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 Comic Books, Manga & Memorabilia section | 6,800,000 | +43.83% | +23.36% | +91.95% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings | 145,642 | +1.87% | +15.58% | +38.32% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 2.14% | -29.08% | -6.47% | -27.89% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions | 294,215 | +1.50% | +29.28% | +78.48% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 4.33% | -29.42% | +4.76% | -6.95% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 1,324,640 | -9.39% | +122.30% | +21.71% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 19.48% | -37.00% | +80.20% | -36.59% |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 94,424 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,714,180 | -0.51% | +0.68% | +18.21% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 127,642 | +0.24% | +9.34% | +26.98% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 7.44% | +0.76% | +8.55% | +7.45% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 252,982 | +0.09% | +5.43% | +3.96% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 50.45% | +0.15% | +3.71% | +22.14% |
 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 | 238,828 | +0.13% | +3.69% | +67.82% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,342,529 | +0.36% | -1.69% | -13.35% |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,778,170 | +0.28% | +4.41% | +25.20% |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 48 | +0.00% | -9.43% | -37.66% |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section | 1,112,336 | -3.59% | +133.87% | +354.38% |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store | 141,845 | +4.57% | +12.77% | +36.17% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 12.75% | +8.44% | -51.79% | -70.03% |
eBay‘s number of listings were being under-reported last month (I suspected that suppressed listings weren’t counted in their published number). I was able to find another link that could uncover what I believe the true number is. This number is only slightly lower than the previous number reported two months ago.
Atomic Avenue: The number of unique available issues on this platform has surpassed a quarter million. That’s an incredible selection of books! And, we are currently stocking over 50% of those unique books.
Comic Collector Live: The number of stores has dropped by over 35% in the past five years.
HipComic‘s number of listings have had strong growth. They’re up over 350% in the past five years.