selling your stuff on Amazon - part 7 - advice for newbies in the first post

Hi guys,

I may have just potentially stumbled across something that can make/save us money, and help us all when we don't know what books to buy.

Picture the scene... you're in a charity shop, there is a textbook, it is 3 years old, your not sure if it will sell...it costs £2.50...it's a big risk if it won't sell... what shall I do?

There have been some pretty good suggestions in the past like, writing or texting or dialling the ISBN no.s into your phone, then coming back and buying it later.

I have just found out that amazon are now available on the web-based internet on mobile phones. I signed up for a pay as you go mobile internet on my phone, so it only costs when I use it, I just had a look. It won't search by isbn but it will by title and I did a couple of tests and it came up with the books I was searching for, and it tells you the marketplace price as well as amazon's price! :T

I can't wait to use it now - hopefully I will never by a dud book again!

Now I don't know how much it will cost to do it regularly but I would think the cost would outweigh the lost money, the 2nd trip to the charity shop and the money you gain by getting books that will sell.

Kat x

hilary1 wrote:

Went to make sure I had bank details entered to find out I had sold something else - last thursday 17th, but I didnt receive an email. Is this normal? I've checked both my accounts and there were no emails from amazon on that date.

Hi Hilary,

You have just brought up a classic problem - not getting emails.

To make sure it doesn't happen again check your 'seller account' regularly, not your emails for sales. I check mine in the morning and then in the afternoon to catch the last post - I have it on 'favourites' to make it a quick process.

Sounds as though you are doing really well for sales!

Ana

Sales seem to have bombed again - nothing sold in 3 days

I shan't be covering my pro merchant subs again this month at this rate!

I had a book to list of which there was only 1 other copy - one of the silly £40-odd from America. I did all my usual checks, and listed it for £15.

It sold within 10 minutes to an address in Mayfair, so I am now pointlessly kicking myself! How does the 'sorry madam, there's a supplement you have to add on because of your postcode' work?

Hi All,

I've just listed a hardback novel on Amazon at £5.75, yet there is another hardback version of the same novel (different publisher) at a penny. There is only 12 months between the publishing dates.

Is anyone likely to buy the 5.75 one when there is a penny version? Should I list mine as the penny version and put the publisher details in the blurb?

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