Easiest way to sell books

SEASHELL22

I always sell on auction sites. I hear what you are saying about fees and getting to the slow post office - but they get max exposure on so I always sell most things I list.

[Deleted User]

GreenMetropolis is a great idea but can be very very slow to sell your books.

I've done quite well on there in the past but currently still have about 300 books listed (all top-class condition and currently popular titles) and haven't had a sale since New Years Day:eek:

If you want to clear your books quickly an indoor car boot sale is the way to go (can you guess from my username that I just love car boot sales???) but don't expect people to be prepared to pay much for them. At the last sale I went to I was selling 'as new' (carefully read once) top class paperbacks for 20 pence each or 3 for 50p. I was competing with another stall with similar condition books selling for 10p each:eek:

Good Luck:beer:

chazzo

Just a thought, but have you considered setting up your own sales website and then advertising it locally? Or a self-service stall?

One hassle when selling online, by whatever route, is cataloguing the stuff in the first place. There's a Mac program called Delicious Library that makes this job easier by turning your webcam into a scanner for books, CDs and DVDs -- anything with a UPC barcode. It sounds unlikely, but it works brilliantly. Unfortunately I don't know if there's a Windows equivalent.

anneleyskiing

Hi there. So far I've only sold books on Amazon. I've only got 250 or so books to sell but I find it a bit annoying having to reenter the data to Amazon after 60 days when the listing expires. Is there a way of uploading a database or simple spreadsheet? I don't have MS Office Suite but I do have OpenOffice.
Might the database be used to upload them onto Ebay too?
Help much appreciated.

anneleyskiing

Another query (sorry, couldn't edit last post). Is it better to use the 'buy it now' option on ebay or stick to the standard 99p start price? I expect there are no hard and fast rules but any help would be gratefully received.

soolin

anneleyskiing wrote: »

Another query (sorry, couldn't edit last post). Is it better to use the 'buy it now' option on ebay or stick to the standard 99p start price? I expect there are no hard and fast rules but any help would be gratefully received.

It is more expensive to list as a BIN as a 99p start will only cost you 5p to list as an auction. However be aware that items will often go for start price, so don't start at 99p unless oyu ar ehappy to sell for that. Also you need to be awar ethat ebay have capped th epostage for books at £2.75 which is perfectly OK for most paperback and even hardback novels but doesn't cover text books or heavy non fiction books.

There is a long thread on the ebay and other auctions board for details of Amazon selling and some of the regulars there might be able to help with your query about relisting.

Honeysavingexpert_2

Don't bother selling them online - it'll take forever and cost a packet in selling fees plus the buyers will be put off by the postage costs. Find a nice friendly second hand bookshop and they'll tell you exactly how much they'll give you for them. Any that they don't want will only be good for the charity shop. You're best of selling them to a shop in an area which has an elderly demographic - they have time to read and don't mind second hand books (and don't go online to buy them!). You're lucky you have paperback fiction - they're not keen on reading hardbacks - too heavy to lift in bed!

Chia

chazzo wrote: »

Just a thought, but have you considered setting up your own sales website and then advertising it locally? Or a self-service stall?

One hassle when selling online, by whatever route, is cataloguing the stuff in the first place. There's a Mac program called Delicious Library that makes this job easier by turning your webcam into a scanner for books, CDs and DVDs -- anything with a UPC barcode. It sounds unlikely, but it works brilliantly. Unfortunately I don't know if there's a Windows equivalent.

Thanks - that's a very cool-looking program that I wasn't aware of.

JesaRose

You could try listing them on green metropolis and doing online postage through the Royal Mail website then just popping them in the post box. That saves standing in post office queues

Smudgie_2

chazzo wrote: »

One hassle when selling online, by whatever route, is cataloguing the stuff in the first place. There's a Mac program called Delicious Library that makes this job easier by turning your webcam into a scanner for books, CDs and DVDs -- anything with a UPC barcode. It sounds unlikely, but it works brilliantly. Unfortunately I don't know if there's a Windows equivalent.

The windows alternative to Delicious Library is MediaMan which you can download a 30-day trial and to purchase the full program will cost you $39.95

Also talking of boot sales a site I stumbled upon is iBootSale. All I have done with this is set up a log in but haven't listed anything as of yet.

Hope these help. :D:D