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 | 3,966,527 | +0.93% | +7.48% | +71.18% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings | 111,196 | +4.49% | +5.74% | +758.66% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 2.80% | +3.44% | -1.64% | +401.62% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions | 164,033 | +6.85% | -4.30% | -32.53% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 4.14% | +5.77% | -10.87% | -60.58% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 1,195,537 | +1.37% | +7.05% | |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 30.14% | +0.44% | -0.39% | |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 60,430 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,473,272 | -5.43% | +2.73% | -2.15% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 102,274 | -0.61% | +1.89% | +83.99% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 6.94% | +5.02% | -0.83% | +88.04% |
| Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders | 8.15% | +41.00% | -15.10% | +37.44% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 257,270 | -0.23% | +6.25% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 39.75% | -0.39% | -4.09% | |
 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 | 160,637 | +0.84% | +14.86% | +75.78% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,463,072 | +0.11% | -6.14% | |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,305,160 | +0.36% | +4.25% | |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 70 | +0.00% | -15.66% | |
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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 | 487,897 | -10.37% | +91.38% | |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: | 108,471 | +2.96% | +4.22% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 22.23% | +14.90% | -45.54% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in Bonanza’s Comics section | 213,954 | +1.00% | +46.92% | |
eBay’s quantity of comic listings continues to climb to new heights – the 4M mark is getting very close! Our numbers are up this month because we’ve upgraded to eBay’s “enterprise” store plan that was introduced this month. We’re taking that opportunity to list a lot of low grade books that we don’t normally put in our eBay store.
Atomic Avenue‘s number of available unique issues took a small dip this month but I suspect their numbers will cross the 1.5M mark again soon.
Comic Collector Live has suffered a big loss in storefronts – down over 15% in the past year.
Amazon‘s collectibles marketplace is not reporting accurately still. 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 had 10% drop this month but they’re up over 90% in the past year.
Bonanza‘s number of listings has leveled out after last month’s strong gains.