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 |
5,512,247 | +8.34% | +3.82% | +125.61% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings |
126,007 | -3.45% | -4.53% | +34.36% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 2.29% | -11.05% | -8.19% | -40.47% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions |
227,588 | +7.20% | -4.16% | +87.87% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 4.13% | -0.99% | -7.63% | -16.76% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 595,887 | N/A | -59.98% | -45.78% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 10.81% | N/A | -61.45% | -75.97% |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 85,501 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,702,520 | +0.97% | +2.18% | +39.61% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 116,734 | -0.49% | -1.94% | +29.98% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 6.86% | -1.49% | -3.97% | -6.84% |
| Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders | 2.18% | -15.83% | -31.01% | -73.22% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 239,946 | +0.43% | +3.17% | +6.40% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 48.65% | -0.92% | -4.94% | +22.18% |
 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 | 230,324 | +0.60% | +9.63% | +86.82% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,365,641 | -0.30% | -4.43% | -18.08% |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,660,845 | +0.40% | +5.79% | +27.82% |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 53 | -5.36% | -8.62% | -47.00% |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section | 475,615 | +3.40% | +40.41% | +197.15% |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: | 125,779 | -2.67% | -2.79% | +35.91% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 26.45% | -5.89% | -30.77% | -54.26% |
eBay‘s number of sold listings is down significantly. I’m wondering if the way they report sold items has changed with their new system.
Atomic Avenue: This marketplace has almost reclaimed the number of listings it had seven years ago.
Comic Collector Live: The number of registered users has increased by nearly 10% in the past year. But the number of open storefronts there has dropped by nearly half in five years.
HipComic continues to prove itself to be a great up-and-coming marketplace for comics. Their number of listings have seen impressive growth over the years.