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 | 3,930,087 | +0.64% | +7.09% | +75.11% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings | 106,419 | -0.56% | +0.57% | +849.24% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 2.71% | -1.18%% | -5.98% | +442.07% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions | 153,522 | -12.62% | +1.36% | +35.76% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 3.91% | -13.19% | -5.42% | -22.49% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 1,179,345 | +6.33% | +6.80% | |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 30.01% | +5.66% | -0.27% | |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 59,844 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,557,934 | +1.73% | +9.69% | +4.14% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 102,906 | -0.14% | +2.74% | +87.16% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 6.61% | -1.85% | -6.31% | +79.72% |
| Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders | 5.78% | -15.99% | -39.48% | +48.21% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 257,865 | +0.43% | +7.01% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 39.91% | -0.56% | -4.00% | |
 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 | 159,298 | +0.80% | +14.76% | +75.09% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,461,392 | -0.77% | -6.74% | |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,296,987 | +0.35% | +4.45% | |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 70 | -1.41% | -22.22% | |
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| Number of listings in Amazon’s Entertainment Collectibles – Comic Book section | N/A | |||
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics Amazon store | N/A | |||
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on Amazon | N/A | |||
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section | 544,319 | +0.11% | +143.71% | |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: | 105,352 | -0.52% | +0.51% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 19.35% | -0.64% | -58.76% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in Bonanza’s Comics section | 211,832 | +16.39% | +30.10% | |
eBay’s quantity of comic listings continues to climb to new highs.
Atomic Avenue‘s number of available unique issues continues to climb, remaining above 1,500,000.
Comic Collector Live has suffered a big loss in storefronts – down over 20% in the past year.
Amazon‘s collectibles marketplace is not reporting accurately today. They show 50,000 listings in the marketplace – I have over 100,000 listings so I know their reported numbers are inaccurate.
HipComic‘s marketplace continues to show strong gains – up over 125% in the past year.
Bonanza‘s number of listings continues has shown strong growth in the last month – up over 15%.