Popular Post NicoV Posted September 25, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2017 (edited) Hello everyone! I’m excited to announce a new tool for this wonderful hobby of ours… Have you ever wanted to track auction items without having to bid on each one? Have you ever tried searching for a specific artist across eBay and ComicConnect and Black Line Fever and The Artist's Choice and still maintain your sanity?! Have you ever needed comps and historic sales NOW -- across all of the major and minor houses -- before that grail piece you found is gobbled up? Have you ever wondered how many comic art sites you’re missing out on… on both sides of the Atlantic? Every original comic art collector has to answer these questions sooner or later. I decided to build my own answer: ComicArtTracker.com ComicArtTracker gives you instant access to more than 180 comic art websites: artists, dealers, reps, marketplaces, and auction houses. Feel free to discover it, play with it... I hope you will find it as useful as I do! And as we all use it, CAT will continue to evolve during this beta period. I have lots of ideas that I have yet to even implement. So feel free to send your comments, ideas, issues... I'm eager to know what you think about ComicArtTracker. Nicohttp://ComicArtTracker.com P.S. Many thanks to B. Carter whose numerous comments and ideas (not to mention feedback on my grammar!) helped me greatly improve what was initially supposed to be just a small side project. Edited October 6, 2017 by NicoV BCarter27, Andahaion, John E. and 12 others 6 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andahaion Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Registered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick O. Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Congrats @NicoV! Excited to see this publicly rolled out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Machismo Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Really great tool. Thanks for your tremendous efforts on this, it is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flambit Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Pretty fantastic. I'd love to see an option to restrict certain dealers from my search... *cough*coollines*cough* Kohei 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garf Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Looks nice. However... after signing up I am left confused as to why it told me it was searching only 89 out of the available sources. I searched for something I knew to be in one of the sites you mentioned in the paragraph above and it wasn't found (perhaps not a site in one of the 89 it searched). That being said I only had 5 mins for a quick browse and haven't even looked for a FAQ. Also the results page was blank when nothing was found so I logged in via a different browser just to see if it was a problem at my end or if a blank white space beneath my search means nothing is found. When I searched for "Batman"results were shown. It's a small thing but getting the search to tell you when no results are found lets you know the search was successful e.g. Will definitely have a play with it to see how it feels. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Marino Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 And I thought I was going to be productive today. New toys.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket1312 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 13 minutes ago, Flambit said: Pretty fantastic. I'd love to see an option to restrict certain dealers from my search... *cough*coollines*cough* In the settings there is a "sources" tab which allows you to customize which sources are included in searches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malvin Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Very interesting! I'll play around with it later. Malvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPR Comics Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Love it. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotSuperPowers? Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 @NicoV it doesn't look like you're hitting my humble site of www.gotsuperpowers.com - Please could you add it? Thanks much, and playing around with it now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Looks very promising! Will dig around. Best of luck with this project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanfromottawa Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Amazing site...... ! @NicoV could you add my friends wonderful site moregreatart.com also please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicoV Posted September 25, 2017 Author Share Posted September 25, 2017 Thanks for your encouragements! I'll try to answer yours questions promptly. 2 hours ago, Flambit said: Pretty fantastic. I'd love to see an option to restrict certain dealers from my search... *cough*coollines*cough* You can go to your Settings page, click on the "Sources" button and select / unselect the sources you want. 2 hours ago, Garf said: Looks nice. However... after signing up I am left confused as to why it told me it was searching only 89 out of the available sources. I searched for something I knew to be in one of the sites you mentioned in the paragraph above and it wasn't found (perhaps not a site in one of the 89 it searched). That being said I only had 5 mins for a quick browse and haven't even looked for a FAQ. By default I only pre-select a subset of all sources... maybe I'm wrong and should select every source, if it's not easy to understand why. 2 hours ago, Garf said: Also the results page was blank when nothing was found so I logged in via a different browser just to see if it was a problem at my end or if a blank white space beneath my search means nothing is found. When I searched for "Batman"results were shown. It's a small thing but getting the search to tell you when no results are found lets you know the search was successful e.g. Supposed to display a specific message, I'll have to check that, thanks for pointing this out! 1 hour ago, GotSuperPowers? said: @NicoV it doesn't look like you're hitting my humble site of www.gotsuperpowers.com - Please could you add it? Thanks much, and playing around with it now... You're already on CAT: http://comicarttracker.com/en/got-super-powers/available-art 10 minutes ago, Ryanfromottawa said: Amazing site...... ! @NicoV could you add my friends wonderful site moregreatart.com also please? I'll send you a message ! Ryanfromottawa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 That's marvellous @NicoV, well done. Just spent a few minutes checking out Ross Andru Spideys and found a few sites I'd not seen before. Great stuff. Good luck with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCarter27 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 (edited) Yeah, this is such a great tool! Many, many thanks to Nico for all his hard work putting this together. I've been helping test it and I am down to just CAF and CAT (ComicArtTracker) for checking new art listings. CAT pretty much covers everything out there except for these boards and CAF. And Nico is still adding new sources. Be sure to setup your Favorite keywords. Then, go to the Favorites page and click Check Now. Play with the Track and Discard buttons. Also play with the Tracked/Not-Tracked and Discarded/Not-Discarded filters on the Favorites page. If you click a picture, a lightbox loads and you can use the left and right arrows to move through the listings. Also, use the T key to Track or D key to Discard right from the lightbox. The Favorites page is a great way of seeing all of your selects across auctions and fixed-price listings so you can budget or prioritize your next purchase. Edited September 25, 2017 by BCarter27 NicoV, Kohei and PhilipB2k17 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khazano Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 This is amazing!!!! Ryanfromottawa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotSuperPowers? Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 2 hours ago, NicoV said: You're already on CAT: http://comicarttracker.com/en/got-super-powers/available-art Hmm, before I created an account and did a search for "Allred", my site wasn't coming back...once I signed in, then I got results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodou Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Incredible. Great job Nico. I expect sales volume for a lot of little guys to spike this week. I've already made a purchase Ryanfromottawa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisquitodoom Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I like it. I signed up and was able to select all the sources except for one dealer that someone mentioned earlier. 182 out of 183 sources - perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...