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Selling Used Books

Graeme7777
Graeme7777 Posts: 255 Forumite
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Hi,

I have a lot of books, both fiction and non-fiction, that I'd like to sell online. I have two options; either on eBay or Amazon. Can someone please suggest which site would be the best choice?

Thanks!

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  • knightstyle
    knightstyle Posts: 7,399 Forumite
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    DD has had poor results from both and now uses http://www.greenmetropolis.com/
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 75,001 Ambassador
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    We definitely need a sticky somewhere as this is a very common question:

    Try these threads

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4110511

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4102615


    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4085069

    Also this one for Amazon:

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2171713

    in all cases though check out what is actually selling. On Amazon you can do that by the ranking, on ebay you can check completed listings
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  • Crowqueen
    Crowqueen Posts: 5,726 Forumite
    At the moment I'm finding Amazon OK, even steady, for selling books; I get a few sales a week (even during the Olympics). eBay is flatlining for me - I'm going to try going 99p+stamp price but to list as BINs costs a lot so I'm not doing so well as I used to.

    I choose what I list by price. As a private seller using ordinary postal services you will need £1 over the postal credit to break even on second class postage, so realistically, input what you have, look at what the lowest price is.

    For me the trade-in sites are not taking anything at all.
    "Well, it's election year, Bill, we'd rather people didn't exercise common sense..." - Jed Bartlet, The West Wing, season 4

    Am now Crowqueen, MRes (Law) - on to the PhD!
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