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 |
5,894,123 | +2.67% | +17.67% | +86.41% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings |
133,729 | -0.01% | -0.63% | +49.40% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 2.27% | -2.62% | -15.66% | -19.83% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions |
250,819 | +4.73% | -3.49% | +37.88% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 4.26% | +2.05% | -18.01% | -25.99% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 1,400,937 | -2.66 | +29.64% | |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 23.77% | -5.19% | +10.19% | |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 80,722 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,655,154 | +0.29% | +5.62% | +36.89% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 120,355 | +0.41% | -1.08% | +37.61% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 7.27% | +0.16% | -6.29% | +0.57% |
| Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders | 4.89% | -9.94% | -55.51% | -42.40% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 237,842 | +0.02% | +3.24% | +9.80% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 50.60% | +0.40% | -4.20% | +25.32% |
 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 | 219,793 | +0.49% | +13.56% | +99.10% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,415,048 | -0.01% | +0.09% | |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,579,971 | +0.25% | +4.77% | |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 62 | +0.00% | +6.90% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section | 517,694 | -0.16% | +6.15% | |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: | 133,217 | +1.15% | +0.91% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 25.73% | +1.31% | -4.94% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in Bonanza’s Comics section | 261,792 | +0.36% | -13.01% | |
| Number of listings in the Cyberspace Comics Bonanza storefront section | 75,274 | -2.71% | -27.29% | |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on Bonanza | 28.75% | -3.06% | +6.22% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in Ebid’s Comics section | 234,343 | +24.12% | ||
| Number of listings in the Cyberspace Comics Ebid storefront section | 122,842 | -2.00% | ||
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on Ebid | 52.42% | -21.04% | ||
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 13% 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 took another jump this month. Perhaps some other sellers have jumped on board or others are ramping up their offerings.