Selling on Amazon

sharpee

Has anyone sold books on Amazon?

I have a load of text books from doing my Management degree more or less brand new and thought I'd try and get a few pennies for them.

Just wondering how the cost of postage is covered?

soolin

Try the first couple of posts in this thread:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2171713

The set postage for all books is £2.80 but you pay a hefty fee out of that and the price of the book when you sell. basically if you sell a book for 1p you get £1.50 net, and that includes your postage element.

However the good thing is that you don't pay to list, only when a book is sold and also before you click to confirm the listing you see the total net proceeds you can expect, so make sure that covers your postage!

bluffer

it depends on the weight. the bigger and heavier it is, the better off you are selling it on ebay etc. amazon have a fixed postage fee no matter the weight of the book ( and we all know they can be HEAVY! ) from the 2.80 ( i think postage now ) you only get half that.

try gumtree for the heavy books or ask around the uni to see if any new students need the book.

west_end_girl

Just add the postage to your book price - I do and they do sell - Uni books are always in high demand. You can also search by isbn number to work out the value of the book which helps