My Collection feature for Blu-ray.com (Suggest Database Additions Thread)

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Ok. I thought of having this type of functionality in my own website but it would be more advantageous for Blu-ray.com to implement this type of functionality. I think it would be a good idea to allow registered users to create a Blu-ray collection catalog via some sort of "My Collection" feature/plugin to blu-ray.com. There are other sites/applications out there that have similar features. There may be users like me who really only care about managing their Blu-ray collection and being able to buy/sell Blu-rays with other users from this site. Most of us spend a considerable amount of time on here each day and the site is growing in popularity as the format grows stronger. Considering the site already consists of a pretty remarkable Blu-ray movie database for various countries, I consider it a no brainer. Here are some initial requirements that come to mind:

Purpose: To provide one location for Blu-ray fans to manage their existing Blu-ray collection, future desired releases and want/sell lists.

Initial Requirements:
1) Only registered users can access the My Collection feature through their profile on Blu-ray.com (either via menu bar or User CP).
2) A user's collection will consist of movies contained in the blu-ray.com movie release database.
3) A user can add and remove titles in their collection
4) A user can add and remove items from their "Own", "Wish" and "Sell" lists.
5) A user can sell a title that currently exists in their collection by marking it as "sellable". Other users can search the site for a particular title which will return results of those users who would like to sell their copy with pricing information. This could be done and integrated with the existing search feature or could be added as a new plugin/module to the site.
6) After searching, the user could select a title from the search results and mark it as being "Wanted", which would add it to their My Collection Wanted list until a deal is struck and closed with the seller. The Amazon price for that disc could also be return so the user can see the price difference between Amazon and those users that would like to sell their used copy.
7) If a used title that a user wants does not exist, they could add it to their profile as being "Wanted" and can enable notification once a user marks that item as being "Sellable" in their profile.
8) When marking a title from their collection as "sellable", a user can select the quality of the used item, provide a selling price for the item, how many are available and provide a brief description of the product.
9) Users can be notified via email or RSS once a title on their "Want List" has been posted to Blu-ray.com by a user that would like to sell their used copy.
10) Provide RSS and email notification for new titles added to the Blu-ray database and added to a user's "Sell List" that interest you.
11) My Collection can be exported into an Excel or PDF file.
12) A user can select a “Recently listed” link within their “My Collection” to see titles recently added for sale.
13) Keep existing Trading Score feature and integrate it with a user’s “My Collection”.
14) Once a transaction is being worked between a buyer and a seller, the title is not visible to other users who are searching for that particular title. If the deal falls through, the title will be relisted in the system. The other alternative is to provide a Status label for each item and if a transaction is being worked between two individuals, it could say "Pending Transaction".

Additional Ideas/Comments:
The main features of this plugin could be located within a user's profile where they could manage "My Collection". The ability to add a movie to your collection could be located in the users profile or in the main movie view for each title. This view is obtained by searching for a movie or browsing for movies by going to the menu bar then selecting Movies. (An “Add to Want List” button can be added next to the Buy Now link within the movie description). While I like the Hot Deals forum, there are many titles posted daily, each in their own thread by a user and I think it would be better for the site to have a My Collection feature where each users could manage their content within their own profile instead of in a forum thread. Another reason is because multitple users could be selling the same title at the same or different prices and it would be nice to easily search and manage that content in your "collection" without it being in individual forum threads.

Note: I am willing to help out in any way possible if Blu-ray.com would like to implement a feature like this.