Comments for Ambooked http://ambooked.com Make Great Money Selling Used Books with Amazon FBA Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:18:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Comment on An FBA Advantage – Freedom to Travel! by mike http://ambooked.com/275/an-fba-advantage-freedom-to-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-7031 mike Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:18:30 +0000 http://ambooked.com/?p=275#comment-7031 I think that is an awesome idea! Check out the Free ebook on the right side of my blog and I'm sure some of that info will help you see that traveling and selling books at the same time is realistic goal.. Keep me posted on how it goes! I think that is an awesome idea! Check out the Free ebook on the right side of my blog and I’m sure some of that info will help you see that traveling and selling books at the same time is realistic goal.. Keep me posted on how it goes!

]]> Comment on An FBA Advantage – Freedom to Travel! by Libby http://ambooked.com/275/an-fba-advantage-freedom-to-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-7026 Libby Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:52:32 +0000 http://ambooked.com/?p=275#comment-7026 This is exactly what I want to do! I love to travel, but I've been selling books online for over 3 years now, and there is no way to travel with them. What I plan to do when I graduate college in 8 months is buy a cheap RV, travel around the country stopping in one place for a few weeks to pick up some books, then moving to the next. I'll have a nearly 3 year old at the time, but I want him to see some of America. Since I would like to home school him, I think it would work out great. What do you think? Libby This is exactly what I want to do! I love to travel, but I’ve been selling books online for over 3 years now, and there is no way to travel with them. What I plan to do when I graduate college in 8 months is buy a cheap RV, travel around the country stopping in one place for a few weeks to pick up some books, then moving to the next. I’ll have a nearly 3 year old at the time, but I want him to see some of America. Since I would like to home school him, I think it would work out great. What do you think?

Libby

]]> Comment on About Me by mike http://ambooked.com/about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-7023 mike Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:46:08 +0000 http://www.ambooked.com/?page_id=28#comment-7023 Hi Scott, Great questions! I think the easiest way to learn what books to buy at first is to learn what books to avoid - mass market fiction, dummies books, romance novels, most biographies, readers digest, etc... you will probably want to start with non fiction. I would highly recommend reading Steve Weber's "The Home-Based Bookstore" - available on Amazon. I would say I reject 10 books for every 1 that I buy - when you are starting that number is going to be a lot higher though - maybe 50?? I started selling books without a scanner or smart phone as well and learned a lot during this time - I think it has helped me tremendously as I can make good guesses on books before I even scan them and don't have to scan through every single book at a booksale like my competition does. Thanks for reading my blog! Hi Scott, Great questions! I think the easiest way to learn what books to buy at first is to learn what books to avoid – mass market fiction, dummies books, romance novels, most biographies, readers digest, etc… you will probably want to start with non fiction. I would highly recommend reading Steve Weber’s “The Home-Based Bookstore” – available on Amazon.

I would say I reject 10 books for every 1 that I buy – when you are starting that number is going to be a lot higher though – maybe 50??

I started selling books without a scanner or smart phone as well and learned a lot during this time – I think it has helped me tremendously as I can make good guesses on books before I even scan them and don’t have to scan through every single book at a booksale like my competition does.

Thanks for reading my blog!

]]> Comment on About Me by Scott http://ambooked.com/about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6989 Scott Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:19:19 +0000 http://www.ambooked.com/?page_id=28#comment-6989 Mike, As a person that is new to bookselling, do you have any recommendation on what types of books I should focus on when I am searching through a library or thrift store? i.e. How to books like xxx For Dummies, or cooking books, or fiction ... When searching, how many books do you typically scan & reject for every one that you think you can make money on & buy ? Finally, without a smart phone to price search books as you scan them (I currently don't have a smart phone), how would you pick through which books to buy? (I am currently making a list of some of them & coming back later, or bringing my laptop & tying into wi-fi where available) Thanks a lot! Mike,

As a person that is new to bookselling, do you have any recommendation on what types of books I should focus on when I am searching through a library or thrift store? i.e. How to books like xxx For Dummies, or cooking books, or fiction …

When searching, how many books do you typically scan & reject for every one that you think you can make money on & buy ?

Finally, without a smart phone to price search books as you scan them (I currently don’t have a smart phone), how would you pick through which books to buy? (I am currently making a list of some of them & coming back later, or bringing my laptop & tying into wi-fi where available)

Thanks a lot!

]]> Comment on About Me by mike http://ambooked.com/about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6964 mike Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:27:06 +0000 http://www.ambooked.com/?page_id=28#comment-6964 Hi - the "Retail Arbitrage" ebook is a book that you must purchase, I have the book and HIGHLY recommend it.... it is expensive but it has enough info in it about selling products on FBA to more than pay for itself many times over. "Selling on Amazon's FBA Program" is free (it used to be a book for purchase as well). It is a great guide to getting started & understanding the process of selling on Amazon FBA - not to mention motivation! Hi – the “Retail Arbitrage” ebook is a book that you must purchase, I have the book and HIGHLY recommend it…. it is expensive but it has enough info in it about selling products on FBA to more than pay for itself many times over. “Selling on Amazon’s FBA Program” is free (it used to be a book for purchase as well). It is a great guide to getting started & understanding the process of selling on Amazon FBA – not to mention motivation!

]]> Comment on About Me by Darshan http://ambooked.com/about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6941 Darshan Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:43:03 +0000 http://www.ambooked.com/?page_id=28#comment-6941 Hi Mike, On average do you keep track how long it takes to sell on book? Obviously there are a lot of factors involved but I am curious at how long it takes you. Hi Mike,

On average do you keep track how long it takes to sell on book? Obviously there are a lot of factors involved but I am curious at how long it takes you.

]]> Comment on About Me by Darshan http://ambooked.com/about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6940 Darshan Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:36:55 +0000 http://www.ambooked.com/?page_id=28#comment-6940 Hi mike, I noticed that your blog advertises two ebooks for sale ... "Retail Arbitrage" and "Selling on Amazon's FBA program" ... do I get that by signing up for your email list or do I buy that separately? Also are not you worried that if you sell/share this information you will increase competition ... may be someone reading these books will see you at the next book sale and vulturize the picking process ... ever though of that? Hi mike,

I noticed that your blog advertises two ebooks for sale … “Retail Arbitrage” and “Selling on Amazon’s FBA program” … do I get that by signing up for your email list or do I buy that separately?

Also are not you worried that if you sell/share this information you will increase competition … may be someone reading these books will see you at the next book sale and vulturize the picking process … ever though of that?

]]> Comment on About Me by mike http://ambooked.com/about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6929 mike Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:54:28 +0000 http://www.ambooked.com/?page_id=28#comment-6929 Hi Darshan, yes my goal is to buy fast selling products. So far in my blog all of the sales rankings are for books, I am not experienced enough with other products sales rankings yet to offer advice on those. Hi Darshan, yes my goal is to buy fast selling products. So far in my blog all of the sales rankings are for books, I am not experienced enough with other products sales rankings yet to offer advice on those.

]]> Comment on About Me by mike http://ambooked.com/about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6928 mike Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:52:17 +0000 http://www.ambooked.com/?page_id=28#comment-6928 Hi Darshan, I totally agree.. If you are a small business (or 1 person business like me), I am much better off spending my time finding inventory and paying a little higher fees letting Amazon ship & do customer service for me than handling everything myself - and that is not even mentioning the competitive advantage that FBA gives me. I love "Barcode Booty" by Steve Weber, I have been reading his blog & books for a few years - he really knows his stuff. I am starting to get into other retail products - another great book is<a href="http://fbapower.com/ambooked/" rel="nofollow"> Retail Arbitrage by Chris Green </a>(the ebook is $97 but I think it is worth the investment). If you decide to buy it please purchase through my link and I will get a commission. Hi Darshan, I totally agree.. If you are a small business (or 1 person business like me), I am much better off spending my time finding inventory and paying a little higher fees letting Amazon ship & do customer service for me than handling everything myself – and that is not even mentioning the competitive advantage that FBA gives me. I love “Barcode Booty” by Steve Weber, I have been reading his blog & books for a few years – he really knows his stuff. I am starting to get into other retail products – another great book is Retail Arbitrage by Chris Green (the ebook is $97 but I think it is worth the investment). If you decide to buy it please purchase through my link and I will get a commission.

]]> Comment on About Me by darshan http://ambooked.com/about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6927 darshan Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:29:29 +0000 http://www.ambooked.com/?page_id=28#comment-6927 HI mike, You state you want to only buy products that sell fast. Since you mostly deal in books this is the above 100,000 rank you use in your posts correct? HI mike,

You state you want to only buy products that sell fast. Since you mostly deal in books this is the above 100,000 rank you use in your posts correct?

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