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Recently ComiXology remove their Pullbox system that allow for retail merchant to lam digital backlog - and - keep lists for their customers for comic book coming in every calendar week . In their wake there have been a few other systems that have tried to take its place . But , at ComicsPRO this week , Diamond found a brand young arrangement for the direct marketplace with the fully grown boy commit the levers .
Diamond Comic Distributors announced the upcoming liberation of Pullbox , a swarm - based software program software that will allow mirthful workshop customers a better way to preorder titles and products from their local comic book specialty shop .
Described as being developed from the background up to help customers place fiat with their local comic shop , Pullbox handles monthly comic subscriptions , preorders for upcoming title and products , and special orders all from Diamond ’s consumer pop - culture web site , Previews World , while also providing comic workshop retail merchant with the back - end tool necessary to manage their pull - and - hold client base .
The fresh cloud - establish software system is announced as part of a wide strategy by Diamond to create an easy way to funnel orders to local funny ledger shops and make the preorder process a much more viable and vital unconscious process for the full comics industriousness .
Pullbox will get client manage preorders by adding titles to monthly pull - and - clutches listing , enjoin extra titles and product from that month ’s catalogue and trail their hebdomadary purchases .
Synch with a participating local comical shop . And both set speciual orders or produce a wishlist so friend and family can corrupt you a endowment you really want from your comic shop class .
While retailers get a legion of functions to approve new customers , get alarm for Modern orders , localise ordering dates and upload their own ordination requirement and guidelines . retail merchant can synch order with their initial ordering online , or exportation gild into ComicSuite or other POS software package . And they can integrate pull lists , submarine and special order into existing ComicSuite software .
Pullbox is define to launch later this spring and is a free armed service to comic readers from Diamond – though retailer will have to pay . It will be demonstrated at the upcoming Diamond Retailer Summit , in Chicago before C2E2 .
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