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February 14, 2024

Cyberspace Comics Market Report #161 February 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 11,136,306 +8.18% +25.91% +159.71%
Cyberspace Comics listings 170,366 +0.54% +5.66% +52.32%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay 1.53% -7.28% -15.94% -41.39%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions 290,768 -0.43% -3.63% +45.75%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction 2.61% -8.06% -23.43% -43.85%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) 1,547,411 +1.77% +29.83% +33.12%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings 13.90% -5.92% +3.16% -48.75%


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

My current eBay feedback (unique): 112,205
My current eBay feedback (total): 275,695
My positive eBay feedback score: 100%

one month change one year change five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue 1,850,489 +5.08% +7.06% +19.48%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue 149,729 +0.38% +7.85% +40.82%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue 8.09% -4.47% +0.76% +17.95%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue 272,726 +0.82% +6.35% +22.56%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue 54.90% -0.43% +1.41% +14.90%


Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
one month change one year change five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive 247,902 +0.20% +2.41% +47.07%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive 1,287,137 +0.10% +0.46% -13.18%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive 2,900,103 +0.28% +2.40% +21.81%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive 44 +0.00% -10.20% -32.31%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section 1,504,049 +2.80% +34.14% +226.19%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store 166,746 +0.60% +7.65% +49.29%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic 11.09% -2.15% -19.78% -54.23%
Number of Stores on HipComic 417 +4.25% +13.62%

 
 

eBay‘s number of listings reversed course from last month and hit an all-new high of 11 million!

Atomic Avenue: This marketplace is offering an all-new high number of unique comic books (over 272,000).

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

HipComic: This marketplace is showing moderate growth over the past year in their number of listings. If they continue this pace, they will soon have more listings than Atomic Avenue offers.






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