Selling Remainder Books on Amazon
14 June 2002
Used books account for 23% of Amazon's sales.
If you are a publisher with overstocked books you might want to
think about selling them on Amazon or Ebay instead of using a
remainder dealer.
Why? A remainder dealer will may only pay you $0.50 or $1.00 a book,
on Amazon you can often net 30% to 50% of the book's list price.
Example:
List Price: $30.00
To do this effectively you must include a description of the title
in your Amazon Z-shops listing and ship the books promptly upon
order receipt.
Example:
One vendor listed books in Amazon Z-shops without a description and
did not sell one book.
Another listed their old titles on Amazon Z-shops with a description
and sold 70% of their stock in five weeks.
How to do it?
Go to Amazon.com, click on the Sell Your Stuff button at the top of
the page. Then follow the instructions.
Go to Ebay.com, click on Sell and create a new account. Then follow
the instructions.
We advise all on-line vendors whether using Amazon or EBay to let
them handle the payment collection. This makes it easier & less
risky for the customer and the vendor.
Include Links to your Web Site
When preparing the product description for Amazon
Z-shops or Amazon Marketplace or Ebay you can include a link to your
primary web site.
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