HOW DO EBAY SELLERS MAKE MONEY SELLING CHEAP BOOKS? IS IT WORTH IT?

DO you charge shipping to the buyer?

Shipping works a lot different in America. You can’t ship six books for the same cost of shipping one.

I am thinking seriously to sell books and if you can make courses how to sell from the beginning I will be your first student, please think of this and please make your prices affordable.

What about the people selling books for 4
Dollars or under with free shipping ?

Wow, bookselling is a lot different where you're from. I couldn't get those prices for brand new books on eBay in America if i held a gun to people's heads. The economy is terrible over here.

You should try selling those to mass market books for 20 quid in the uk, you won't be in business long.

Am surprised your post cost from 1 to 6 books doesnt change. One would assume that 6 books are heavier than 1, so cost more to ship...

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Yes but there's lots of books available for $4-6 on ebay--and frankly those are the ones I buy. How are those sellers making a profit?

Excellent topic and applies to a lot of categories / things we sell online, great video! Loved you walking us through all the costs, profits, etc.

I am shocked you can sell those books for more than $3 to $4 each. Mind you, I'm in the US, so your market may be tighter.

Why aren't you having your customers pay for shipping directly?

Great idea to bundle.

I see thousands of one book without sells

Oh I love this post Mel....... thankyou

In the US, there are folks who undercut the profits of the rest. I don't know how anyone can make between .15 and .50 cents profit for a single book (when you calculate media mail prices), but they put those super cheap books out there for mass media paperbacks. And even larger lots have people making often only about one or two dollars per book, so one can find a massive lot number for a very low price on this media type. Ridiculous!

Hiya Mel can you be able to help if you can I am lost on eBay front

What are the measurements of the different size mailers that you use? I like how you say how many of each size you can put into a bundle that will fit in a certain mailer. I'm not in Australia, so I know my postage fees will be different, but it helps me decide where to start my bundling journey. I think this would be something good for me to try. 😊

Good video, very informative and confirms for me a lot of things about why I sold books in the first place.

Did you specifically choose to wear a Nike shirt? If they are not a sponsor why would you be wearing a shirt with great big block letters advertising for Nike? Just curious. There’s so many clothes in the world, I can’t figure out why someone would wear a company logo on their shirt unless it’s a sponsor, which I think would be fine even though Nike shoes are more meant for active athletes than simply eBay booksellers. I’m an eBay bookseller but of course I prefer Adidas but I won’t be showing up on the Internet with a logo stating that

Thats great idea, You are so cute, I love you

I think it is a good idea to bundle generally.

Only snag is the people who only want to buy one or two as they have read the others in the series so sometimes they are not going to want to pay up for a bundle - but I guess they can buy from the big book recyclers then, who can afford to deal in very low profit per item because they sell so many books overall

Does EBay force you to include “free shipping” in all prices?

Do you always offer free shipping?

I thort it go s on wight. One book less heavy. but 5 book Ain the wight more. Or post office not wight them ? ..unless sending over seas

Mel i want to buy a book for a friend in Australia. How do i find your store?

Hi Mel, How would you go about listing the bundle so people find it. Do you have a video on listing bundles?

New here, and new to reselling! Thank you for this!

Good video...great advice...well done !!

How you you find free or low price books?

Hi. Thanks for sharing all of your knowledge with us!! How do you decide on what the condition cut off on a book is to resell it? Or does that matter? I hope you understand what I’m asking. Lol!!

You’re an absolute genius, Mel. And I’ll be binge watching you again today. 😍

Where do u get free books?

So many resellers dont understand lotting. Ive watched resellers scan a single book from a lot and walk away then I buy the lot and make bank.

Excellent reminder on two points. 1. You have to get stuff cheap, really cheap. 2. Lotting by author gets your average sale up, and drives profit per sale. I rarely sell one book at a. time, it has to be first edition, vintage, and something special. Just sold an 18 book set of Time Life books (which I usually avoid). Paid $8, sold for $79, buyer paid shipping. Weighed 46 pounds!! It would have taken me a long long time to sell individually. Maybe I would have gotten $8 each, but I would always have left overs, and each transaction might make me $4 after fees. No thanks!

Thanks for the info! I am not a reseller but I have a lot of personal books that I'm trying to sell. I had bought 30ish books in the same topic and lost interest before I even opened the cover of most!

Do u aell danielle steele in lots of 3

We can't sell those very common books for anywhere near those prices in the US.

Hi Mel, loving your videos. Getting back to ebay again. I sold regularly when I got my first mortgage on the early 90s. Things have changed a bit. Can I ask about the mailers. I've been looking online &on ebay, so many choices. Are mailers more cost & time effective than bubble wrap & tape? Where do you buy your mailers from & what size do you recommend. I'm going back to doing mainly clothes but starting with the massive house cull which will include some books, dvds etc. Thanks for all the great info.

I bought a set of 1899 encyclopedias for $1 and someone offered me $225 for just one of the books . Sold!

We just started buying pallets of books. This couldn’t be more true. We actually recycle almost half the books because they just are worth enough or poor condition.
We pay less then $100 a pallet so it’s still worth it like you said

I love ur videos and I have a question again lol..how do u say u have a 5 dollar profit on a 15 book u paid $0.50 cents for? Do you include free shipping on all your books? Just trying to figure out how to figure out ultimate profit. I want to be like you when I grow up🤩🤩 Our media mail is $2.89 for a book under 1 pound. Are u shipping priority?

My question though..who is going to pay a high price for a book that u can get for $.70? Like most of the books on ebay are used and in mostly acceptable condition. In fact, most sellers only show stock photos and incorrectly categorize them and the buyer is sold a “like new book” in barely acceptable condition for a high price. If its just as easy for u to get the book for $.70..why would a buyer pay $10 for it? Im also a book seller and can barely give these books away but I also am honest and show the full condition of them in at least 4 angles.

Thank you!

Thanks for that.. very good👍

Obviously people are willing to pay a lot more for books in Australia. Here in the US, those Vince Flynn books that you say you can sell for $14 each are selling on eBay for $4-5, as are the Viking romance books. Even with the comparatively low shipping cost for books here it’s hardly worth it. The idea of bundling books is sound, but we would have to include a lot more books in the bundle.

yeah this simply does not work in US. they sell books for $3 $4 $5 each + free shipping. I don't how do they do it and how much profit they make on $5 sale after all the fees and cost of good shipping etc...

Hey Mel 👋👋👋 How to do track large volumes of books that you get in a single haul? Example, you get 100 books for $50 (expensive I know but maths isn’t my strong point), so that’s $0.50 per book. You give it a SKU, list it and place it on the relevant book shelf awaiting a sale. You may not list the entire haul at once so how do you know what you paid for each book in a haul and how much profit you made from each book from what it sold for? What if you put a few books aside to bundle or make up full sets? I hope that makes sense, I just can’t get my head around it.

On your spreadsheet do you just do average cost per haul or do you catalog every single book on the spreadsheet? Also when storing them how do you know the costs you paid for them? Do you add your own stickers, do you add it to the SKU or do you just track costs in vs costs out?

Lani Steele here - new name. I’d love to know how you pack & ship bundles of books

Great video thumbs up!

That’s a good point. I collect books, and buying them by the “lot” saves me money and, apparently, earns the seller more money, too. 🤝
It also allows the seller to include some books in not-so-good condition with the lot, but I’m usually still happy with the price. I’ve always wondered why sellers won’t just sell me one or two books out of their lot, now I know!