Has anyone sold/tried to sell on Amazon?

[TheRoundTable]

Hi,

I am trying to see if I can start a business as don't work at the moment. I have tried to sell a few things on ebay in the past, but the fees are quite excessive. I have acquired a number of books over the years and thinking of selling them on Amazon... I think it is even worse than ebay? I listed one-my first-yesterday -and tried to list another today. Some sellers had listed the same book for 0.01p. How do they make any profit? I listed mine for 0.35p and standard postage cost is £2.80. If sold, I will get £1.74 after Amazon fees! Postage will cost more than that-it is not a light book,so I'd have sold at a loss!

Has anyone tried Amazon? Could you please share your experience with me? Thanks!

I have sold the odd book here and there on amazon but the postage always puts me off.... I only really sell high end text books where the extra postage can be built into the cost...

Its a nice system and trustworthy but amazon do take the p.... They even take a cut off the postage fee!

I think if you sell over a certain amount you get huge discounts and probably couriers would be cheaper for heavy books than royal mail...

Only worth selling on Amazon if you have textbooks that you can sell for £10 or more IME. I have to say I think you'd have to work on a big scale to make any money at all.