Selling books are big and profitable. In fact Amazon easily has
become on of these most successful online book seller to prove that
point. But how does the a small scale business idea turn into a big
profit business for you? Where do you find books to sell? And where do
you sell them to?
Why Books?
Books are easy to ship meaning less tendencies to break via transit through the mailing system. Also books can carry some sentimental value to some people especially old children's books that maybe they once grew up reading. Now they would like to pass that joy of reading to their children. Also many older how to books are still relevant and prevalent even today. A lot of things change, but there are many principles which have the tendency to stay the same like books on technical analysis for the stock market. Even if you don't know what this means, technical analysis tends to stay pretty much the same.
But how can you buy them for a cheap enough price to resell them? You ask? Well there is a well-known trade secret within the public library's that sometimes overstock of books need to be sold either to make room for other newer books or maybe to raise money. Just think, how many times have you or your kids lost a book and never paid a dime back to your local library. Many have paid, but I'm thinking there's a lot of people who don't. Libraries can easily sell old books so that they can buy books to replace those which are lost or damaged.
Now what you'll need to do is call or go to each of your County's libraries and simply ask them when they have their book sales usually? Larger libraries may have more or sell more, but once you can find this information out, it can be very valuable. Many libraries sell these books by bulk and many of them are hundreds if not thousands of pieces of books for one price. Once this happens, you can look through those books, and find what is the current value for them. You can do this by simply going online to eBay and find out if that book has sold before. Or you can go to places like Amazon or Barnes and Nobles online and look to see how much are they selling it for.
As you are working to find the value of those books, after doing some simple math you can find out on an average how much each book cost you when you bought them. Now once you are selling them on eBay you'll have to find out what books are more valuable than others. This comes by researching eBay itself and from experience of selling books.
Some books you will lose money on and some you'll make more than the average price. You might have to lower your price on one book to make a profit on another. In other words, once you get in contact with a potential buyer, a way to encourage them to buy from you, you can offer another book free or at a discount if they pay for another book.
In whichever way you carry out this, selling used books is just on of the many small-scale business ideas which you can make some profit and turn into something larger once you've learned how to work the business.
Why Books?
Books are easy to ship meaning less tendencies to break via transit through the mailing system. Also books can carry some sentimental value to some people especially old children's books that maybe they once grew up reading. Now they would like to pass that joy of reading to their children. Also many older how to books are still relevant and prevalent even today. A lot of things change, but there are many principles which have the tendency to stay the same like books on technical analysis for the stock market. Even if you don't know what this means, technical analysis tends to stay pretty much the same.
But how can you buy them for a cheap enough price to resell them? You ask? Well there is a well-known trade secret within the public library's that sometimes overstock of books need to be sold either to make room for other newer books or maybe to raise money. Just think, how many times have you or your kids lost a book and never paid a dime back to your local library. Many have paid, but I'm thinking there's a lot of people who don't. Libraries can easily sell old books so that they can buy books to replace those which are lost or damaged.
Now what you'll need to do is call or go to each of your County's libraries and simply ask them when they have their book sales usually? Larger libraries may have more or sell more, but once you can find this information out, it can be very valuable. Many libraries sell these books by bulk and many of them are hundreds if not thousands of pieces of books for one price. Once this happens, you can look through those books, and find what is the current value for them. You can do this by simply going online to eBay and find out if that book has sold before. Or you can go to places like Amazon or Barnes and Nobles online and look to see how much are they selling it for.
As you are working to find the value of those books, after doing some simple math you can find out on an average how much each book cost you when you bought them. Now once you are selling them on eBay you'll have to find out what books are more valuable than others. This comes by researching eBay itself and from experience of selling books.
Some books you will lose money on and some you'll make more than the average price. You might have to lower your price on one book to make a profit on another. In other words, once you get in contact with a potential buyer, a way to encourage them to buy from you, you can offer another book free or at a discount if they pay for another book.
In whichever way you carry out this, selling used books is just on of the many small-scale business ideas which you can make some profit and turn into something larger once you've learned how to work the business.
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