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 | 4,208,786 | +1.21% | +11.56% | +72.40% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings | 111,588 | +0.74% | +5.07% | +680.12% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 2.65% | -0.33% | -5.98% | +352.52% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions | 180,847 | +2.66% | +34.03% | -10.33% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 4.30% | +1.34% | +20.02% | -48.04% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 1,118,201 | -1.00% | +93.98% | |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 26.57% | -2.18% | +73.88% | |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 63,027 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,536,115 | +0.08% | +2.59% | -1.62% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 103,166 | +0.92% | +1.47% | +74.33% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 6.72% | +0.84% | -1.09 | +77.19% |
| Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders | 5.50% | -11.29% | -45.71% | +32.10% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 218,728 | -15.27% | -12.07% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 47.17% | +19.11% | +15.41% | |
 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 | 166,593 | +0.11% | +12.43% | +79.26% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,479,275 | -3.62% | -1.21% | |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,338,698 | +0.40% | +4.23% | |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 75 | +7.14% | +2.74% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section | 485,153 | -0.92% | +109.75% | |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: | 108,334 | +0.04% | +3.08% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 22.33% | +0.72% | -50.86% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in Bonanza’s Comics section | 201,865 | -0.08% | +25.73% | |
eBay’s quantity of comic listings continues to climb to new heights!
Atomic Avenue‘s number of available unique issues hit a major snag this month. It dropped over 15% from last month.
Comic Collector Live is treading water – no major gains. Their number of stores has showed strong gains from last month, though. This is a promising sign for that marketplace.
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. I have removed them from my monthly reports now.
HipComic‘s marketplace is showing over 100% gains in listings in the past year.
Bonanza‘s number of listings shows strong annual gains of over 20%.