The dashboard answers three questions: how much do I have, what is it worth, and what is in progress. This page says exactly what each number counts, because a total you cannot explain is a total you cannot trust.
The stat cards
- Items counts comics you currently hold. Sold books are not included.
- Invested is the sum of what you paid, using the acquired price on each item. Comics with no acquired price count as zero, so this reads low if you have not filled that in.
- Total value is what your collection is worth now. See below, because this is the number with the most going on.
- Profit and loss is total value minus invested. It moves when either side moves.
What total value includes
Three things fold into it, and it is worth knowing which is which.
- Real prices first. Your own price if you set one, otherwise the market price.
- Estimates where there is no real price. If a comic has no market data, an estimate stands in. The card shows this separately as a note like “+ ~$40 est. for 12 unpriced” so you can see how much of the total is estimated. You can turn estimates off in settings, and the total then only counts real prices.
- A run premium. A complete run sells for more than the sum of its issues, so where you own three or more consecutive issues of a series, 10% is added for that group. Runs are detected automatically.
The full precedence rules are in pricing.
The pipeline bar
A breakdown of where your comics are: in stock, listed for sale, or sold. It is the quickest way to see how much of the collection is actually working.
Portfolio chart
Value over time. It is built from what prices were when they were recorded, so a flat line early on usually means the collection had not been priced yet, not that nothing changed.
Shipping and fees
If you have sold anything, this card shows what selling actually cost you: marketplace fees, shipping you paid for, and the net after both. It does not appear until there is something to show.
Gotchas
- Total value is not an offer. It is aggregated market data and estimates, not a quote from a buyer.
- Invested reads low if acquired prices are blank. That makes profit look better than it is. Filling in what you paid is the single biggest improvement you can make to these numbers.
- Prices update daily, not live. A number can be up to a day behind the market.
- Your own price always wins. If you set a price, nothing automatic overwrites it, on this screen or anywhere else.