If I may suggest something regarding packing for those on a serious slim budget...what I would use instead of paying for bubble wrap, even from the dollar tree 🌳..I would grab a modest amounts of brown paper grocery bags when shopping..just enough where they don't say anything..do that everywhere I went grocery shopping.. they work like packing paper you find in your shipments from anything you order. Some people use bald up plastic bags to pack the books from moving around or newspapers..personally I don't recommend newspapers due to the ink possibly rubbing off on some of the books covers..but Regarding this, my point is, it doesn't have to be special if you are sending it into FBA, because once the warehouse receives your Package in the Fullfillment Center, they are going to toss what you had, and replace it with their shipping materials. you need to streamline in every way you can...hopefully that helps someone.
17:24 The treasure hunting book what is that specifically about sounds interesting either way I mean if it’s about hunting actual treasure I doubt it but anyway sounds interesting.
Glad I found your channel. It's been really helpful for us! I have a quick question if I may: how do you classify what goes to FBA and what goes to MFN?
I’m so glad to hear it’s been helpful, thank you! I base my decision to send to FBA or FBM by the Amazon ranking and sale’s history of a particular book. I could put together a video explaining this in more detail . Have a great weekend~E
Hi Eric, I notice that you are using Scoutly instead of ScoutIQ. Was was the main reason you went with that app? What are your current triggers for books, CDs and DVD's? I am a newbie but I am not finding much on my ScoutIQ triggers
The main reason for me was the monthly price of Scoutly. I’ve been using it for many years and it has always served me well. As for the triggers I use, I’ll try and put together a video explaining how I go about setting up the triggers. Quest on~E
Hey guys. I just lucked into about 8,000 books. I am new to Amazon FBA and I am trying to see what’s what. I will be selling these myself and am only interested in learning to sell these. A small middle school closed and I inherited all the books from the library and about 1000 text books. While researching I see great used values, but some of the books have a ranking of 1-3 million. Should I list the high ranking ones first?
Great video. This is kind of where I’m at with Amazon/EBay. If you list something FBM from your home inventory, can you have it listed on eBay at the same time as well?
Thank you Kirt. Yes, I have items myself listed on multiple platforms. Once the item sells just remove the item from the other platform ASAP. Hope this helps and thanks for the question Kirt, have a great week~E
The Scoutly app calculates the shipping, cost of goods, fees and gives a complete breakdown of what the profit will be based on the price I choose to sell for.
When signing up for your seller central account did you sign up as an individual or a privately owned business? Are you able to change it later down the road?
Thanks for the great information. My only concern is this- If you are mailing the books yourself to customers, do you still get customers since you cannot offer Amazon 2 day shipping? And do you suggest adding the shipping cost in your price?
Thank you Gina. Yes, most of the books that I sell through MF ( merchant fulfilled) are usually over a million ranking, are more obscure and rare out of print books with a high profit. Usually there are only a few copies if any ( of the titles I’m selling) available on Amazon. So Yes, I do get customers buying from MF because there aren’t many available. The shipping cost is usually only $4-5, so if you’re paying $1 or 2 for a book and selling it for $100+ then I wouldn’t even consider incorporating it into the price. This is just the way I do it, not everyone will agree with it but, it has done well for me😊 Hope this helps Gina Have a great week ~Eric
Thank you for making videos!! One question what category are the best to look for when there’s a ton of books to choose from and not enough time to go through the whole store ?
Hello, as an Amazon seller you would receive a standardized shipping credit of $3.99 for books. The average shipping cost by media mail is roughly around $3.79 for a normal sized book. Keep in mind though if you have a larger heavier book it will cost more to ship. Then you would work the extra cost into your total price. Hope this helps, thanks for watching~E
Hello. I have a fulltime job and was just looking for a side hustle. Would selling used books on Amazon be worth it? I'm only looking to make maybe $200 a month.
Usually no higher than a 700,000 ranking. Also, it depends how many copies are available and what other sellers are selling that particular book or item for.
I just started listing books on FBM and found your channel. Would you also recommend the Scout IQ app or do you just prefer Scoutly and are there differences between the two? Thx
I’ve never used the Scout IQ app so I couldn’t give a comparison. I definitely prefer Scoutly. It gets the job done and suits my needs just fine. The monthly cost is much more reasonable than Scout IQ. Have a great holiday ~ E
You are a great mentor about used book selling! Greetings from Berkeley, CA.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Loved the video. Subscribed
Thank you, glad to hear you enjoyed it 😊
Im really thankful about your channel. I never see any man like you to explain him journey so clean. I love you bud
I like that scoutly format better than I do the ScoutIQ. I might have to switch.
Now thats what you call a top upload thanks fore sharing 👍 👍
That was interesting Eric. Nice info to share and help out. Take care and find lots of treasures 👍😎
Sounds like a fun gig!
Exactly the info I was looking for. Thank You!
Hey Eric!! Thanks for the info. I need to go watch some of your other videos regarding reselling now! Have a great week my friend! God bless!
Thank you, you have a great week as well😊
Good to see you on here ! Might run into at the goodwill again :)
Hi Judi, thanks for watching much appreciated. Yep, I’ll be out there looking for treasure as always, ATB~E
awesome training..thx😊
Thanks Kelly
If I may suggest something regarding packing for those on a serious slim budget...what I would use instead of paying for bubble wrap, even from the dollar tree 🌳..I would grab a modest amounts of brown paper grocery bags when shopping..just enough where they don't say anything..do that everywhere I went grocery shopping.. they work like packing paper you find in your shipments from anything you order. Some people use bald up plastic bags to pack the books from moving around or newspapers..personally I don't recommend newspapers due to the ink possibly rubbing off on some of the books covers..but
Regarding this, my point is, it doesn't have to be special if you are sending it into FBA, because once the warehouse receives your Package in the Fullfillment Center, they are going to toss what you had, and replace it with their shipping materials. you need to streamline in every way you can...hopefully that helps someone.
Wow what a find on the autographed Buzz book. How amazing!!
Great bit of business advice Eric!! I hope this info helps some entrepreneur get started with their own little business venture
17:24 The treasure hunting book what is that specifically about sounds interesting either way I mean if it’s about hunting actual treasure I doubt it but anyway sounds interesting.
Glad I found your channel. It's been really helpful for us! I have a quick question if I may: how do you classify what goes to FBA and what goes to MFN?
I’m so glad to hear it’s been helpful, thank you! I base my decision to send to FBA or FBM by the Amazon ranking and sale’s history of a particular book. I could put together a video explaining this in more detail . Have a great weekend~E
@@quest4gold806 yes I would love a video on this please!
Very good info for the beginning seller, Eric!💖
Thank you for your help.
I'm looking to buy the book titled An English Phonetics Course, written by Paul Christophersen and published by Longman. How do I go about it?
Hi Eric, I notice that you are using Scoutly instead of ScoutIQ. Was was the main reason you went with that app?
What are your current triggers for books, CDs and DVD's? I am a newbie but I am not finding much on my ScoutIQ triggers
The main reason for me was the monthly price of Scoutly. I’ve been using it for many years and it has always served me well.
As for the triggers I use, I’ll try and put together a video explaining how I go about setting up the triggers. Quest on~E
Hey guys. I just lucked into about 8,000 books. I am new to Amazon FBA and I am trying to see what’s what. I will be selling these myself and am only interested in learning to sell these. A small middle school closed and I inherited all the books from the library and about 1000 text books. While researching I see great used values, but some of the books have a ranking of 1-3 million. Should I list the high ranking ones first?
Awesome video man, what kinda hours do you work for what kinda revenue in books particularly?
I'm not sure if you covered in this video, but after you scan all those books, whats the next step?
Great video. This is kind of where I’m at with Amazon/EBay.
If you list something FBM from your home inventory, can you have it listed on eBay at the same time as well?
Thank you Kirt. Yes, I have items myself listed on multiple platforms. Once the item sells just remove the item from the other platform ASAP. Hope this helps and thanks for the question Kirt, have a great week~E
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Do you need to create a new ISBN to resell used books on Amazon?
@@Go4DonDON No, you do not. Thanks for watching
How do you calculate the shipping to incorporate it into your price?
The Scoutly app calculates the shipping, cost of goods, fees and gives a complete breakdown of what the profit will be based on the price I choose to sell for.
@@quest4gold806 Even for the free version?
@@mustbescud There is a free trial to evaluate Scoutly. After the evaluation it would be $10 for the lite plan and $35 for the pro version monthly.
When you scan on scout app does it include Amazon fees? How do you calculate amazon fees
Yes, the app gives a breakdown on Amazon FBA & FBM fees
How much does books usually ship for? Rough average
Roughly, $4-5 to ship by media mail. Hope this helps~E
When signing up for your seller central account did you sign up as an individual or a privately owned business? Are you able to change it later down the road?
Hi Emily, I signed up as an individual when I first started and yes you can upgrade later if you wish. Thanks for watching 😊
Thanks for the great information. My only concern is this- If you are mailing the books yourself to customers, do you still get customers since you cannot offer Amazon 2 day shipping? And do you suggest adding the shipping cost in your price?
Thank you Gina. Yes, most of the books that I sell through MF ( merchant fulfilled) are usually over a million ranking, are more obscure and rare out of print books with a high profit.
Usually there are only a few copies if any ( of the titles I’m selling) available on Amazon.
So Yes, I do get customers buying from MF because there aren’t many available.
The shipping cost is usually only $4-5, so if you’re paying $1 or 2 for a book and selling it for $100+ then I wouldn’t even consider incorporating it into the price.
This is just the way I do it, not everyone will agree with it but, it has done well for me😊
Hope this helps Gina
Have a great week
~Eric
@@quest4gold806 Thank you so much!
How did you get ungated to sell games and dvd’s also?
Thank you for making videos!!
One question what category are the best to look for when there’s a ton of books to choose from and not enough time to go through the whole store ?
Definitely focus on the Non-fiction books. Thank you for watching!
Ive been trying to sell used books on Amazon but keeps getting denied. System wouldn’t let me sell used books. Have they stopped new sellers?
So no you have to have a utility bill to start account right to verify identity
No, just a bank account to get started.
Do you charge shipping separately? Or do you add it on to your price?
Hello, as an Amazon seller you would receive a standardized shipping credit of $3.99 for books. The average shipping cost by media mail is roughly around $3.79 for a normal sized book. Keep in mind though if you have a larger heavier book it will cost more to ship. Then you would work the extra cost into your total price. Hope this helps, thanks for watching~E
WARHAMMER was hot a few years back.
Why sell certain items on eBay? As opposed to Amazon. I acknowledge you can have auctions on eBay...
Amazon should add an auction market or a sister site. It would be interesting. I've even sold used Cologne on eBay
Sometimes the profits are better on eBay vs Amazon and vice versa
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Can you buy them tax exempt with a resale tax certificate? Otherwise you and the customer are paying sales tax
Hello. I have a fulltime job and was just looking for a side hustle. Would selling used books on Amazon be worth it? I'm only looking to make maybe $200 a month.
100% yes. You can very easily make that per month. If you dedicate 1 full day per week, you can make $600 per month.
What is your highest sales rank you usually send to FBA?
Usually no higher than a 700,000 ranking. Also, it depends how many copies are available and what other sellers are selling that particular book or item for.
You don’t explain “restricted items”…..
Michael Collins.
I just started listing books on FBM and found your channel. Would you also recommend the Scout IQ app or do you just prefer Scoutly and are there differences between the two? Thx
I’ve never used the Scout IQ app so I couldn’t give a comparison.
I definitely prefer Scoutly. It gets the job done and suits my needs just fine. The monthly cost is much more reasonable than Scout IQ.
Have a great holiday ~ E
@@quest4gold806 Thanks and same to you!