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January 13, 2021

Cyberspace Comics Market Report #124 January 2021

Filed under: Cyberspace Comics Market Report — Tags: , , , , — cyberspace steve @ 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 5,801,168 -1.58% +13.93% +89.43%
Cyberspace Comics listings 135,786 +1.54% +0.25% +48.49%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay 2.34% +3.11% -12.01% -21.72%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions 233,107 -7.06% -0.99% +67.34%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction 4.02% -5.67% -13.02% -11.69%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) 1,384,339 -1.18 +30.55%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings 23.86% +0.39% +14.56%


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

My current eBay feedback (unique): 81,196
My current eBay feedback (total): 184,808
My positive eBay feedback score: 100%

one month change one year change five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue 1,655,138 -0.001% +5.59% +35.97%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue 120,592 +0.20% -1.06% +35.68%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue 7.29% +0.22% -6.35% -0.19%
Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders 4.63% -5.32% -60.26% -51.37%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue 237,514 -0.14% +2.74% +8.93%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue 50.77% +0.34% -3.69% +24.56%


Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
one month change one year change five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive 220,415 +0.28% +12.37% +93.03%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive 1,406,546 -0.60% -0.56%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive 2,592,048 +0.47% +5.05%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive 59 -4.84% -1.67%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section 532,201 +2.80% +10.80% +325.89%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: 133,674 +0.34% +0.59% +46.27%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic 25.12% -2.38% -9.23% -65.65%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in Bonanza’s Comics section 277,362 +5.95% -7.26%
Number of listings in the Cyberspace Comics Bonanza storefront section 78,321 +4.05% -20.45%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on Bonanza 28.24% -1.78% +2.05%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in Ebid’s Comics section 233,988 -0.15%
Number of listings in the Cyberspace Comics Ebid storefront section 126,682 +3.13%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on Ebid 54.14% +3.28%

 
 

eBay‘s number of listings actually did not increase from the last month. A rarity, these days! Possibly spurred by the $600 stimulus checks that went out causing increased sales on this marketplace (and thus resulting in fewer listings).

Atomic Avenue: This marketplace is still struggling to reclaim the number of listings it had seven years ago.

Comic Collector Live: Membership is up over 12% in the past year.

HipComic is celebrating their 5th year! Their number of listings has increased by over 300% in five years.

Bonanza‘s number of listings have fallen by over 7% in the past year.

Ebid‘s number of listings have leveled off.






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