Just for Sellers

With the 2022 tax year, Atomic Avenue is required to file a 1099 form with the amount of disbursements to each US seller with sales over $600 during the year. This is typically redundant with amount reported by Paypal in their 1099-K form, as sellers receive their disbursements via Paypal. For this reporting requirement, all US sellers will be required to provide their US tax ID, i.e. social security number or EIN, in order to sell on Atomic Avenue and receive disbursements. Sellers who meet the reporting threshold (currently $600 or more in annual disbursements) will see a window requesting tax ID when they log in. Your information is SSL secured when you enter it a…

When browsing a seller's store on Atomic Avenue, buyers may now click on the comic books menu to alternately view the seller's magazines or books for sale:

Atomic Avenue payments are now going out daily rather than in weekly Monday batches. As before, you get paid 14 days after you have confirmed shipment by marking an order as shipped and providing tracking, although now you will receive the payment on that date rather than the following Monday. Payments will go to your Atomic Avenue email address, so make sure it is associated with a working Paypal account to avoid delays and detours.

Just a heads up to folks who reuse packaging when shipping out Atomic Avenue orders: The USPS recently posted a new/updated policy regarding packages that contain hazardous materials or are marked as HAZMAT. I have received notices from some online marketplace sites telling users that all packages marked with a HAZMAT sticker will be charged a handling fee of $50. This fee still applies if a package bears a visible HAZMAT label but the contents are all non-hazardous. Obviously the items sold via Atomic Avenue do not qualify as HAZMAT but many of us recycle packaging (which is a good thing, of course!). Some of that packaging might have at one time been used to ship h…

Somehow during my update to ComicBase 25, an old version of the database got uploaded to Atomic Avenue. This caused me to receive 3 orders for books that I no longer have in stock which also affects my ranking on Atomic Avenue. How can I completely reset my inventory list on Atomic Avenue with the correct version of my ComicBase data? I have currently closed my store (On Vacation) until I can get this resolved. Thanks!!!

Can you really not view actual images of the comics your selling/buying? I kind of find it mind boggling that anyone would expect to sell a high dollar comic without showing images of it to the buyer. If im wrong about this my apologies. Thanks for anyone that can clear this up for me.

I just discovered I still have a bunch of sets listed, and so do a few other sellers. Has anyone ever sold a set on Atomic Avenue?

I received a large order 3 days ago. I pulled all of the issues, reviewed each issue and made some grading adjustments. The buyer was notified by email twice, but the order was not reviewed and approved yet. I have had no response from the buyer. His own store site on Atomic Avenue states that he is on vacation. I can't ship the order until it is approved. What should I do in this situation?

I'm a relatively new seller on Atomic Ave. I've had 9 sales but only 2 people have left me feedback. Does that affect my ranking? I rank as an 'Airman' - if everyone left feedback would my score go up?

Is it just me, or do others only get orders on Atomic Avenue when Atomic's prices are way off, to the low side? Every order I get is for a comic that is way lower than the current selling price on ebay. Every now and then, I'll take the beat down, but I mostly cancel the orders, then get a demerit for cancelling. If a book is a couple dollars below the current selling price, it's fine, but the order I got today was $24 under ($30-$50 comic sold for $6.50), which is unacceptable. I give warning on my storefront that orders for pricing errors may be cancelled, but people either ignore or don't read it.

Just got a sale from Australia for 29 books (Order #129560). Postage charged to the customer: $68.10. The weight of the books with bag and board alone is 6 pounds - not including box or packing material. Cost of shipping 6 pounds to Australia is $69.67 - WITH DISCOUNTED SHIPPING. So I'm taking a loss even before packaging these for overseas shipment. By the time I box these up and put in packing material - bubble wrap, etc. - it's gonna be 8 pounds. So I'm going to eat almost $20 in shipping costs on a $85 order, not to add that AA is also going to charge a commission on the inadequate shipping charged for this order. Needless to say, AA has to get the…

I am a new seller, and I am disappointed with the reimbursement for shipping. I shipped out 9 comics to two different sellers and the total cost for shipping was 33 dollars I was reimbursed only 22.50. I am reassessing selling on AA for this and other reasons. I am also disappointed with ComicBase values for comics. They seem to be priced quite low.

Hi, I had to cancel 2 orders this week on AA, because I believe previously sold items appear in my inventory as available. And yes, I use the "remove sold items" feature, before I list my comics for sale. I cannot prove this is happening, I'd have to do an exhaustive search. However, it happens way too frequently to be user error. I'm not blaming the software per se, but maybe I am missing something. Another odd thing worth noting, when I cancel an order, you would expect the issue to go back into your inventory in ComicBase software, but when I look it up, I see zero quantity. Any advice on this matter would be appreciated. Thanks.

Good morning, I just have a quick question about Sales Banners on Atomic Avenue. The $1 sales banner is pretty clear as to what books will be placed there. However, for the New Arrivals, On Sale, and Blowouts, can someone tell me what the specific criteria are? For New Arrivals, I see that my new postings show up there (duh!), but for how long do they stay there? For On Sale and Blowouts, I'm assuming they show up in these categories if they are below a certain percentage of the current price from Comicbase. However, I'm not sure what that criteria is. Any guidance would be appreciated greatly! Thanks, Bob

Why is the shipping cost included in the fee charged by Atomic Avenue? Sellers are not making a profit on the shipping cost, it's an expense.

Atomic Avenue has been using First Class/Priority Rates for calculating shipping expenses. We will soon be changing that to Commercial rates. The USPS Commercial rates are available to all sellers who use software to create and buy shipping labels. USPS' Click and Ship software is online (making it platform independent) and free. Altneratives are programs such as Stamps.com, Pitney Bowes, and EasyPost. We encourage all sellers to start using one of these programs in order to get the commercial rate.

If a buyer is unhappy with their purchase and the seller wants to provide a refund, how is that accomplished on this site.

Just an observation, but why do so many sellers on Atomic don't ship to Canada? You're missing out on potential sales? Also, it would be great if we could see a list of all the sellers on Atomic. Another advantage to increase your store's visibility to old and new customers. Cheers! M

if i had listing for qty 2 of an issue and turns out that i have only 1 how would i refund/cancel just 1 book not both? i had that come up and just ended up canceling both books.

Wondering about points given for "same day" shipping. Does that mean within 24 hours, or does it mean literally the same calendar day? So if someone orders at 11 pm and I don't ship it out by midnight, I lose the "same day" points? Also, how do weekends play? I mean no one ships or can ship on a Sunday so... Just wondering how all that works.

I am a new seller on Atomic Avenue. I have been collecting comics for ~ 25 years and I am selling my personal collection. Do I need to charge sales tax? Or does that begin when I have sold a certain amount. This is a hobby for me and not a business. Does that make a difference? I look forward to your responses. Thanks, Steve

I have Collection that I am looking to sell on consignment. Anyone in the Illinois Area please contact me 815-790-6137

In response to increasing merchant processing fees, Atomic Avenue will be slightly increasing its commission rate, applicable to all orders marked as shipped on and after December 14, 2021. The new rate schedule is $0.50 + 15 percent of the order total for all sales. This is the first update commission in over 7 years. Atomic Avenue commission includes the cost of transaction fees, customer support, and resolution fees.

To increase the customer satisfaction of our buyers, and to enable us to continue to offer seller protection, tracking (such as USPS delivery confirmation) will be required on all orders as of December 7, 2021. Sellers will be unable to mark an order as shipped if the tracking information has not been entered in the tracking field. As before, if a buyer reports a package has not been received, the seller must provide proof of delivery or proof of refund before payment for the order is disbursed.

There may be times when a seller cannot ship an order within 2 days, for instance if the seller has to go out of town or is sick. You can set your store to be "on vacation" which will hide your listings from buyers until you can ship orders again. To do so, log in to Atomic Avenue, and go to My Account > Profile. You will see an "On Vacation" checkbox. Click the checkbox and then go to the bottom of the page and click the Save button. When you can ship orders again, go to My Account > Profile and uncheck the "On Vacation" checkbox, and click the Save button at the bottom of the page.