{"id":5591,"date":"2017-11-08T09:39:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=5591"},"modified":"2022-01-11T20:34:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T03:34:56","slug":"cyberspace-comics-market-report-87-november-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/cyberspace-comics-market-report-87-november-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyberspace Comics Market Report #87 November 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\none month change<\/td>\none year change<\/td>\nfive year change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Listings in eBay’s comics<\/a> section<\/td>\n3,871,048<\/b><\/td>\n+1.63%<\/td>\n+8.84%<\/td>\n+93.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics listings<\/a><\/td>\n105,127<\/b><\/td>\n+0.90%<\/td>\n+3.79%<\/td>\n+999.42%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay<\/td>\n2.72%<\/b><\/td>\n-3.70%<\/td>\n-4.71%<\/td>\n+468.46%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions<\/a><\/td>\n155,210<\/b><\/td>\n+9.30%<\/td>\n+18.66%<\/td>\n-13.31%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction<\/td>\n4.01%<\/b><\/td>\n+7.49%<\/td>\n+8.95%<\/td>\n-55.20%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days)<\/td>\n911,279<\/b><\/td>\n+29.91%<\/td>\n-8.39%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings<\/td>\n23.54%<\/b><\/td>\n+27.80%<\/td>\n-15.84%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nTotal number of listings in eBay\u2019s \u201ccomics\u201d section
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My current eBay feedback<\/a> (unique): 56,843
\nMy current eBay feedback<\/a> (total): 120,728
\nMy positive eBay feedback<\/a> score: 100%<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/a><\/td>\none month change<\/td>\none year change<\/td>\nfive year change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Listings on Atomic Avenue<\/a><\/td>\n1,481,941<\/b><\/td>\n-0.88%<\/td>\n+12.17%<\/td>\n+2.43%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue<\/a><\/td>\n102,353<\/b><\/td>\n+0.39%<\/td>\n+6.30%<\/td>\n+95.27%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue<\/td>\n6.91%<\/b><\/td>\n+1.27%<\/td>\n-5.26%<\/td>\n+90.63%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders<\/td>\n8.61%<\/b><\/td>\n+54.86%<\/td>\n-12.05%<\/td>\n+82.03%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue<\/td>\n251,608<\/b><\/td>\n+0.51%<\/td>\n+8.05%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue<\/td>\n40.68%<\/b><\/td>\n-0.12%<\/td>\n-1.62%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nTotal number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
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<\/a><\/td>\none month change<\/td>\none year change<\/td>\nfive year change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive<\/a><\/td>\n151,036<\/b><\/td>\n+0.59%<\/td>\n+13.13%<\/td>\n+70.22%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive<\/a><\/td>\n1,529,634<\/b><\/td>\n-0.54%<\/td>\n-7.59%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive<\/a><\/td>\n2,259,679<\/b><\/td>\n+0.41%<\/td>\n+5.88%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive<\/a><\/td>\n74<\/b><\/td>\n+4.23%<\/td>\n-21.28%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/a><\/td>\none month change<\/td>\none year change<\/td>\nfive year change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of listings in Amazon’s Entertainment Collectibles – Comic Book<\/a> section<\/td>\n108,355<\/b>*<\/td>\n+1.78%<\/td>\n-44.01%*<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics Amazon store<\/a><\/td>\n102,087<\/b><\/td>\n+1.17%<\/td>\n+5.67%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on Amazon<\/td>\n94.22%<\/b>*<\/td>\n-0.61%<\/td>\n+88.73%*<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/a><\/td>\none month change<\/td>\none year change<\/td>\nfive year change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books<\/a> section<\/td>\n230,016<\/b><\/td>\n-1.14%<\/td>\n+14.35%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store<\/a>:<\/td>\n104,008<\/b><\/td>\n-55.30%<\/td>\n-48.29%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic<\/td>\n45.22%<\/b><\/td>\n+2.03%<\/td>\n-9.22%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/a><\/td>\none month change<\/td>\none year change<\/td>\nfive year change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of listings in Bonanza’s Comics<\/a> section<\/td>\n165,426<\/b><\/td>\n-1.66%<\/td>\n+0.13%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

 
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eBay’s quantity of comic listings available continues to climb to new heights.<\/p>\n

My Atomic Avenue<\/a><\/b> orders show a strong gain in the past month because the month before that had a planned one week vacation. Last month was a full month of sales.<\/p>\n

Comic Collector Live<\/a><\/b> increased the number of stores increased by 4%. They’re still down over 20% from the past year but this is a positive sign for that marketplace.<\/p>\n

*I strongly suspect that Amazon<\/a><\/b>‘s collectibles marketplace is reporting numbers inaccurately because they show that there are 108,000 listings in their marketplace but I have 102,000 and another large seller has 15,000 available.<\/p>\n

HipComic<\/a><\/b> continues its plateau this month but shows strong gains over the past year.<\/p>\n

Bonanza<\/a><\/b>‘s number of listings have hit a plateau.<\/p>\n


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