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 | 4,287,993 | +0.53% | +11.28% | +77.31% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings | 111,850 | -1.12% | +5.37% | +672.23% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 2.61% | -1.57% | -5.15% | +335.52% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions | 199,491 | +1.98% | +27.44% | +15.12% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 4.65% | +1.36% | +14.59% | -35.11% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 1,162,404 | +3.52% | +10.58% | |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 27.11% | +2.96% | -0.63% | |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 65,887 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,548,849 | -4.47% | +3.05% | -4.67% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 106,327 | +1.85% | +3.15% | +58.49% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 6.86% | +3.39% | +0.07& | +66.26% |
| Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders | 6.30% | -20.25% | -4.40% | -22.89% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 222,528 | -0.01% | -12.87% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 47.78% | +1.86% | +18.39% | |
 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 | 168,556 | +0.51% | +7.76% | +78.02% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,482,602 | +0.17% | +0.54% | |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,380,834 | +0.34% | +4.34% | |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 65 | -1.52% | -13.33% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section | 461,092 | -1.76% | -4.48% | |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: | 111,694 | +1.25% | +6.33% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 24.22% | +3.08% | +11.32% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in Bonanza’s Comics section | 177,254 | +1.96% | +2.94% | |
eBay‘s number of listings continue to hit new highs.
Atomic Avenue‘s number of available unique issues has dropped by more than 10% in the past year.
Comic Collector Live has lost more than 10% of their storefronts in the past year.
HipComic‘s marketplace is stating to trend down after a very quick rise.
Bonanza‘s number of listings is very stagnant.