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

COOLTRIKERCHICK

thanks peeps will do that... in no rush for a quick sale......as its been here for ages....without me taking any notice of it...lol....

so i should imagine i should put it i will post world wide.. so what happens about the postage cost then ????

do i still get the same postage allowance for uk or worldwide postage...

hope that makes sense........

funkyfunkymonkey

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

thanks peeps will do that... in no rush for a quick sale......as its been here for ages....without me taking any notice of it...lol....

so i should imagine i should put it i will post world wide.. so what happens about the postage cost then ????

do i still get the same postage allowance for uk or worldwide postage...

hope that makes sense........

Postage credit for books is £2.26 UK, £3.40 EU, £5.85 USA, and £6.42 rest of world - don't ask me why you get less for USA compared to rest of world, it costs the same to post there

The links below take you to the detailed pages which will give you the postage credits for CD's, DVD's, etc

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html/203-2824282-7539960?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200038780

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html/203-2824282-7539960?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200038800

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html/203-2824282-7539960?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200038840

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html/203-2824282-7539960?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200038820

So, make sure you know how much it is going to cost to send and the postage credit you will receive before you set the price of any book, or you may decide to only offer it to UK or UK and EU.

FFM

rare_stuff

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

so i should imagine i should put it i will post world wide.. so what happens about the postage cost then ????

This depends on the weight of the packed book, if under about 500grams amazons postage credit will cover it being sent airmail worldwide. If over you may want to just offer UK postage, but include in the description that the item is heavy and international postage is available by arrangement.

Recently I sold a heavy book to the US and they were happy to pay the extra postage charge of £7 I quoted them, so I went and edited the listing changing price and making available for international delivery. Unfortunately amazon screwed it up and the buyer bought it when the dispatch details had been updated but before the pricing took effect! Luckily the buyer was a diamond and paid me the £7 by paypal. Amazon weren't very helpful, telling me to cancel the sale and re-list!!! So if you do something like this update the price first and check it has updated before updating delivery options, don't imagine that both updates will go live at the same time!

rare_stuff

funkyfunkymonkey wrote: »

don't ask me why you get less for USA compared to rest of world, it costs the same to post there

That's because amazon is a US company and they protect/favour the home market. Have you never wondered why there is so many US sellers on the UK site but very few UK sellers on .com?

mishkanorman

Thought i would boost us back up the pages (third page eek )


My sales are ridiculus at the moment with 1 in the last week, i normally scrape 7 or 8 so wont be re-newing my pro subscription.

hope no-one is posting here as you are all too busy with your sales !

Fred you've let me down dude, but more importantly, you've let yourself down !!!


mishka

soolin

I've been busy listing, up to almost 900 books now and am still struggling with sales.

I am considering selling off some of my books as job lots on ebay and maybe looking for different stock, maybe if i get time in a few weeks I'll think about it. At this rate though it won't be worth me staying a pro seller once I've had my 3 months half price which is such a shame.

Oh and I sold another unread book yesterday. Got it out, put it on the table ready to wrap and noticed OH browsing it. He thought I'd bought it for him and was really chuffed as it was out of print and he'd wanted it for a while..had to explain that he only had until 7am this morning to read it as I needed to pack it!

COOLTRIKERCHICK

as everyone is saying sales are quiet at mo.. on amazon..... can anyone remember what their sales were like this time last year.....?

as i have only been selling on amazon for a couple of months.. i havent got anything to compare sales with..

but on ebay i know this time of year sales go quiet.....

so do you think its the same with amazon....

maybe peeps have spend out over christmas and new year sales etc...... and end of feb... march reality of how much they have spend on credit cards etc.... has kicked in.....

my mother has a posh ladies clothes shop..... and this time of year is quiet for her as well.....

just a thought......

boston_uk

They say imitation is the sincerest form etc - but just come across a new listing when checking my opens - same price, virtually identical description on a rare-ish collectable book! D*mn me - cant people write their own???

wilf55

nope that would take brains and thought

could be cool triker or it could be swamped with peeps trying to get rid

boston_uk

they've done it again!! Another collectable book and an almost word for word description ...

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