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October 11, 2017

Cyberspace Comics Market Report #86 October 2017

Filed under: Cyberspace Comics Market Report — Doorman @ 6:34 am

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 comics section 3,809,079 +0.96% +10.42% +105.26%
Cyberspace Comics listings 104,190 -1.90% +7.18% +905.69%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay 2.82% -3.00% -3.00% +389.97%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions 142,002 +5.24% -0.88% +19.99%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction 3.73% +4.13% -10.17% -41.57%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) 701,496 +21.69% -30.57%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings 18.42% +20.53% -37.12%


Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section

My current eBay feedback (unique): 56,350
My current eBay feedback (total): 119,485
My positive eBay feedback score: 100%

one month change one year change five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue 1,495,088 -0.15% +17.55% +2.58%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue 101,955 +0.28% +8.88% +99.17%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue 6.82% +0.43% -7.35% +94.28%
Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders 5.56% -45.11% -19.30% +15.11%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue 250,337 +0.64% +8.19%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue 40.73% -0.35% +0.64%


Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
one month change one year change five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive 150,149 +1.32% +13.55% +70.15%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive 1,537,953 -0.70% -7.15%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive 2,250,507 +0.30% +5.89%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive 71 -2.74% -24.47%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in Amazon’s Entertainment Collectibles – Comic Book section 106,457* n/a -43.92%*
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics Amazon store 100,910 n/a +9.50%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on Amazon 94.79%* n/a +95.24%*
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section 232,676 +0.60% +24.73%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: 103,112 -1.88% +7.31%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic 44.32% -2.47% -13.97%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in Bonanza’s Comics section 168,215 +4.77% +7.46%

 
 

eBay’s quantity of comic listings available continues to climb to new heights.

My Atomic Avenue orders took a drop last month due to a one week planned hiatus on the site.

Comic Collector Live continues to display some troubling signs. In the past year, their number of storefronts has decreased by nearly 25% which has led to a decrease in total listings of more than 7% in the past year. They’ll need to increase the number of storefonts if they want to see growth return.

*Amazon‘s collectibles marketplace is reporting numbers again but I strongly suspect that they are inaccurate because they show that there are 106,000 listings in their marketplace but I have 100,000 and the next largest seller has 19,000 available.

HipComic continues its plateau this month but shows strong gains over the past year.

Bonanza‘s number of listings has shown modest gains in the past year – up over 7%.






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