| I learned the hard way that the fundamentals of | | | | consideration price, feedback and condition. |
| selling books on Amazon is the most important lesson | | | | Describe your books well |
| that you can learn. When I first started, I winged it. I | | | | - Offer full descriptions of every flaw that your book |
| would haphazardly list books that I had around the | | | | has. |
| house, textbooks that friends would give me and | | | | - Point out unique characteristics of the book that a |
| just about any other kind of book you can think of. I | | | | customer would like to see. |
| even listed some for a penny and lost my shirt on | | | | - Do you offer other services such as same day |
| some books! | | | | shipping? Put that in your description. Point out |
| This is simply the way that I personally like to learn. I | | | | everything about this book that you're doing that |
| will gladly lose a little money up front and chalk it up | | | | your competition is not. |
| to training if it will teach me something but you don't | | | | Ship Books Securely |
| have to. I'm going to explain 5 principle fundamentals | | | | - Offer great care when shipping books. |
| that I eventually came to see after a few months of | | | | - Keep in mind that this book will be going through |
| flailing around not knowing which direction to go | | | | sorting machines and will be tossed around. |
| when selling books on Amazon. | | | | - Don't skimp on mailers or boxes. Rigidity is good! |
| Learn what sells | | | | Ship promptly |
| - Research the Amazon Sales Rank to determine | | | | - This is a very important fundamental. Your |
| what's popular. | | | | customers will love to get a book sooner than |
| - Research Amazon trending sites to see what the | | | | expected. |
| history of a book's sales look like. | | | | - Develop a schedule for picking, packing and shipping |
| Learn what NOT to sell | | | | your books. |
| - Research what kind of books are going for a | | | | - Setup USPS pickups at your house so you don't |
| penny. | | | | have to wait in line at the post office. |
| - Notice books that have no image thus usually not | | | | - If you're mailing out a dozen or more books, |
| too popular. | | | | upgrade 1 package to Priority Mail to let you schedule |
| - Notice the kind of books that have a very high | | | | a pick up at your house and to also surprise a |
| (1,000,000+) sales rank. | | | | customer. Try to choose the higher priced books. |
| Price Competitively | | | | This concludes the basic fundamentals of selling |
| - Notice other sellers' prices, price your book in the | | | | books on Amazon's marketplace. There are literally |
| same ballpark. | | | | hundreds of other tips and tricks that you can abide |
| - Look at feedback ratings of other sellers and think | | | | by when being a successful online bookseller selling |
| how a customer would perceive that in regards to | | | | books on Amazon, but I hope that these tips |
| price. | | | | provided a base for future successful sales. |
| - Determine a fair market price taking into | | | | |