC - missing issues

I say this not to place blame on the admins but to show roles. Our admins do all sorts of other things that are often overlooked. We need to do a better job engaging our admins and helping them. Related to your request, I will knock out every submitted SIKTC variant tomorrow.
Ron]]> Mon, 20 Feb 2023 16:51:41 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from Xvipah73
I now have variant submissions in for SiKtC from a year ago that still have not been approved. This is not complaining, just a genuine question on how this process can be improved for everyone.]]> Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:16:03 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from Ronbatman Ron]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2022 10:14:52 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from Xvipah73
Thanks for sorting it out!

I still think some sort of "Your variant submissions" page we could use to track them in 1 place would be pretty epic smile]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2022 09:55:06 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from Casper0312 The counters I can see on my side are far less than the actual issues I can see and work on.
Also, new variant submissions I've added today are not showing in the pending queue.
I'm summarizing and sending a message to Ron
-David]]> Sun, 03 Jul 2022 22:36:57 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from Xvipah73
Maybe we're just not seeing them anymore for some reason (Since Ron just listed a few of mine that I know I have out there). But none of my variant submissions are showing in the variant screen as awaiting approval anymore either.


glarimer wrote:
I had 54 variants submitted across 15 or so titles. I check them every day or two. Yesterday or the day before, every one of them disappeared. Not approved, just no longer there.
]]> Sat, 02 Jul 2022 10:41:34 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from glarimer Sat, 02 Jul 2022 00:45:49 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from Ronbatman
We entered roughly 400 to 500 books each week with new comics alone. Variants can be in the same range depending on what's released. Store variants are not on lists from Diamond or other distributors. This takes time and effort. We will get to them and I'll contact a few admins to help cut the flood of variants down.
Ron]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:49:08 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from glarimer Xvipah73 wrote:
So did someone just go in and delete all of the variant submissions? Because now all the ones I listed above that I had variant submission in for are gone. But they have not been approved (or at least they aren't listed with the various titles). I know all these variants exist, I own them.

Do I really have to go in and resubmit?



Yea, all of mine disappeared as well. 5 months worth of submissions awaiting approval.]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2022 15:16:40 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from Xvipah73
Do I really have to go in and resubmit?]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2022 14:22:55 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from BasementComics Fri, 10 Jun 2022 15:51:11 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from Xvipah73 .
edited by xvipah73 on 6/10/2022]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:47:26 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from Casper0312
My suggestion for a speedier turnaround is a clear description of the variant. While there are some great submissions, many just say "variant" or "description of the cover", If the official variant name is provided It makes tracking down the issue easier. Additionally, a nice cover scan (bright and cropped) is very helpful. Finding appropriate covers is very time-consuming.

There are quite a few folks who work on variants and they seem to ebb and flow.

Thanks for raising this concern. -David]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2022 22:49:27 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from glarimer Thu, 09 Jun 2022 10:34:52 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=17257 Message from Xvipah73
I've noticed there's been a massive lag in adding/approving new variants for various titles. Is there something more we could be doing to help that process go faster?

I have a few variants in for SiKtC from Feb that still haven't been approved, which is why I'm asking.

Along those same lines, it would be awesome to have an easier way of tracking variant submissions than having to remember every one we've put in and then going to look them up separately (I'm mostly bringing this up for collection purposes. If you approve my variant submissions and I don't even know it, I may never even add it). smile]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2022 09:49:09 GMT