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 | 10,997,381 | +9.46% | +8.46% | +126.93% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings | 178,822 | -0.26% | +4.75% | +40.03% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 1.63% | -8.65% | -3.21% | -38.41% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions | 301,228 | +5.21% | -3.95% | +32.68% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 2.74% | -3.89% | -11.36% | -41.47% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 1,659,145 | +8.89% | +26.14% | +45.23% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 15.09% | -0.55% | +16.32% | -35.99% |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 119,820 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 2,016,092 | +9.65% | +13.63% | +40.88% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 155,443 | -0.46% | +4.11% | +33.26% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 7.71% | -9.19% | -8.43% | -5.40% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 277,530 | +0.39% | +3.93% | +22.29% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 56.01% | -0.83% | +0.18% | +8.97% |
 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 | 253,428 | +0.10% | +2.88% | +38.24% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,323,490 | +0.53% | +0.61% | -9.27% |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,933,754 | +0.19% | +2.07% | +20.21% |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 45 | +9.76% | +12.50% | -28.57% |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section | 1,605,989 | +0.19% | +19.35% | +243.38% |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store | 167,078 | -3.19% | -0.26% | +33.35% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 10.40% | -3.40% | -16.44% | -61.17% |
| Number of Stores on HipComic | 399 | -4.09% | +5.00% | |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings on YouSellComics | 177,348 | -2.93% | ||
eBay‘s number of listings have recovered from the recent dip.
Atomic Avenue: This marketplace has increased their number of listings by nearly 10% from last month.
Comic Collector Live: This marketplace’s number of listings dropped by more than 10% over the past 5 years. In that same time frame, eBay increased by more than 100% and HipComic increased by 250%. As with last fall, the number of stores increased following the summer months.
HipComic: This marketplace has shown a sharp increase in their stated number of listings but I can’t seem to pinpoint where they’re coming from since their top sellers don’t have any major gains and they have even fewer sellers as they did last month. Perhaps there is a glitch in the reporting? Or, they fixed a glitch that’s been there a long while?
YouSellComics: This is a marketplace that has caught my eye so we’ve added our inventory to their marketplace. This month their number of listings retracted slightly.