I used to make a good profit with books, but Covid absolutely crushed my groove! First of all, when we were social distancing, all the library book sales dried up... They are finally having them again, but the quantity/quality are just not what they used to be IMO. More importantly, the reliable way to go was in reselling college/high school textbooks. When Covid hit, a TON of classrooms went to online learning. Instead of getting a physical book, many students were now purchasing a downloadable textbook. Couple that with thrift store prices going way up, the shipping doubling in cost, and Amazon going crazy with fees... I know there are still profits to be made for some diehard resellers... But the glory days are way over...
Things will bounce back like they always do and the more resellers that get discouraged and quit gives the resellers that stick with it less competition.
For the last few years I buy all my books frm online resellers. The books are all used but still clean n in good shape. Thank you for doing all the hunting for us readers😊
The thing that has changed the most for me was store clearances. I used to get items for 90% after 2021 and the huge surge of pallet buyers and bin stores i feel like seeling pallets of items is better then selling items cheaply on the shelves. But food was good on Amazon it fell. There is still an opportunity for things out there but it is much much harder. I have been a long time followerer of yours and you have showed me how to make money which i have but anyone that resells has to be on a constant change and be aware of their own local area.
Really enjoyed your content on eBay automation; this is the cool stuff nobody in the resale space seems to be covering besides you. I plan on writing some scripts for my store in the future!
The place to start with reselling right now is building up money and just waiting. While you wait, start researching and learning instead of doing the dumb and lazy thing of just copying what you see on RUclips. There are plenty of future failures that do that already, so separate yourself from the herd and gain knowledge.
I used to sell used paperbacks on Amazon untill E-Books basucaly destroyed the market. I had a few thrifts that sold paperback for a dollar per plastic grocery bag full. Anything not worth bothering with arrived as a donation to a different thrift. Also the website Paperback Swap was a good source... Vintage Betty Crocker Cookbooks with the 5 rings like a notebook were VERY profitable...
I've historically not done well with books. Other than buying bulk amounts of new kids' books and leather-bound bibles of course! Those are always good buys, they're just harder to come across. For me anyway. These days I'm really concentrating on older electronics and 80's/90's action figures.
?? Blake, I met a cool guy, a Ph.D student at the dog park who has thousands of Magic The Gathering cards. Told him I have zero knowledge but I’d ask you 😬 how to find out value. He knows most are worth nothing, so he has reasonable expectations. Any quick tips?
I used to make a good profit with books, but Covid absolutely crushed my groove! First of all, when we were social distancing, all the library book sales dried up... They are finally having them again, but the quantity/quality are just not what they used to be IMO. More importantly, the reliable way to go was in reselling college/high school textbooks. When Covid hit, a TON of classrooms went to online learning. Instead of getting a physical book, many students were now purchasing a downloadable textbook. Couple that with thrift store prices going way up, the shipping doubling in cost, and Amazon going crazy with fees... I know there are still profits to be made for some diehard resellers... But the glory days are way over...
Things will bounce back like they always do and the more resellers that get discouraged and quit gives the resellers that stick with it less competition.
For the last few years I buy all my books frm online resellers. The books are all used but still clean n in good shape. Thank you for doing all the hunting for us readers😊
The thing that has changed the most for me was store clearances. I used to get items for 90% after 2021 and the huge surge of pallet buyers and bin stores i feel like seeling pallets of items is better then selling items cheaply on the shelves.
But food was good on Amazon it fell. There is still an opportunity for things out there but it is much much harder.
I have been a long time followerer of yours and you have showed me how to make money which i have but anyone that resells has to be on a constant change and be aware of their own local area.
Books are incredibly viable because the margins are incredible! :)
Really enjoyed your content on eBay automation; this is the cool stuff nobody in the resale space seems to be covering besides you. I plan on writing some scripts for my store in the future!
@@seattlesharksfan thank you!
Books are just money in disguise. They are great.
@@josh_graff is there a reason I should think this is true for those without niche value? When I was a beginner, I lacked all such novel erudition.
Novel huh. Very punny.@@WBKnoblock
I’m doing similar to you I think I’m going to sell mostly books after 3 years of everything I just bought 1000 books that are mostly very sellable
I can't compete with goodwill and similar when it comes to books. It's where I started, books and CDs 💿 when they were a brand new thing
Go Lions! That’s a sick hat
The place to start with reselling right now is building up money and just waiting. While you wait, start researching and learning instead of doing the dumb and lazy thing of just copying what you see on RUclips. There are plenty of future failures that do that already, so separate yourself from the herd and gain knowledge.
I liked the way you talk, to the point.
I used to sell used paperbacks on Amazon untill E-Books basucaly destroyed the market. I had a few thrifts that sold paperback for a dollar per plastic grocery bag full. Anything not worth bothering with arrived as a donation to a different thrift. Also the website Paperback Swap was a good source... Vintage Betty Crocker Cookbooks with the 5 rings like a notebook were VERY profitable...
I've historically not done well with books. Other than buying bulk amounts of new kids' books and leather-bound bibles of course! Those are always good buys, they're just harder to come across. For me anyway. These days I'm really concentrating on older electronics and 80's/90's action figures.
@@cbmikey maybe it’s just me but I am seeing a huge boon in demand for 80s/90s action figures and collectibles
@@WBKnoblock I'm having a lot of luck with Transformers, He-Man and original Star Wars stuff.
?? Blake, I met a cool guy, a Ph.D student at the dog park who has thousands of Magic The Gathering cards. Told him I have zero knowledge but I’d ask you 😬 how to find out value. He knows most are worth nothing, so he has reasonable expectations. Any quick tips?
@@brendatomlinson there are several apps that scan the cards and give an approximate value- I would start there
@@WBKnoblock I knew you would have a suggestion! Thanks so much as always for your help and insight
I just sold rocky first edition for 50
Knowing how to identify a first edition is valuable knowledge indeed
@@WBKnoblockthat is a challenge for me
Seth Rogan
First
Literally just rambling for 15 minutes and didn't even begin to answer the question...the most useless video in the history of RUclips 🤦🤦🏿♂️🤦♂️
It’s a 5:22 video. I’m guessing you’ve got issues.