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 | 4,053,700 | +2.20% | +14.43% | +74.06% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings | 110,594 | -0.54% | +5.03% | +715.17% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 2.73% | -2.56% | -8.14% | +368.33% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions | 156,438 | -4.63% | -5.10% | +36.29% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 3.86% | -6.78% | -17.01% | -21.72% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 1,171,006 | -2.05% | +7.60% | |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 28.89% | -4.16% | -5.97% | |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 61,254 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,529,128 | +3.79% | +5.45% | +0.54% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 102,034 | -0.23% | +1.51% | +79.84% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 6.67% | -3.85% | -3.71% | +78.87% |
| Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders | 7.36% | -9.69% | -17.77% | +5.14% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 258,912 | +0.64% | +6.40% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 39.41% | -0.86% | -4.60% | |
 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 | 162,886 | +1.40% | +14.46% | +77.24% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,464,112 | +0.07% | -5.50% | |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,315,526 | +0.45% | +4.35% | |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 71 | +1.43% | -7.79% | |
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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 | 494,619 | +1.38% | +102.05% | |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: | 107,810 | -0.61% | +3.50% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 21.80% | -1.95% | -48.77% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in Bonanza’s Comics section | 197,114 | -7.87% | +25.37% | |
eBay’s quantity of comic listings continues to climb to new heights – it has surpassed the 4M mark!
Atomic Avenue‘s number of available unique issues corrected from last month’s small dip.
Comic Collector Live is treading water – no major gains.
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 is showing over 100% gains in listings in the past year.
Bonanza‘s number of listings show moderate gains at 25% over the past year.