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[Ellen123]

Hi,

I've read your advice to sell books on amazon, or ebay.

Would you know of other ways to do this? I've heard there are online book-selling sites that would get a bit more money.

Thank you!

[jo_b]

Originally Posted by Ellen123

Hi,

I've read your advice to sell books on amazon, or ebay.

Would you know of other ways to do this? I've heard there are online book-selling sites that would get a bit more money.

Thank you!

You could try selling books on www.greenmetropolis.com They pay £3 to the seller for standard sized paperbacks but you have to pay to post the book to the buyer out of this.

Books can take a while to sell but it is a site to consider and is much quicker and easier to use than ebay.

My recommendation would be to try Amazon Marketplace and join in this support thread HERE

There is also a thread about selling through Greenmetropolis HERE

[jamtart6]

Join our xmas challenge. Basically flog your stuff on eBay/Amazon - work out how much profit you have made, and 'Gift offset' it against the amount spent on Xmas presents. We are aiming for a money neutral xmas !!

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/....html?t=548886

[unixgirluk]

Car boot sales at this time of year are very good for getting rid of stuff. Although its cold last year and the year before I've had a clear out and managed to get about 100 pounds each time clear profit (after entry fee for car boot, fuel etc). Lots of people are on the look out for bargains for christmas. Nearly new clothes sell well at boot sales but display them on a clothes rail (I got mine from freecycle).

[goodman_lucy]

Hiya,

Try going to www.listbooks.co.uk I found it by chance looking on a search engine for ways to sell my books the other day. The website owner; Lee Penney set it up as he wanted a cheap way to sell his books. You can list books for free on his website and at the moment they stay on indefinitely - like amazon.co.uk you can just type in the ISBN number and it brings the synopsis up for you so all you need to do is select the right postage tariff and decide on the price and condition. It took me 20 minutes to list 8 books not bad eh?! Best of all he takes no commission on what you sell like amazon and ebay do and you don't have to use PayPal - you can opt to receive cheques only which for £2-£3 at a time works out much better. It might be a relatively small fish in the ocean at the moment compared to amazon but the more people use ListBooks the more money we all make as you keep all the cash when you make a sale instead of giving £0.86 plus 17.25% to amazon!!

Hope this helps everyone - try it and see!!

Thanks!!

[princess loki]

excellent - cheers lucy! just trying it now to see if i can sell rather than charity shop my books!

Originally Posted by goodman_lucy

Hiya,

Try going to www.listbooks.co.uk I found it by chance looking on a search engine for ways to sell my books the other day. The website owner; Lee Penney set it up as he wanted a cheap way to sell his books. You can list books for free on his website and at the moment they stay on indefinitely - like amazon.co.uk you can just type in the ISBN number and it brings the synopsis up for you so all you need to do is select the right postage tariff and decide on the price and condition. It took me 20 minutes to list 8 books not bad eh?! Best of all he takes no commission on what you sell like amazon and ebay do and you don't have to use PayPal - you can opt to receive cheques only which for £2-£3 at a time works out much better. It might be a relatively small fish in the ocean at the moment compared to amazon but the more people use ListBooks the more money we all make as you keep all the cash when you make a sale instead of giving £0.86 plus 17.25% to amazon!!

Hope this helps everyone - try it and see!!

Thanks!!