selling your stuff on Amazon - part 9 - advice for newbies in the first 2 posts

teapot2

cat64 wrote: »

Hi all, picked up some books this weekend, most of them are real duds :rolleyes: so will be going back to the charity shops. One of them might be some good though, the only other copy listed is for £154 from an American seller, obviously I'm not expecting it to go for anywhere near that but what would be a reasonable price to put in on for, without underselling?

Ta very much:D

Really difficult to say without knowing what it is etc. You could do a search on some book sites such as Abe or Bookprice to see if there are other copies elsewhere. Also try googling it including the ISBN and see what you find....

Three_Dancing_Dragons

Hi there. Apprentice Tycoon suggested I drop by. I've been selling off my own DVDs and books recently, and did landslide business 18 months ago when I was moving and had to clear out. I've only ever had to make one refund to an overseas dvd buyer who said the dvd arrived damaged. Don't know if that was true but I gave him a full refund anyway. Still on 100% feedback, I think seeing all the other 5's encourages puts pressure on new customers to do the same.

Saw a mention that asking for feedback isn't a good idea. Could someone elaborate? I always ask for confirmation that item has arrived (half the time I get a reply) and then include a request for feedback when I say thanks.

Also, I'd like to get into trading on a (very) small scale. Where do I find cheap books or new DVDs with a bulk discount?

cat64

Those of you who are 'hobby sellers' and buy books with a view to selling them on, how many times do you get it wrong? I seem to be picking the wrong books to sell, often finding some of them are only on for a penny!:rolleyes: As I've often been paying up to £3 for a book sometimes I'm losing out.

Any tips on avoiding this trap?

PS I'm only selling to make a bit of extra cash

rare_stuff

cat64 wrote: »

Those of you who are 'hobby sellers' and buy books with a view to selling them on, how many times do you get it wrong? I seem to be picking the wrong books to sell, often finding some of them are only on for a penny!:rolleyes: As I've often been paying up to £3 for a book sometimes I'm losing out.

Any tips on avoiding this trap?

PS I'm only selling to make a bit of extra cash

well, if you register with hmrc as self employed, which you should do if buying with the intention of selling for profit, you could use these 'wrong' purchases to make a loss to offset against other tax you are paying whilst learning a bit more about what does sell!

porkev

hi there,
i have just signed up as self-employed as i intend going for it, amazon,ebay, own site in fact anywhere i can sell, mind you things will have to improve as even though i have only got 62 listings on amazon, i have not sold anything since the 25th feb so if anyone has seen the selling fairy please point her in this direction, when you have all finished with her of course,

good luck with all your sales

cheers:beer:

cat64

Hi Rare Stuff

Could you explain a bit more about this? As I have only got a few books listed (and those aren't selling!) and I'm not buying in bulk I didn't think this was necessary? Don't know a lot about it though. Help!

funkyfunkymonkey

Selling Fairy popped in to my house this morning for a well earned cuppa. Left at about lunchtime, not sure where she's gone though

FFM

cat64

Hi Porkev,

After selling fairy has been to you can you send her over to me - thanks!

apprentice_tycoon

Three_Dancing_Dragons wrote: »

Hi there. Apprentice Tycoon suggested I drop by
Saw a mention that asking for feedback isn't a good idea. Could someone elaborate? I always ask for confirmation that item has arrived (half the time I get a reply) and then include a request for feedback when I say thanks.

Also, I'd like to get into trading on a (very) small scale. Where do I find cheap books or new DVDs with a bulk discount?

Hi there TDD (found on Old Style and dragged over here ) the assumption about asking for feedback is, like on ebay you can risk looking as if you are a) desperate or b) nagging or c) begging - and might put the buyers backs up.

No sure about buying with the benefit of a bulk discount myself, I buy at auctions, boot sales and charity shops

teedy23

hi peeps ,feeling a bit daft right now as I had a visit from the book fairy today and chased her away. The buyer was from Malaysia and wanted to pay by paypal, as I only wanted to sell in UK (until I find my feet at least)and dont have a paypal account I declined the sale