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 | 3,019,381 | +0.31% | -50.93% | -22.19% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings | 154,323 | +1.90% | +11.33% | +45.70% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 5.11% | +1.61% | +127.16% | +87.91% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions | 305,576 | +2.48% | +18.73% | +57.99% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 10.12% | +2.12% | +142.12% | +103.22% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 1,569,158 | -1.49% | +11.21% | +58.19% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 51.97% | -1.80% | +126.64% | +103.32% |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 99,163 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,762,193 | +0.73% | +2.58% | +20.61% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 133,607 | +1.09% | +7.74% | +30.32% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 7.58% | +0.42% | +5.01% | +8.00% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 256,221 | +0.55% | +4.01% | +1.40% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 52.15% | +0.53% | +3.59% | +28.53% |
 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 | 241,172 | +0.19% | +2.03% | +58.46% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,295,053 | +0.46% | -5.84% | -13.32% |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,819,428 | +0.24% | +3.51% | +24.48% |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 50 | +2.04% | +8.70% | -29.58% |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section | 966,938 | -22.20% | -0.91% | +307.62% |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store | 140,282 | +19.19% | +265.29% | +33.83% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 14.51% | +53.20% | +268.22% | -67.17% |
| Number of Stores on HipComic | 363 | -2.94% | ||
eBay‘s reported number of listings has dropped sharply. I suspect that they’re not reporting suppressed listings in that number – so, the data they’re reporting is inaccurate. There are way more listings on that marketplace than they’re acknowledging. This is throwing off many of the numbers I report, as well as the 1-month, 1-year and 5-year changes.
Atomic Avenue: This marketplace now boasts a selection of over a quarter million different comics. That’s pretty impressive! This is a marketplace that flies under the radar.
Comic Collector Live: The number of stores is starting to turn around – up nearly 10% in the past year.
HipComic: Their number of listings took a massive hits this month. One of the largest comic dealers in the world had added all of their listings to this platform recently and now they have nothing available. I’m unsure if this is a permanent change or if they’re just reconfiguring some things on their end. Time will tell. In the meantime, the Hip sync has almost brought in all of our eBay listings – only off by about 10%, now.