DC, Image, Marvel Offer Wealth of Resources at Retailer Services Area
Diamond customers who use Diamond Online’s Retailer Services Area should note that DC Comics, Image Comics and Marvel Comics offer a wealth of resources on the site, including information about upcoming products, sales tools and much more!
Accessible through the site’s Resources page, Premier vendor tools available on the Retailer Services Area include:
• DC Comics: Available at https://retailer.diamondcomics.com/main/retailer-preview.asp?v=dc, DC’s Exclusive Retailer Page contains sneak previews of a number of upcoming books. The page also offers Do It Yourself Press Releases, Shelf Talkers and Header Cards, Co-Op Ad Slicks, Fliers and Bag Slicks, Logos and Artwork, Images and Licensee Lists.
Furthermore, DC offers a Final Order Cut-Off (FOC) editor, available from the Retailer Services Area’s My Account page or directly at https://retailer.diamondcomics.com/main/FocUpdate.asp?v=2, making it easy to edit your orders on DC titles with a current FOC.
• Image Comics: Available at https://retailer.diamondcomics.com/main/retailer-preview.asp?v=image, the Retailer Services Area’s Image page includes complete previews of some of Image’s hottest upcoming titles, so you can see exactly what you’re ordering! You’ll also find PDF & Art Downloads on the same page, so as to help you promote these books to your customers.
• Marvel Comics: Available at https://retailer.diamondcomics.com/main/retailer-preview.asp?v=marvel, Marvel’s page also contains sneak previews of heavily anticipated books, and in many cases the previews are of the complete issue! Plus, you can download PDFs of the covers for Marvel’s comics and trades shipping on a given week, and high-resolution one-sheet ads that you can download and print for use as photocopied inserts for pull-bags, in-store mini-POP posters and more.
Marvel also offers an FOC editor at the My Account page, accessible directly at https://retailer.diamondcomics.com/main/FocUpdate.asp?v=1.
Additionally, Dark Horse Comics is readying its own page for the Retailer Services Area. Refer to upcoming issues of Diamond Daily, Diamond Dateline and Diamond Dialogue for complete details as they become available!
Visit the Retailer Services Area today to learn more about these services and to start putting them to work for your store. Should you have any questions about their use, please contact your Diamond Customer Service Representative.