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

mioliere

DougWeller wrote: »

Hi
I've sold a couple of books in the past and need to start selling again soon if only to make room on my bookshelves!

Reading this I have a couple of questions.

How do people cope with holidays? I mean, if you go away for a day or a week and someone orders a book.....


Thanks
Doug

Hi - just found this thread. If you log in to your Amazon seller account there's a section where you can fill in the dates you are away and your list of items is suspended so there is no risk of a book selling and you not being able to post it. I only found it myself the other day and I was just about to contact Amazon about it.

apprentice_tycoon

Are you able to post a book on monday that was ordered on friday? if so it's not a problem

edit, it's only 36 hours at the most (not 3 days) for the holiday settings to kick in, it's often pretty instant

wilf55

as far as i am aware you have 2 working days to post so if it was ordered on friday then in effect you have til tuesday to post

mishkanorman

As for the feedback about the mixed up books, i would imagine its just one of those things. However as AT said perhaps the seller could have done a little more as you are now without the book. I dont like leaving negative feedback when a seller has tried to resolve their problem which this seller has done, so i would leave a postive (4/5) with a big noticeable message about the mix up and refund.


mishka

boston_uk

It's two working days to dispatch surely? Which ordering Friday and dispatching on the Monday would be fine - and Monday is the 21st....

It's only us mad people that count Sunday as working days!

rare_stuff

apprentice_tycoon wrote: »

I'm a bit surprised that a Marketplace seller would say that they are dispatching on the 21st because it is *supposed* to be posted within 2 days.

sounds more like the amazon order confirmation email taking into account the weekend and allowing 2 working days to post.
Amazon send out these emails and it has been known that the dates they have given and estimates on delivery have been completely out of the normal scope, it's just amazon being amazon I guess!
Saturday is not a 'working' day!

apprentice_tycoon

boston_uk wrote: »

It's two working days to dispatch surely? Which ordering Friday and dispatching on the Monday would be fine - and Monday is the 21st....

It's only us mad people that count Sunday as working days!

You mean people take Sundays off? no!

So the seller is in the correct timeframe then? must be me, I post out the same day so a monday dispatch seems ages away

boston_uk

rare_stuff wrote: »

Saturday is not a 'working' day!

It isn't?? Damn..... that confirms it then ...


Stop I wanna get off - it's Saturday!!!!

wilf55

saturday is not a working day...neither is sunday so if any of the buyers moan tell em i said so!!!!

fantastic stuff boston love the pics!!

tylerboyo

Hi all, ive been re directed to this for amazon, some great info in here. anyway 3 questions.

I am trying to sell a nintendo wii on amazon, and its coming up with this,

"The item for which you have attempted to create a listing is a restricted item in our PC & Video Games store. Listing against restricted items in this store is limited to pre-approved sellers only."

How do i become a pre approved seller?

2 - When i search some items on amazon, a few competitors, have a logo instead of a username, how do i do this?

3 - I think i have read something on here and other forum,s about a monthly amazon fee, but its only worth doing, if your selling over a certain amount of items? Can anyone elaborate?

Thanks again!