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Intro & the Why

  • An Introduction
  • Our Mission
  • Segment by Segment
  • hobbyDB is owned by its Users

Bugs & Roadmap

  • New Features to Come! Our Roadmap
  • Currently Known Bugs
  • Trouble-shooting Issues

Settings

  • Resetting your Password
  • Changing your Addresses
  • Keeping your Collection private
  • Subscribing & Unsubscribing from our Emails
  • Deleting your Account

Database Items Explained

  • What is a Database Items
  • Searching Database Items
  • What is a Variant
  • What is a Subvariant
  • Blindboxes
  • How are Autographed / Signed Items added?
  • Are Counterfeits, Fakes, Imitations and Unlicensed Added?
  • Where does all the data come from?

Database Items Conventions

(Volunteer Squad Only)

  • Names
  • Dates
  • Reference # and Manufacturer ID
  • UPC Codes
  • Photos
  • Unknown Maker
  • All Customs (regardless of Type)

Database Items Curation

(Volunteer Squad Only)

  • Adding a new Database Item, incl. Variants and Subvariants
  • The best way to create Subvariants
  • Tips for adding Subjects to Database Items
  • Adding UPC Codes
  • Adding External Links
  • How to manage Database Item Relationships
  • How to connect Variants if they are not Variants yet
  • Verifying Database Items
  • Handling Flags
  • Database Item Importer
  • Merging Database Items

Database Item Type Specific Curation

(Volunteer Squad Only)

  • Cars and other 1:1 Scale Vehicles
  • Corkscrews
  • Model Cars: Hot Wheels
  • Pin & Badges: Back Attachments
  • Pins & Badges: Hard Rock Cafe
  • Vinyl Art Toys: Funko Prototypes

Estimated Value & Prices

  • What is the Estimated Value
  • Why has an Estimated Value changed (or not changed)?
  • Our Different Price Points
  • Are Pre-orders good predictors for the Estimated Value?
  • Price Points that we do not record (yet)

Adding Price Points

(Volunteer Squad Only)

  • How to find Items that have no Estimated Value yet
  • Adding Retail Prices
  • Adding eBay Price Points Directly to an Entry
  • Adding eBay Price Points with the Assign Tool
  • eBay Sellers that we block
  • Adding Auction House Prices
  • Adding Price Guide Values
  • When & Why to add a User Estimated Value
  • Adding Non-Mint Price Points
  • Editing & Removing Price Points

Subjects Explained

  • What are Subjects?
  • Subject Types
  • Searching & Filtering Subjects
  • When there is something wrong with a Subject

Subject Curation

(Volunteer Squad Only)

  • What Subjects to add to Database Items?
  • Legal Entities
  • Foreign Language Subject Names
  • When to use "Unknown Maker"?
  • Adding and Editing Subjects
  • Adding Subject Parents
  • When to add an Identifier
  • Adding Additional Keywords
  • Verifying Subjects
  • Merging Subjects

How to find and contact Members

  • The Member Directory

How it Works

  • What's the difference between my Collection and Showcase?
  • Getting started with your Showcase
  • Your Collection's Top Ten & Overall Value
  • Our Badges
  • Different Ways of Sharing your Showcase / Collection

Basics

  • Collection Management
  • Adding to your collection
  • Editing an item in your collection
  • Deleting an item in your collection
  • How to create and manage Lists
  • Easily find your items in the Database

More Advanced

  • Collection Privacy: what's public and what's private?
  • What are Generic Items?
  • How to deal with Blind Boxed Items?
  • Keeping Track of Pre-orders and Trades-in-Transit
  • Importing / Exporting an existing Collection
  • Adding a Graded Collectible to your Collection

How it works

  • Adding to your Wish List
  • Viewing your Wish List
  • Receiving Wish List notifications
  • Deleting Wish List items

Some How To Info

  • Check your Orders
  • International Shipping
  • Use Freight Forwarders at Own Risk
  • Currencies other than US$
  • Refund & Return policies
  • Giving Feedback
  • Order Issues

Buying to Sell

  • Buying Collections

Getting Ready to Sell

  • An Introduction to Selling
  • Enable Receiving Payments
  • Setting up Shipping Groups
  • Setting up Shipping Zone Caps

Listing & Promotion

  • Listing Free Form
  • Listing from the Database
  • Listing from your Collection
  • How to sell Lots
  • Relisting an Item for Sale
  • Selling on our Custom Marketplaces
  • Promoting your items on Facebook in 20 Seconds or Less

Manage your Sales

  • Managing your Orders
  • Your Seller Dashboard
  • Edit or Remove a Listing
  • Seller Best-Practices
  • Legacy Sales (from before February 9)

Trust & Safety

  • An Overview
  • Trusted Sellers
  • Feedback for Buyers

Payment & Fees

  • An Introduction to Tokens
  • Listing Costs & Some Examples
  • Relisting & Auto-Renewing your items
  • Your Token Balance
  • All-You-Can-Sell Offer!

Stores

  • Get a Custom Store on hobbyDB
  • Don't like Ads in your Store?
  • Manage your Overall Store
  • Managing & Using your Store Categories
  • Manage Email Subscribers

The hobbyDB App

  • How the App works
  • Download the App

The Volunteer Squad

  • Meet the Squad
  • The Price Squad Member
  • The Contributor
  • The Curator
  • The Champion
  • The Coordinator
  • The Advisory Council
  • The Squad Facebook Group

Quests

(Volunteer Squad Only)

  • What are Quests?
  • Current Quests

Reporting bad or missing Data

  • An Item Missing?
  • Flagging Wrong Data

Brands

  • Your Official Archive
  • Adding Estimated Values and other Data to your own Site

Adding hobbyDB to your site

  • Your own Database or Marketplace
  • Adding a widget to your site
  • Access to the hobbyDB API

Shopify Store Integration

  • Benefits of using the hobbyDB Shopify App
  • How to Install the hobbyDB Shopify App
  • Setting shipping costs in the hobbyDB Shopify app
  • Listing items for sale using the hobbyDB Shopify app

Other Software Store Integration

  • Big Commerce, Channel Advisor, WooCommerce etc?

Selling Accessories

  • Protectors, Display Cases etc

Terms & Privacy

  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy

Reporting Copyright Infringements

  • DMCA policy
  • DMCA Counter Notices