{"id":6198,"date":"2022-09-14T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=6198"},"modified":"2022-09-08T20:10:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T03:10:43","slug":"cyberspace-comics-market-report-144-september-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/cyberspace-comics-market-report-144-september-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyberspace Comics Market Report #144 September 2022"},"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
<\/a><\/td>\none month change<\/td>\none year change<\/td>\nfive year change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Listings in eBay’s Comic Books, Manga & Memorabilia<\/a> section<\/td>\n4,676,513<\/b><\/td>\n+6.37%<\/td>\n-19.97%<\/td>\n+23.96%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics listings<\/a><\/td>\n148,523<\/b><\/td>\n+0.98%<\/td>\n+13.50%<\/td>\n+39.85%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay<\/td>\n3.18%<\/b><\/td>\n-5.20%<\/td>\n+41.78%<\/td>\n+12.62%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions<\/a><\/td>\n297,681<\/b><\/td>\n+3.84%<\/td>\n+16.29%<\/td>\n+120.61%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction<\/td>\n6.37%<\/b><\/td>\n-2.37%<\/td>\n+45.33%<\/td>\n+77.81%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days)<\/td>\n1,319,835<\/b><\/td>\n+4.50%<\/td>\n-12.05%<\/td>\n+128.95%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings<\/td>\n28.22%<\/b><\/td>\n-1.77%<\/td>\n+9.90%<\/td>\n+84.70%<\/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): 96,993
\nMy current eBay feedback<\/a> (total): 229,850
\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>\n2,753,450<\/b><\/td>\n+50.28%<\/td>\n+63.44%<\/td>\n+83.89%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue<\/a><\/td>\n129,367<\/b><\/td>\n+0.80%<\/td>\n+9.98%<\/td>\n+27.25%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue<\/td>\n4.70%<\/b><\/td>\n-32.98%<\/td>\n-32.78%<\/td>\n-30.80%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue<\/td>\n257,026<\/b><\/td>\n+0.57%<\/td>\n+5.95%<\/td>\n+3.33%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue<\/td>\n50.33%<\/b><\/td>\n+0.22%<\/td>\n+3.80%<\/td>\n+23.15%<\/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>\n239,820<\/b><\/td>\n+0.14%<\/td>\n+2.28%<\/td>\n+61.84%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive<\/a><\/td>\n1,302,925<\/b><\/td>\n-3.81%<\/td>\n-4.87%<\/td>\n-15.88%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive<\/a><\/td>\n2,799,105<\/b><\/td>\n+0.24%<\/td>\n+3.97%<\/td>\n+24.75%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive<\/a><\/td>\n48<\/b><\/td>\n+2.13%<\/td>\n-2.04%<\/td>\n-34.25%<\/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>\n1,230,882<\/b><\/td>\n+7.26%<\/td>\n+129.05%<\/td>\n+432.17%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store<\/a><\/td>\n138,646<\/b><\/td>\n+1.32%<\/td>\n+5.39%<\/td>\n+31.93%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic<\/td>\n11.26%<\/b><\/td>\n-5.50%<\/td>\n-53.99%<\/td>\n-75.21%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

 
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eBay<\/a>‘s reported number of listings is now removing suppressed listings and I’m now unable to find a way to add those back in to their total so from now on we’re going to go with their reported number. I know they are suppressing listings from this number because a prominent comic dealer (NK) had their reported figure drop substantially. They are known for listing multiple copies of the same book in a lot of different grades. A search in their store for Action 687 returns four results but, there is a small notation in their eBay store that they actually have 48 results for that search. I do not see a way to display all 48 results, though. Naturally, with a different method of calculating their number of listings now being used, our numbers are going to show some major swings over previous dates. Eventually, this will normalize. <\/p>\n

Atomic Avenue<\/a><\/b>: The number of listings on this marketplace increased by 50% of the past month. That’s an incredible increase – almost impossibly so. To make things even more odd, the number of unique available issues only increased by 0.57%. It’ll be interesting, next month, to see how many total listings they have.<\/p>\n

Comic Collector Live<\/a><\/b>: The number of stores has dropped by over 33.33% in the past five years.<\/p>\n

HipComic<\/a><\/b>‘s number of listings have increased by over 100% in the past year. <\/p>\n


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