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September 11, 2024

Cyberspace Comics Market Report #168 September 2024

Filed under: Cyberspace Comics Market Report — Tags: , , , , — cyberspace steve @ 1:31 pm

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 10,997,381 +9.46% +8.46% +126.93%
Cyberspace Comics listings 178,822 -0.26% +4.75% +40.03%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay 1.63% -8.65% -3.21% -38.41%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions 301,228 +5.21% -3.95% +32.68%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction 2.74% -3.89% -11.36% -41.47%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) 1,659,145 +8.89% +26.14% +45.23%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings 15.09% -0.55% +16.32% -35.99%


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

My current eBay feedback (unique): 119,820
My current eBay feedback (total): 300,093
My positive eBay feedback score: 100%

one month change one year change five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue 2,016,092 +9.65% +13.63% +40.88%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue 155,443 -0.46% +4.11% +33.26%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue 7.71% -9.19% -8.43% -5.40%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue 277,530 +0.39% +3.93% +22.29%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue 56.01% -0.83% +0.18% +8.97%


Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
one month change one year change five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive 253,428 +0.10% +2.88% +38.24%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive 1,323,490 +0.53% +0.61% -9.27%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive 2,933,754 +0.19% +2.07% +20.21%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive 45 +9.76% +12.50% -28.57%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section 1,605,989 +0.19% +19.35% +243.38%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store 167,078 -3.19% -0.26% +33.35%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic 10.40% -3.40% -16.44% -61.17%
Number of Stores on HipComic 399 -4.09% +5.00%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings on YouSellComics 177,348 -2.93%

 
 

eBay‘s number of listings have recovered from the recent dip.

Atomic Avenue: This marketplace has increased their number of listings by nearly 10% from last month.

Comic Collector Live: This marketplace’s number of listings dropped by more than 10% over the past 5 years. In that same time frame, eBay increased by more than 100% and HipComic increased by 250%. As with last fall, the number of stores increased following the summer months.

HipComic: This marketplace has shown a sharp increase in their stated number of listings but I can’t seem to pinpoint where they’re coming from since their top sellers don’t have any major gains and they have even fewer sellers as they did last month. Perhaps there is a glitch in the reporting? Or, they fixed a glitch that’s been there a long while?

YouSellComics: This is a marketplace that has caught my eye so we’ve added our inventory to their marketplace. This month their number of listings retracted slightly.






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