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September 12, 2018

Cyberspace Comics Market Report #97 September 2018

Filed under: Cyberspace Comics Market Report — Doorman @ 10:00 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 4,208,786 +1.21% +11.56% +72.40%
Cyberspace Comics listings 111,588 +0.74% +5.07% +680.12%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay 2.65% -0.33% -5.98% +352.52%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions 180,847 +2.66% +34.03% -10.33%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction 4.30% +1.34% +20.02% -48.04%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) 1,118,201 -1.00% +93.98%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings 26.57% -2.18% +73.88%


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

My current eBay feedback (unique): 63,027
My current eBay feedback (total): 136,830
My positive eBay feedback score: 100%

one month change one year change five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue 1,536,115 +0.08% +2.59% -1.62%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue 103,166 +0.92% +1.47% +74.33%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue 6.72% +0.84% -1.09 +77.19%
Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders 5.50% -11.29% -45.71% +32.10%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue 218,728 -15.27% -12.07%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue 47.17% +19.11% +15.41%


Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
one month change one year change five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive 166,593 +0.11% +12.43% +79.26%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive 1,479,275 -3.62% -1.21%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive 2,338,698 +0.40% +4.23%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive 75 +7.14% +2.74%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section 485,153 -0.92% +109.75%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: 108,334 +0.04% +3.08%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic 22.33% +0.72% -50.86%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in Bonanza’s Comics section 201,865 -0.08% +25.73%

 
 

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

Atomic Avenue‘s number of available unique issues hit a major snag this month. It dropped over 15% from last month.

Comic Collector Live is treading water – no major gains. Their number of stores has showed strong gains from last month, though. This is a promising sign for that marketplace.

Amazon‘s collectibles marketplace is not reporting accurately still. They show 50,000 listings in the marketplace – I have over 100,000 listings so I know their reported numbers are inaccurate. I have removed them from my monthly reports now.

HipComic‘s marketplace is showing over 100% gains in listings in the past year.

Bonanza‘s number of listings shows strong annual gains of over 20%.






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