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  • Ellen123
    Ellen123 Posts: 21 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    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_2
    jo_b_2 Posts: 7,122 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Ellen123 wrote: »
    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
    jamtart6 Posts: 8,302 Forumite
    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/showthread.html?t=548886

    :ABeing Thrifty Gifty again this year:A
  • Uniscots97
    Uniscots97 Posts: 6,687 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    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).
    CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J
  • goodman_lucy
    goodman_lucy Posts: 2 Newbie
    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
    princess_loki Posts: 691 Forumite
    excellent - cheers lucy! just trying it now to see if i can sell rather than charity shop my books!
    goodman_lucy wrote: »
    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!!
    it's nice to be important but more important to be nice!! :kisses3:
  • jimmydavey
    jimmydavey Posts: 2 Newbie
    I read your article on selling books on amazon .How much should I sell a paperback or hardback for to include p&p charges? .Also how much does it cost to register with amazon ? I did not get that far because what to charge for p&p put me off.
  • jenny_f
    jenny_f Posts: 905 Forumite
    has anyone else used listbooks???

    I've been using greenmetropolis and have lots of books listed but haven't had any success for a while and just want to get rid of the books
  • ethereal
    ethereal Posts: 76 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hiya, I need some advise and hopefully some expert direction! We have recently had a big clear out in order to redecorate and I found under the bed in the guest room a large vintage collection of Vinyl records that my uncle left me several years ago and I'd forgotten all about! Looking through the collection yesterday I discovered such records as an old Elvis 10" 78 single in it's paper sleeve by "His Master's Voice" records and many other artists of similar age, all in either paper or card sleeves some with pictures others just plain. To be honest, I really don't know what I have here and could do with some help in finding out if any of the collection has any value. I've tried searching on line for similar items but I can't seem to find any that match mine.
  • jojostevie_123
    jojostevie_123 Posts: 13 Forumite
    jimmydavey wrote: »
    I read your article on selling books on amazon .How much should I sell a paperback or hardback for to include p&p charges? .Also how much does it cost to register with amazon ? I did not get that far because what to charge for p&p put me off.

    If you go to the royal mail website they tell you the prices of packages depending on weight. So weigh your book and check out the price online. I'm sure amazons free to register with but will charge you for selling a book.

    Hope this helps x
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