Catalog, sell, and collect comics — all in one app

Comic Shop & Collection Management unifies series-to-album cataloging, multi-channel selling, and a collector portal with loans, wishlists, and completion tracking — so shops and collectors share one system instead of two disconnected apps.

The problem

Comic inventory isn’t flat. A single series branches into albums, editions, and printings — each with its own cover, credits, and barcode. Generic retail tools force shop owners to re-key bibliographic data by hand, lose the series-to-album relationships customers browse by, and manage collector services like loans and wishlists in spreadsheets outside the business system.

The solution

Comic Shop & Collection Management ships one self-contained app: catalog a series once with full author credits and ISBN/EAN validation, sync it to sellable products across webshop, POS, and direct orders, and give collectors a portal to track their library, wishlist, and loans — with active overdue reminders and series-completion nudges competitors don’t offer.

Capabilities

Everything a comic shop and its collectors need

Every capability below is implemented in the module.

01

Series, album & edition catalog

Organize comics the way they’re actually structured — series branch into albums, albums into editions — with cover art, synopsis, and author-role credits (writer, artist, colorist, letterer, and more) on every level.

02

ISBN & EAN-13 validation

Built-in check-digit validation and uniqueness constraints for ISBN-10/13 and EAN-13 catch duplicate and mis-keyed inventory before it reaches the shelf or the shop.

03

Loan tracking with overdue reminders

Track who borrowed what with expected and effective return dates. A scheduled action automatically flags overdue loans and sends active reminders to both owner and borrower — no more passive, color-coded lists.

04

Guided CSV / XLSX import

Onboard a back-catalog in minutes with a downloadable template and a wizard that reports errors row by row, so large imports load cleanly the first time.

05

One-click product sync

Turn a cataloged edition into a sellable product with a single action — cover, synopsis, price, volume number, and author credits carry over automatically, with ISBN/EAN set as the barcode.

06

Dedicated comics storefront

A public /comics storefront lets shoppers browse and filter by series, genre, author, and format, alongside the standard /shop with auto-generated categories for each series and genre.

07

Collector portal & completion tracking

Authenticated customers get a personal library with star ratings and annotations, a wishlist with retailer buy links, a loans view, and a completion badge that shows — and encourages completing — how many issues of a series they own.

08

POS-ready barcode sync

Synced editions carry their ISBN/EAN as the POS barcode and a dedicated Comics POS category, so in-store staff can sell straight from the same catalog used online.

09

Configurable retailer links & auto-library

Generate purchase links to retailers you configure for your own market — no hardcoded region — and automatically create a collection record in the buyer’s portal library the moment a sale is confirmed.

Workflow

How it works

1

Catalog the series

Add a series with cover art, genre, and format, then build out albums, editions, and author credits — or import a whole back-catalog with the guided CSV/XLSX wizard.

2

Sync to sellable products

Create a product from any edition in one click, or bulk-create every edition in a series at once; cover, price, and barcode carry over automatically.

3

Sell everywhere

List synced products on the /comics storefront, the standard /shop, and in-store POS with barcode scanning — one catalog, every channel.

4

Collectors engage

Buyers get an instant portal library entry, can rate and annotate their collection, track wishlists with retailer links, and see completion progress on every series.

Questions

Frequently asked

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Yes. It unifies collection management and multi-channel commerce in one self-contained install — no need to buy and reconcile two separate apps, and no dependency on extra bundled modules.

Get the app

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Comic Shop & Collection Management

A series, album and edition catalog with ISBN/EAN validation, guided import and one-click product sync to webshop and POS — plus loans and a collector portal.

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