Selling books on Amazon

[dawnyp]

We have a bunch of books that we are looking to sell. Was wondering if anybody has experience with selling used books on Amazon or if it is better to go with eBay instead. It looks like Amazon charges .99 cent per item plus 15%.

[Deleted]

I'll be watching this thread for an answer, but I've only sold to half price books. They barely pay anything, but it was enough for lunch and the books left the house.

[karebear219]

I sold used text books online on Amazon as a private seller in college. It was a great experience and I always got a lot more than the university book store would give me.

[dawnyp]

I've just put about 10 books there as a trial. Will keep you posted how it goes.

[fiddles]

Nov 25, 2012 18:21:53 GMT -5 @uwhuskygirl said:

I'll be watching this thread for an answer, but I've only sold to half price books. They barely pay anything, but it was enough for lunch and the books left the house.

Did the same thing.

From my phone yo!

[FrozenSunshine]

We sold text books and made good money. I might reconsider selling regular books on there just to get them out of my office.

[tacocat]

I wi;l give up my books when they are taken from my cold dead hands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


No, I really do have issues...

[BlackCanary]

I run the comic book store's Amazon store. It is going really well and we've sold quite a few trades.

If the majority of the books are selling for $.99, I would try eBay first and see how they go.

[amandasw]

Nov 26, 2012 9:26:07 GMT -5 @lauralynne said:

Nov 25, 2012 22:22:01 GMT -5 tacocat said:

I wi;l give up my books when they are taken from my cold dead hands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


No, I really do have issues...

This. X100.

you guys kept all your textbooks?! ugh, I couldn't wait to get rid of those, lol.

[amandasw]

Nov 25, 2012 18:38:04 GMT -5 karebear219 said:

I sold used text books online on Amazon as a private seller in college. It was a great experience and I always got a lot more than the university book store would give me.

ditto

[kwpnjumper55]

Nov 26, 2012 12:36:38 GMT -5 @amandasw said:

Nov 26, 2012 9:26:07 GMT -5 @lauralynne said:

This. X100.

you guys kept all your textbooks?! ugh, I couldn't wait to get rid of those, lol.

I got rid of all the unnecessary text books but I have kept ones I need for reference like Anatomy and Physiology

[jennlin]

h has sold video games on there....i don't know if it's the same process as books, but he said games got more than he would've at gamestop.

[dawnyp]

After posting some books on there I can say I'm not quite a fan due to all the fees as an individual seller.

1) .99 cent fee for all items sold
2) 15% commission to Amazon. They also take 15% off the shipping charge that was added.
3) Variable closing fee of $1.35

For low value items like books at $5.00 the fees are about 40% of the cost. I'm not even sure what I am getting will cover the shipping of the item. I have cancelled all the other books that I listed and will post them on eBay instead.

[BlackCanary]

That reminds me, I have ton of textbooks I need to get rid of.