| I would suggest that when selling books on ebay to | | | | book will command a high price or not. You wont find |
| stick with digital books but there are benefits to | | | | every book listed online. This could mean that the |
| selling physical ones too so I think I will give some | | | | book is worthless or priceless, you need to figure |
| pointers on how to do this effectively. | | | | that out for yourself. |
| You gotta first decide what kind of books you want | | | | Choose a net profit point for profitability on a book |
| to sell. The draw you may feel to gravitate toward | | | | sale. Remember to take into account the shipping |
| Best-Sellers may not be a good one since they | | | | costs, book storage expenses and shipping supply |
| don’t do so well in this format. Try sticking to | | | | expenses. Also, your time will be involved with |
| non-fiction books which ideally you know something | | | | hunting for books to sell, listing books online, |
| about. This isn’t a prerequisite but it helps. | | | | answering questions from potential buyers, and |
| New editions of text books tend to sell well before | | | | corresponding with your buyers. You might find that |
| the start of new school terms. | | | | you average $8.00 for all of the above costs. You |
| Whatever you decide you will need to do research | | | | want to make sure that the potential selling price of |
| on which authors and titles etc bring the best price. | | | | the book is more than your cost for the book plus |
| EBay (search on completed auctions for books that | | | | eight dollars so that you make a profit. |
| actually sold) and Amazon are good places to begin | | | | Make sure that you have the following things before |
| your hunt. I recommend you look for books that sold | | | | you list the books: |
| for more than thirty dollars. | | | | Shipping supplies, |
| The next thing is to find the books you want to sell. | | | | Email address, |
| Yard sales, thrift stores, library sales, and used | | | | Reliable internet connection, |
| bookstores are good places to start. Take careful | | | | A safe place to store your books, |
| note of the book’s condition as it is usually a | | | | After you find books that you are ready to sell, |
| big contributor to the price it can be sold for. Use | | | | decide where you want to sell them. Two very |
| Amazon's book condition criteria as a guideline. Special | | | | popular places for book sales are EBay and Amazon. |
| editions and autographed books can sometimes | | | | Amazon will probably deliver a higher selling price but |
| command higher prices. | | | | with EBay you’ll probably sell them more |
| Bring your list of high-dollar titles with you and if | | | | quickly if you use an auction format. |
| possible, a cell phone with an internet connection so | | | | It’s quite vital that you are prompt both in |
| that you can look up prices on the spot. Specialized | | | | your communication to the buyers and in the actual |
| book-pricing software is also available for some | | | | delivery of the products. Email the buyer to let them |
| devices to speed up the process. Note that looking | | | | know when the package shipped along with a |
| up every single book that you encounter can be | | | | tracking number if available. Excellent communication |
| time-consuming and may also arouse suspicion on the | | | | is key to getting a good seller rating which ultimately |
| part of the seller. The hours spent familiarizing | | | | can lead to more sales. |
| yourself with good titles and publishers will help teach | | | | Keep good records and keep your personal expenses |
| you to weed out the duds so you can focus on | | | | separate from your business expenses. Treat this as |
| better prospects. | | | | a business and be serious in your efforts. |
| After a while you will be able to know right away if a | | | | |