Selling Your Stuff on Amazon Part 13 - Advice for newbies in first two posts

mossymoss

Who would you reccomend? Ive always used ebay but not sure which is best?

flipper_2010

I prefer Amazon, but have had a couple of problems lately. But still not anywhere near as bad as it is on Ebay.
I've been meaning to ask you Soolin, do you know where to find out about Tax for the self employed as I went on the Direct Gov website and it was pretty useless.

soolin

flipper_2010 wrote: »

I prefer Amazon, but have had a couple of problems lately. But still not anywhere near as bad as it is on Ebay.
I've been meaning to ask you Soolin, do you know where to find out about Tax for the self employed as I went on the Direct Gov website and it was pretty useless.

Personally I would phone them I always find them pretty good with direct questions:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/selfemployed/iwtregister-as-self-employed.htm

Self-employed Helpline on 0845 915 4515

soolin

mossymoss wrote: »

Who would you reccomend? Ive always used ebay but not sure which is best?

For me it depends on the sort of book as I do a mix of both.

Fishcake_Random

Hey all,
Just wanted to say Hi, inspired by your posts on here I have been trying a few bits on Amazon for OH's business and have made nearly £70 in just over a week.
Can I say a massive thank you to all you guys who post advice and tips on here. You guys rock!!!
x x x x

soolin

Fishcake_Random wrote: »

Hey all,
Just wanted to say Hi, inspired by your posts on here I have been trying a few bits on Amazon for OH's business and have made nearly £70 in just over a week.
Can I say a massive thank you to all you guys who post advice and tips on here. You guys rock!!!
x x x x

You do realise that you are doomed now don't you, you'll never be able to pass a book shop again without wondering if there is a profit in any of their books.:rotfl:

Fishcake_Random

I'm actually only dabbling with books I'm mainly selling retro video games and memorabilia. My books are all cheat books and guide books lol. But I am certainly addicted!!!!
x x xx

soolin

I started off by selling a few of the thousands of books I had in my own collection, then I got so addicted I started off buying things I thought would sell and I'm now fully registered with HMRC and earning enough for several good holidays every year and all the other little luxuries I have become used to.

soolin

My sales have completely stopped, I even went in to check that I hadn't accidentally left my holiday settings on, it's that bad. I have actually sold as many on greenmet this week as I have all week on Amazon, 3 on each.

I'm also really irritated that my feedback rating has accountably dropped to 99% from the usual 100% yet in th epast year I have 187 feedback and all of it is positive except for one 3* about 9 months ago from the woman who complained she was upset that Amazon had sent her a second hand copy of a book when she was expecting a new one (my copy was sold as good only but she thought she was buying from Amazon direct). I cna only assume that as so few buyers are bothering to leave feedback I've lost a percentage point purely because the 3* has a higher weighting.

Not happy

Dee2

Hi, I wonder if someone can help? I'm quite new to selling books on Amazon but I have a book that just isn't listed. Do you have to be a pro merchant to add a new book? I can find it on Amazon.com but not on the UK site. Any ideas please?