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 | 11,136,306 | +8.18% | +25.91% | +159.71% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings | 170,366 | +0.54% | +5.66% | +52.32% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 1.53% | -7.28% | -15.94% | -41.39% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions | 290,768 | -0.43% | -3.63% | +45.75% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 2.61% | -8.06% | -23.43% | -43.85% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 1,547,411 | +1.77% | +29.83% | +33.12% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 13.90% | -5.92% | +3.16% | -48.75% |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 112,205 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,850,489 | +5.08% | +7.06% | +19.48% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 149,729 | +0.38% | +7.85% | +40.82% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 8.09% | -4.47% | +0.76% | +17.95% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 272,726 | +0.82% | +6.35% | +22.56% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 54.90% | -0.43% | +1.41% | +14.90% |
 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 | 247,902 | +0.20% | +2.41% | +47.07% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,287,137 | +0.10% | +0.46% | -13.18% |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,900,103 | +0.28% | +2.40% | +21.81% |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 44 | +0.00% | -10.20% | -32.31% |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section | 1,504,049 | +2.80% | +34.14% | +226.19% |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store | 166,746 | +0.60% | +7.65% | +49.29% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 11.09% | -2.15% | -19.78% | -54.23% |
| Number of Stores on HipComic | 417 | +4.25% | +13.62% | |
eBay‘s number of listings reversed course from last month and hit an all-new high of 11 million!
Atomic Avenue: This marketplace is offering an all-new high number of unique comic books (over 272,000).
Comic Collector Live: This marketplace lost nearly 1/3 of their sellers in the past five years.
HipComic: This marketplace is showing moderate growth over the past year in their number of listings. If they continue this pace, they will soon have more listings than Atomic Avenue offers.