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How to Sell Books on Amazon_ A Crash Course in Book Wholesaling

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Fortunately, I had an old comic book collecti<strong>on</strong> I’d been mean<strong>in</strong>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> sell o . Without<br />

any better idea of what <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> do (back then, I had no idea how <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> sell books <strong>on</strong> Amaz<strong>on</strong>), I<br />

turned <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong>e of the most popular peer-<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>-peer sales platform <strong>on</strong> the web:<br />

Ebay.<br />

Thus, I made some great aucti<strong>on</strong> pages and listed my comics. Then, I just sat and<br />

waited…<br />

… and waited…<br />

… and waited.<br />

A week passed and my aucti<strong>on</strong>s ended.<br />

Zero sales.<br />

And here’s why…<br />

Reas<strong>on</strong> #1 Amaz<strong>on</strong> is a Great Place <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Sell</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>Book</strong>s</str<strong>on</strong>g>: Shared List<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

When you sell a product <strong>on</strong> Ebay, it’s you AND your list<strong>in</strong>g that’s compet<strong>in</strong>g. And even<br />

if you’re the cheapest or best entry, you might not appear <strong>on</strong> the rst page of search<br />

results (not unless the shopper uses the lters, of course). And despite the fact that my<br />

comic books were priced aggressively, the list<strong>in</strong>gs whose sellers had been sell<strong>in</strong>g <strong>on</strong><br />

Ebay l<strong>on</strong>ger (sometimes for a decade or more) were given precedence.<br />

Get Notificati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

EBAY LISTS INDIVIDUALLY BY SELLER, NOT ITEM. WEIRDOS.<br />

https://www.junglescout.com/blog/how-<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>-sell-books-<strong>on</strong>-amaz<strong>on</strong>/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_c<strong>on</strong>tent=This+is+probably+the+easiest+wa

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