To streamline the PPG experience, we have introduced PPG Premium membership, with a number of great features, many of which have been requested by PPG collectors. Today we’re thrilled to introduce one of the most requested.

Custom Estimated Value Lists

Our latest Pop Price Guide / hobbyDB Premium feature now allows you to create custom lists including Top-10s tailored to your collection and fandom.

Want to see the value of all your Batman Funko Pop!s? How about a list of your Disney Pop!s or Mystery Minis? The best part is that the choice is up to you!

List values and other stats get recalculated once a day  –   plus you can recalculate the list value if, for example, you added a few new items list and would like to know its value right away.

Create Your Lists!

Here are two great examples –

• See the value of your Funko Pop!s vs. your FiGPiNs vs. your Hot Wheels
• See the value for specific segments of your Pop! collection, such as your Disney or Star Wars Pop!s

You’ll also be able to add items to more than one list!

Other List possibilities include –

So, for instance, your Hot Wheels and Matchbox can be found on your list of Ford models. Or your Youtooz Stormtrooper listed alongside your Lego Death Star via your Star Wars list. The choices are limitless and entirely up to you.  Ready to start listing your faves? Check out our handy how-to for creating lists on PPG / hobbyDB by following this link!

And Each List Comes With a Top-10

We will automatically create Top Tens for each List.  Here an example  –

See Your Lists!

Once you’ve created your list, you can view it and its stats/values on your PPG / hobbyDB Showcase in place of where your “My Collection” is located in the top left. Simply click “See All” to return to your traditional stats for your entire collection.

You can further customize your Lists with banner images  –

Upgrade to Pop Price Guide / hobbyDB Premium

Ready to upgrade to Pop Price Guide / hobbyDB Premium and supercharge your collecting experience with an amazing Showcase (and at the same time help us to make the database and collection management ever better)?

With Premium, in addition to a Showcase along with this great new list feature, you’ll also enjoy an ad-free experience, zero selling  trading fees via the PPG Marketplace, and lots more, such as downloadable collections and gains/losses charts.

Plans begin as low as $2.50 a month. Complete details and checkout are available here.

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Now, when it comes to trading, we know reputation and trust are essential to having a good experience. That’s why as a first step, we’ve built the ability for our members to vouch for each other. Instead of using traditional feedback (that happens when you make a purchase on the marketplace), you will now see a new section on your Showcase that says Vouched By.

Here is how it looks –

The Showcase now has many trust indicators  –

1. The new Vouched by (i.e. Paul is just the best, you can check his Vouches here)
2. Feedback on PPG/hobbyDB transactions as Buyer or Seller
3. How many Likes a Member has
4. An introduction written by the Member
5. Location and Member-since-date (also helps to meet up, a local member search is planned)
6. The Member’s Collection
7. The Member’s contributions to PPG/hobbyDB

If you want to vouch for another Member, just find them in the Member Directory, click on their Showcase, then on Vouched By, and type away!  The receiving Member then just needs to accept it (but can also delete it to be on the safe side).  Have an awesome reputation? Feel free to share your Vouched By page in a forum or Facebook conversation when talking about a trade or purchase. Vouches will always show to all members, so share away!

hobbyDB Premium is a new offering that helps enhance your collecting experience while supporting hobbyDB as a whole. Prices start at as little as $2.50 a month and you’ll enjoy no ads, your Showcase including the value of your collection and your Top Ten, unlimited selling and trading with zero hobbyDB fees and much more. Check it out here.

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As of last Thursday, subscribers enjoy –

1. No Ads, which means a more fun, less annoying experience
2. No PPG marketplace fees, which means more money in your pocket
3. No more waiting to download your collection, export it now via CSV

Well, it’s been a week, and with your feedback and support, we’re excited to unlock even more new, sought-after features for subscribers.

Think of a Premium membership as your own personal investment portfolio, where you can unlock tools to track the value of your collection the same way you’d follow and analyze your Wall Street stocks.

Check out what’s new – 

4. Track Your Gains & Losses

Nothing offers quite the thrill as watching the value of your collection skyrocket or knowing that it’s the perfect time to sell that hot item.

Now you can track the percentage change in the value of your items in your collection based on what you originally paid.

You’ll find your Gains/Looses on items in your Collection Management Dashboard. These lists are customizable via the filters located on the right side with options such as Gains/Loses %, Location and more.

You can also download a list of all items that have increased or decreased in value here as a CSV (the same way the existing Premium feature of exporting your complete collection works).

5. Recalculate Your Collection Value at Any Time

Did you just add a Pop! that you’re super excited about seeing in your collection’s estimated value? Now, not only will you be able to recalculate the value of your personal collection at any time (usually it’s once per day), the price guide itself will also update every hour, rather than once every 24 hours.

6. Member Estimates

Notice an item that is missing an estimated value? Now you’ll have the ability to add a Member Estimate. These price points only are included in the price guide if there is no other information, but they are especially helpful when it comes to collectibles that may not have a ton of historical data yet, such as Autographs, Prototypes and Special Stickers (European Editions, for example). 

Find out more about how Member Estimates work and how they are clearly marked as not transactions-based here.

Sign Up Now!

Are you ready to join fellow collectors who have upgraded to hobbyDB Premium?

Remember, in addition to the new features mentioned above, subscribers already enjoy improved performance, the ability to download their collections to a CSV, and a completely Ad-Free PPG/hobbyDB experience!

Plans begin at $9.99 quarterly (every three months) or $29.99 annually. hobbyDB Shareholders and Volunteers are eligible for a 25% discount at $7.50 quarterly and $22.50 per year. Again, we tried to make this as affordable as possible, while also being able to support the business. Heck, three months’ worth is less than a cup of coffee these days!

Click the button below for complete details and to power up your Funko collection with a Premium Membership!

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The truth is, however, the revenue generated from advertisements is a part of how we here at Pop Price Guide and hobbyDB are able to keep the lights on each day. So, with your feedback, we’ve created a way for people who hate ads to get rid of them, while also supporting the site in a different way.

We’re excited to announce that with PPG / hobbyDB’s Premium Member subscription, you can now wave goodbye to those ads, while unlocking new, never-seen-before features on the site.

So far you’ll be able to enjoy –

• An Ad Free and Faster Experience: Avoid all of those pesky ads while enjoying a noticeable performance upgrade
• Zero Fees: Sell via the PPG Marketplace without any hobbyDB fees
• Collection Exports: Download your collection at any time via CSV

Plans begin at $9.99 quarterly (every three months) or $29.99 annually. hobbyDB Shareholders and Volunteers are eligible for a 25% discount at $7.50 quarterly and $22.50 per year. We tried our hardest to keep these prices as affordable as possible for our loyal community.

Subscribing to PPG / hobbyDB’s Premium Membership will not only improve your collecting experience, but will also help support the site as a whole and benefit the entire community. If you love hobbyDB, show us the love and subscribe.

Ready to become a PPG / hobbyDB Premium Member? Click the button below to join today!

As a fun bonus, you’ll also receive this fancy badge for your hobbyDB Showcase!

If you’re not quite ready for PPG / hobbyDB Premium, have no fear, regular Pop Price Guide will remain the same.

As always we appreciate your support and can’t wait to hear what you think!

~ Alexandra, Christian, Christopher, Isaac, Timo, Zack & the hobbyDB Team

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PPG and its partner hobbyDB rolled out changes to its Ratings system last autumn and, since then, our members have already performed 692,455 Ratings!

If you haven’t begun rating your favorite (and not so favorite) items on PPG, here’s the perfect time to start. We’re offering a challenge to help us reach 700,000 rated items by the end of the weekend (March 24).

How to Rate an Item

Once you’re in the Pop Price Guide database via the PPG / hobbyDB App or other devices, you can easily filter and search for your favorite collectibles. From there, rating your faves is simply a matter of locating the Rating box located on every PPG item page and selecting accordingly.

It’s easy to do and only takes seconds! Did we also mention that it’s fun to do? See if you can knock out 10 right now.

Even More Features

You’ll now also notice that you can track the number of items that you’ve rated directly from your PPG Showcase.

Rate more than 1,000 items and you’ll earn an exclusive (and possibly your first)Badge for your PPG Showcase!

More about Badges here.

The idea behind PPG Ratings is, that the more collectibles you rate, the better we can be in the future at showing you the items that interest you and your collection’s needs.

How We Calculate Ratings

Ratings allow you to find the most, or even the least, popular collectibles based on your preferences. Plus lots more, like creating cool lists such as the Most-Liked VWs. Or how about the Least-Liked Batman items?

With the new system, every collectible begins with a 2.75 out of 5 rating (that is the middle of the lowest Rating of 0.5 and the highest Rating of 5.0).

And rating items differently between 0.5 (“I absolutely hate this”) and 5.0 (“the very best ever made!”) really helps. See, for example, these two items with 20 Ratings  –

On the left you have twenty 5.0 Ratings and on the right nineteen 5.0 Ratings and a single 4.0 Rating and you can clearly see the difference that makes!

So it’s important to not only rate items using 1’s and 5’s. Don’t be afraid to use the decimals between digits to help us create a true lists as only the very best items should have a combination of the most and highest votes and thus show up on top.

See a comprehensive guide to how Ratings work on PPG and hobbyDB by following this link.

Let’s Get Started

Ready for a challenge? We currently have 692,455 items rated on PPG/ hobbyDB. Can you help us reach 700,000 by the end of the weekend (March 24)?

What’s your favorite subject to sort by ratings? Hot Wheels Mustangs? Pop! Marvel? Share with us in the comments below!

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Today we have a fun update for those Pop Price Guide members with any pesky duplicate items in their collections. Now you can merge duplicate items in your collection into one single entry.

The new tool finds exact duplicates in your collection – same item, same condition, same notes, etc. – and then combines them into a single Collectible entry.

The quantity on the combined item will be equal to the number of duplicates. For example, if you have three of the same items in your collection, they will be combined into a single entry with a quantity of three.

To get started, select the “Dashboard” option under the “My Stuff” dropdown tab. You’ll find the “Merge Duplicates” button located on the left side under “Collection Tools.”

Click here for a shortcut!

Give it a try and let us know what you think! As always, we’re here to answer any questions. Message us in the comments below or at support@hobbydb.com.

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Introducing the hobbyDB/ Pop Price Guide Local Directory.

It’s here where you can find nearby collectible stores, museums and events. 

Going to be traveling and want to find a new hidden gem? The Local Directory can help with that. 

Thanks to our search filters you can hone your search to exactly what you’re looking for.

That means not just searching for shops, museums and events in cities, states and countries, but also by specific subject and item types.

For example, diecast lovers in Colorado can search for “Hot Wheels” in “Denver.” Or a Funko fanatic can filter Pops in their hometown.

The Barbie enthusiast can search upcoming museums and events, such as London’s upcoming Barbie Exhibition in the summer of 2024.

Find a museum for tinplate toys, a car event on the East Coast, the opening hours for the Hard Rock Store in a European airport, Game X Change‘s locations in Kentucky, and much, much more.

What’s to Come

We’re not done there.

Soon you’ll be able to register that you’ll be attending an event or shop and have it linked to your PPG Showcase. Brands and retailers can do the same, and help identify other like-minded collectors also attending.

We’ll also be adding the same Rating system we have built for Database Items. And if you have more suggestions, please let us know in the comments.

Join the Directory

Want to get the word out about your retail shop? Find more information here.

Want more folks to come to your events? Find all you need to know here.

Do you manage a museum or other permanent display? Read this.

We want to hear from you, the owners, curators and event organizers. Here’s your chance to post directly to the Directory to ensure that your info is up to date.

And for our many other members here please send this to your favorite places so we can get them added!

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The team here knows this all too well and with our improved ratings system, now we can better see which collectibles we collectively love…or don’t.

Under the old system, Pop Price Guide and hobbyDB members could weigh in on their favorite items on the site by rating them between 0.5 and 5.0 stars, with the latter being the best. But the problem is that we now have more than 1,000 Funko products that are rated 5.0 – which just does not make for a really cool “Top-10 Ever Made” Funko list.

The improved Rating System will get even more specific.

With the expanded new system, all items start their PPG life off with a Rating of 2.75 (halfway between 0.5 and 5.0).

A look at the Old System versus the New System

So now an item that has a hundred 5.0 Ratings ranks supreme over one that has received, say only one or even ten 5.0 Ratings. This allows for much more useful Top-10 lists.

Some great examples of lists of Rated Items can be found in Top-10 rankings such as –

Most highly rated Funko Pop!s of 2023

Most highly rated Hot Wheels ever

Most highly rated Hard Rock Cafe pins

Least liked Funko products ever (excl Autographed Items)

Make your own!

To see the highest or lowest rated items — once logged-in — simply search for something, say Ford Mustang filtered by 1/64 Scale and then click the “Rated: Highest” or “Rated: Lowest” options on the menu dropdown located towards the upper right of every Pop Price Guide page.

When ranking items, we suggest that you use 3.5 as your base for a good item, so that you have room for extraordinary items (i.e. not rate all items from your favorite brand as a 5.0).

You can now also find out how many items someone rated by looking at their PPG Showcase  –

Every Member can rate (and Badges to come for this soon!)

Ready to get ranking? Give it a shot and let us know what you think in the comments below! The more Database Items we all rank, the better idea we get about their popularity…or lack thereof!

Have any questions, thoughts or concerns? We’re happy to address them. Message us at support@hobbydb.com and we’ll do our best to answer.

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But what if we were able to take it to the next level and give you the ability to personalize your Showcase even further!?

A few months ago, one of our team members decided that they wanted to make their Showcase their official website to make it even easier to show it off to the world. They stumbled upon a company called Porkbun and had an extremely pleasant experience as the team was very fun and helpful when it came to setting up his own website URL.

For those of you who are less tech savvy like me, I was a little confused about what it meant to turn your Showcase link into your own website. Luckily the team at Porkbun was able to explain –

With just a few simple steps, you can set up URL forwarding to point your personalized Porkbun .link to your Pop Price Guide / hobbyDB Showcase or Marketplace.

So for example, instead of a URL such as hobbydb.com/marketplaces/hobbydb/users/YOURNAME, imagine having ultimatefunkocollector.link. Or what about legoman.link, hardrockhamburg.link or redlinerracer.link? The choice is yours!

From there, sharing your personalized Showcase link with your friends and fellow collectors is a breeze. And lest we forget, quite stylish. In fact you can add it to your email signature or FB profile.

Check out the link from hobbyDB’s Canal Noises as a great example!

And if you dive deeper, you can even link to specific parts of your Showcase, for example –

• wishlist.canalnoises.link (for Christmas)
• shop.canalnoises.link (items for sale)
• vw.canalnoises.link (a list)

The best part – it’s FREE for the first year! Yep, you heard that right.

As a perk for our members, PPG is partnering with Porkbun to give the first year of your .link domain name for FREE. After that, it’ll renew at a current, already-low regular .link domain renewal rate, which is currently less than $8 per year.

And for those of you that feel passionately about having a .com, there is an option for that too at which the Porkbun folks offer for $10.37 a year.

Decide you don’t want to renew your .link domain at the end of the year? Your PPG Showcase or Marketplace will be unaffected. It will just go back to the original PPG link that you already know.

Setting up your URL forwarding is easy! Check out Porkbun’s article on how to set up URL forwarding for simple steps to send all your Showcase and Marketplace visitors exactly where you want them.

Ready to get started? Message us at support@hobbydb.com and we’ll gladly answer any questions or concerns. Click the Porkbun Pig below to get started!

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Think of your Showcase as your own personal museum. It’s a place where your collection resides, tucked into categories, which we call Lists, and more of your choosing.

Coupled with the ability to customize the look and feel, sell items and more, your Showcase can, in effect, function as your own personal website. For example, some users have purchased their own URL and redirect it to their Showcase to create, essentially, a free website. Here, for example, is Isaac of hobbyDB’s Showcase at www.canalnoises.com!

Photos

Currently, you can add as many images of your collectible as you’d like.  That is great if you like to take photos but if that is not your thing or you do not have the time we always had a Standard Image. It was using what we call the Main Photo (here is more on the different photo types) and was generally the best image we had of the item in its packaging.

NEW!  A Choice of Standard Image

We’re thrilled to announce that you can choose from two different Standard Photos for each of your items in your Showcase.  Perhaps you prefer the out-of-box image of an item (say you have the loose item or just like to show more of the actual item than the package). The best part is that it’s totally up to you now.

So how do you go about setting up a new Standard Image? It’s really easy.  You can do so when adding an item to your Collection or for existing items you go to “Collection Management” under the “My Stuff” dropdown menu. From there you can find specific items in your collection by using our search filters. Once you find an item, click the “Action” tab and then “Edit Photos.” Now comes the fun part. Select your desired image and click Save.

You can do the same in the Showcase itself, just click on the Item and then follow the above instructions.

In preparation for this, we started a year ago to add loose photos as another Default Photo which you see when you search (we call those “Show on Search” photos). Take a peek at a few more of the them –

We do ask for your patience as the Squad and our team add more of these new Default images.

You can help out as a member of said Pop Price Guide Squad. Our team of volunteers helps with projects such as this and lots more, in exchange for first-look feature reveals, access to our private Squad forums and exclusive Showcase Badges.

Give it a try and let us know what you think!

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