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October 11, 2023

Cyberspace Comics Market Report #157 October 2023

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 10,294,058 +1.52% +118.67% +152.50%
Cyberspace Comics listings 171,985 +0.74% +14.89% +52.31%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay 1.67% -0.55% -47.46% -39.69%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions 309,983 -1.16% +8.21% +81.29%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction 3.01% -2.55% -50.55% -28.30%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) 1,316,581 +0.10% -5.99% +19.37%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings 12.79% -1.39% -57.01% -52.72%


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

My current eBay feedback (unique): 106,930
My current eBay feedback (total): 260,128
My positive eBay feedback score: 100%

one month change one year change five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue 1,769,225 -0.28% -38.86% +14.28%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue 150,674 +0.92% +15.64% +44.65
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue 8.52% +1.14% +89.25% +26.73%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue 269,343 +0.86% +6.63% +22.76%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue 55.94% +0.06% +8.46% +17.82%


Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
one month change one year change five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive 246,544 +0.08% +2.59% +47.89%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive 1,263,469 -3.95% -1.67% -14.58%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive 2,877,611 +0.12% +2.54% +22.68%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive 47 +17.50% -4.08% -34.72%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section 1,263,091 -6.13% +1.71% +166.31%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store 165,992 -0.91% +34.06% +50.73%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic 13.14% +5.56% +31.81% -43.40%
Number of Stores on HipComic 371 -2.37%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings on YouSellComics N/A N/A

 
 

eBay‘s number of listings has exceeded 10 million! That’s an incredible selection! The stats on their auction listings intrigue me. eBay initially launched as all auctions and now, auctions only a bit more than 3% of their listings in the comics section.

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. I’m thrilled to see that out of the quarter million comics available on this marketplace, over half of them are available from my store.

Comic Collector Live: This marketplace added more stores over the past month. Up over 15%. I wonder if they set their stores to “away” over the summer and now that summer’s over, they’re back.

HipComic: This marketplace is showing moderate gains in the past year but the explosive growth of its earlier years are behind them now, it seems. Surely, losing their perfect eBay sync was a major blow that some sellers just haven’t been able to overcome yet. This month, they lost more than 5% of their listings.

YouSellComics: This is a marketplace that has caught my eye. They offer extremely low selling fees. They are not displaying their number of listings this month so I can’t compare it to last month.






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