Selling Your Stuff on Amazon Part 12 - Advice for newbies in first two posts

tsharp

Looks like I am not the only one then. I'll make sure I have the book still, then email buyer and apologise and ask if he still wants it. Then go mental with my pre-postage profit of £3.55p!

soolin

Don't spend it all at once!

My buyer had been refunded before I even knew I had a sale:(

tsharp

In a way it was good, cos I looked at my listings and realised I had got rid of most of my books! I thought they timed out after a while, like on Amazon?

juno

Just bumping this for wobbledoos

Bpbill

I'm just in the process of emptying my atticand trying to be ruthless with the stuff that has been there untouched for years. However having brought down 6 boxes of books (mainly paperback) I'm now toying with the idea of selling them on Amazon.

Having dusted them of a lot of them have a little yellowing but otherwise are in good or very good condition. Is slight yellowing a problem or is it an acceptable byproduct of age?

cyberbob

Bpbill wrote: »

Having dusted them of a lot of them have a little yellowing but otherwise are in good or very good condition. Is slight yellowing a problem or is it an acceptable byproduct of age?

As long as you accurately describe them there should be no problem

tirlittan

Nothing sold since 20/8. Want to get rid of these books!

soolin

tirlittan wrote: »

Nothing sold since 20/8. Want to get rid of these books!

I find that sometimes my stuff sells in patterns I will sell several a day for three or four days, then nothing for 3 or 4 days. I had a good week this week with 17 books sold, but haven't now sold anything at all since yesterday morning.

The other thing i find that is odd is the actual pattern of what sells. I store all mine in crates and some of the crates have been untouched for almost a year where i have sold nothing from them. Yet in the course of less than 24 hours , one day this week I sold 3 books from a crate that hadn't been touched for over a year. How weird is that?

bing0

soolin wrote: »

I find that sometimes my stuff sells in patterns I will sell several a day for three or four days, then nothing for 3 or 4 days. I had a good week this week with 17 books sold, but haven't now sold anything at all since yesterday morning.

The other thing i find that is odd is the actual pattern of what sells. I store all mine in crates and some of the crates have been untouched for almost a year where i have sold nothing from them. Yet in the course of less than 24 hours , one day this week I sold 3 books from a crate that hadn't been touched for over a year. How weird is that?

Hello there,

Do you mind me asking how many books you have for sale , and how many do you list on a daily/weekly basis ? I'm thinking of starting selling books again soon,and read your posts all the time.....thanks

soolin

bing0 wrote: »

Hello there,

Do you mind me asking how many books you have for sale , and how many do you list on a daily/weekly basis ? I'm thinking of starting selling books again soon,and read your posts all the time.....thanks

Hi there

I have a rolling stock of about 1500 items, virtually all books. I sell between 45-65 a month . I list a couple of days a week minimum and will replace and remove 'dead' stock.

I am not a 'good' seller though, I cna't always guage the market well and I often buy books that are worthless (although I think I am getting better). I prefer to buy in bulk and then sift through them and I usually expect to discard about 75% of the books I buy as unsuitable. The books I discard I use for my charitable sideline and do charity stalls where 100% of the proceeds go to the charity hosting me.