Cyberspace Comics market report, reviews and more

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.

		one month change	one year change	five year change
Listings in eBay’s Comic Books, Manga & Memorabilia section	9,072,156	+2.57%	+36.36%	+132.32%
Cyberspace Comics listings	161,739	+0.31%	+14.52%	+51.13%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay	1.78%	-2.04%	-15.91%	-34.93%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions	313,209	+3.80%	+18.54%	+78.27%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction	3.45%	+1.24%	-13.04%	-23.28%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days)	1,147,244	-3.74%	-27.39%	+3.44%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings	12.65%	-6.12%	-46.75%	-55.47%
Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 101,399 My current eBay feedback (total): 243,406 My positive eBay feedback score: 100%
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue	1,694,814	-1.95%	-1.38%	+10.67%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue	138,737	-0.07%	+10.15%	+34.64%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue	8.19%	+1.94%	+11.68%	+21.63%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue	256,560	+0.05%	+2.42%	-0.08%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue	54.08%	-0.12%	+7.55%	+34.75%
Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive	242,521	+0.19%	+2.03%	+53.47%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive	1,285,070	+0.29%	-5.70%	-12.75%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive	2,839,020	+0.24%	+3.15%	+24.03%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive	47	-4.08%	-4.08%	-33.80%
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section	1,156,521	+3.15%	+7.81%	+112.70%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store	155,487	+0.38%	+25.48%	+46.82%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic	13.44%	-2.72%	+16.40%	-30.98%
Number of Stores on HipComic	381	+3.81%
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Number of listings on YouSellComics	1,148

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 marketplace has shown major gains in that same time period.

HipComic: This marketplace is showing moderate gains in the past year.

YouSellComics: This is a marketplace that has caught my eye. They offer extremely low selling fees.

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.

		one month change	one year change	five year change
Listings in eBay’s Comic Books, Manga & Memorabilia section	8,844,825	+92.25%	+40.83%	+129.54%
Cyberspace Comics listings	161,237	+2.87%	+14.42%	+51.90%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay	1.82%	-46.54%	-18.62%	-33.71%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions	301,730	+9.16%	+20.57%	+92.76%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction	3.41%	-43.24%	-14.29%	-15.98%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days)	1,191,835	-0.21%	-20.39%	+13.38%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings	13.47%	-48.09%	-43.48%	-50.61%
Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 100,619 My current eBay feedback (total): 240,742 My positive eBay feedback score: 100%
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue	1,728,511	+0.18%	+1.47%	+15.00%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue	138,833	+2.46%	+10.41%	+34.69%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue	8.03%	+2.32%	+8.83%	+17.08%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue	256,436	+0.76%	+2.92%	+0.41%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue	54.14%	+1.69%	+7.27%	+34.14%
Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive	242,068	+0.17%	+2.02%	+54.76%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive	1,281,302	+0.55%	-5.74%	-13.11%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive	2,832,147	+0.21%	+3.23%	+24.12%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive	49	+0.00%	+4.26%	-34.67%
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section	1,121,229	-20.99%	+4.82%	+132.28%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store	154,902	+2.83%	+18.43%	+47.47%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic	13.82%	+30.09%	+12.96%	-36.51%
Number of Stores on HipComic	367	+0.00%

eBay‘s reported number of listings seems to be showing everything again. This number is approaching 9 million. That’s an incredible selection! Since last month’s report, we earned our new eBay feedback star for exceeding a feedback score of 100,000.

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 marketplace has shown major gains in that same time period.

HipComic: Last month, MHC added all their listings back to this marketplace but this month, NK has removed all of their listings. This has helped drop their number of listings by 20% from last month.

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.

		one month change	one year change	five year change
Listings in eBay’s Comic Books, Manga & Memorabilia section	4,600,719	+52.37%	-24.40%	+20.79%
Cyberspace Comics listings	156,750	+1.57%	+12.59%	+47.77%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay	3.41%	-33.33%	+48.78%	+22.56%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions	276,412	-9.54%	+12.03%	+85.96%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction	6.01%	-40.63%	+48.35%	+54.05%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days)	1,194,306	-23.89%	-16.19%	+18.23%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings	25.96%	-50.05%	+10.84%	-2.11%
Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 99,859 My current eBay feedback (total): 238,412 My positive eBay feedback score: 100%
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue	1,725,476	-2.08%	+0.02%	+16.73%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue	135,494	+1.41%	+8.51%	+32.59%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue	7.85%	+3.60%	+8.46%	+13.64%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue	254,500	-0.67%	+2.34%	+0.12%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue	53.24%	+2.09%	+6.03%	+32.44%
Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive	241,659	+0.20%	+2.09%	+56.37%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive	1,274,355	-1.60%	-6.66%	-14.82%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive	2,826,151	+0.24%	+3.36%	+24.32%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive	49	-2.00%	+8.89%	-33.78%
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section	1,419,063	+46.76%	+32.61%	+260.25%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store	150,638	+7.38%	+33.65%	+43.49%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic	10.62%	-26.84%	+0.81%	-60.17%
Number of Stores on HipComic	367	+1.10%

eBay‘s reported number of listings continues to spike and dip. I suspect that they’re not reporting suppressed listings in that number – so, the data they’re reporting is inaccurate (and, as the algorithm changes, the reported numbers vary wildly). There are many 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 items for sale on this marketplace continues to shrink. It’s down over 10% in the past five years, while every other marketplace has shown gains in that same time period.

HipComic: One of the largest comic dealers in the world had added all of their listings back to this marketplace, spiking the numbers. We had to give up on the Hip sync – it just was unreliable for too long. So, we switched gears on how we create listings on this marketplace. As of this month, we now have our historic highest number of listings there (over 150,000!).

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.

		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 My current eBay feedback (total): 236,229 My positive eBay feedback score: 100%
		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
		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%
		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.

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.

		one month change	one year change	five year change
Listings in eBay’s Comic Books, Manga & Memorabilia section	3,010,120	-36.06%	-50.49%	-22.24%
Cyberspace Comics listings	151,451	+1.18%	+9.92%	+44.06%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay	5.03%	+58.22%	+121.65%	+84.98%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions	298,181	+4.09%	+20.08%	+92.11%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction	9.91%	+62.66%	+142.79%	+147.03%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days)	1,592,869	+13.74%	+10.07%	+74.79%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings	52.92%	+77.87%	+122.34%	+124.80%
Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 98,471 My current eBay feedback (total): 226,920 My positive eBay feedback score: 100%
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue	1,749,472	-39.54%	+5.50%	+18.05%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue	132,163	+1.43%	+8.85%	+29.12%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue	7.55%	+67.88%	+3.2%	+9.338%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue	254,816	+0.88%	+8.58%	+1.28%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue	51.87%	+0.55%	+0.24%	+27.50%
Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive	240,707	+0.16%	+1.95%	+59.37%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive	1,289,105	+0.33%	-6.29%	-15.72%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive	2,812,563	+0.23%	+3.74%	+24.47%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive	49	+0.00%	+4.26%	-33.78%
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section	1,242,924	+0.08%	+19.20%	+440.36%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store	117,694	-4.95%	-4.18%	+13.16%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic	9.47%	-5.02%	-19.62%	-79.06%

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: The number of listings on this marketplace dropped sharply. I suspect they were inaccurately reporting their numbers in previous months and are now back to accurate figures.

Comic Collector Live: The number of stores has dropped by over 30% in the past five years while seeing an increase in their members by nearly 60% in the same time.

HipComic continues to struggle with their eBay sync. It’s currently causing a disparity between the number of listings in my eBay store and the number of listings in my HipComic store by over 30,000 listings (last week was off by 20,000). Sadly, there appears to be no solution in sight so I suspect this disparity will be prolonged. This used to be a marketplace that I would highly recommend but, until they work these problems out, I can no longer point fellow sellers in their directions because these sync problems could end up causing disruptions to a seller’s eBay store, as well.

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.

		one month change	one year change	five year change
Listings in eBay’s Comic Books, Manga & Memorabilia section	4,707,495	+0.66%	-21.42%	+23.59%
Cyberspace Comics listings	149,690	+0.79%	+11.11%	+43.67%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay	3.18%	-0.01%	+41.33%	+12.76%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions	286,457	-3.77%	+18.02%	+101.73%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction	6.09%	-4.47%	+50.25%	+63.14%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days)	1,400,440	+6.11%	-5.03%	+99.64%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings	29.75%	+5.42%	+20.83%	+61.50%
Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 97,836 My current eBay feedback (total): 232,512 My positive eBay feedback score: 100%
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue	2,893,739	+5.10%	+69.34%	+93.55%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue	130,301	+0.72%	+8.92%	+27.80%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue	4.50%	-4.19%	-35.67%	-33.98%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue	252,596	-1.72%	+3.58%	+0.90%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue	51.58%	+2.49%	+5.15%	+26.65%
Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive	240,321	+0.21%	+1.92%	+60.06%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive	1,284,867	-1.39%	-6.49%	-16.46%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive	2,806,237	+0.25%	+3.81%	+24.69%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive	49	+2.08%	+2.08%	-30.99%
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section	1,241,879	+0.89%	+34.44%	+433.74%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store	123,818	-10.69%	-2.67%	+20.08%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic	9.97%	-11.45%	-27.59%	-77.50%

eBay‘s reported number of listings is now removing suppressed listings and I’m now unable to find a way to add those back in to their total so from now on we’re going to go with their reported number. I know they are suppressing listings from this number because a prominent comic dealer (NK) had their reported figure drop substantially. They are known for listing multiple copies of the same book in a lot of different grades. A search in their store for Action 687 returns four results but, there is a small notation in their eBay store that they actually have 48 results for that search. I do not see a way to display all 48 results, though. Naturally, with a different method of calculating their number of listings now being used, our numbers are going to show some major swings over previous dates. Eventually, this will normalize.

Atomic Avenue: The number of listings on this marketplace increased by 70% in the past month. That’s an incredible increase – almost impossibly so. To make things even more odd, the number of unique available issues only increased by 3.58% in the past year. It’ll be interesting, over the next few months, to see how these numbers continue.

Comic Collector Live: The number of stores has dropped by over 30% in the past five years while seeing an increase in their members by over 60% in the same time.

HipComic continues to struggle with their eBay sync. It’s currently causing a disparity between the number of listings in my eBay store and the number of listings in my HipComic store by over 20,000 listings! Sadly, there appears to be no solution in sight so I suspect this disparity will be prolonged. This used to be a marketplace that I would highly recommend but, until they work these problems out, I can no longer point fellow sellers in their directions because these sync problems could end up causing disruptions to your eBay store, as well.

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.

		one month change	one year change	five year change
Listings in eBay’s Comic Books, Manga & Memorabilia section	4,396,542	-0.73%	-24.79%	+18.56%
Cyberspace Comics listings	147,082	+0.53%	+12.97%	+39.41%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay	3.35%	+1.38%	+50.02%	+17.38%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions	286,685	+16.43%	+20.99%	+89.37%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction	6.52%	+17.28%	+61.05%	+59.82%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days)	1,263,018	-1.59%	-15.82%	+73.11%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings	28.73%	-0.87%	+11.91%	+46.05%
Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 96,154 My current eBay feedback (total): 220,661 My positive eBay feedback score: 100%
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue	1,832,154	+0.31%	+8.02%	+23.65%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue	128,344	+0.67%	+9.43%	+26.81%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue	7.01%	+0.36%	+1.23%	+2.56%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue	255,578	+0.51%	+5.96%	+3.38%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue	50.22%	+0.15%	+3.26%	+22.66%
Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive	239,478	+0.13%	+2.76%	+64.06%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive	1,354,487	+0.43%	-0.89%	-12.43%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive	2,792,302	+0.25%	+4.04%	+24.93%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive	47	+0.0%	-6.00%	-34.72%
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section	1,147,621	-12.06%	+125.17%	+406.94%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store	136,841	+6.38%	+4.51%	+31.12%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic	11.92%	+20.93%	-53.59%	-74.13%

eBay‘s reported number of listings is now removing suppressed listings and I’m now unable to find a way to add those back in to their total so from now on we’re going to go with their reported number. I know they are suppressing listings from this number because a prominent comic dealer (NK) had their reported figure drop substantially. They are known for listing multiple copies of the same book in a lot of different grades. A search in their store for Action 687 returns four results but, there is a small notation in their eBay store that they actually have 48 results for that search. I do not see a way to display all 48 results, though. Naturally, with a different method of calculating their number of listings now being used, our numbers are going to show some major swings over previous dates. Eventually, this will normalize. For example, their number of listings dropped this month but by less than 1%.

Atomic Avenue: The number of unique available issues on this platform has surpassed a quarter million. That’s an incredible selection of books! And, we are currently stocking over 50% of those unique books. After they changed their seller metrics eight years ago (in 2014), their number of listings plummeted. Finally, last month, they’ve surpassed their 2014 number of listings and they’ve continued to sustain minimal increases since.

Comic Collector Live: The number of stores has dropped by over 33.33% in the past five years.

HipComic‘s number of listings dropped by over 10% from last month. I’ve noticed my own sales are off there by nearly 50%. It appears that rough waters lay ahead for Hip in the near future.

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.

		one month change	one year change	five year change
Listings in eBay’s Comic Books, Manga & Memorabilia section	4,428,994	-34.87%	-21.80%	+18.78%
Cyberspace Comics listings	146,309	+0.46%	+19.61%	+38.43%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay	3.30%	+54.37%	+52.94%	+16.73%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions	246,221	-16.31%	+6.90%	+44.81%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction	5.56%	+28.39%	+36.59%	+21.91%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days)	1,283,369	-3.12%	+15.26%	+20.10%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings	28.98%	+48.75%	+47.39%	+1.10%
Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 95,426 My current eBay feedback (total): 224,863 My positive eBay feedback score: 100%
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue	1,826,572	+6.56%	+11.20%	+23.96%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue	127,487	-0.12%	+8.71%	+27.35%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue	6.98%	-6.19%	-2.25%	+2.79%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue	254,280	+0.51%	+9.70%	+3.53%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue	50.14%	-0.62%	-0.92%	+23.00%
Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive	239,169	+0.14%	+3.16%	+66.06%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive	1,348,659	+0.46%	-1.69%	-12.61%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive	2,785,453	+0.26%	+4.17%	+25.11%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive	47	-2.08%	-11.32%	-38.16%
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section	1,305,044	+17.32%	+168.02%	+476.05%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store	128,633	-9.31%	+3.93%	+22.99%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic	9.86%	-22.69%	-61.23%	-78.65%

eBay‘s reported number of listings is now removing suppressed listings and I’m now unable to find a way to add those back in to their total so from now on we’re going to go with their reported number. I know they are suppressing listings from this number because a prominent comic dealer (NK) had their reported figure drop substantially. They are known for listing multiple copies of the same book in a lot of different grades. A search in their store for Action 687 returns four results but, there is a small notation in their eBay store that they actually have 48 results for that search. I do not see a way to display all 48 results, though. Naturally, with a different method of calculating their number of listings being used, our numbers are going to show some major swings over last month.

Atomic Avenue: The number of unique available issues on this platform has surpassed a quarter million. That’s an incredible selection of books! And, we are currently stocking over 50% of those unique books. After they changed their seller metrics eight years ago (in 2014), their number of listings plummeted. Finally, this month, they’ve surpassed their 2014 number of listings. Onwards and upwards from here, hopefully!

Comic Collector Live: The number of stores has dropped by over 35% in the past five years.

HipComic‘s number of listings has had strong growth and this past month, they added nearly 200,000 listings. They’re up over 450% in the past five years.

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.

		one month change	one year change	five year change
Listings in eBay’s Comic Books, Manga & Memorabilia section	6,800,000	+43.83%	+23.36%	+91.95%
Cyberspace Comics listings	145,642	+1.87%	+15.58%	+38.32%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay	2.14%	-29.08%	-6.47%	-27.89%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions	294,215	+1.50%	+29.28%	+78.48%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction	4.33%	-29.42%	+4.76%	-6.95%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days)	1,324,640	-9.39%	+122.30%	+21.71%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings	19.48%	-37.00%	+80.20%	-36.59%
Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section My current eBay feedback (unique): 94,424 My current eBay feedback (total): 214,874 My positive eBay feedback score: 100%
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue	1,714,180	-0.51%	+0.68%	+18.21%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue	127,642	+0.24%	+9.34%	+26.98%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue	7.44%	+0.76%	+8.55%	+7.45%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue	252,982	+0.09%	+5.43%	+3.96%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue	50.45%	+0.15%	+3.71%	+22.14%
Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive	238,828	+0.13%	+3.69%	+67.82%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive	1,342,529	+0.36%	-1.69%	-13.35%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive	2,778,170	+0.28%	+4.41%	+25.20%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive	48	+0.00%	-9.43%	-37.66%
		one month change	one year change	five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section	1,112,336	-3.59%	+133.87%	+354.38%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store	141,845	+4.57%	+12.77%	+36.17%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic	12.75%	+8.44%	-51.79%	-70.03%

eBay‘s number of listings were being under-reported last month (I suspected that suppressed listings weren’t counted in their published number). I was able to find another link that could uncover what I believe the true number is. This number is only slightly lower than the previous number reported two months ago.

Atomic Avenue: The number of unique available issues on this platform has surpassed a quarter million. That’s an incredible selection of books! And, we are currently stocking over 50% of those unique books.

Comic Collector Live: The number of stores has dropped by over 35% in the past five years.

HipComic‘s number of listings have had strong growth. They’re up over 350% in the past five years.