Upon returning from a weekly trip to our favorite comic book stores, I discovered that I accidentally purchased two copies of the same volume. Just a few moments later, my husband complained of the same issue. Up until now, I’ve been keeping track of my comic collection in an Excel spreadsheet. Obviously this was no longer an acceptable option. Within moments, I was digging through the interwebz in hopes for a solution. Within moments, my search was rewarded; I found not one but two comic book inventory options.
Today’s post will start with the simpler of the two: Stash My Comics.
It has a pretty robust advance search, allowing you to easily add issues to your pull or wish lists.
Once you have books added to your inventory (in this case, your stash), it’s easy to organize by category. I was boring, organizing by publisher:
Once you have a collection started, you can easily add items to a pull list (in this case it just reminds you of upcoming titles) right from your inventory:
My most favorite feature? Stats, of course! When you select an issue to add to your shash, it lists the market price. You, too, have the opportunity to manually enter how much you paid. The stats track the current value, showing the percent change in value.
So that’s it in a nutshell. Pretty intuitive and easy to use. I’d recommend this particular site for those who won’t be entering inventory on a mobile device (alas, no app for this one). My complaints are minimal. First, the lack of an app is irksome. Additionally, issue covers don’t pop up when you do a search. Instead, you get a somewhat clunky list of issues, forcing you to click on each one to see which cover you have. All in all, though, not a bad site. Please note that I only touched the surface of all the options/functionality of this web site. Take a few minutes to explore it yourself!
Tomorrow I’ll be focusing on the app/service we ended up going with. A little more robust with apps for both phone and tablet!
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