{"id":6290,"date":"2023-10-11T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=6290"},"modified":"2023-10-05T14:18:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T21:18:17","slug":"cyberspace-comics-market-report-157-october-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/cyberspace-comics-market-report-157-october-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyberspace Comics Market Report #157 October 2023"},"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
<\/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>\n10,294,058<\/b><\/td>\n+1.52%<\/td>\n+118.67%<\/td>\n+152.50%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics listings<\/a><\/td>\n171,985<\/b><\/td>\n+0.74%<\/td>\n+14.89%<\/td>\n+52.31%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay<\/td>\n1.67%<\/b><\/td>\n-0.55%<\/td>\n-47.46%<\/td>\n-39.69%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions<\/a><\/td>\n309,983<\/b><\/td>\n-1.16%<\/td>\n+8.21%<\/td>\n+81.29%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction<\/td>\n3.01%<\/b><\/td>\n-2.55%<\/td>\n-50.55%<\/td>\n-28.30%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days)<\/td>\n1,316,581<\/b><\/td>\n+0.10%<\/td>\n-5.99%<\/td>\n+19.37%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings<\/td>\n12.79%<\/b><\/td>\n-1.39%<\/td>\n-57.01%<\/td>\n-52.72%<\/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): 106,930
\nMy current eBay feedback<\/a> (total): 260,128
\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>\n1,769,225<\/b><\/td>\n-0.28%<\/td>\n-38.86%<\/td>\n+14.28%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue<\/a><\/td>\n150,674<\/b><\/td>\n+0.92%<\/td>\n+15.64%<\/td>\n+44.65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue<\/td>\n8.52%<\/b><\/td>\n+1.14%<\/td>\n+89.25%<\/td>\n+26.73%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue<\/td>\n269,343<\/b><\/td>\n+0.86%<\/td>\n+6.63%<\/td>\n+22.76%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue<\/td>\n55.94%<\/b><\/td>\n+0.06%<\/td>\n+8.46%<\/td>\n+17.82%<\/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>\n246,544<\/b><\/td>\n+0.08%<\/td>\n+2.59%<\/td>\n+47.89%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive<\/a><\/td>\n1,263,469<\/b><\/td>\n-3.95%<\/td>\n-1.67%<\/td>\n-14.58%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive<\/a><\/td>\n2,877,611<\/b><\/td>\n+0.12%<\/td>\n+2.54%<\/td>\n+22.68%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive<\/a><\/td>\n47<\/b><\/td>\n+17.50%<\/td>\n-4.08%<\/td>\n-34.72%<\/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>\n1,263,091<\/b><\/td>\n-6.13%<\/td>\n+1.71%<\/td>\n+166.31%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store<\/a><\/td>\n165,992<\/b><\/td>\n-0.91%<\/td>\n+34.06%<\/td>\n+50.73%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic<\/td>\n13.14%<\/b><\/td>\n+5.56%<\/td>\n+31.81%<\/td>\n-43.40%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of Stores on HipComic<\/td>\n371<\/b><\/td>\n-2.37%<\/td>\n<\/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 on YouSellComics<\/a><\/td>\nN\/A<\/b><\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

 
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eBay<\/a>‘s number of listings has exceeded 10 million! That’s an incredible<\/b> selection! The stats on their auction listings intrigue me. eBay initially launched as all auctions and now, auctions only a bit more than 3% of their listings in the comics section.<\/p>\n

Atomic Avenue<\/a><\/b>: This marketplace now boasts a selection of over a quarter million different<\/i> comics. That’s pretty impressive! This is a marketplace that flies under the radar. I’m thrilled to see that out of the quarter million comics available on this marketplace, over half of them are available from my store.<\/p>\n

Comic Collector Live<\/a><\/b>: This marketplace added more stores over the past month. Up over 15%. I wonder if they set their stores to “away” over the summer and now that summer’s over, they’re back.<\/p>\n

HipComic<\/a><\/b>: This marketplace is showing moderate gains in the past year but the explosive growth of its earlier years are behind them now, it seems. Surely, losing their perfect eBay sync was a major blow that some sellers just haven’t been able to overcome yet. This month, they lost more than 5% of their listings.<\/p>\n

YouSellComics<\/a><\/b>: This is a marketplace that has caught my eye. They offer extremely low selling fees. They are not displaying their number of listings this month so I can’t compare it to last month.<\/p>\n


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