{"id":5909,"date":"2021-07-14T09:05:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T16:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=5909"},"modified":"2022-01-11T20:29:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T03:29:30","slug":"cyberspace-comics-market-report-130-july-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/cyberspace-comics-market-report-130-july-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyberspace Comics Market Report #130 July 2021"},"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
<\/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>\n5,663,646<\/b><\/td>\n+2.75%<\/td>\n+4.36%<\/td>\n+80.01%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics listings<\/a><\/td>\n122,321<\/b><\/td>\n-2.93%<\/td>\n-5.51%<\/td>\n+32.01%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay<\/td>\n2.16%<\/b><\/td>\n-5.69%<\/td>\n-9.63%<\/td>\n-26.54%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions<\/a><\/td>\n230,318<\/b><\/td>\n+1.20%<\/td>\n-5.33%<\/td>\n+65.91%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction<\/td>\n4.07%<\/b><\/td>\n-1.53%<\/td>\n-9.23%<\/td>\n-7.79%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days)<\/td>\n1,113,484<\/b><\/td>\n+86.86%<\/td>\n-29.29%<\/td>\n+4.24%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings<\/td>\n19.66%<\/b><\/td>\n+81.87%<\/td>\n-32.23%<\/td>\n-42.09%<\/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): 86,184
\nMy current eBay feedback<\/a> (total): 198,640
\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>\n1,642,527<\/b><\/td>\n-3.52%<\/td>\n+3.70%<\/td>\n+33.04%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue<\/a><\/td>\n117,273<\/b><\/td>\n+0.46%<\/td>\n-0.88%<\/td>\n+30.91%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue<\/td>\n7.14%<\/b><\/td>\n+4.08%<\/td>\n-4.42%<\/td>\n-1.66%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders<\/td>\n1.70%<\/b><\/td>\n-22.02%<\/td>\n-73.06%<\/td>\n-66.14%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue<\/td>\n231,786<\/b><\/td>\n-3.40%<\/td>\n-0.12%<\/td>\n+2.08%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue<\/td>\n50.60%<\/b><\/td>\n+4.00%<\/td>\n-0.77%<\/td>\n+28.25%<\/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>\n231,853<\/b><\/td>\n+0.66%<\/td>\n+9.75%<\/td>\n+85.43%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive<\/a><\/td>\n1,371,780<\/b><\/td>\n+0.45%<\/td>\n-4.24%<\/td>\n-17.77%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive<\/a><\/td>\n2,673,937<\/b><\/td>\n+0.49%<\/td>\n+5.70%<\/td>\n+27.54%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive<\/a><\/td>\n53<\/b><\/td>\n+0%<\/td>\n-8.62%<\/td>\n-47.00%<\/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>\n486,914<\/b><\/td>\n+2.38%<\/td>\n+4.63%<\/td>\n+175.92%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store<\/a>:<\/td>\n123,767<\/b><\/td>\n-1.60%<\/td>\n-4.34%<\/td>\n+35.19%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic<\/td>\n25.42%<\/b><\/td>\n-3.90%<\/td>\n+0.31%<\/td>\n-51.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

 
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eBay<\/a>‘s number of sold listings is back to normal so it’ll look like some major swings have happened (when, in reality, they haven’t).<\/p>\n

Atomic Avenue<\/a><\/b>: The number of unique issues available on this marketplace in the past five years has grown by just 2%. This is a consistently stable marketplace.<\/p>\n

Comic Collector Live<\/a><\/b>: The number of registered users has increased by nearly 10% in the past year. But the number of open storefronts there has dropped by nearly half in five years.<\/p>\n

HipComic<\/a><\/b> continues to prove itself to be a great up-and-coming marketplace for comics. Their number of listings have seen impressive growth over the past five years.<\/p>\n


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