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

boston_uk

soolin wrote: »

I can't carry on paying pro seller and only selling 25-29 books, yet if I cancel my pro seller I will have to delist a number of books that won't be worth selling, and with 980 books currently listed that's a huge job I don't look forward to. I will have to make a decision when I get back from holiday I think.

If you sell about 28 books it is only costing you say 4 x 84p to carry on - and that, to me, is worth it not to have to delist and change prices. It isn't the whole of the pro seller fee you are losing - only the diff between books sold and the number to break even (32?)

Things have to look up in May!!!! :rolleyes:

Hang on in there and have a great holiday!

wilf55

i just cancelled mine and it ends 5th may just cant justify it but on the up side if there is one give you chance to double check books listings current prices when you relist if really good could check you still have the books!!!!!!!

funny thing is its called the case of the baffling burglary my little one said its just acting its part and it has been burgled!!!

the wit i just want to hear!!!!!!!

boston_uk

wilf55 wrote: »

still cant find book and no others for sale what should i do

send buyer and message and offer refund an book up to the same value (50p) free or something!!

That'd be my preferred approach if you cant find another for sale anywhere.

Bummer ....

wilf55

hmm defo none for sale will have another look today sort of remember listing but could be mistaken and everything else seems to be where it should be

wondering if i have made a mistake listing or am looking with my eyes shut

cant expect anyone else in here to help as they just look at the books and dont see the millionaire potential just a pile of cr*p

ah well after my flying i will just have to lift the heavy boxes and have another route around...must look for bookcases on freecycle methinks

ps i just love this thread.....when i get an email saying there has been a new post on this thread i get a little buzz

ahhhggggg or however you spell it!!!!

DonnaP

Hi

What are your experiences of penny book listings?

I have not listed a couple of these as there were loads of others for sale for a penny. Last night I listed one where there were about 10 others for a penny, but I put mine at a higher price. By this morning it has sold!!

I am not sure now whether to go back to the other penny books and try the same. If I was looking for a book, I would go for the cheapest, but perhaps others don't???

Just to add to the discussion about sales in general, I am only selling a couple of books a week, but my CD's are flying out (in the last few days, I have sold 2 or 3 each day).

Donna

wilf55

wow donna

i used to list 1p books for a penny but recently dont list if there are a million and 1 unless there is something special about my book like like new condtion or something if there are only 1 page i list but for say 25p and i have still had sales above the 1 p ones did have 100% feedback tho which made me feel i did have an advantage that was until a plonker bought a book and left me neutral feedback so now it stands at 92 blasted % so do not feel as confident about doing it

he still hasnt replied to my email

listed book as acceptable detailed all the faults in the description he said it wasnt in as good a condition as he expected have offered him full refund if he would alter feedback but no communication on his part whatsoever

wilf55

right just paid for car tax on line and going to do some flying and look for the baffling burglary book that looks like its been burgled

boston_uk

DonnaP wrote: »

Hi

What are your experiences of penny book listings?

I have not listed a couple of these as there were loads of others for sale for a penny. Last night I listed one where there were about 10 others for a penny, but I put mine at a higher price. By this morning it has sold!!

Donna

Lots of buyers skim past 1p listings to "proper" pricing. I don't list any now for 1p - I usually pick about 50p or more depending on the ranking, the other sellers feedback and the new prices. :cool: Still sell them though! - just sloooooooowly at the moment. If there are 2 or more pages for 1p with loads for sale, I don't bother though and consign it to the box for ebaying in bulk ....

rare_stuff

wow ! Found this on page 3! Are sales that bad??

Anyway, thought I'd tip off the folks here about amazon associates and aStores, there's a convo on the referall board about it and how easy to set up they are.

BTW, this isn't actually a referall as I gain nothing if you sign up for one, but it fits better on the referall board than here! Here's the link - http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=440011

funkyfunkymonkey

rare_stuff wrote: »

wow ! Found this on page 3! Are sales that bad??

P'raps sales are so good everyone is busy finding their books and packing them up?

My Play sales still outweigh my Amazon sales, so I'm glad I signed up.

FFM