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 |
5,427,168 | +2.21% | +24.25% | +91.04% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings |
129,455 | -1.92% | +4.54% | +71.21% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 2.39% | -4.20% | -16.01% | -10.33% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions |
243,297 | +2.45% | +14.56% | +145.77% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 4.48% | +0.29% | -7.76% | +28.82% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 1,574,634 | +5.76% | +39.83% | |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 29.01% | +3.47% | +12.54% | |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 77,236 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,583,948 | -4.93% | +0.42% | +26.13% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 118,317 | -0.61% | +2.77% | +53.45% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 7.47% | +4.62% | +2.33% | +21.66% |
| Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders | 6.31% | +99.68% | +11.09% | -12.85% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 232,060 | -0.22% | +2.12% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 50.99% | -0.38% | +0.64% | |
 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 | 211,249 | +0.55% | +19.14% | +110.30% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,432,495 | +0.25% | -2.78% | |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,529,752 | +0.58% | +4.24% | |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 58 | +0.00% | -7.94% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section | 510,555 | +50.72% | +11.79% | |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: | 129,379 | -0.01% | +6.79% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 25.34% | -33.66% | -4.48% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in Bonanza’s Comics section | 277,881 | -7.88% | +57.93% | |
| Number of listings in the Cyberspace Comics Bonanza storefront section | 80,982 | -3.47% | ||
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on Bonanza | 29.14% | +4.79% | ||
eBay‘s number of listings continues to hit all-new highs.
Atomic Avenue: This marketplace is stagnant. Its number of listings grew by less than 0.50% in the past year.
Comic Collector Live: Membership is up nearly 20% in the past year.
HipComic‘s number of listings grew by 50% now that Newkadia reopened on there.
Bonanza‘s number of listings have increased greatly since we started listing on there this year. Up over 55% in one year!