Selling on Amazon

lynney88

Thanks for all the advice! I will try and sell them on my local selling page and failing that I will donate them to charity.

I myself have a kindle full of books but I almost never use it as I prefer the physical feel of a book but then again, I just don't want to use it till I've read all my paper/hard backs lol!

But still love reading from an actual book- you can't beat it! x

Thanks again x

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Although I agree with what other posters have said about the mechanics of selling on Amazon I can't agree on the profitability (or lack of) selling there. There will always be study and other non-fiction books that haven't made it to Kindle yet (and maybe never will). It is the popular fiction and best selling celebrity bios etc that need to be avoided when selling on Amazon.

I have listed about 50 books since Christmas, largely non fiction in brand new/as new /very good condition. Some were given to me unread (business books, published in the past 5 years) and some non business non fiction was my own and very carefully looked after. They are fairly pricey books. I price them to sell fairly quickly so am not greedy, but I will not sell for 1p! If there are lots at that price up for sale I don't bother listing mine. I priced the books I listed at just over the cheapest price but as this was invariably a few pounds in the case of these books I'll be very pleased when/if they sell.

I sold 3 within 2 days of listing and one the same afternoon it went 'live':j. Since Christmas I have sold 10 of the initial 50 and have made a total of £95 profit after Amazon fees and postage has been taken care of. All in all I am very happy but know that the reason for the sales was the type of books they are which are obviously indemand. I assume if they are being bought for business purposes that the buyer is willing to pay a decent price. Sadly I have no more of that type to list!

As for GreenMetropolis I've had limited success. I sold a few in the past few years but often you have to wait a long time for a sale. By the time you've paid to post them there's very little profit to be made. It's easy to list them and withdraw your money though!

Whatever you do with your books, good luck to you.:beer:

miwa

I always find that Amazon bite into my profits horribly. For example, I bought a book for £5, sold on amazon for £10, and after fees received £7... Only £2 profit... Plus Amazon release your funds 21 days after the sale ends - I'm still waiting on books I sold in December. Overall, I'd rate my experience 2/5... Worth doing, I guess, but playtrade give you better profits and even ebay, after fees, is more competitive as Amazon books, in particular, you will get 20 sellers selling at 1 pence (+ shipping), which doesn't leave much room at all. I also list at GreenMetropolis but I haven't had a sale yet...

sketchingkari

Do you have enough (possibly with other bits and pieces) to set up a table at a car boot sale? I agree that the second hand book market is not a place to be online anymore, definately not as a seller anyway.

But when I did a car boot, most of my books sold, even if you get 50p each you'll make a few extra pounds?

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miwa

:j Thanks for the mention of Playtrade for selling books. I'd never heard of it before so will definitely be going over there now to check it out. Thanks again.

ellesbellesxxx

@Miwa : you can request funds earlier, you just have to press a button "Request disbursement" manually! Then it will take about 3 days - I never wait the 21 days x

quotememiserable

you can list the lot at no charge on abebooks.com they just take commission from sales

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Re: Amazon payouts

For your FIRST sale on Amazon you do have to wait a total of about 21 days . There's a 14 day holding period for payments(although my first one took a few days longer),then up to 5 working days for the transfer to reach your account. After that it reaches your bank automatically every 2 weeks. You can also request payment yourself once you have clicked to say the item has been dispatched. You can make one claim for payment in any 24 hour period and the money is in your bank account in 3-5 working days. Not exactly quick is it???

I was OK receiving money within the 5 day period for the books I've sold in January as I'd made one solitary sale last Autumn. I was seriously strapped for cash (what's new????) and had a technology item I knew would make a good amount. I saw on eBay that they sold every time anyone listed one so I nearly listed there instead. I wish I had now as with a 3-day auction I'd have sold it and received the money in my account via Paypal all within less than a week.

I was keen to test out Amazon for selling stuff but was sorry to have opted for it in that case. The item sold the day after I listed:jBUT I hadn't read the fee structure carefully enough. Cost lots more than to sell on eBay:eek:. Plus, being a new seller my money took almost 4 weeks to reach my bank account. I hadn't realised they had this 'holding period'. All this when I was desperate for the money. That will teach me not to read every bit of the Ts and Cs.:o