Selling books online

kiopp

I have got some books to sell on ebay but I found that when I searched ebay to see if there were the same books listed on ebay with the same title, the same author and same cover appearance. To my dismay I found that there were the same books listed. The problem is that the price for some of the listed books was a lot cheaper than what I want to sell my books for. Who would buy a book from me for £30 when they are aware that they can buy the same book for £0.99. I feel that these are quality books. Is it possible for me to sell them on ebay despite the competition. If so how? I would also like to sell books on ebay but what books should I buy to sell to avoid competition.

googler

The listed price can/will go up if bidding is fierce. You need an eBay login, and you need to select Completed Listings for the book(s) you plan to sell.

This will show you actual sale prices, and give you a better idea of current trending. If the actual sales average out at £10, say, I'd suggest you have little or no chance of getting £30

lincroft1710

kiopp wrote: »

To my dismay I found that there were the same books listed. The problem is that the price for some of the listed books was a lot cheaper than what I want to sell my books for.

Perhaps your valuation of your books is unrealistic. Or other sellers want a quick sale and price their books lower. You can see the same item repeatedly failing to sell and being relisted. So you have to decide whether you want to sell the books quickly at a lower price or hold out for a higher price and perhaps not sell.

John_Pierpoint

You have got some serious competition from this charity:

https://healthyplanet.org/get-involved/sustainable-community/healthy-spaces

It is interesting how the tax system intruding into nearly 50% of everything we do caused distortions.

Kite2010

John_Pierpoint wrote: »

You have got some serious competition from this charity:

https://healthyplanet.org/get-involved/sustainable-community/healthy-spaces

It is interesting how the tax system intruding into nearly 50% of everything we do caused distortions.

Has a post before this one been deleted?

Moneysavingmomma

Thanks to the OP who suggested Fatbrain! Ive just listed some unused cookbooks and will hopefully have a cheque for almost £50 soon! Thanks again xx

wirralmatt

I've just spent the last 90 minutes playing with a few of these websites:

webuybooks
ziffit
zapper
musicmagpie
fatbrain

I scanned a huge range of books from Phantom of the Opera Penguin Classics to Michael Cricton's Andromeda Strain and from Jeremy Clarkson's Autobiography to some degree level Physics and Maths books. A huge proportion of books would not be accepted, those that were came back with crazy offers - £0.01 for mint quality hardback books.

I tried some old DVDs and CDs and Playstation 2 Games. They were much more willing to buy these (in fact every single one came back with an offer) but the prices were again stupidly low. Nearly new computer games were coming in at less than £5 and entire box sets bought in the past 12 months were coming in at about £3.

On the whole, in my experience, you will spend a disproportionately large amount of your time scanning or typing in barcodes to make an enormously small amount of money. It looks like this way of making a few extra quid is out of date - perhaps there was some money to make when this idea was new, but you won't get much for your items now.

[Deleted User]

Wasted a lot of time. Many selling for a penny on amazon plus postage. A couple of text books sold so pleased with that.

Ebay - relisted twice and gave up - I think the postage puts people off so you have to take the hit and therefore earn nothing.

Checked the sites mentioned and really not worth the time to do it including finding boxes and packing as per instructions.

The money and time involved isn't worth it.

Actually got fed up and put them in the boot and took them to the charity shop. Job done, less money wasted in petrol and time!

maria932

I have a load of goosebumps books and no one seems to take them, ot sure why. Tried fatbrain they accept but only offer 10p each book and theres not enough books for the £15 minimum
Any ideas??

soolin

maria932 wrote: »

I have a load of goosebumps books and no one seems to take them, ot sure why. Tried fatbrain they accept but only offer 10p each book and theres not enough books for the £15 minimum
Any ideas??

Take them to a charity shop