My Used Books Are Selling
Last month I talked about one of my new year’s snowflaking ideas, which was to sell my old books on Amazon.ca. And things have been going like gangbusters! I’m up to about $40 now in sales, however of course the shipping costs are eating into that amount so my total profit isn’t that much, but at least:
- I’m getting these books out of my house.
- Others are able to enjoy them.
- I’ve earned about $10 gross so far.
I know that doesn’t seem like a lot, but quite frankly, I’ll take it! It’s $10 I didn’t have before, and I’ve still got a whole box of books still left to go. My original idea was to leave them on Amazon.ca for 3 months, and if they didn’t sell, then I’d take them to a used book store. At this point the $10 I’ve earned is probably more than I would have earned taking them to a used book store, so I’m happy.
How have your snowflaking efforts been going?
[...] to try and keep better track of the actual gross amount I earn on the books, as I’m curious. A few weeks ago I blogged about my used books selling, but I noted that I’m probably coming out even on the sales, as of course the shipping costs [...]