Weekly Stats – May 5, 2013

Thanks to everyone for contributing this week. Here are the top 20.

Product Update: Zistle Library Face Lift

We’re excited to announce a new look as well as new features for the Zistle Library. Our goal with this update was to improve the library browsing experience, update the individual card page and expand our pricing tools.

So let’s take a look at the New Library. The first thing that we did is allow you to browse the sets on Zistle by sport, year, set and subset. The Browse experience is featured on the home page as well as a search function on the top of the page.

Library Home Page

Clicking on an individual sport will allow you to browse sets on Zistle by year, set and subset.

Search is also still available and in addition to showing results for card sets, it will also show individual cards.

Zistle_Search Results

Selecting an individual card will now bring you to a page dedicated entirely to that card. In addition to being able to see a larger image of the card, there is also pricing information featured on the page including pricing trending data.

There is also now a way for you to add a recent transaction to help build more pricing data. You can select where you bought the card as well as the date.

Zistle_Individual_Card_Page

Previously clicking on a card image in the library showed the flagging card information but it will now redirect you to the individual card page. If you are a set expert for that set, you will still be able to flag cards in the library view. A flag card icon will appear below the card.

You’ll also be able to access this detailed view of cards in the collection view. However, most of the information is covered in the existing detail pane.

Collection View

Over the next few months, we’ll be extending this design update across the site. Next up is an update to the dashboard and trading. In addition to some highly requested features, we’ll be adding Zistle Gold which is a premium Zistle offering which will include advanced analytics on pricing and collection. If you’ve been looking for a way to support the site, here is your opportunity.

We’re excited to add new features and keep making Zistle better. Share your feedback with us and let us know how we can make Zistle even better.

 

Sunday Stats

Thanks to everyone for contributing this week. Here are the top 20!

  1. 1ranger1 - 286,460 points
  2. bdlehman18 - 266,196 points
  3. hofmichael - 187,725 points
  4. gonzaleznut - 126,684 points
  5. buckstorecards - 108,768 points
  6. Chinmusic - 91,003 points
  7. dswanjr - 83,053 points
  8. cubbyblue34 - 60,166 points
  9. Rosenort - 29,904 points
  10. hogansheroes - 26,507 points
  11. Rsgreen55 - 25,723 points
  12. cebartz - 25,519 points
  13. jimmybajax - 23,559 points
  14. olerud363 - 21,570 points
  15. corockies - 19,003 points
  16. kjpick - 17,482 points
  17. zac247s - 16,875 points
  18. AUTaxMan - 16,073 points
  19. blundy - 13,620 points
  20. DarkTiger29 - 12,252 points

Double Header Weekend Stats

Sorry for the delay on last week’s stats. This week we have a double header. A big thank you to everyone who continues to add to the library and report set problems and duplicate sets. We’re really making progress!

Congrats to 1ranger1 and gonzaleznut for taking top honors for last week and this week respectively.

Last Week (April 7-13)

This Week (April 14-20)

Weekly Stats – April 8th, 2013

What a fantastic week on Zistle. This week gonzaleznut leads the pack with over 456,000 points this week alone. In addition to continuing the momentum to complete 2013 Topps Heritage, gonzaleznut has turned his attention to 2013 Topps Gypsy Queen. This week put 1ranger1 over the 2 million mark and added a lot more great non-sports sets. We also want to send a shout out to a new member Mark McGwire Museum who has been adding a ton of images from his Mark McGwire museum.

Thanks everyone for helping this week!

Sunday Stats – 3/31/13

The week flew by. Here are the top 20 contributors this week to the Zistle Library. Newcomers and veterans alike both hit the Library hard this week. Thanks again for everyone’s hard work this week.

Weekly Stats – Delayed Stats from Last Week

Without further delay, here are the stats from last week. We had some issues getting our stats from last week so apologies for the long delay. We are hoping to automate this in the future.

hofmichael has taken the top prize this week. By becoming the Set Expert for nearly every Topps Football set in the 2000s, hofmichael has been cruising through checklists and making these sets look amazing. We really appreciate all of his work.

1ranger1 has been unstoppable since joining the site in January. Particularly impressive is the work being done in the non-sports category. Over 5,700 cards in his collection and I think every single one has a picture scanned. Amazing.

AUTaxMan is brand new to the site and has already contributed over 89,000 to the site. Proud to have him on the leaderboard this week. Welcome to Zistle!

Chinmusicbdlehman18dswanjr, jesse22, and DaClyde are regulars on this list of course. Thanks for all that you do.

A big thanks to gonzaleznut for continuing to help fill 2013 Topps Heritage.

hofmichael – 446,750 points
1ranger1 – 383,526 points
Chinmusic – 130,595 points
bdlehman18 – 130,532 points
buckstorecards – 108,665 points
gonzaleznut – 107,189
cubbyblue34 – 104,427 points
dswanjr – 98,103 points
DaClyde – 83,775 points
jesse22 – 70,700 points
AUTaxMan – 59,178 points

Weekend Stats – 3/17/13

Weekend Stats

Lots of new sets being added this week. 1ranger1 has been busy filling out non-sports card checklists. There are some awesome scans worth checking out. Everyone has been pitching in on Topps Heritage – the excitement around that set is no surprise.

Thanks to everyone who spent time helping make Zistle awesome. Happy St. Patrick’s Day.

Zistle Forum now in Beta

We’ve been asked by many of our members to make it easier to find and connect with other members on Zistle. We’ve had ideas around searching for users, a member directory and even trade recommendations – all of which we plan on building. But when it came right down to it, the easiest tool to implement was a forum. We’re excited to announce a beta release of the Zistle Forum.

Yes, yes, we know there are a lot of sports card forums and we are certainly not trying to replace them. But we can all agree that an easy way to find like minded collectors on Zistle can only be a good thing. We just want everyone on Zistle to be able to connect with each other as quickly as possible.

To start we’ve made a general hobby talk area by sport and a trading area. We’ve also made a general area for discussing the site and making feature suggestions.

We’re going to be in beta for at least a few weeks. We’re looking forward to your feedback. If there are topics that you’d like added or suggestions for ways to improve the forum,  please email us anytime at [email protected]

Enhanced Performance Upgrade

Last night, we upgraded our server infrastructure to enhance performance and speed of the site. This was necessary to be able to launch some of our most requested features such as trade recommendations and marketplace offerings. You should notice some substantial performance improvements especially when searching and sorting cards.

As always, if you notice anything out of the ordinary, please contact us either in the comments or at [email protected]