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December 14, 2022

Cyberspace Comics Market Report #147 December 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 3,019,381 +0.31% -50.93% -22.19%
Cyberspace Comics listings 154,323 +1.90% +11.33% +45.70%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay 5.11% +1.61% +127.16% +87.91%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions 305,576 +2.48% +18.73% +57.99%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction 10.12% +2.12% +142.12% +103.22%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) 1,569,158 -1.49% +11.21% +58.19%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings 51.97% -1.80% +126.64% +103.32%


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

My current eBay feedback (unique): 99,163
My current eBay feedback (total): 236,229
My positive eBay feedback score: 100%

one month change one year change five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue 1,762,193 +0.73% +2.58% +20.61%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue 133,607 +1.09% +7.74% +30.32%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue 7.58% +0.42% +5.01% +8.00%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue 256,221 +0.55% +4.01% +1.40%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue 52.15% +0.53% +3.59% +28.53%


Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
one month change one year change five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive 241,172 +0.19% +2.03% +58.46%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive 1,295,053 +0.46% -5.84% -13.32%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive 2,819,428 +0.24% +3.51% +24.48%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive 50 +2.04% +8.70% -29.58%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section 966,938 -22.20% -0.91% +307.62%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store 140,282 +19.19% +265.29% +33.83%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic 14.51% +53.20% +268.22% -67.17%
Number of Stores on HipComic 363 -2.94%

 
 

eBay‘s reported number of listings has dropped sharply. I suspect that they’re not reporting suppressed listings in that number – so, the data they’re reporting is inaccurate. There are way more listings on that marketplace than they’re acknowledging. This is throwing off many of the numbers I report, as well as the 1-month, 1-year and 5-year changes.

Atomic Avenue: This marketplace now boasts a selection of over a quarter million different comics. That’s pretty impressive! This is a marketplace that flies under the radar.

Comic Collector Live: The number of stores is starting to turn around – up nearly 10% in the past year.

HipComic: Their number of listings took a massive hits this month. One of the largest comic dealers in the world had added all of their listings to this platform recently and now they have nothing available. I’m unsure if this is a permanent change or if they’re just reconfiguring some things on their end. Time will tell. In the meantime, the Hip sync has almost brought in all of our eBay listings – only off by about 10%, now.






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