My view as a seller is slightly different - also I am in the uk so I talk in pennies not cents but the theory is the same. I find it is not very easy on Amazon to search on everything by one particular seller - so this is not really a reason to sell for 1p.
I sell for 1p because everyone else does! If I find a book at a higher price I undercut the lowest listed price by about 5p so my book will show top of the list for selling. I only sell books for 1p if I know I can post it off for less then the fixed price postage I pay for an item. Most books I end up making about 50p on - but a thin book may make me as much as £1.50 even if it sold for just 1p. I once made a loss on a bigger book as I miscalculated the weight of the packaging and could not be bothered to cancel the sale.(only 17p lost!) Another time I got to the post office and realised my mistake - I would have lost over £1 on this one so I cancelled the sale with an appology to the customer and re-listed the item at a higher price to allow for the increased postage. The lovely buyer bought the book from me again later the same day even though I was no longer the cheapest seller (I don't sell enough to get volume discounts) - it was still packed up ready to go so went in th epost the same day. I have only just started selling as well as bookcrossing - it helps cover postage cosrs and 2nd hand book purchases for the 4 OBCZ's I stock. Now if a book doesn't sell after the 60 day listing I remove it and bookcross it. I bought several boxes of new and used books from E-bay to start my selling. I have now just made back the cost of these books so I am now making a profit - the only problem is I went through a red trafiic light when collecting some books so I have a £60 fine to pay now - so I will end up with a loss unless I can shift some books!!!!! I hope my views help explain things - happy bookcrossing Weebly (aka weebly_one on amazon and also on green metropolis!) --- In [email protected], Karen Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It doesn't matter if the books are not sold in auction format. It gets people interested in what that person has to sell. Retail stores put up "loss leaders" for sale all the time. It is an item that the store is not going to make money on or even lose money on, but it gets people into the store. The law of nature says that a person is more likely to continue looking if they feel they are getting a good deal. > > cenimo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Irene, Karen > > Selling books on amazon isn't done as an auction, it's a set price. > Unless one is a volume seller, as Krcia has pointed out, amazon > charges a $.99 fee and 15% of the sale price. > At one cent, a $.99 fee and 15% of the sale price hardly makes it seem > worthwhile to sell something for one cent. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/wnIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
