COMC requested software additions/improvements thread

[mjohnatgt]

COMC is still double-counting sales made through eBay on their histograms, skewing the data for those that try to use it for such things.
However, it's even stranger.

Here is a card that has only been available for sale this quarter. According the bar graph before you mouse over it, it has 10 sales. However, only 4 have been sold off site once you mouse over it, but 21 "transactions" have taken place. So if it sold off site 4 times (presumably all through ebay), that would be 8 of the 21 transactions. 6 flips would get you the additional sales to hit 10, but then where did the other 7 transactions come from? Looks like they need to fix their transaction tracking code, and remove the double counting of eBay sales while they're at it.

[checkoutmydeals]

I've never seen that banner, and don't have any History Points at the present time to check it out.

However, the way I read it, there were 4 copies which sold and shipped, and 21 additional transactions on the site. (That is, 25 "transactions" total).

The items which sold and shipped could have sold on the site. They didn't necessarily ship on eBay.

There are 10 sales in the 4-year sales history. That is, 10 times that credit changed hands and the card was transferred from one account to the other. Could have been on eBay, could have been flips. Could have been purchased, marked not for sale, and not shipped yet.

It's an ePack card, so some of the other "transactions" might simply be people transferring the card from ePack into their COMC account. That doesn't count on the 4-year sales history, and it doesn't count on the number sold and shipped, but maybe it triggers some other "on-site transaction" metric.

[Lester Hayes]

I've got a simple suggestion for them: why not include the Shipment#and/or Item# in the Shipment Request emails. I have no idea which package they're referring to and I'm making multiple Shipment Requests weekly.

[lietuvalabas]

is there really no option to add top loaders still? i bought a card for $1750, they really wont ship it protected?

[sthoemke]

Originally Posted by mjohnatgt

COMC is still double-counting sales made through eBay on their histograms, skewing the data for those that try to use it for such things.
However, it's even stranger.

Here is a card that has only been available for sale this quarter. According the bar graph before you mouse over it, it has 10 sales. However, only 4 have been sold off site once you mouse over it, but 21 "transactions" have taken place. So if it sold off site 4 times (presumably all through ebay), that would be 8 of the 21 transactions. 6 flips would get you the additional sales to hit 10, but then where did the other 7 transactions come from? Looks like they need to fix their transaction tracking code, and remove the double counting of eBay sales while they're at it.

I think they may be including epack shipments generated from the Upper Deck site.

[mjohnatgt]

Here's an idea.
Problem: EBay Nonsports category does not allow variation listings, so only 1 card can be offered at any time.

For all the ePack stock photo cards in Non-sports (Marvel, Alien, Dinosaurs, Canines, Disney, etc) sets, COMC could add to their listing a quantity of like 5 to give sellers a faster chance of selling these cards. Want 1 Wolverine insert on eBay at 99 cents (base price 5 cents on COMC)? Maybe you'd buy all 5 if they were all there at 99 cents each.

Then COMC fills the orders faster because they have to go to that location anyways. Cards sell faster, COMC makes more per eBay order, etc.

[sthoemke]

Originally Posted by mjohnatgt

Here's an idea.
Problem: EBay Nonsports category does not allow variation listings, so only 1 card can be offered at any time.

For all the ePack stock photo cards in Non-sports (Marvel, Alien, Dinosaurs, Canines, Disney, etc) sets, COMC could add to their listing a quantity of like 5 to give sellers a faster chance of selling these cards. Want 1 Wolverine insert on eBay at 99 cents (base price 5 cents on COMC)? Maybe you'd buy all 5 if they were all there at 99 cents each.

Then COMC fills the orders faster because they have to go to that location anyways. Cards sell faster, COMC makes more per eBay order, etc.

Excellent idea.

I've always thought that it be a great idea on the COMC site if it could allow the buyer to combine shipping for quantities of the same epack card. That would probably help clear out great quantities of lower-priced cards.

[mjohnatgt]

Haven't bumped this in a while. But since they're looking for software developers and app-creators, it might be the time they can revisit hundreds of recommendations.

[TawkCards]

bulk price editing. i know they have some obscure tool that works on old computers, but I mean having something built into the actually inventory management screen. I'd imagine that is already one of the things they're working on.

[Budler]

1. Hide/ignore a card This would allow a player collector to mark/hide cards of a player so he would not have to see them when he pulls up the players list. They show over 5,500 cards of Tom Brady and say you have over 3,000 cards of him. You have to look through all 5,500 cards to check and see if there is any you need and willing to buy. He has over 20,000 cards so you have no idea how many cards they have for you.

2. At least they could have better sorting for your watch list. If you are watching 2,000 cards of different players. Allowing you to sort by player/set/type would allow faster buying.

3. Anything that would allow buyers to go through the cards faster would help. The more time spent and not finding cards causes frustration and then stop looking. Which means no buying. If you have a 20,000 card on your want list, it can take a long time finding the best buys.

[fungi2510]

I think they should allow offers on the eBay listings. It cannot be that difficult to develop whatever needs to be developed to have the buyers on eBay be able to make an offer on eBay and then that number be sent to COMC for the seller to approve or deny.

[scotthenrichs]

Originally Posted by Budler

1. Hide/ignore a card This would allow a player collector to mark/hide cards of a player so he would not have to see them when he pulls up the players .

This. More than anything else. I buy so many cheap cards and have them sent home I lose track of what I have and need. I’d buy so much more if I was certain I didn’t have the card already.

[Budler]

Originally Posted by scotthenrichs

This. More than anything else. I buy so many cheap cards and have them sent home I lose track of what I have and need. I’d buy so much more if I was certain I didn’t have the card already.

For me!! one of the players I collect: Ahman Green They have 1,184 of his cards I have 1,170 cards of his. I have to look through all of them just to see how many cards that they really have that I need. I go after the cheaper ones, so I sort by lowest price 1st. As sellers change their prices they are never in order as they were the last time you looked. Start from the 1st to the last over and over again. Frustrating enough to make you stop looking. They could be losing out on a lot of money. IMO

[aguinness]

Originally Posted by fungi2510

I think they should allow offers on the eBay listings. It cannot be that difficult to develop whatever needs to be developed to have the buyers on eBay be able to make an offer on eBay and then that number be sent to COMC for the seller to approve or deny.

I wonder if part of the logic against this may be because they'd want people who would make offers to sign up on the COMC platform rather than conduct everything through eBay. Not saying that's their reason, just a theory...

[glen87]

Originally Posted by fungi2510

I think they should allow offers on the eBay listings. It cannot be that difficult to develop whatever needs to be developed to have the buyers on eBay be able to make an offer on eBay and then that number be sent to COMC for the seller to approve or deny.

how would that work?

say i have a card on comc that they cross-list, but i do not (i do take offers, just using this as an example) take offers on comc, obviously i would not be too happy if they accepted an offer on my behalf that i did not want.

i know they build a margin in to cover their fees, so i suppose they could add a bit more in to make sure i still got my minimum.

[mjohnatgt]

Originally Posted by glen87

say i have a card on comc that they cross-list, but i do not (i do take offers, just using this as an example) take offers on comc, obviously i would not be too happy if they accepted an offer on my behalf that i did not want.

He's saying that they should repurpose that eBay offer to look like an offer coming from a user on COMC's normal offer channel. So the only offers that would make it to you, would be at rates within your consideration range on COMC.

For example, you list a card for $50 on COMC and are willing to listen to offers up to 40% off. The card on eBay looks like it's $59, and someone offers $40. COMC would back out the 15% upcharge and send you an offer via COMC for $36, which is above the $30 minimum you'd consider. Then you get a chance to sell it for $36 to the eBay buyer, IF THEY ACTUALLY PURCHASE ONCE YOU ACCEPT.

So that leads to 2 points: COMC has their store credit on COMC and executes the transaction immediately if you accept. This would go against that notion.
Also, COMC lists multiple cards via variation listings from multiple sellers. eBay buyers will be confused when they can offer $20 on one card priced at $40, but sending a $30 offer on another card in the same listing would be auto-rejected. I think the amount of coding to make this happen without human intervention may be difficult, because eBay doesn't have the fields to consider varying offers, I don't believe.

[glen87]

Originally Posted by mjohnatgt

He's saying that they should repurpose that eBay offer to look like an offer coming from a user on COMC's normal offer channel. So the only offers that would make it to you, would be at rates within your consideration range on COMC.

For example, you list a card for $50 on COMC and are willing to listen to offers up to 40% off. The card on eBay looks like it's $59, and someone offers $40. COMC would back out the 15% upcharge and send you an offer via COMC for $36, which is above the $30 minimum you'd consider. Then you get a chance to sell it for $36 to the eBay buyer, IF THEY ACTUALLY PURCHASE ONCE YOU ACCEPT.

So that leads to 2 points: COMC has their store credit on COMC and executes the transaction immediately if you accept. This would go against that notion.
Also, COMC lists multiple cards via variation listings from multiple sellers. eBay buyers will be confused when they can offer $20 on one card priced at $40, but sending a $30 offer on another card in the same listing would be auto-rejected. I think the amount of coding to make this happen without human intervention may be difficult, because eBay doesn't have the fields to consider varying offers, I don't believe.

this is the part i believe the most.

[cardsrus1]

Originally Posted by mjohnatgt

He's saying that they should repurpose that eBay offer to look like an offer coming from a user on COMC's normal offer channel. So the only offers that would make it to you, would be at rates within your consideration range on COMC.

For example, you list a card for $50 on COMC and are willing to listen to offers up to 40% off. The card on eBay looks like it's $59, and someone offers $40. COMC would back out the 15% upcharge and send you an offer via COMC for $36, which is above the $30 minimum you'd consider. Then you get a chance to sell it for $36 to the eBay buyer, IF THEY ACTUALLY PURCHASE ONCE YOU ACCEPT.

So that leads to 2 points: COMC has their store credit on COMC and executes the transaction immediately if you accept. This would go against that notion.
Also, COMC lists multiple cards via variation listings from multiple sellers. eBay buyers will be confused when they can offer $20 on one card priced at $40, but sending a $30 offer on another card in the same listing would be auto-rejected. I think the amount of coding to make this happen without human intervention may be difficult, because eBay doesn't have the fields to consider varying offers, I don't believe.

Variation listings do not have the ability to allow offers on ebay.

[natbornkiller]

Add one of each for quicker set building

[paulcarlcards]

I’d want COMC to open up their platform as a SaaS so you could use their website style to host your own website and fulfill orders yourself. Would be awesome to combine that with Kronocard and have your own online platform to easily diversify off of just eBay/sportlots/whatever.

[Budler]

Originally Posted by paulcarlcards

I’d want COMC to open up their platform as a SaaS so you could use their website style to host your own website and fulfill orders yourself. Would be awesome to combine that with Kronocard and have your own online platform to easily diversify off of just eBay/sportlots/whatever.

I understand what SaaS is, what a website is, what Kronocard is, and you wanting your own online platform but how they come together is what I did not really understand. COMC did have one seller (deanscards) if I remember correctly. Doing something like that. They scanned and shipped cards their cards. All thou their cards showed up on the site COMC never had them. Not sure if they are still doing it.

COMC, E-Bay and sportlots appear to be the top 3 platforms to sell cards on. They all have different business models. I do not understand where your ideal would fit into the models.

[mjohnatgt]

Yeah, that's a terrible idea. If you want that, Sportlots or BuySportsCards (or whatever it is) are for you. Or start up your own site.

IIRC (as it was before my time), Dean's got grandfathered in because they had existing vintage inventory and COMC wanted to give their nascent site's users a collection of cards worthy of "trading up" to acquire. I think Dean's gave COMC a lot of credibility, having 1952 Topps Mantles, 1954 Hank Aarons, T206s, etc all available for purchase with store credit. I really should have bought a VG '52T Mantle back when they were only $12K.... D'oh!

But Dean's was also annoying, because you couldn't flip their cards easily (not just that they were overpriced), since it took weeks for them to relocate from Dean's warehouse to Redmond. Their scans were also different than COMC wanted, and their batch importing regularly messed up with variations and even standard cards in the vintage realm. 1950s would come in as 1951s, or something. And card numbers would get consistenly changed.

Then when COMC coordinated with Amazon and eBay for cross-posting, I think it just became a relic. Because they were adding all this in-house capability with UD ePack and could cross-post those with ease. They now had the higher tier market they needed to keep people on site.

[Budler]

Just thought of something for sellers.

Allow the sellers to see if their cards are on someone's watch list. That would show how much interest is in the card. If you have a card with 100 people having on their watch list and it has not sold. Does that mean your price is too high?

Have no idea how they would do it.

[paulcarlcards]

Originally Posted by Budler

I understand what SaaS is, what a website is, what Kronocard is, and you wanting your own online platform but how they come together is what I did not really understand. COMC did have one seller (deanscards) if I remember correctly. Doing something like that. They scanned and shipped cards their cards. All thou their cards showed up on the site COMC never had them. Not sure if they are still doing it.

COMC, E-Bay and sportlots appear to be the top 3 platforms to sell cards on. They all have different business models. I do not understand where your ideal would fit into the models.

Sorry, I didn’t explain the idea well. I’d want to pay COMC to create my own site like theirs but have it all to myself on my own domain (not listed on COMC at all). Similar to how you pay Shopify to make your own website using their tech but it’s your own marketplace.

I’d use Kronocard for the scanning and documentation, export it to a csv and then use a script to format it properly to upload to my personal COMC clone (specifically for me to sell and ship, no box or other sellers flipping or submitting to me, etc.).

I might make something myself at some point so I can have a well organized, easy to search/filter site like COMC and then have it sync with my eBay and other platforms.

[mjohnatgt]

Originally Posted by paulcarlcards

Sorry, I didn’t explain the idea well. I’d want to pay COMC to create my own site like theirs but have it all to myself on my own domain (not listed on COMC at all).

Still not a good idea. Build your own site. COMC should not be franchising trading card sites; it still needs to focus on its core business.