Comments on: Selling My Books on eBay: Probably Not Worth It http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:50:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: My 1st Million At 33 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/#comment-58655 My 1st Million At 33 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:09:06 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/#comment-58655 Personal Finance Carnival #63... This is the first time that I host PF carnival at 1stMillionAt33. Thanks to Flexo at Consumerism Commentary for giving me this chance to host PF carnival #63. If you’re first time here on my site, you can take a look at my SiteMap on the right ... Personal Finance Carnival #63…

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]]> By: Making Our Way http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/#comment-58443 Making Our Way Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:49:04 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/#comment-58443 I recommend half.com. They seem to have lower fees than amazon.com. However, amazon is alledged to have greater volume. The benefit of doing either is that you can lookup your books by upc code and they provide all the information - even for 100 books it's fairly fast. Furthermore, you can sell them over time - whereas EBay gives you 10 days or so on auction. Finally, you have no fees to list the product - if it's not sold, it's not sold. The down side is that you can't charge shipping and handling separately. Half.com gives you a shipping allowance for different modes - media mail is the default, but you can offer others. I've been fairly pleased with half.com for book sales. I had a miserable experience selling books on ebay - it really didn't make any sense. If you'd like to gamble (the cost of insertion fees), I would sell the whole lot on ebay with a reserve. You should have enough viewers of your blog to generate some traffic. Good luck, makingourway I recommend half.com. They seem to have lower fees than amazon.com. However, amazon is alledged to have greater volume.

The benefit of doing either is that you can lookup your books by upc code and they provide all the information – even for 100 books it’s fairly fast.

Furthermore, you can sell them over time – whereas EBay gives you 10 days or so on auction.

Finally, you have no fees to list the product – if it’s not sold, it’s not sold.

The down side is that you can’t charge shipping and handling separately. Half.com gives you a shipping allowance for different modes – media mail is the default, but you can offer others.

I’ve been fairly pleased with half.com for book sales. I had a miserable experience selling books on ebay – it really didn’t make any sense.

If you’d like to gamble (the cost of insertion fees), I would sell the whole lot on ebay with a reserve. You should have enough viewers of your blog to generate some traffic.

Good luck,
makingourway

]]> By: Blogmom http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/#comment-58440 Blogmom Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:04:05 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/#comment-58440 You're right. I've sold on ebay. It's not worth it. Someone needs to actually do a cost analysis to see that Ebay makes the money, not them. The time that you have to put into maintaining your sales page is a joke. Ebay wins. You’re right. I’ve sold on ebay. It’s not worth it. Someone needs to actually do a cost analysis to see that Ebay makes the money, not them. The time that you have to put into maintaining your sales page is a joke.

Ebay wins.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/#comment-58391 Jeremy Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:55:31 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/#comment-58391 I am starting to prefer http://www.half.com. Yes, it's part of eBay, but I like the format better, and I've had better luck. I am starting to prefer http://www.half.com. Yes, it’s part of eBay, but I like the format better, and I’ve had better luck.

]]> By: Dave Mann http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/#comment-58387 Dave Mann Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:07:32 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/#comment-58387 If you want to sell as a single lot I would suggest Ebay. If you are worried about getting your price you could list with a reserve price to minimize your risk. If you want to sell one by one I would suggest Amazon. You can see what other copies sell for and set your own price. Might be a bit of work with 100+ volumes tho (listing and shipping). I cycle through a lot of books depending on what computer-related subject I'm concentrating on at work. The old ones go up on Amazon as soon as I'm done with them. -- Dave If you want to sell as a single lot I would suggest Ebay. If you are worried about getting your price you could list with a reserve price to minimize your risk.

If you want to sell one by one I would suggest Amazon. You can see what other copies sell for and set your own price. Might be a bit of work with 100+ volumes tho (listing and shipping).

I cycle through a lot of books depending on what computer-related subject I’m concentrating on at work. The old ones go up on Amazon as soon as I’m done with them.

– Dave

]]> By: Justin http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/#comment-58365 Justin Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:16:40 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/#comment-58365 I've been using amazon to sell all my cd's and a couple of books. The nice thing is all the work is already done- just type the UPC code in and all the product info, including picture is already there. They even work out the shipping costs for you! I’ve been using amazon to sell all my cd’s and a couple of books. The nice thing is all the work is already done- just type the UPC code in and all the product info, including picture is already there. They even work out the shipping costs for you!

]]> By: Leoff http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/#comment-58363 Leoff Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:49:39 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/#comment-58363 I'd like to buy them, but would like to know just a little more about them. Is it possible to get a list of what titles you have, or a very brief overall condition assessment? Depending on the condition and titles available, I'll put in my interest on a purchase of them. crudjunk at yahoo dot com I’d like to buy them, but would like to know just a little more about them. Is it possible to get a list of what titles you have, or a very brief overall condition assessment?

Depending on the condition and titles available, I’ll put in my interest on a purchase of them.

crudjunk at yahoo dot com

]]> By: Forums http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/#comment-58359 Forums Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:29:04 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/#comment-58359 Try going to the fans instead of having them come to you. Televisionwithoutpity and SciFi both have fairly active forums, I believe. I bet if you posted in a merchandise thread, you'd get offers. Or at least suggestions about where to post further. Try going to the fans instead of having them come to you. Televisionwithoutpity and SciFi both have fairly active forums, I believe. I bet if you posted in a merchandise thread, you’d get offers. Or at least suggestions about where to post further.

]]> By: Blaine Moore (First Time Homeowner) http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/#comment-58355 Blaine Moore (First Time Homeowner) Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:22:03 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/08/22/selling-my-books-on-ebay-probably-not-worth-it/#comment-58355 Well, my mother sells the same dolls on eBay pretty often. She just uses a template and can get an auction up and running pretty quickly. You could probably set up either a template or else a text file and just copy and paste, changing your episode number and the description as you go about it. You would probably want to stagger your auctions as well, so that you can test what works and get more of them sold rather than somebody only wanting to bid on one or two at a time. Well, my mother sells the same dolls on eBay pretty often. She just uses a template and can get an auction up and running pretty quickly. You could probably set up either a template or else a text file and just copy and paste, changing your episode number and the description as you go about it. You would probably want to stagger your auctions as well, so that you can test what works and get more of them sold rather than somebody only wanting to bid on one or two at a time.

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