 ComicSpace was planned to relaunch in the second quarter 2008, but Manley wrote in January 2009 that the merger with Webcomics Nation was "one of the more technically difficult projects" they had undertaken, and that it was taking longer than he had hoped.In February 2009, a digital ComicSpace store went online, and the company had set up an online advertising network.Manley decided that he wanted to relaunch all of his subscription services under the ComicSpace banner.