Selling your stuff on Amazon - Part 6- Advice for newbies in first post

teapot2

kevtrader wrote:

I going to be selling over 100 items possibly over 200 and I'm wondering if I should sign for the Pro-Merchant subscription as it does seem to be a timesaver?

Thanks

Hi Kev,

I do think it depends so much on what you are selling. For what its worth my experience is as follows; I started listing at the beginning of April and built up to about 125 items. These are mostly books but also some videos, DVDs and CDs. In the six months I've sold 26 items, the most expensive has been a book for £35 :j . Mostly though sales have been for a lot less generally a few £s, I don't have many 1p books listed - maybe 15 or so and have only sold one or two of those. So, for me going pro merchant would not have been a good idea even if I had got my stock up to 200 ie doubled it and sales had doubled. However, if you have books that are definitely going to sell or you are selling loads of 1p books then maybe its worthwhile. I would suggest waiting a couple of months [unless the half price offer comes up] to see what your sales are like as you can go pro merchant at any time. Good luck with it though whatever you decide to do.

Had a sale today - first one for nearly 2 weeks other than the pending which didn't go through. Will get about £3.79 which is ok and mine wasn't the cheapest one listed or in the best condition. Maybe it was the 'will post next working day' in the lisitng which worked

Happy selling
Teapot

seabiscuit_2

I bought a CD via the marketplace last thursday, from a uk seller and item based in the uk with dispatch guaranteed within 2 days

well it arrived today

from



SINGAPORE

should i complain, as im completely fed up as I wanted to order it from a uk seller etc and wanted it at the weekend not today (but im not so annoyed i want to return it)

Amazombie

seabiscuit wrote:

I bought a CD via the marketplace last thursday, from a uk seller and item based in the uk with dispatch guaranteed within 2 days well it arrived today from SINGAPORE should i complain, as im completely fed up as I wanted to order it from a uk seller etc and wanted it at the weekend not today (but im not so annoyed i want to return it)

Even a UK seller could have mailed it on Monday to fulfill Amazons guidelines. The rules are despatch within two working days so yesterday was potentially the first day you could have expected to have received it anyway.

I understand your frustration but I would just forget it.

Amazombie

MattOsprey wrote:

I have seen books that state you can pay more for overseas delivery. Or special delivery. I have a buyer in the USA who has bought a heavy book from me. I have offered to send it airmail for an extra £5.00. This offer has been accepted from the buyer, but now I don't know how I can do it. Can anyone help. Matt

Its actually a breach of Amazon's rules to charge a buyer extra for a different class of postage. Amazon stipulate that the price you quote for the book with the standard postage credit you receive is all the buyer must pay and that includes airmail delivery as standard. If it means you would make a loss on the book mailing internationally then you should restrict the sale to UK only.

There is no function on Amazon to render an additional invoice to a buyer so they would have to pay you direct using paypal or other method.

funkyfunkymonkey

MattOsprey wrote:

Hi all,

I have a question for an Amazon genius.

I have seen books that state you can pay more for overseas delivery. Or special delivery.

How does this work?

I have a buyer in the USA who has bought a heavy book from me. I have offered to send it airmail for an extra £5.00.

This offer has been accepted from the buyer, but now I don't know how I can do it. Can anyone help.

P.S. I sent the book yesterday airmail anyway, as I thought the buyer would pay, and if they didn't want the service I would take the hit as I would still have some profit.

Thanks.

Matt

Firstly, this is not me claiming to be an "Amazon Genius".

So, in response to your question - I'm not sure, but I think the listings that say you pay more for overseas delivery or special delivery are where the seller lists on another platform such as abe.com. The sellers use the same description on both sites.

As for charging 'extra' on Amazon - unless the item is listed in the z-shops you can only charge standard postage as set by Amazon.

If your buyer has already agreed to pay, how about asking them to pay you by Paypal?

FFM

funkyfunkymonkey

Amazombie wrote:

If it means you would make a loss on the book mailing internationally then you should restrict the sale to UK only.

Another alternative would be to price it at your 'normal' price for UK only and then list it a 2nd time at a higher price for International Delivery. You would have to be really unlucky to sell 'both' copies at the same time.

FFM

G-man_3

I'm feeling a little guilty. I put up another 25 or so of my cds last night and today I check my email at lunch to find a question from a potential buyer. I couldn't answer as I was using my phone to check my email (can't use a pc for personal use during the working day). Anyway, I get home and start outlook to answer the question only to find a sold dispatch now mail for the same cd. Its a different buyer and was a couple of hours after the enquiry.
I don't know if I should send it to the buyer (I'm leaning towards this) or refund him and sell to the question asker (feeling sorry for him as my cd is one he has been looking for).
If I had access to a pc at work I could have answered straight away.
What would you guys do?

becky004

G-man wrote:

I'm feeling a little guilty. I put up another 25 or so of my cds last night and today I check my email at lunch to find a question from a potential buyer. I couldn't answer as I was using my phone to check my email (can't use a pc for personal use during the working day). Anyway, I get home and start outlook to answer the question only to find a sold dispatch now mail for the same cd. Its a different buyer and was a couple of hours after the enquiry.
I don't know if I should send it to the buyer (I'm leaning towards this) or refund him and sell to the question asker (feeling sorry for him as my cd is one he has been looking for).
If I had access to a pc at work I could have answered straight away.
What would you guys do?

Personally I'd send it to the person that bought it, otherwise they could leave negative feedback! And they bought it in good faith without asking questions.

peace

I've never sold anything on amazon before, but I've read everything and hopefully ready to start. I have a pile of books on mainly history esp. local (lancs), french and german, some nature and a few others. I'm not sure if it's better to sell on amazon or ebay or anywhere else? I know that some of the books are worth paying for by people with special interests e.g. birdwatching, railways etc. but I'm not sure where the best place to find these people is!

Any help much appreciated.

comicmankev

G-man wrote:

I'm feeling a little guilty. I put up another 25 or so of my cds last night and today I check my email at lunch to find a question from a potential buyer. I couldn't answer as I was using my phone to check my email (can't use a pc for personal use during the working day). Anyway, I get home and start outlook to answer the question only to find a sold dispatch now mail for the same cd. Its a different buyer and was a couple of hours after the enquiry.
I don't know if I should send it to the buyer (I'm leaning towards this) or refund him and sell to the question asker (feeling sorry for him as my cd is one he has been looking for).
If I had access to a pc at work I could have answered straight away.
What would you guys do?

'You snooze you lose' Send it to the guy who bought it, if they other guy really wanted it he would have bought it and took the chance!