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 |
4,794,011 | +9.75% | +15.28% | +80.10% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings |
126,423 | +2.09% | +14.13% | +60.02% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 2.64% | -7.04% | -0.75% | -11.05% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions |
229,912 | +8.25% | +30.51% | -24.55% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 4.80% | -1.32% | +13.11% | -58.12% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 1,124,640 | -0.13% | -0.43% | |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 23.46% | -9.00% | -13.63% | |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 69,608 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,562,142 | -0.96% | +1.78% | -0.71% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 116,680 | +1.35% | +14.14% | +61.71% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 7.47% | +2.32% | +12.15% | +62.86% |
| Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders | 7.26% | +27.82% | +17.10% | +45.49% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 228,459 | +0.53% | -11.50% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 51.07% | +0.81% | +28.97% | |
 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 | 179,625 | +1.31% | +7.94% | +85.64% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,472,968 | -0.03% | -0.10% | |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,436,235 | +0.38% | +4.58% | |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 66 | +4.76% | -5.71% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section | 445,649 | -2.42% | -8.99% | |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: | 123,738 | +2.14% | +14.26% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 27.77% | +4.67% | +25.26% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in Bonanza’s Comics section | 173,186 | -1.57% | -14.27% | |
eBay‘s number of listings bounced back to all new highs after last month’s drop. Most of this increase is due to MHC adding 290,000 listings to eBay’s marketplace.
Atomic Avenue: The number of listings have plateaued.
Comic Collector Live gained nearly 5% in their number of storefronts from last month.
HipComic‘s number of listings continues a slow decline.
Bonanza‘s number of listings continues a slow decline.