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 |
5,990,360 | +2.51% | +6.18% | +73.65% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings |
134,720 | +2.95% | +1.04% | +38.58% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 2.25% | +0.40% | -4.71% | -20.25% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions |
242,725 | -5.18% | -2.43% | +69.42% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 4.05% | -7.49% | -8.12% | -2.36% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 1,474,588 | -1.73% | -2.81% | +45.95% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 24.62% | -4.14% | -8.46% | -15.96% |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 88,033 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,708,809 | +1.43% | +4.33% | +34.35% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 119,634 | +1.70% | -0.05% | +27.76% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 7.00% | +0.16% | -4.23% | -4.88% |
| Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders | 2.35% | +69.06% | -61.03% | -65.89% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 243,875 | +0.53% | +3.07% | +5.39% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 49.06% | +1.17% | -3.01% | +21.21% |
 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 | 235,785 | +0.56% | +8.28% | +78.32% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,374,040 | +0.32% | -3.05% | -17.05% |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,703,229 | +0.40% | +5.40% | +27.20% |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 48 | -2.04% | -21.31% | -48.94% |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section | 923,736 | +71.90% | +81.01% | +395.20% |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: | 127,220 | -3.29% | -3.01% | +32.40% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 13.77% | -43.74% | -46.41% | -73.26% |
eBay‘s number of listings may soon break the 6 million mark for the first time!
Atomic Avenue: Our percentage of the total number of orders has dropped off sharply since we began implementing a high-dollar minimum order. This has helped prevent “hot” issues from selling out to speculators without purchases of more common stock.
Comic Collector Live: The number of stores has dropped by nearly 50% in the past five years.
HipComic continues to prove itself to be a great up-and-coming marketplace for comics. Their number of listings have grown sharply since MHC began listing there last month.