posted on June 13, 2001 09:59:06 PM new
I've got a lot of books to sell and was looking around on ABE to see if they allow little sellers. Seems they do, for $25 a month. Has anyone signed up with them, and does it pay?
Is there anything else out there like the old Bibliofind (which I loved to browse in), as an alternative to half.com?
posted on June 14, 2001 01:05:34 PM new
People have been saying good things about amazon again - not the auctions. I think it's no listing fee, but the FVF is $1.00 + 15% - I'm going from memory here.
Also, you might want to check out a group over at yahoo called BSFI - Book Selling for Idiots. Lots of information there.
posted on June 15, 2001 11:57:55 PM new
The problem is in the percentages..... especially gonna hit the 'little seller'.
You need to have several hundred items on when they are in a static market like that. You likely cannot have several hundred AVAILABLE TO SELL THE FIRST MONTH. You have to build.
It hurts when that monthly fee rolls around again and you haven't had a sale to cover it yet. Then in the second month you have sold enough to cover your fee, whew!
But.......where is your profit?
Then you find yourself paying the third monthly fee and not enough sales to cover it!
So, at three months into it do you throw out three + months work or grit your teeth and hang on? I would reccomend not starting unless you are able to hold on.
There is nothing wrong with ABE, but they just don't get the traffic that ebay & Amazon do.
I found it very easy to 'send' my entire description from Amazon auction - to ABE - and then cancel the Amazon auction, just to test the water at ABE. I would NOT advise having the exact item offered at both ABE & another venue, speaking here of an item you only have one of.
