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Selling second-hand books
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Hi Folks
I use Ziffit, WeBuyBooks and MusicMagpie regularly. As someone who inherited a large book, CD, DVD and BlueRay collection, I've found (by trial and error!) that each site favours certain items.
For instance Music Magpie often prefers books on music and will buy C.D.s other sites won't touch. WeBuyBooks tends snap up books on architecture and some other specialist areas and Ziffit tend to pay well for a wide range of books.
So far I've made around £45-£65 per month, over the last six months. Several of these sites even offer additional incentives such as cashback.
I could do a 'How to maximise your earnings..' guide about this topic although one may already exist on this site.1 -
I sold some used books for the first time recently - it was a good experience and I'll definitely do it again. I went through WeBuyBooks and made just over £13 for seven books. Some of the books only went for around 20p, but there was an academic book that earned over £7 alone.
The one thing I worried about was packaging as the box I used was a bit big and I didn't have very much bubble wrap to hand - but luckily there were no issues and I was paid for all of them.0
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