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 | 10,294,189 | -3.35% | +123.75% | +141.35% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings | 169,449 | -0.32% | +8.10% | +49.80% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 1.65% | +3.13% | -51.61% | -37.74% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions | 292,032 | -1.00% | +5.65% | +49.29% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 2.84% | +2.41% | -52.80% | -38.19% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 1,520,565 | -1.38% | +27.32% | +35.41% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 14.77% | +2.01% | -43.10% | -43.90% |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 110,790 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,761,046 | +0.00% | +2.06% | +12.03% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 149,165 | -0.52% | +10.09% | +42.88 |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 8.47% | -0.47% | +7.90% | +27.56% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 270,515 | +0.00% | +6.29% | +21.56% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 55.14% | -0.52% | +3.57% | +17.55% |
 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 | 247,398 | +0.10% | +2.37% | +47.53% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,285,822 | +0.19% | +0.90% | -13.12% |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,891,972 | +0.18% | +2.33% | +21.88% |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 44 | +4.76% | -10.20% | -33.33% |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section | 1,463,096 | +4.66% | +3.10% | +211.73% |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store | 165,756 | -1.56% | +10.04% | +50.26% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 11.33% | -5.90% | +6.68% | -51.79% |
| Number of Stores on HipComic | 400 | +1.78% | +8.99% | |
eBay‘s number of listings has taken a downturn for the first time in a while.
Atomic Avenue: This marketplace hasn’t updated their numbers since November so I have nothing new to report here.
Comic Collector Live: This marketplace lost 1/3 of their sellers in the past five years.
HipComic: This marketplace’s growth has begun to slow – only increasing their number of listings by a little more than 3% over the past year.