How to Sell Used Books Online
Here are the three best places that I know of to sell used books online. On
a personal note, I prefer to sell on Ebay since its auction
oriented, and one of the fastest growing online marketplaces. This page will mainly focus on selling on EBay. Books happen to be some of the best selling items on Ebay. If you've ever wanted to start an Ebay business but didn't know what to sell, books are the perfect products to sell on Ebay. To sell on Ebay you will need an Ebay account, if you don't already have one you can
sign up for one here.
Ebay
Ebay has an excellent "how to sell on Ebay" section with audio and video
tutorials, this is a great way to get yourself familiar with
Ebay if you have never sold on Ebay before.
How to sell on Ebay
Amazon Books
How to sell on Amazon
AbeBooks
How to sell on AbeBooks.com
Information to Disclose About a Book
No matter where you sell your books you will always want to
include the following information about them:
Pictures should also be taken with a decent quality digital
camera. If you already have one you're probably all set. But if
you don't I have to recommend the
Canon PowerShot A590IS .
I did a great deal of research and found that particular camera
to be the best camera for the cost. At the very least the
following pictures should be included:
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Front Cover
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Copyright Page
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Any Flaws
Handling Payments on eBay
The two best ways to accept payments on eBay are by Money
Order, and Paypal.
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Paypal Is the easiest and most accepted way to accept and
make payments on eBay
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You can
sign up for
Paypal here.
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Once you're signed up you have the option to use Paypal
on your auctions and people will be able to pay you with a
credit card through them, you can then transfer that money
right to your bank account through Paypal, it's very simple
to use.
After A Sale is Made
Follow up with email
Once a sale is paid for by the buyer and the package has been
shipped an email should be sent. This email should state that
the package has shipped, and provide the tracking number if
available.
About Feedback
From time to time you will receive emails with questions or
emails from customers that are happy / unhappy. When this
happens it is good to reply promptly and professionally. Try to
satisfy your customers so that if they leave feedback it will
likely be positive. If you're selling on eBay, their feedback
system is extremely important to your selling success. The most
common reason a customer will leave negative feedback is because
of simple things like not answering emails or simply not working
out simple problems. It's easy to have great feedback if you
make customer satisfaction and service a high priority.
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