On Tuesday, I listed 36 items on half.com. It was a little tedious getting everything listed, but I did it.
I already made one sale! It was for a children's book that I listed for $0.99. Funny thing too. There was only one book listed of this same title. It was listed for over $300! Crazy. I guess I'm a little more reasonable. This was not more than a $4 book from Scholastic. Ours was in good shape, except for a cut on the cover which I disclosed.
Half.com reimburses for shipping at the media mail rate. I was able to ship this very small paperback book first class for less. I netted $1.56. I bet I would have only received a quarter at a garage sale.
Small sale, but they do all add up. Who else has books listed on half.com? It doesn't cost anything to list. If they don't sell, you are not out anything. I have a book that has been listed for at least 6 months and still hasn't sold!
A Half.com Sale
January 22nd, 2010 at 07:14 pm
January 22nd, 2010 at 08:36 pm 1264192619
Could the other book possibly have been an ARC? (Advanced Readers Copy) Those tend to be higher in value given changes to the plot and rough sketches before actual illustrations. And of course my kids love to catch the typos in it.
January 22nd, 2010 at 09:47 pm 1264196820
I've actually had books sell that I'd forgotten I even had listed! But it's no problem as long as you check your e-mail regularly. I just keep my for-sale books on a separate bookshelf so I don't have to dig around to find them.
One of my favorite aspects of Half.com is that you can check and see if your book title has sold recently, and at what price. Then you know what's a reasonable price to ask, and if it's a more-expensive book you can undercut the current listing prices by a buck or two.
We've practically broken even on NT's textbooks by buying used on various discount sites and then selling on Half.com when he's done with them. What could have been a really big expense has turned out to be negligable!
January 23rd, 2010 at 06:13 pm 1264270406