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 |
5,740,573 | +1.75% | +15.59% | +79.45% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings |
133,747 | +0.31% | +0.15% | +48.27% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 2.33% | -1.28% | -13.39% | -17.38% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions |
239,497 | -3.73% | -5.54% | +30.76% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 4.17% | -5.40% | -18.36% | -27.19% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 1,439,267 | -5.14 | +31.04% | |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 25.07% | -6.76% | +13.34% | |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 80,279 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,650,293 | +0.76% | +4.85% | +37.63% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 119,859 | +0.14% | -1.09% | +41.63% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 7.26% | -0.64% | -5.68% | +2.87% |
| Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders | 5.43% | -9.95% | -41.68% | -28.46% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 237,803 | +0.50% | +3.27% | +10.72% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 50.40% | -0.35% | -4.21% | +27.93 |
 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 | 218,728 | +0.45% | +14.78% | +102.26% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,415,167 | -0.15% | +0.28% | |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,573,573 | +0.35% | +4.75% | |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 62 | +1.64% | +5.08% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section | 518,532 | +1.61% | +7.91% | |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: | 131,701 | +0.41% | +0.51% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 25.40% | -1.17% | -6.86% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in Bonanza’s Comics section | 260,862 | -4.23% | -10.86% | |
| Number of listings in the Cyberspace Comics Bonanza storefront section | 77,373 | -2.22% | -27.39% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on Bonanza | 29.66% | +2.10% | -18.58% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in Ebid’s Comics section | 188,807 | +0.61% | ||
| Number of listings in the Cyberspace Comics Ebid storefront section | 125,350 | +0.39% | ||
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on Ebid | 66.39% | -0.21% | ||
eBay‘s number of listings continues to hit all-new highs. It’s worth noting that the percentage of sold listings vs active listings continues to decline.
Atomic Avenue: This marketplace is still struggling to reclaim the number of listings it had seven years ago.
Comic Collector Live: Membership is up over 14% in the past year.
HipComic‘s number of listings have flatlined again. No major growth from last month.
Bonanza‘s number of listings have fallen over 10% in the past year.
Ebid‘s number of listings have exploded since we began listing our items there this year.