subject: How Sell Your Books - Fast And Easy. [print this page] Everyone has old books at home and today, thanks to the Internet, you can sell your books really, really easy. Let me give you a short description how to do it. (This article contains many live links, if some of them would be removed, look for full text of this article at 123a1.com/ng/a1/7076 and this is a good idea print out this page - for future references.)
The process of selling your books has only 6 simple steps. Only 6 steps and a little bit of patience is all you need to sell all your books.
Believe me it is easy, when you know what to do.
Step 1 - Create an idea (the most important step).
Step 2 - Register a domain or a social account (no necessary, but recommended).
Step 3 - Create the (selling) page.
Step 4 - Register account on Half.com (will explain later).
Step 5 - Bring in the traffic (2 ways to do).
Step 6 - Send out books on time (very important).
The final part - Get the money. Simple!
Now, let's look at the details.
Step 1 - Create an idea. There is one simple marketing rule: You have to be different from all the others, so people will buy from you.
Think how you may be different from all the others and why people will buy from you. What is so special may be about you, your books, and your selling pages. What people can remember when they visit your (selling) page? A small difference is all you need for now.
In the book selling business you have two ways to be different - you may have different product and you may have different service (shipping).
Let me show you some examples.
You may offer the fastest shipping; you may offer the smartest shipping; you may offer the safest shipping. You even may offer extra-ultra-speedy 3 day shipping. There is no point to lie, just present your offer in a good light. If you see no options to be different, try to call your service differently. "Fast 3 day shipping" is better than "Regularly we ship in 3 days". "We guarantee safe, careful handing for your offer" is much better than no guarantees at all. And remember to keep your promises!
Very same story is about your books. There is no point to offer the same books as everyone does; your books have to be different. If your books are in a perfect condition, definitely mention it. If your books aren't in a perfect condition, think why? Emphasize how clever and valuable those books are.
Not every book buyer definitely knows what to buy. Many people make decisions at the very last moment, just after reading your description. Your duty is help your buyers buy from you... And you have to separate your unique offer from all the other offers around.
When you create the idea, how your offer is different, let us move to the next step.
Wait a second... Did you notice it? You don't have to be the best, you don't have to be better; all you need is to be a little bit different.
Step 2 - Register domain or a social account. If you prefer register a new domain, this is your choice, just try to make it related to your goal and related to your main selling idea. If you're selling books don't register MyCoolSite.com - it'll mislead your buyers.
I would recommend open some social account, instead. It is free, you may get some well-sounding address like "site.com/mycolledgebooks" and your new page instantly will have some visitors. I'm using 123a1.com at least for books; you may use anything you like.
Step 3 - Create the (selling) page. Now is the time to be your own web designer, and your own content creator. Make descriptions for your books, mention why you are different and put some pictures. Have you read those books? Mention that too...
The more books you describe, the more you'll sell.
Step 4 - Register account on Half.com . You definitely need someone who will accept buyer's money and transfer money to your bank. What if that someone also will help you with shipping labels and will do it for free (well, almost for free)...
Half.com is a good mediator between you and your book buyers. It is free - you pay small fee only when you sell something; no sales - no fees. It's ease - you may print shipping labels from home and later just drop your parcels at the post office. Don't even waste your time and money for other similar services. Register account on Half, return to the Step 3 and connect your page to your account on Half.
Step 5 - Bring in the traffic. Don't assume that Half or especially Amazon will bring you all the buyers you need. Don't be naive.. Amazon needs own buyers for own goods, and you need your own buyers.
Of course there are several ways to bring your buyers. I would recommend you two main streams - free, and not free. Choose, what is for you.
First, the free option, will bring you some not so big but stable traffic of real buyers - those who is really interesting in books. If you didn't open your page on 123a1.com, do it now. This is the place for book buyers and book sellers, so use your chance to make few more sales. It will cost you nothing, so it is highly recommended option. Any other social places like Facebook, YouTube or even craigslist also can bring you some traffic, when you know how to use them.
Second, not free option.
There are tens of different services, based on CPC. Don't even think about big, expensive guys like Facebook or Google. They will charge 30 cents and up for each visitor. If you don't sell 3000 books per month, don't waste your time and money for those monsters.
Use something small and sweet like clicksor or autotraffic. Clicksor will cost from five to ten cents per targeted click and can bring you good amount of buyers. They have minimum payment of $20. Autotraffic is a bit different from others: their service is $40 per month, but if you not satisfy with amount or quality of traffic, they guarantee you full payment back, so it is like having a free trial. When you're looking for some budget options, smaller companies provide better options.
Step 6 - Send out books on time. This is the most important part of the whole story. If you can't send out sold books ASAP (within 3 days), your whole business will be at a great risk.
Your buyers should be glad to do business with you. This is the cornerstone of your business. Keep your buyers happy and they'll constantly buy from you. Keep your buyers upset and they will ruin your business.
There is the very last advice - any successful business is a marathon, not a sprint. Your future buyers need some time to remember you, so first two-three weeks may bring you no sales at all. This is normal. Follow the steps from this page, and in a matter of a month you should get your first sale and others will follow...
