selling your stuff on Amazon - part 7 - advice for newbies in the first post

soolin

Jo_D wrote:

Blimey!
My ex was terrible for not getting rid of anything and then when he left and moved somewhere smaller he couldn't take it all with him. I wish I'd known about Amazon then I could have made a small fortune with all his books that I carted down to the charity shop. Never mind.

About 6 months ago he promised to let me have some of his books to sell...I'm still waiting! Not a week goes by without another half dozen turning up.

Still, I'm doing OK. I've listed about another 100 today of my own books, I'm being quite ruthless. I've also taken about 300 to the Oxfam book dump and have about another 100+ packed and ready to go. I've a couple of shelves clear now so am going to fill them with overflow books from downstairs before OH notices and fills them up!

No sales today though, but fingers crossed as there is still time.

Soo

Sunnydoo

I don't post on here often but i'm an avid reader(and seller!)

Can any of your experienced bods help please-i brought a book from our college library that's listed on Amazon out of print & isn't available from any sellers registered with Bookfinder

It's only a thin paperback which i'd describe as acceptable condition;the FEP has been removed & it has library stickers/stamps. The actual pages are fine

Could anyone advise me what to list it for or where to find out please.There are no buyers waiting so can't get any pointers from that

ISBN is 0852909012 if anyone is interested

Thanks

mishkanorman

Ive just had a spurt of sales too, so my total is up to 10 now !!

Its a lot more random than id hoped but hey not far off


mishka

apprentice_tycoon

Sunnydoo wrote:

I don't post on here often but i'm an avid reader(and seller!)

Can any of your experienced bods help please-i brought a book from our college library that's listed on Amazon out of print & isn't available from any sellers registered with Bookfinder

It's only a thin paperback which i'd describe as acceptable condition;the FEP has been removed & it has library stickers/stamps. The actual pages are fine

Could anyone advise me what to list it for or where to find out please.There are no buyers waiting so can't get any pointers from that

ISBN is 0852909012 if anyone is interested

Thanks

Hi Sunnydoo

If it was me I'd start at maybe £20 and have another look at it in 6 months

GoldenEye

soolin wrote:

I've been trying to locate more books as well and am struggling my way up to hopefully hit the 800 listed mark today.

Soo

Wow, 800 listed! I only have 26 listings and I thought that was a lot! It's good to know how many listings other Sellers have.

Esoog wrote:

Well 2nd sale today, a dvd again, only made £4 profit but its better than nothing I suppose

Esoog, £4 profit is a lot of money! I started out selling stuff I didn't want but now I sell items for profit. My average is one sale per day and I make profit on everything (lowest profit margin = 23%. Highest profit margin = 95%. Average profit margin = 50%).

hornetgirl

I have sold 5 books since going pro merchant, out of about 90 listed. Lots more to put on yet, so I'm hoping I will make it.

Soolin, your DH sounds a bit like my brother in law. He keeps his clothes in a couple of small drawers as he's filled his wardrobe (as well as all other available space) with books. And swears there isn't a single one he could possibly part with.

soolin

hornetgirl wrote:

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Soolin, your DH sounds a bit like my brother in law. He keeps his clothes in a couple of small drawers as he's filled his wardrobe (as well as all other available space) with books. And swears there isn't a single one he could possibly part with.

Maybe they are related :rotfl:

Golden eye, I've actually removed some of my listings so I'm back down to about 680 now. I checked some out and I had a few books that had dropped to 1p, but with several pages at 1p listed, so I've added them to my pile for the charity bin.

Soo

Esoog

apprentice_tycoon wrote:

Most certainly, you're number 69

Ooer! Woohoo

get so far then asked to sign in again using really bad english -any ideas?

Edited to add - the address bar says amazom.co.uk weird

Steer clear, sounds like a dodgy site trying to con you out of your details

teapot2

getcarter wrote:

I'm having a real bad day, took a chance and bought some cheap books but they're not listed on amazon at all and then with the one book i could list I can't get anywhere, get so far then asked to sign in again using really bad english -any ideas?

If they were cheap anyway and are not large heavy books have you thought of listing them on Greenmetropolis? Even if they don't show up on their database, unlike Amazon you can add books - takes a bit of time but does work, might be worth a go & you get £3 a sale?

funkyfunkymonkey

getcarter wrote:

I'm having a real bad day, took a chance and bought some cheap books but they're not listed on amazon at all and then with the one book i could list I can't get anywhere, get so far then asked to sign in again using really bad english -any ideas?

Edited to add - the address bar says amazom.co.uk weird

Hi GC

Like Esoog says, that sounds quite dodgy - are you sure you were on the Amazon site? I've never noticed that problem before.

On the subject of a book not being listed on Amazon, be very careful you don't discard something valuable. Admittedly it was in my early days, but I very nearly sent an old 1st edition off to landfill because it wasn't on Amazon, after some research and a few months I got £300 at auction for it - and to think it literally hovered over the bin

Check out https://www.bookfinder.com as a first stop.

FFM