Comments on: How to sell books on Amazon and make money!

By: john doe

john doe — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:53:38 +0000

DO you actually sell on amazon? Just wait your turn is just around the corner. Be prepared. One day you will wake up and go to your seller account and your funds are blocked, your money cannot be accessed by anyone but AMAZON to do what ever it pleases. And guess what? there is nothing you can do about it. And every time you call them and ask what is going on, you can’t talk to anyone, you can only e-mail them. And when you e-mail them they extend your review time and you will now need to wait another 60-90 days to get your money. THey rip their sellers off as they please and for no reason. Most of the reasons I have found was because the seller did really well in a short amount of time. Eventually every seller is going to get ripped off and blind sided buy AMAZON. THey also never take the seller’s side. When a customer lies and tells them the book look terrible when they got the book, even if it was brand new, they can lie and get their money back along with the book. And amazon will shut you down or freeze your money that YOU earned.

By: john doe

john doe — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:45:12 +0000

AMAZON ARE RIP OFFS, DONT SELL ON AMAZON

By: tiffany scott

tiffany scott — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:49:23 +0000

For all of you that are thinking about selling on AMAZON..you better watch out.
They are ripping the sellers off. If you have not been ripped off yet, believe me your turn will come, and when it does you will be one ticked off seller. If you do really well with selling books and make some profit they will put your account into review and hold your money for up to 90 days. They don’t support their sellers and let the customers get away with lying, stealing and causing all kinds of problems for the sellers. I was selling on Amazon for 6 months and I had one order that requested expedited shipping, which I only offered standard. As a newbie to selling I waited a day before I sent his shipping. at an overnight rate out my own pocket. As a seller you could be mister perfect and they will shut your account down, during the review process they block your funds you have made, when you get the notice that account is under review they keep your money . If you go to the Google search and type in amazon lawsuit -Amazon holding sellers money they have earned,
Sometimes they don’t get there money back, I had 3,oo in my amazon account and they are still holding my money. They can take fees charged to them out but they cant pay the sellers their money owed to them. This had been going on for years. and in many cases they will be banned from selling,
I have provided a link to show you how bad it is to be a seller on Amazon
JUST DONT GO THERE,NO AMAZON!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:45:26 +0000

Do not sell your books on etextshop.com, as they change the quoted price and don’t send a check anyway! They gave me the used price once they were shipped (the books were NEVER used) and most even had the shipping plastic still on. Don’t do business with them!

By: RC

RC — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:58:10 +0000

what if the customer pays for overnight/1 day shipping? Does amazon give you more than $3.99??

By: Sana

Sana — Sat, 07 May 2011 00:35:51 +0000

The best tool I’ve ever used for making money selling books is called Book Bandit. Unfortunately it’s only available for Android phones, but it lets you scan any book and then calculates all the Amazon selling fees for you. It just display how much net profit you’d make if you sold the book on Amazon. You don’t have to figure out if it’s worth selling. I don’t buy anything to resell unless I can make at least $20 on it. This app helps me weed out all the stuff that doesn’t make money selling on Amazon.

By: Babs

Babs — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:44:34 +0000

Since we are Seniors on a VERY limited income and I am a care giver, I’m wondering what kind of income I can expect if I really throw myself into this selling? It is impossible for me to work out of the house, but my husband could accompany me to garage sales, Thrift Stores, etc. and would get him out of the house more, too. Also, what would you recommend my first step be? I had joined PayPal years ago, but never used it. Do I have to renew or anything? Does it cost to join Amazon? Any help and additional sites anyone can suggest would be wonderful. I’ve tried other ways to make money (baking, dog sitting, selling baskets) and nothing provided a regular income, and I need at least $200 per week, more if possible. I do have a houseful of things I could sell, but need to figure out fair prices. Should I try Craig’s list for things that couldn’t be shipped or would be too costly to ship?
Thanks everyone!

By: Cheap Willie

Cheap Willie — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:41:41 +0000

I sometimes sell books. The reason I sell anything for a penny is because if you 1) pay the $40 a month to be a pro you don’t pay the .99 standard fee to sell an item, 2) sell over 40 items you have broken even on the fee, 3) use media mail, you usually make about a dollar per item if you paid almost nothing for the item by going to 8 or 10 yard sales a week. going to thrift shops every day, and scouring Craigslist for people throwing out free items. 4) Spend most of your life buying and selling so that you can sell a lot to make all of this somewhat profitable, 5) Enjoy it. PS understand the Tax Code so that the IRS doesn’t make an example of you for unreported income.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:23:28 +0000

Books are great to sell on Amazon because they’re (usually) small and easy to ship. You don’t have to limit your business to books though (competition can drive the prices down in books real fast since they are easy to acquire and sell).

You can sell regular everyday products on Amazon and do very well. If you use the FBA program, they’ll even ship them for you!

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:51:43 +0000

i use http://www.stamps.com check it out it is great if you do alot of selling of anything on line