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July 14, 2021

Cyberspace Comics Market Report #130 July 2021

Filed under: Cyberspace Comics Market Report — Tags: , , , , — cyberspace steve @ 9:05 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 5,663,646 +2.75% +4.36% +80.01%
Cyberspace Comics listings 122,321 -2.93% -5.51% +32.01%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay 2.16% -5.69% -9.63% -26.54%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions 230,318 +1.20% -5.33% +65.91%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction 4.07% -1.53% -9.23% -7.79%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) 1,113,484 +86.86% -29.29% +4.24%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings 19.66% +81.87% -32.23% -42.09%


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

My current eBay feedback (unique): 86,184
My current eBay feedback (total): 198,640
My positive eBay feedback score: 100%

one month change one year change five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue 1,642,527 -3.52% +3.70% +33.04%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue 117,273 +0.46% -0.88% +30.91%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue 7.14% +4.08% -4.42% -1.66%
Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders 1.70% -22.02% -73.06% -66.14%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue 231,786 -3.40% -0.12% +2.08%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue 50.60% +4.00% -0.77% +28.25%


Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
one month change one year change five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive 231,853 +0.66% +9.75% +85.43%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive 1,371,780 +0.45% -4.24% -17.77%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive 2,673,937 +0.49% +5.70% +27.54%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive 53 +0% -8.62% -47.00%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section 486,914 +2.38% +4.63% +175.92%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: 123,767 -1.60% -4.34% +35.19%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic 25.42% -3.90% +0.31% -51.00%

 
 

eBay‘s number of sold listings is back to normal so it’ll look like some major swings have happened (when, in reality, they haven’t).

Atomic Avenue: The number of unique issues available on this marketplace in the past five years has grown by just 2%. This is a consistently stable marketplace.

Comic Collector Live: The number of registered users has increased by nearly 10% in the past year. But the number of open storefronts there has dropped by nearly half in five years.

HipComic continues to prove itself to be a great up-and-coming marketplace for comics. Their number of listings have seen impressive growth over the past five years.






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