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 | 9,136,969 | +0.71% | +33.16% | +132.49% |
| Cyberspace Comics listings | 161,904 | +0.10% | +13.00% | +52.14% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay | 1.77% | -0.45% | -15.22% | -34.61% |
| Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions | 318,661 | +1.74% | +14.97% | +107.57% |
| Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction | 3.49% | +1.09% | -13.67% | -10.80% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) | 1,605,816 | +39.97% | -0.90% | +36.16% |
| Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings | 17.57% | +38.93% | -25.59% | -41.44% |
 Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 102,288 |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Listings on Atomic Avenue | 1,723,455 | +1.69% | +0.39% | +10.62% |
| Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue | 140,299 | +1.13% | +10.04% | +36.34% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue | 8.14% | -0.60% | +9.56% | +23.16% |
| Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue | 259,592 | +1.18% | +2.95% | +0.67% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue | 54.05% | -0.06% | +6.87% | +35.42% |
 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 | 243,565 | +0.43% | +2.28% | +52.90% |
| Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive | 1,295,632 | +0.82% | -5.18% | -11.34% |
| Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive | 2,845,120 | +0.21% | +3.01% | +23.86% |
| Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive | 47 | +0.00% | -2.08% | -32.86% |
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section | 1,168,015 | +0.99% | +6.23% | +114.58% |
| Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store | 156,480 | +0.64% | +17.67% | +48.53% |
| Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic | 13.40% | -0.32% | +10.81% | -30.76% |
| Number of Stores on HipComic | 379 | -0.52% | ||
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one month change | one year change | five year change | |
| Number of listings on YouSellComics | 2,343 | +104.09% | ||
eBay‘s number of listings has exceeded 9 million. That’s an incredible selection!
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 items for sale on this marketplace continues to shrink. It’s down over 10% in the past five years, while every other major marketplace has shown major gains in that same time period.
HipComic: This marketplace is showing moderate gains in the past year but the explosive growth if its earlier years are behind them now, it seems.
YouSellComics: This is a marketplace that has caught my eye. They offer extremely low selling fees. It appears others are catching on, too – their number of listings have doubled in the past month.
