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October 13, 2021

Cyberspace Comics Market Report #133 October 2021

Filed under: Cyberspace Comics Market Report — Tags: , , , , — cyberspace steve @ 9:12 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 5,990,360 +2.51% +6.18% +73.65%
Cyberspace Comics listings 134,720 +2.95% +1.04% +38.58%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay 2.25% +0.40% -4.71% -20.25%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions 242,725 -5.18% -2.43% +69.42%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction 4.05% -7.49% -8.12% -2.36%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) 1,474,588 -1.73% -2.81% +45.95%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings 24.62% -4.14% -8.46% -15.96%


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

My current eBay feedback (unique): 88,033
My current eBay feedback (total): 204,303
My positive eBay feedback score: 100%

one month change one year change five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue 1,708,809 +1.43% +4.33% +34.35%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue 119,634 +1.70% -0.05% +27.76%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue 7.00% +0.16% -4.23% -4.88%
Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders 2.35% +69.06% -61.03% -65.89%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue 243,875 +0.53% +3.07% +5.39%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue 49.06% +1.17% -3.01% +21.21%


Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
one month change one year change five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive 235,785 +0.56% +8.28% +78.32%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive 1,374,040 +0.32% -3.05% -17.05%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive 2,703,229 +0.40% +5.40% +27.20%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive 48 -2.04% -21.31% -48.94%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section 923,736 +71.90% +81.01% +395.20%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: 127,220 -3.29% -3.01% +32.40%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic 13.77% -43.74% -46.41% -73.26%

 
 

eBay‘s number of listings may soon break the 6 million mark for the first time!

Atomic Avenue: Our percentage of the total number of orders has dropped off sharply since we began implementing a high-dollar minimum order. This has helped prevent “hot” issues from selling out to speculators without purchases of more common stock.

Comic Collector Live: The number of stores has dropped by nearly 50% in the past five years.

HipComic continues to prove itself to be a great up-and-coming marketplace for comics. Their number of listings have grown sharply since MHC began listing there last month.






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