SAGE
Turn your pull lists, wall books, manga, and variants into findable local pages.
Start with a free storefront and dashboard. When you are ready, the $25/mo comics plan starts with a 14-day trial and unlocks pull lists, customer imports, SAGE Previews, draft-order review, and owner-approved campaigns.
No credit card to start. Your dashboard and storefront stay free; keep listing items anytime.
SAGE Comics starts by making your shop easier to find.
The distribution mess is real, but launch buyers need a simple promise first: make the comics, manga, events, and customer interest in your shop visible online without giving up owner control.
The comic distribution mess, in plain English.
The old one-stop Diamond setup is gone. Shops now juggle multiple distributor portals, order windows, CSV files, and customer expectations. SAGE starts with the part shoppers can feel right away: a free storefront, real item pages, local guide pages, pull-list interest, and marketing you approve. Ordering automation is coming soon.
What you used to juggle — and what SAGE starts with.
The launch price keeps the first decision easy: make your shop easier to find before asking you to buy a heavier operations package.
| What the shop needs | Common current mess | SAGE launch package ($25/mo) |
|---|---|---|
| A shopper can find what makes you different | Social posts, memory, old website pages, and phone calls | Item and shop pages that can show up when shoppers search locally |
| Pull-list interest does not get lost | Paper lists, DMs, spreadsheets, and counter conversations | A clear dashboard list of customer requests and pull-list interest |
| Marketing uses real shop activity | Manual captions and last-minute Wednesday posts | Drafts based on inventory, events, and customer interest, with you approving before anything goes out |
| Local guides can feature your shop | Search engines usually see broad category pages, not the exact comics or manga people ask for | When your shop has enough real listings, SAGE can include you in local guide pages |
| Comic ordering tools | Order cutoff calendars, distributor order forms, arrival notices, billing, allocation | Set up your calendar to get order reminders. Build order drafts in SAGE, review the quantities, and export clean CSVs for Lunar / PRH / Universal. Automatic sending, arrival texts from distributor confirmations, billing, and allocation tools coming soon. |
| A customer-facing shop page | Separate Shopify, stale site, or nothing current | SAGE storefront at indieco.shop/your-shop |
| Simple launch pricing | Hard-to-compare tool bundles and hidden add-ons | $25/mo core SAGE rate, grandfathered for early subscribers |
| Launch decision | More tools before the shop sees value | $25/mo — start with online visibility first |
The simple launch package is intentionally priced at $25/mo. Future ordering tools should earn their own price only after real shops are using them successfully.
The stuff you used to learn from the PREVIEWS front matter.
SAGE also surfaces conventions, Free Comic Book Day coordination, Diamond Select toy releases, and wholesale liquidation news right on your dashboard — the industry context that used to live in the Diamond retailer newsletter. Weekly digest, not a news app. You decide what's worth a post.
Create your free SAGE storefront.
No card required. Pre-existing website optional. We create your SAGE storefront and dashboard, then email your magic link.
- Free SAGE dashboard and storefront for your comic shop.
- Free item listings for wall books, trades, manga, variants, toys, and collectibles.
- Free shareable storefront link for customers, even if you do not have a website.
- Free signup bonus: your first 5 SAGE fixes are free. 1 free per week after that.
- $25/mo after a 14-day trial: unlock pull-list management, customer imports, SAGE Previews, draft-order review, vendor CSV prep, subscriber/shopper intent, and owner-approved campaigns.
Built for comic shops now
Built around the reality of split distributors, owner control, and careful launch claims.
Your data is yours
Export customers and shop data. We never sell it.
No long contracts
Month-to-month. Cancel from your dashboard — no retention mazes.
Free first, then $25
Create the storefront with no card. The comics operating bundle starts with a 14-day trial.