Category Archives: Changelog

Price alerts screen A long time ago I made a screen for viewing favorites. In May I finally made a similar screen for viewing price alerts. Both are accessible if you create an account on my site and login (it’s 100% free to create an account 👍). Connected screens I also connected the favorites screen […]

Faster pages Rewrote some of the code behind my site, so many pages became a lot faster than before. Overusing PHP sessions isn’t a good idea, so got rid of those and other stuff 👍 Shop status tool Made a tool for myself, so it is easier for me to see when a shop stops […]

Faster searches This month, I made some good changes to the search algorithm. The changes have made searching a lot faster than it were before 👍 Easier unsubscribe If you subscribe to a model, it is now easier to unsubscribe again. Previously you had to send me an email to unsubscribe, now there is a […]

Search hobby filters Previously search was searching in all the models from all the hobbies, so the search results could for example include both model train models and slot car models at the same time. This month, I have added an optional filter to the search, so the search can be limited to a specific […]

Diecast models Last month I opened up the slot car section here on Model Prices. This month I opened up the diecast models section. There are already a few thousand different models there. Lots of slot cars In the somewhat new slot car section, I have this month added a lot more slot car shops […]

Improved model detection In October, I have improved the algorithm for finding new models. Many people use my site to find rare, out of production models, so the goal is to detect and index more rare models. Rarity scores To help people find the rare models, I have added rarity scores to all the 180,000+ […]

Prototypes I have noticed searches for specific prototypes. To help out there, I have started creating prototypes pages that work similar to the category and brand pages. Started with British prototypes like the class 08 and class 40. Country focused product pages I have realized that most people want to buy their trains from shops […]

Improved brand pages In August, I improved the brand pages a lot (pages like the Marklin page and the Fleischmann page). Previously, these pages just listed teasers for the different categories that brands covered. Now, they work much like catalog pages (pages like the rolling stock page). The old brand page The new brand page […]

I was on holiday most of July, so not much happend this month. Just added new products + fixed a few bugs. Stats There are now 1,107 shops on the site + 124,819 models and 4,350,402 prices.

User accounts The main thing that happened in June was that I added user functionality, i.e. people can now create an account on Model Prices. When you have an account, you can save your favorites (see below) + price alerts and product subscriptions now require an account (previously you just needed an email to use […]