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

apprentice_tycoon

Kat, that's really great, thank you for that :T :A

One more question

Are they the kind of books that go to remainder bookshops - perfectly good and useable/readable but not *quite* hot?

tylerboyo

hello all,
just a quick question, a book that sells for 1p, what are the shipping charges you receive, when it sells on amazon? is it £4?

katchambers

apprentice_tycoon wrote: »

Kat, that's really great, thank you for that :T :A

One more question

Are they the kind of books that go to remainder bookshops - perfectly good and useable/readable but not *quite* hot?

The books are a complete mixture. I don't know where he gets them from but it is the biggest mix of books I've ever seen. They are mostly used but also some new.

Books:
Plenty of fiction
A few student textbooks
Quite a lot of non-fiction
A couple of boxes were childrens books
I didn't notice any/many remainders
Only about 10 readers digests (4 of them sold actually!)
Lots of really old books, including leather binding ones

Just to give you an idea I would say about 15-20 books were in the amazon top 100 books.

So there really is a huge mixture. They are not remainder or returns, it looks like a lot of them come from charity shops as some have british heart foundation stickers on, but they can't all come from there because they wouldn't have gotten rid of for example a brand new copy of 'Freakonomics' or A brand new hardback of 'The queen at home' (which sold for £18 - and was my first sale).

HTH

Kat x

katchambers

tylerboyo wrote: »

hello all,
just a quick question, a book that sells for 1p, what are the shipping charges you receive, when it sells on amazon? is it £4?

Not that much I am afraid. I am a pro-merchant and I receive £2.26 for a 1p book (after fees). So it is possible to make between 30p - £1.66 on a 1p book depending on how much the postage is, but you also need to factor in the cost of packaging materials. If you are not pro-m then you will receive 86p less than the above.

Kat x

wilf55

will he not notice a few large boxes under the settee gingababe

sara2323

apprentice_tycoon wrote: »

Debs, I agree 100% - until we got *real* Amazon sellers on board we just had the vague idea that we knew what we were doing. These threads have been so much more useful since the pros came to give us a hand and I know that I speak for every one of us.....

Thank you SO much Amazombie, funkyfunkymonkey and rare_stuff, you are all wonderful and we REALLY appreciate you being here

Just wanted to Also thank Kat Chambers for her really helpful advice/information throughout the various threads.


which included recommendation for online postage from Royal Mail, it has saved me lots of time & money.

apprentice_tycoon

sara2323 wrote: »

Just wanted to Also thank Kat Chambers for her really helpful advice/information throughout the various threads.


which included recommendation for online postage from Royal Mail, it has saved me lots of time & money.

We'd all echo that too :T :T ....this thread seems to bring out the true MSE spirit, Martin would be proud of all the help given here

katchambers

sara2323 wrote: »

Just wanted to Also thank Kat Chambers for her really helpful advice/information throughout the various threads.


which included recommendation for online postage from Royal Mail, it has saved me lots of time & money.

apprentice_tycoon wrote: »

We'd all echo that too :T :T ....this thread seems to bring out the true MSE spirit, Martin would be proud of all the help given here

Thanks you guys! That is very nice. Glad I could be of service. :T

gingababe

wilf55, yes he would but I have made an executive decision I`m gnna go for it .....
I`ll keep you posted on how it goes.
Ginga

mishkanorman

Well ive only checked 2 boxes,
the first had 38 of which 8 were unsaleable, 3 due to being at 1p and several hundreds listed, 2 as as again they were 1p books AND the postage was such I would have made a loss. The last 3 were marked in some way and i didnt want the hassle of a complaint (chicken i know )

After listing the 30 books i totalled the amount received after fees but before postage, which came to £64+

The 2nd box had just under 30 and a brief look last night shows only 20 of them will be listed, the remainders were of good quality but too heavy for any profit.


Each box costs £4 and they are sourced from charity shops so its a real mix, the person i shared petrol costs with has had a £40 book in her lot so will get her money back if that one alone sells. I didnt personally meet Chris from priority but she said he was incredibly helpful and gave lots of advice and tips,

you can buy as much or as little as you like but at £4 per box its not going to break the bank to give it a go !!

mishka

PS i will invite chris over here maybe if he has enough time he will answer your questions