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March 10, 2021

Cyberspace Comics Market Report #126 March 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 5,002,267 -13.24% -5.28% +62.78%
Cyberspace Comics listings 134,049 -0.36% -1.77% +45.25%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay 2.68% +15.01% +3.87% -10.67%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions 206,938 -12.60% -1.60% +44.46%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction 4.14% +0.65% +3.94% -11.23%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) 1,565,139 +5.97% +39.55% +57.00%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings 31.29% +22.03% +47.31% -3.55%


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

My current eBay feedback (unique): 82,789
My current eBay feedback (total): 189,276
My positive eBay feedback score: 100%

one month change one year change five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue 1,663,491 -0.36% +1.21% +37.28%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue 119,583 -0.28% -2.55% +35.58%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue 7.19% +0.12% -3.77% -1.25%
Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders 4.11% +7.87% -46.76% -63.85%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue 238,949 +0.29% +2.86% +8.44%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue 50.05% -0.57% -5.25% +25.02%


Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
one month change one year change five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive 224,383 +1.00% +10.06% +84.61%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive 1,404,530 -0.20% -1.38%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive 2,622,539 +0.58% +5.73%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive 57 -3.39% -1.72%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section 451,898 +1.39% -5.40% +205.00%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: 132,225 -0.21% -1.62% +43.12%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic 29.26% -1.58%% +3.98% -53.07%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in Bonanza’s Comics section 321,160 +10.30% +14.24% +183.99
Number of listings in the Cyberspace Comics Bonanza storefront section 80,753 +7.52% -13.10%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on Bonanza 25.14% -2.54% -23.92%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in Ebid’s Comics section 238,235 +0.59%
Number of listings in the Cyberspace Comics Ebid storefront section 127,751 +1.41%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on Ebid 53.62% +0.82%

 
 

eBay‘s number of listings has dropped significantly. The comics market is extremely hot on eBay and sellers are having a hard time creating more listings than are selling.

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

Comic Collector Live: This one is very surprising. Given the heat that the online comic market is currently experiencing, I’m shocked to see that the number of sellers on CCL continues to decline.

HipComic shed over 5% of their listings from last year. This is similar to eBay, where stuff is selling faster than it can be listed.

Bonanza‘s number of listings have risen sharply in the past month.

Ebid‘s number of listings have leveled off.






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