eBay tutorials / caveats?

T.G · 10-14-2011, 01:01 PM

Selling on eBay is pretty simple, there are some tutorials on the ebay website.

For books, you just punch in the ISBN number and it pulls up all the info and a cover picture. You just add the condition, price, shipping and any notes, then post it.

For personal accounts, you get 50 free basic auction listings per month, so for those, you only pay for upgrades (fixed price, gallery, etc.) and on the final value assessment (like 12% IIRC). After those 50, you pay insertion fees, which aren't that much.

If you do a lot of listings, there are upgraded accounts and ebay stores which have different fees and rate schedules.

As for used books on Amazon, I know someone who does that as a business and I could ask him for more details the next time I run into him. One thing that he did mention that was interesting, is that he has an app on his phone where he can just shoot the barcode and it will give him the Amazon sales rankings for the book, so he knows if he should buy it and add it to the other titles he is offering.

markem · 10-14-2011, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by T.G

One thing that he did mention that was interesting, is that he has an app on his phone where he can just shoot the barcode and it will give him the Amazon sales rankings for the book, so he knows if he should buy it and add it to the other titles he is offering.

All the book buyers at the annual sale have those types of apps. They seem to be really good for those who haunt the book sales for business.

T.G · 10-14-2011, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by markem

All the book buyers at the annual sale have those types of apps. They seem to be really good for those who haunt the book sales for business.

Oh, no doubt. It was just something I had never run across before because I don't buy & sell used books. I mentioned it in the event that it might be able to be of use to you for this project, being able to see what books are even worth listing.

10-14-2011, 01:01 PM	#1
T.G Grrrrrr Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: The Other Adam Posts: 15,591 Trading: (37)	Re: eBay tutorials / caveats? Selling on eBay is pretty simple, there are some tutorials on the ebay website. For books, you just punch in the ISBN number and it pulls up all the info and a cover picture. You just add the condition, price, shipping and any notes, then post it. For personal accounts, you get 50 free basic auction listings per month, so for those, you only pay for upgrades (fixed price, gallery, etc.) and on the final value assessment (like 12% IIRC). After those 50, you pay insertion fees, which aren't that much. If you do a lot of listings, there are upgraded accounts and ebay stores which have different fees and rate schedules. As for used books on Amazon, I know someone who does that as a business and I could ask him for more details the next time I run into him. One thing that he did mention that was interesting, is that he has an app on his phone where he can just shoot the barcode and it will give him the Amazon sales rankings for the book, so he knows if he should buy it and add it to the other titles he is offering.