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 | 3,808,954 | -1.84% | +6.16% | +88.39% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings | 106,077 | +0.15% | +3.37% | +895.09% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 2.78% | +2.39%% | -2.62% | +428.22% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions | 148,642 | -23.15%% | +0.84% | +67.06% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 3.90% | -21.64% | -5.05% | -11.31% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 1,010,125 | +1.83% | +2.23% | |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 26.52% | +3.75% | -3.70% | |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 57,949 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,478,161 | +1.17% | +7.12% | +0.88% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 102,192 | -0.32% | +5.20% | +92.24% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 6.91% | -1.52% | -1.80% | +90.57% |
| Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders | 8.96% | +23.08% | -16.03% | +35.96% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 254,192 | +0.60% | +7.80% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 40.20% | -0.91% | -2.42% | |
 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 | 154,544 | +1.54% | +13.68% | +72.80% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,496,038 | +0.13% | -7.52% | |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,273,282 | +0.37% | +5.30% | |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 74 | +4.23% | -21.28% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in Amazon’s Entertainment Collectibles – Comic Book section | 209,921 | -6.94% | +6.22% | |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics Amazon store | 104,814 | -0.48% | +6.45% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on Amazon | 49.93% | +6.94% | +0.22% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section | 393,913 | +66.06% | +91.88% | |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: | 104,983 | +0.15% | +3.43% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 26.65% | -39.69% | -46.09% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in Bonanza’s Comics section | 174,836 | +3.63% | +25.48% | |
As one should expect, eBay’s quantity of comic listings available takes a slight dive now that the Christmas season has passed.
Atomic Avenue‘s number of available unique issues continues to climb – up over 7.5% in the past year.
Comic Collector Live has increased their storefronts by nearly 5% – this is a step in the right direction to establishing their status as a vibrant marketplace.
It looks like Amazon‘s collectibles marketplace has shown modest gains in the past year – growing by over 6%.
HipComic‘s marketplace has shown enormous gains in the past month – up over 65%, now that Newkadia has signed on with them.
Bonanza‘s number of listings have shown strong gains in the past year – up over 25%.
* this number is probably inaccurate due to Amazon not reporting complete numbers in past months/years