How is this exciting for us? CCL is spending its money on a brick & mortar store when it should be making its on-line operation better. I'm sorry but this is not exciting news to me.

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Alpha Comics--ComicVortex--Comic Cellar

lol, Oh I knew the sparks were going to fly, popped my popcorn and everything.

Hey at least now you guys know they arent spending all that cash on women and booze.

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Now for the sellers helping me finish my TMNT collection:

Hall Of Heroes
Green Bay Comics

The addition of the CCL store serves as an example that CCL is still something we want to keep alive. We now have a physical face to the digital name. If anything, this should let you know that future updates are coming to the site. If we didn't plan on bettering CCL this store wouldn't exist.

Also, it's really freakin cool.



What? Should we not even post on CCL anymore unless we come bearing updates and gifts for everyone?

Updates will be here. Why not be excited for the store instead of being upset that it isn't an update? We're genuinely stoked for this, and I think you guys should be too.




It isn't a matter of money. It's a matter of relevance. This company has other projects we're trying to move forward with, but now we finally have enough hands on deck to have lenience towards things like CCL. Your updates will come, guaranteed.

I expected to be met with this type of response, because I understand that you guys want updates, but why not be stoked that we're actually doing something with CCL?

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Hey guys! Make sure you read the full article for a couple answers to these questions...but here's a few added extra:

To us, it's a promotional extension...like going to a show...except we're making use of our space by being open like a shop all the time.

There's money being spent on development now with 2 different programming firms for updates. CCL needs every possible revenue stream and this is a perfect way to help do it...especially since our office was remodeled to incorporate a sales area. We are a digital media company as well, and we have clients coming in and out all the time. Instead of filling the office up with stuff to make us comfortable, we can fill it with stuff that will make more money that CCL can use.

We'll have some pics up soon, but for example, we've got a TV set up with the CCL website so we can promote the site and going to the site to buy it if we don't have it in stock. We will also be selling CCL PROMO MERCHANDISE like t-shirts, stickers and more to brand us.

Additionally, CCL will NOT be selling products that are already listed for sale on CCL by other Super Sellers. Just our variants and exclusives like normal with the exception of adding CCL t-shirts to the mix.

So, basically, a lot of time and money has been spent on opening a glorified gift shop instead of actually doing something to improve the site/ software. How many people do you expect to walk through your doors to justify this waste of resources? I hate to break it to you but your office in some podunk town is not going to be tourist attraction that will bring in tons of money. You know what will? By making a good website and program that actually improves in terms of functionality and performance. That would be something that will generate good word of mouth and bring in new users. Also, maybe at a con, instead of just trying to sell mediocre books from the '90s, you could have a computer running the desktop software on a big screen monitor to show people what the software does. THAT would be a better use of money than a gift shop. It would be nice if you were just honest and admitted that CCL is suffering a slow death. No more promises of "coming updates." It is time to put up or shut up.

Because it's a stupid, pointless, gigantic waste of time and resources.
Comic book stores are closing everywhere - now is not the time to open one.
How much brand recognition is an LCS in the middle of nowhere going to really provide?
How exactly will this LCS in a "city" with barely 50,000 people in a suburb of a city of only 600,000 do any good for CCL as a whole?
What is your expected daily income from this store?
How many bodies through the door do you expect based on the demographics of your location? Sure, the overwhelming majority of population is "white" so there's plenty of nerds, but what is the average age, income, and employment status?

"Why not be excited for the store instead of being upset that it isn't an update?" - because it's a slap in the face of the majority of your users, that's why. It's a giant middle finger with hairy knuckles.

Uh-huh. August, right?
Heard that before. Action speaks louder than words and there's been lots of words but ZERO action for years.

Because you're NOT and this is a great way of showing it.

At least you had a brief moment of clarity and realized that you'd lose all of your sellers if decided to compete with them...
This isn't "like going to a show" because I can promise you 10,000 people aren't going to go out of their way to be there at 10am on August 10th. Prove me wrong, I freakin' dare you.
The first 25 people in the door to receive a special CCL Comic Gift Bag will be your friends and family...
Gimme a link to the awesome commercial you're running on WKRN, WRCB, WREG, WKXE, WSMV, WCYB, and the rest of the numerous local television stations. Show me how much you're promoting this extravaganza and let's see some cold hard numbers on how much money you expect visiting clients to spend when they visit you for business and decide to do some funny book shopping afterwards.

I read the full article and it has very little additional info over the original post in this thread. In fact, looks like copy/paste to me.

I hope you're enjoying your shiny hardwood floors, cool new office furniture, and sweet remodel. Those are things the entire CCL community are also enjoying and reaping the benefits of - especially the paying customers who voluntarily contribute to the ongoing maintenance and upkeep of the database you're selling them access to (the software is FREE!!).

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Amen

Post away, it lets us know someone's here.... But I could do w/ some updates and gifts. I like GIFTS!

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I'm not a seller but, this whole deal sounds like a huge conflict of interest.

That seems a bit extreme. All I meant is that we should see some of the promises already made be made good on before their focus is shifted to another project.

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