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.
 |
one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings in eBay’s comics |
6,080,017 | +1.50% | +5.91% | +70.95% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings |
137,781 | +2.27% | +3.02% | +36.03% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 2.27% | +0.72% | -2.74% | -20.49% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions |
248,312 | +2.30% | +3.68% | +89.83% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 4.08% | +0.84% | -2.06% | +10.98% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 1,447,191 | -1.86% | +0.55% | +45.49% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 23.80% | -3.32% | -5.06% | -14.90% |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 88,623 |
||||
 |
one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,658,212 | -2.96% | +0.48% | +25.52% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 121,418 | +1.49% | +1.30% | +26.09% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 7.32% | +4.60% | +0.86% | +0.44% |
| Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders | 1.77% | -24.68% | -67.40% | -81.92% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 234,671 | -3.77% | -1.32% | +0.78% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 51.74% | +5.46% | +2.66% | +25.13% |
 Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue |
||||
 |
one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of members on ComicCollectorLive | 236,109 | +0.14% | +7.95% | +76.86% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,375,656 | +0.12% | -2.79% | -16.89% |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,711,134 | +0.29% | +5.35% | +27.04% |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 47 | -2.08% | -24.19% | -50.00% |
 |
one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section | 1,042,705 | +12.88% | +101.08% | +418.36% |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: | 122,834 | -3.45% | -6.73% | +22.60% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 11.78% | -14.45% | -53.62% | -76.35% |
eBay‘s number of listings has surpassed 6 million 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 50% in the past five years.
HipComic‘s number of listings has surpassed 1 million for the first time!