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The international shipping prices are ridiculous. It's at least twice the true price. Where goes the difference?

I have placed a couple of orders off the site, and I might have placed more but I am stopping (despite having a cart full of items right now) because it is too time consuming in the current form and the number of bugs I am running into is too high. I have detailed usability in this post and bugs in my previous posts. Enhancement Requests: It would be nice to see the shipping charges prior to checking out see it split out by seller. I put a 3.00 item in my cart from two sellers and one charges 17 shipping and the other 8. It would be nice to know that in advance. Have an option to move items in cart to Buy Later and not just the other way around. Let me check out from one seller at a time. Let me browse a seller’s inventory by title list only – having to page through images of EVERYTHING they have to sell to find what you may be interested in wastes user time and server resources - this behavior only worked from one seller out of the many I viewed. Separating search results by Book/Comic Books/Magazines is unnecessary and dubious as there are obviously a lot of items that are misclassified. For Example "Next Men" is not a Magazine (and neither is New Warriors Annual). People are going to miss things due to these category errors. While I am shopping (and have an active session) perhaps you do not need to bombard me with email about leaving something in my cart. I racked up dozens of these WHILE I was shopping.... If you fix some of these things I will give you another go down the road...

Does NOT Show books or Magazines

This shows that one seller has inventory that can easily be navigated by jumping to a title:

Items in cart moved to Buy Later with wrong name. In image below top is my cart before I hit checkout with an insufficient minimum and bottom shows items with wrong names after moved to Buy Later.

Here is an example.

Hi James -- You want to be looking under Vampirella (Magazine).

trying to pull up Vampirella from the 1960s but just keeps showing the 90s any help thank you

Since we're updating really old threads, I will chime in here that changes at Atomic Avenue and at USPS online (both outlined by Pete above) have greatly improved things. It is especially helpful to know when Atomic Avenue recommends (or not) flat-rate shipping. For most orders (i.e., those that fit in a single box), this is sufficient given the current choices at the USPS's Click-n-Ship store. For orders with a large number of items (especially if they include, it would be helpful to know if Atomic Avenue made its shipping calculation for a single box or for multiple boxes. But that is a relatively small complaint; the majority of my AA orders have been single-package orders.

Thanks for your response @Gregory Hecht

In 2024, we changed our shipping reimbursement to be based on commercial rates. The USPS Commercial rates are available to all sellers who use software to create and buy shipping labels. You can ship packages at commercial rate via USPS' Click and Ship software which is online (making it platform independent) and free. Select Ground Advantage as your shipping option, unless Atomic Avenue indicated flat rate to be more economical. You can get the commercial shipping rate via programs such as Stamps.com, Pitney Bowes, and EasyPost. If it is a large package, UPS Ground may be more economical but we still calculate for USPS Ground Advantage. Atomic Avenue 213 471 2423

Update: In 2024, we changed our shipping reimbursement to be based on commercial rates. The USPS Commercial rates are available to all sellers who use software to create and buy shipping labels. You can ship packages at commercial rate via USPS' Click and Ship software which is online (making it platform independent) and free. Select Ground Advantage as your shipping option, unless Atomic Avenue indicated flat rate to be more economical. You can get the commercial shipping rate via programs such as Stamps.com, Pitney Bowes, and EasyPost. If it is a large package, UPS Ground may be more economical but we still calculate for USPS Ground Advantage. Atomic Avenue 213 471 2423

In ComicBase, if you go to Setup --> Preferences you should get a pop-up window with a variety of items in it. One of those items is "Add any cancelled items back to my inventory" I assume that if you check that box, items from cancelled sales will be restored to your inventory and they will have the "For Sale" attribute checked off. Unfortunately I don't have any insights into the first part of your post.

Hi, I had to cancel 2 orders this week on AA, because I believe previously sold items appear in my inventory as available. And yes, I use the "remove sold items" feature, before I list my comics for sale. I cannot prove this is happening, I'd have to do an exhaustive search. However, it happens way too frequently to be user error. I'm not blaming the software per se, but maybe I am missing something. Another odd thing worth noting, when I cancel an order, you would expect the issue to go back into your inventory in ComicBase software, but when I look it up, I see zero quantity. Any advice on this matter would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hi, Trish: , I just wanted to say, I'm so sorry for your loss. Your question is not as simple as it seems. It is an awful lot for anyone to learn, Greg Hecht did an excellent and thorough job of providing you with good, solid information. It is a much bigger question than it first seems. I don't know anything about your financial situation, but if you're not in immediate need of cash, just wait until you feel ready. Try and make sure you're not taking on additional stress. Your husband left them to you to help you get by, not add to your burdens. If you live in Austin, mycomicshop seems a great idea. They will give you a number of options. It's up to .. They will buy the entire collection, or take some or all of them on consignment, and basically do the work of selling them for you. The first thing they will give you an accurate sense of the value of what you have. I wish you all the best. Paul, Miami.

Hi Trish -- A couple of quick "rules of thumb" to give you some perspective: • The value of the collection will depend on what comics are in the collection and their condition. Comic collectors can be very persnickety when it comes to condition (sometimes referred to as "grade"), what might look like inconsequential amounts of reading wear or aging can have a big impact on how much somebody is willing to pay. The more recent the comics are, the less likely they will be of high value. The majority of comics published from 1980 onwards are not particularly rare and there is a relatively high supply of them on the market. There are definitely some specific issues that are exceptions, but generally speaking, the retail value to collectors of these comics is often below $5 each, sometimes even less than the original cover price. Comics published before 1980 are of greater value (again, speaking in broad generalities), especially if they are in very nice shape. The older the comics are and the better their condition, the greater their value. • In principle, you can try selling comics individually, as groups of issues (for example, a long consecutive sequence of issues of a title), or the entire collection all at once. Issues that you sell individually are more likely to get you close to the full collector's value, but it is a long and tedious process and some less popular and/or lower grade issues might not sell as readily. On the other hand, selling the entire collection in bulk at once is less likely to get you full collectors' value, but it should be a quicker process and will get the entire collection out the door faster. Reading between the lines of your short message, my guess is that selling the entire collection would be your preference, and that is how I am going to proceed with the rest of my post. If I am wrong on that assumption, then post a reply and I can give advice for selling the comics individually. If you can, you will want to share a list of what is in the collection with potential buyers. Do you know if your husband used the ComicBase program or some other method of keeping track of what comics are in his collection? If so, you should be able to generate a list of what is in the collection. If the list contains information on the grade/condition of each individual comic, that is even more helpful. • If you haven't already, look locally. You can reach out to comic book stores in the Austin TX area to see if any of them are interested in purchasing the collection. Some stores don't sell back issues, but some view it as an important part of their business. • If that doesn't work, consider a dealer that buys and sells across the country. The four biggest online comic book dealers that I know of are: 1. mycomicshop.com located in Arlington TX. Go to this link, scroll down to where it says "Ready to Sell?". There is contact info there. Drive time between Arlington and Austin is less than 4 hours, so this should work to everybody's advantage. 2. Mile High Comics in Denver CO. I know that they will travel around the country to purchase comic collections, so it is worth a shot getting in touch with them. Surprisingly, they don't seem to have anything on their website about how to contact them with collections that you want to sell. Try sending an email to back_issue@milehighcomics.com and see if they can direct you to somebody regarding buying your husband's collection. 3. Midtown Comics: they are based in New York City. See this page on how to contact them. 4. Newkadia.com: they are based in Norristown, PA. Based on their webpage, they seem to take full collections and sell the individual comics in that collection on consignment. If you need the cash from selling the collection in a hurry, this is probably not for you. But if you don't need the cash right away, this would certainly get your husband's comics out of the house. There are certainly other dealers out there, you can find them by just Googling [sell comic book collection]. They may or may not be better for you than the options listed above. But the options that I have listed should get you started, at least. Good luck! Feel free to post an update, I am sure that some of us will be interested in hearing how things turn out.

My husband has passed away and I have probably 5000 comics. I am at a loss as to how I am going to sell these. They are all in sleeves and boxes. I live in Austin, TX.

Thank you! I’ve got 3 of the four. Now, if we can just determine the percentage off for it to qualify as “On Sale”. Thanks again for the help!

Items that were added to your inventory up to seven days ago are considered to be "New Arrivals." The "Blowout" banner indicates "savings of 50% or more off Guide." Those are the two that I am sure about. Uncertain how far below guide value an item has to be in order to qualify as "On Sale" but I know that it is not as steep as 50% off.

Good morning, I just have a quick question about Sales Banners on Atomic Avenue. The $1 sales banner is pretty clear as to what books will be placed there. However, for the New Arrivals, On Sale, and Blowouts, can someone tell me what the specific criteria are? For New Arrivals, I see that my new postings show up there (duh!), but for how long do they stay there? For On Sale and Blowouts, I'm assuming they show up in these categories if they are below a certain percentage of the current price from Comicbase. However, I'm not sure what that criteria is. Any guidance would be appreciated greatly! Thanks, Bob

Atomic Avenue does recognize "Very Fine to Near Mint" as a grade distinct from "Very Fine" and "Near Mint." But for other "transition" grades, you are correct, they are not recognized as such. Speaking only for myself, when I have books that are in those other grades, I tend to put them into the lower grade and then make a note in the "Grading Notes" field. The contents of your Grading Notes field will show up with your specific issue's listing on Atomic Avenue. You could just as easily choose to list your issues in the higher grade. However, I think that when you go that route it becomes really necessary that you inform the buyer re: the true condition of your item using the Grading Notes field. You don't want a stickler customer purchasing a comic expecting it to be in FN condition and instead receiving a copy that is VG/FN. My $0.02

So Atomic Avenue does not use the transition grades. So for someone who has lots of books with those transition grades (like "VF/NM"), which grade would you move them to? Always the lower? Always the upper? Different ones for different transition grades?

That's because it is. The Atomic Avenue store simply isn't set up for pre-orders. It is set up for customers to purchase existing inventory from individual users of the ComicBase program. I doubt that Human Computing is looking at doing preorders themselves, especially since that space has several large competitors that offer substantial discounts (DCBS, mycomicshop, and Midtown come to mind). Pete can correct me if I am wrong, but that is my hunch. I don't know if it would be feasible for Atomic Avenue to be updated to allow pre-orders from specific sellers on the site. Pete would have to weigh in on whether that programming would be possible/practical and, if so, whether the AA admin would be willing and interested in overseeing those types of customer/seller transactions.

I don't know how many of you were ordering your comics from TFAW.com, but I have been doing it for years. Their website was easy to navigate. I could select whatever comic and whatever cover I wanted with easy-to-see images of them, and not pay for shipping or the comic until my order was ready to send out, with a card they had on file to charge it to. I have searched far and wide for a replacement source to get my comics from. I really wanted to use Atomic Avenue because what a great place to do it from if it's the same outfit that makes this great inventory program ComicBase, right? But wow, I couldn't navigate their system to save my life. Trying to set up pre-orders seems impossible, so I just gave up and put a subscription list in with Impulse Creations. I think TFAW's suspension of online ordering is a HUGE opportunity for a competitor to step up. It would be a good idea to look at TFAW's site and see how easy it is to use. Maybe they might even be willing to sell you the program since their online site is going away anyway. Just wanted to share my thoughts. Love comicbase. I am a multiple-year subscriber now. I can't imagine inventory-ing my collection any other way. Thanks!

Look at 'Awesome Preview' #98 https://atomicavenue.com/atomic/item/1139720/1/Awesome-Preview-98 PS: This type of question would be better in the ComicBase Forum https://forums.comicbase.com/