Still loving Half.com

[cash330]

I used to sell all my textbooks on Amazon.com through Merchants and just tried Half.com this past semester. I liked it a lot better. I got a larger cut through Half.com (they take 15% for books costing up to $50 and 12.5% for books from $50 to $100 which is usually what I sell at) and they were usually selling higher. I also bought books cheaper.

I've always loved selling my books online. I've heard other students in my class getting as low as 10% to 30% of the purchase price back when selling back to the school bookstore where I can often get up to 80% back. That is a huge difference when it comes to a textbook costing from $100 to $150.

I always ship media mail. I think it's cheaper because it supposedly takes longer and they are less cautious with books. I always go to the Post office because it's easier and it's only 3 minutes from my house.

I just sold a DVD christmas gift from a White Elephant for $4 (after shipping). I think bad Christmas gifts that I can sell are much better than those I can regift because I actually get some cash out of it!

[cptacek]

I just sold two books. "He's just not that into you" and "The 5 love languages". Yes, I did have romance problems in the past.

It's only $3 for one, and $1 for another, but I'll probably make some money on the postage because "he's just not that into you" is a hardback but very small.

I'm not going to update the totals until I buy the postage...post office was closed by the time I wrapped them up. (I'll print the postage next time, but my printer is out of ink right now).

[disneysteve]

Originally Posted by cptacek

I just sold two books.

Great. I listed another item tonite and I was just about to check on 2 more to see what they are going for. I also reduced the price on a previously listed item by 4 cents to make it the cheapest one.