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May 11, 2022

Cyberspace Comics Market Report #140 May 2022

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 Comic Books, Manga & Memorabilia section 4,727,902 -31.10% -7.07% +28.11%
Cyberspace Comics listings 142,962 -0.22% +9.5% +35.95%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay 3.02% +44.68% +17.66% +6.10%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions 289,863 +4.58% +36.53% +69.11%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction 6.13% +51.75% +47.02% +32.13%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) 1,461,869 -9.79% n/a +30.90%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings 30.92% +30.91% +2.18%


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

My current eBay feedback (unique): 93,635
My current eBay feedback (total): 220,204
My positive eBay feedback score: 100%

one month change one year change five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue 1,722,983 +0.37% +2.18% +20.15%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue 127,331 -0.13% +8.54% +26.85%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue 7.39% -0.54% +6.18% +5.57%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue 252,752 +0.24% +5.79% +4.38%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue 50.38% -0.38% +2.60% +21.54%


Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
one month change one year change five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive 238,520 +0.16% +4.18% +70.55%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive 1,337,770 -2.09% -2.33% -14.18%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive 2,770,283 +0.30% +4.53% +25.28%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive 48 +0.00% -14.29% -42.17%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section 1,153,729 +4.93% +150.82% +352.56%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store 135,642 +2.00% +4.96% +30.33%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic 11.76% -2.76% -58.16% -71.20%

 
 

eBay‘s number of listings has tumbled this month. I suspect it may be because they’re not showing suppressed listings or some other type of glitch. This is the number that they’re currently publishing but my intuition is saying this figure is inaccurate.

Atomic Avenue: The number of unique available issues on this platform has surpassed a quarter million. That’s an incredible selection of books! And, we are currently stocking over 50% of those unique books.

Comic Collector Live: The number of stores has dropped by over 40% in the past five years.

HipComic‘s number of listings have had strong growth in the past year. We’re still struggling with their sync problems so we’re short about 10,000 listings this month again.






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