Newbies Listen - Get Some Cash selling on Amazon - not affiliate.

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Just to remind you that you can be a direct seller on Amazon really easily. I have made over $250 recently - enough to buy a plane ticket to go see my ill sister and maybe a cheeseburger- listing books on Amazon. It is easy - no listing fees until you sell. And you don't have to download the pictures - for books just put in the ISBN. I could probably also sell CD's - one consideration is the weight of the package as there is a standard postage fee that Amazon charges. Actually you can sell anything: Best plan is to send out light stuff - you can do it with a better profit margin.

Books are iffy - a lot have been oversold and I don't send out much where I have hundreds of competitors and a one cent starting point. Recent college textbooks are the most successful.

Well, honestly it is easy until I have to stand in line and send it out. I know there are ways to send things out other than that - but this is not my final business plan and I haven't even explored it.

This is not revolutionary by any means, but I wanted to remind you all about this.
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  • Profile picture of the author FitnessNut
    Interesting you bring this up!

    I actually looked into selling a bunch of college text books awhile back. At the time (and I could be mistaken) it took like 30-60 Days to get paid.

    Just considering listing some of my old text books. What was your experience receiving payments from Amazon?

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  • Profile picture of the author Landro
    Great reminder. I've got so many books from grad school just sitting around. They are a couple years old though - the publishers probably have new editions out. Might be worth a little research to figure out if anything I have is still selling. Great post!
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  • Profile picture of the author TopKat22
    I had a friend who found some perfume and sold it on Amazon and made pretty good money for a while.
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  • Profile picture of the author timpears
    The Goodwill and Salvation Army and other stores like that sell books real cheap. You could buy books from those stores and resell them on Amazon for a profit. This is a little work obviously, but there is money to be made. The thing about buying books in these stores is that there are many books that are worth money available for a dollar or two if you know the book market. There is an app that you can get for your phone that will tell you the price the book is going for and you just plug the book number in and it returns the value. I don't remember what the app is called, sorry.
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    • Profile picture of the author fanreach
      Originally Posted by timpears View Post

      The Goodwill and Salvation Army and other stores like that sell books real cheap. You could buy books from those stores and resell them on Amazon for a profit. This is a little work obviously, but there is money to be made. The thing about buying books in these stores is that there are many books that are worth money available for a dollar or two if you know the book market. There is an app that you can get for your phone that will tell you the price the book is going for and you just plug the book number in and it returns the value. I don't remember what the app is called, sorry.
      New games from Goodwill tend to sell well too. I usually pick a few up whenever I see a Goodwill.

      Profit Bandit is the scouting app I use.

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      • Okay, quiet everybody, FBA is my secret and I intend to keep it that way. :p

        The person who said selling on Amazon is passe obviously hasn't kept up with it. Book prices tend to decline over time, it's true, but there are plenty of other things you can sell on Amazon.

        With Amazon, the more inventory you have, the more you will sell. So you should probably take as little money as possible out of the business and use the rest to buy more inventory.

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  • Profile picture of the author TycoonRob
    I used to sell my college textbooks on Amazon and always got pretty good money from them since they get "recycled" every quarter/semester.
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  • Profile picture of the author Zesh
    I used to sell T-shirts, old uni text books on Amazon and wholesale stuff ;P those were the days
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  • Profile picture of the author wrayor
    Buying and selling books on amazon is passe.
    all the Thrift stores. second hand stores and goodwill know about Amazon and they already go through the books to see if anything is of value. True they might miss a few but chances are if they do someone else has already scooped them up.
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    • Originally Posted by wrayor View Post

      Buying and selling books on amazon is passe.
      all the Thrift stores. second hand stores and goodwill know about Amazon and they already go through the books to see if anything is of value. True they might miss a few but chances are if they do someone else has already scooped them up.
      That's why you want to buy books at garage sales.

      Don't forget Toys and Games is an open category as well (except during the holidays). If you find new unopened toys or games at garage sales, those often sell well on Amazon too.

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      • Profile picture of the author bloomingrose
        Thanks for all the interest is this. Yup it is not the latest thing, and possibly past its prime, but I guarantee that there is still some money to be made. Frankly unless I knew exactly what a book or game sold for I wouldn't pay anything. I have found a textbook still plastic wrapped in the recycling - listed it and got $40 in my bank account. I have also placed ads on craigslist and picked up books from people, saved them from having to donate them. Of course if you are using the app you can check the value of something. For instance, there is an older book that is used a lot by home schoolers - it has some value.

        It took about a week or so to get the money, no minimums like in most of the affiliates programs. (I am looking now more for affiliate programs that pay directly into my paypal immediately.)Like I said, textbooks work best for me, but you got to act fast because of the edition thing. You have to take refunds on Amazon, although you can charge a small restocking fee. Some young lady had to return the Microeconomics textbook I sent her because she had "really meant to order Macroeconomics." My son assured me that was drinking your way through college. By the time I got the book back and relisted it had halved in value. Oh well.

        Let's see what else. Oh, if I have related books I want to get rid of I will include them in a order. When I had to be called away from home, I was late on some sales. I emailed everyone and included some other related books - they were really pleased. And I cleared a bunch of stuff out of my home which is part of this as well.

        I really like the toys and games option, you will see unopened stuff around if you look at garage sales. If it is niche - like Star Wars Monopoly or something, you might be able to get something for it.

        I always get it certified - provides tracking for additional 60 cents. I don't mess with all the fancy postage because I work full-time and can not promise that I would send it out next day or whatever, plus I am lazy and don't want to keep track of it.

        Last point, this is one more way that I am establishing that I am serious on the Internet. For tax purposes ( as well as metaphysical) the more proof I have the better.

        Anyway, I doubt if this will make anyone uber rich, but something is better than nothing.

        And in case I don't post before that - Merry Christmas!
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    • Profile picture of the author bloomingrose
      Originally Posted by wrayor View Post

      Buying and selling books on amazon is passe.
      all the Thrift stores. second hand stores and goodwill know about Amazon and they already go through the books to see if anything is of value. True they might miss a few but chances are if they do someone else has already scooped them up.
      Yeah - it might be passe, and it is not the business model that I want - but it also puts money into the pockets of many people. And I disagree that every book that is of value has been scooped up, like the pretty girl who ignores the Nerd until he makes a million dollars, many people do not see the value right in front of them. And I am not hating on Goodwill employees, but not all of them are multi-millionaires, so they might have let a few pass by. I myself would not pay much for stock - if anything, since people will often give you stuff - but I like the idea of the app a lot if I am already in a Goodwill. And I really wanted to get some stuff cleared out.

      There is a point here that a lot of you product developing Warriors have missed - a lot of people who are on these forums have not made one dime through the Internet. The only reality they really see is toiling away at a job as the only way to make money. There is a lot of power in just making some money - it opens you up to the idea of being an entrepreneur. Maybe I should have posted this is mindset.
      And it does give you some validity as a real business, and my tax guy likes that a lot.

      Or and by the way, I am really interested in fulfillment by Amazon - that way you ship your lose stuff to a fulfillment center and just let Amazon deal with it. Way cool. No boxing stuff up and schlepping to the post office. I am looking into that some more, but here is the link for anyone interested.

      https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/...d=SCMYIOSignUp
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      • Profile picture of the author Hydraman
        I have always found good books at goodwill stores, in spite of the fact that the store themselves have gone through the books to select some to sell.

        Originally Posted by bloomingrose View Post

        Yeah - it might be passe, and it is not the business model that I want - but it also puts money into the pockets of many people. And I disagree that every book that is of value has been scooped up, like the pretty girl who ignores the Nerd until he makes a million dollars, many people do not see the value right in front of them. And I am not hating on Goodwill employees, but not all of them are multi-millionaires, so they might have let a few pass by. I myself would not pay much for stock - if anything, since people will often give you stuff - but I like the idea of the app a lot if I am already in a Goodwill. And I really wanted to get some stuff cleared out.

        There is a point here that a lot of you product developing Warriors have missed - a lot of people who are on these forums have not made one dime through the Internet. The only reality they really see is toiling away at a job as the only way to make money. There is a lot of power in just making some money - it opens you up to the idea of being an entrepreneur. Maybe I should have posted this is mindset.
        And it does give you some validity as a real business, and my tax guy likes that a lot.

        Or and by the way, I am really interested in fulfillment by Amazon - that way you ship your lose stuff to a fulfillment center and just let Amazon deal with it. Way cool. No boxing stuff up and schlepping to the post office. I am looking into that some more, but here is the link for anyone interested.

        https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/...d=SCMYIOSignUp
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  • Profile picture of the author CBSnooper
    Self help books are good to sell on Amazon, and as already mentioned, school text books.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Kilcoyne
    Great advice on an additional income stream. Thanks, John.
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  • Profile picture of the author PeckhamPirate
    Great ideas that get you up and running in no time.
    Most importantly, more ways to pay the bills without resroting the the daily grind.

    Nice work BloomingRose. Thanks for the share.
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  • Profile picture of the author sellerscompanion
    Selling books on Amazon is fine, but a lot of the money being made there by people (including myself) is through FBA (Fulfillment By Amazon). This is where you buy new products, ship them to Amazon and wait to get your money. I know people making thousands from this every single month. I do it too and have done very well since I started in about August. Do a Google search about it.

    As an example, I bought something the other day for $6 in a regular store, shipped to Amazon with other products and sold it for $69. No up front fees to list, Amazon takes the shipping out of your Amazon account and you never come out of pocket except for your product purchases.
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    • Profile picture of the author money fan
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      Originally Posted by sellerscompanion View Post

      Selling books on Amazon is fine, but a lot of the money being made there by people (including myself) is through FBA (Fulfillment By Amazon). This is where you buy new products, ship them to Amazon and wait to get your money. I know people making thousands from this every single month. I do it too and have done very well since I started in about August. Do a Google search about it.

      As an example, I bought something the other day for $6 in a regular store, shipped to Amazon with other products and sold it for $69. No up front fees to list, Amazon takes the shipping out of your Amazon account and you never come out of pocket except for your product purchases.
      Thanks never know about this! I will look into it!
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      • Profile picture of the author bloomingrose
        Woo hoo - that fulfillment by Amazon thing sounds great. No I did not know about it. I will investigate.

        P.S - I also want to write a Kindle book.......
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  • Profile picture of the author Dustin Green
    If we want to consider an extra income , Should try this , great advice dude , seriously I did not know about this before
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  • Profile picture of the author bloomingrose
    This is what I found out about fulillment by Amazon by looking at their site:
    Step 1: You send your products to Amazon.
    You send your new or used products to Amazon's fulfillment centers.
    • Upload your listings to Amazon's system.
    • Let Amazon fulfill all or part of your inventory.
    • Print PDF labels provided by Amazon.
    • Use Amazon's discounted shipping or select your own carrier.

    Unsuitable Products

    Upload listings

    Create a Shipment


    Step 2: Amazon stores your products.
    Amazon catalogs and stores your products in our ready-to-ship inventory.
    • Amazon receives and scans your inventory.
    • We record Item dimensions for storage.
    • You monitor inventory using our integrated tracking system.

    Receiving Inventory at the Fulfillment Center

    Protecting your Inventory

    Storage Rates


    Step 3: Customers order your products.
    Amazon fulfills orders placed directly on Amazon.com or fulfillment requests you submit for sales not on Amazon. When listed on Amazon.com:
    • Your listings rank by price excluding shipping since they are eligible for Super Saver Shipping.*
    • Amazon Prime* members can upgrade shipping options for your FBA listings.

    *Excludes Multi-Channel Fulfillment orders from other websites and services including Amazon WebStore and Checkout by Amazon.
    FBA Listing Advantages

    Multi-Channel Fulfillment

    Selling on Amazon Rates


    Step 4: Amazon picks and packs your products
    Fulfillment by Amazon picks your products from inventory and packages them.
    • Amazon locates your products using our advanced web-to-warehouse, high-speed picking and sorting system.
    • Customers can combine your orders with other items fulfilled by Amazon.

    Branding

    Pick & Pack Rates


    Step 5: Amazon ships your products.
    Amazon ships the products to your customers from our network of fulfillment centers.
    • Amazon ships customer orders using the method they choose.
    • We provide tracking information for customers.
    • For orders on Amazon.com, customers can contact us for customer service.

    Basically as I read that - it is using amazon similar to a drop-shipper or warehouser.
    I am intrigued and hope that those who have some experience on this talk a little more about it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sarevok
    Old as hell thread... But you're absolutely right.

    One of my old friends makes a ton of money flipping physical books on Amazon.

    You probably think that's pure balderdash.

    But I know this guy on a personal level, and know what he does.



    He basically finds cheap books at old "book bootique" shops (here in Massachusetts / Concord area these stores are common), and flips them.

    It will be harder to find anything to reflip at bigger commercial bookstores (not that there's any left); the more "oldschool" the book store is, the more likely you'll find some gems worthy of flipping.

    And college books?

    GOLD.

    I used to make an easy $300 per semester flipping used books at the campus store after I would buy them dirt cheap online.

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