This past weekend I went to a garage sale which was advertised as having “hundreds of books”. I wasn’t disappointed when I got there! There where some great books – I grabbed 2 boxes full for about $6 and will be able to resell almost all of them. The lady holding the sale seemed pretty knowledgeable and it turned out that she also sells books online – on eBay.
I looked up her eBay ID later on and saw several hundred books sitting idle with BIN’s and a couple auctions hovering around $1. Her feedback was great but her sales looked very slow – why else would an online book seller sell perfectly good books at a garage sale for 25 cents each or less? It made me realize the obvious that I had known for the past few years – eBay is DEAD for book sellers!
I used to list and sell a good number of books on eBay, recently I have just been putting some rare books on there in hopes of getting something for them fast. I had one book on there for $99 starting bid (this book was selling on Amazon for over $900). With 5 hours left in my auction there wasn’t any bids – over 100 hits but no bids. I closed the listing (I hadn’t had any success selling my other rare books on eBay at deep discounts either recently).
For now, I’m done with eBay. I will continue with my Amazon assault, where I can list books quickly and sell many of them within a few weeks of listing. Not to mention that it is free to list!
Authors bio is coming up shortly.
