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January 10, 2024

Cyberspace Comics Market Report #160 January 2024

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 10,294,189 -3.35% +123.75% +141.35%
Cyberspace Comics listings 169,449 -0.32% +8.10% +49.80%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay 1.65% +3.13% -51.61% -37.74%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions 292,032 -1.00% +5.65% +49.29%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction 2.84% +2.41% -52.80% -38.19%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) 1,520,565 -1.38% +27.32% +35.41%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings 14.77% +2.01% -43.10% -43.90%


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

My current eBay feedback (unique): 110,790
My current eBay feedback (total): 271,243
My positive eBay feedback score: 100%

one month change one year change five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue 1,761,046 +0.00% +2.06% +12.03%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue 149,165 -0.52% +10.09% +42.88
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue 8.47% -0.47% +7.90% +27.56%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue 270,515 +0.00% +6.29% +21.56%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue 55.14% -0.52% +3.57% +17.55%


Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
one month change one year change five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive 247,398 +0.10% +2.37% +47.53%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive 1,285,822 +0.19% +0.90% -13.12%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive 2,891,972 +0.18% +2.33% +21.88%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive 44 +4.76% -10.20% -33.33%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section 1,463,096 +4.66% +3.10% +211.73%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store 165,756 -1.56% +10.04% +50.26%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic 11.33% -5.90% +6.68% -51.79%
Number of Stores on HipComic 400 +1.78% +8.99%

 
 

eBay‘s number of listings has taken a downturn for the first time in a while.

Atomic Avenue: This marketplace hasn’t updated their numbers since November so I have nothing new to report here.

Comic Collector Live: This marketplace lost 1/3 of their sellers in the past five years.

HipComic: This marketplace’s growth has begun to slow – only increasing their number of listings by a little more than 3% over the past year.






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