I started selling comics full-time in 2010 and wanted to track my progress against the online back issue markets. Here’s a look at the current comics aftermarket and my progress in achieving my goal of becoming a prominent back issue dealer.
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings in eBay’s comics section | 3,809,079 | +0.96% | +10.42% | +105.26% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings | 104,190 | -1.90% | +7.18% | +905.69% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 2.82% | -3.00% | -3.00% | +389.97% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions | 142,002 | +5.24% | -0.88% | +19.99% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 3.73% | +4.13% | -10.17% | -41.57% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 701,496 | +21.69% | -30.57% | |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 18.42% | +20.53% | -37.12% | |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 56,350 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,495,088 | -0.15% | +17.55% | +2.58% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 101,955 | +0.28% | +8.88% | +99.17% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 6.82% | +0.43% | -7.35% | +94.28% |
| Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders | 5.56% | -45.11% | -19.30% | +15.11% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 250,337 | +0.64% | +8.19% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 40.73% | -0.35% | +0.64% | |
 Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of members on ComicCollectorLive | 150,149 | +1.32% | +13.55% | +70.15% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,537,953 | -0.70% | -7.15% | |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,250,507 | +0.30% | +5.89% | |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 71 | -2.74% | -24.47% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in Amazon’s Entertainment Collectibles – Comic Book section | 106,457* | n/a | -43.92%* | |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics Amazon store | 100,910 | n/a | +9.50% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on Amazon | 94.79%* | n/a | +95.24%* | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section | 232,676 | +0.60% | +24.73% | |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: | 103,112 | -1.88% | +7.31% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 44.32% | -2.47% | -13.97% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in Bonanza’s Comics section | 168,215 | +4.77% | +7.46% | |
eBay’s quantity of comic listings available continues to climb to new heights.
My Atomic Avenue orders took a drop last month due to a one week planned hiatus on the site.
Comic Collector Live continues to display some troubling signs. In the past year, their number of storefronts has decreased by nearly 25% which has led to a decrease in total listings of more than 7% in the past year. They’ll need to increase the number of storefonts if they want to see growth return.
*Amazon‘s collectibles marketplace is reporting numbers again but I strongly suspect that they are inaccurate because they show that there are 106,000 listings in their marketplace but I have 100,000 and the next largest seller has 19,000 available.
HipComic continues its plateau this month but shows strong gains over the past year.
Bonanza‘s number of listings has shown modest gains in the past year – up over 7%.