ABE has a monthly fee based on number of listings.
I’ve sold books on both platforms and I’ve had a lot more success with Amazon.
I should also add that the meeting took place at 4.30am for Arkady, such was the importance of it to Abe.”She described the protest, which was sparked by British bookseller Simon Beattie, as “extraordinary and unprecedented”, and said that without it, “I know we would not have so easily got this excellent outcome”.“It’s fantastic,” Beattie told the Guardian on Thursday.
An “extraordinary and unprecedented” global protest from antiquarian booksellers has forced the Amazon-owned secondhand marketplace AbeBooks to backtrack on … Have a PayPal account? The sellers I know who sell on both Amazon and ABEbooks, move about ten times the number of books on Amazon than they do on ABE.
An “extraordinary and unprecedented” global protest from antiquarian booksellers has forced the Amazon-owned secondhand marketplace AbeBooks to backtrack on its decision to pull out of several countries.“Booksellers around the world have clearly demonstrated that virtues like selfless solidarity and support have a value beyond the interests and decisions of a company however large it may be,” they said on Thursday.In an email to ILAB’s 1,800 members, Burdon said that booksellers in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia and South Korea will “not be cut off this month nor in the future”.
i never have done that before, but most often when search a book on the net i think, amazon is the best because most international site are affiliated to that site they have a quick link to amazon, so i think it would be amazon, EBAY is only good for shopping in terms of material thing's such as bag, gadgets, equipments and etc. Also, comparing how much cheaper you sell the books compared to places like Abebooks is meaningless because the sellers on Abebooks list (but don't sell their books) for 3-10 times what they actually go for. When it comes to selling books on Amazon vs eBay, personally, I feel Amazon is the better option.
How do sales compare to Amazon? Amazon's end-to-end selling process is somewhat more complex than eBay's, with the selling-oriented functions of the site somewhat hidden and more difficult to use. I may wait until my stock increases as I’ve heard varying reports of success on ABE.We sell on both abe and Amazon.
Does anyone have any experience selling on ABEbooks? See what the listings look like. She said that Vitrouk had started by apologising for the behaviour of AbeBooks: “Arkady told us that Abe are very well aware of the mistake they have made.
So you cannot really read or participate in the forum for free (I don’t mean there is a charge for the forum, just that there is a charge for being an ABE selller).The sellers I know who sell on both Amazon and ABEbooks, move about ten times the number of books on Amazon than they do on ABE.The monthly fee on ABE is a minimum of $25 for up to 500 books, so it’s best to have a big upload ready to go before you decide to sign up.The sellers I know who sell only on ABEbooks whine a lot about no sales.Edited by: Lake on Jan 14, 2015 1:07 PMABE is geared more toward rare and collectible books than Amazon, and you’re more likely to find those those buyers there if that’s what you’re offering for sale. Edited by: James on Apr 16, 2016 11:55 AMHi. For all credit card sales through the AbeBooks.com and AbeBooks.co.uk web sites, an external payment service fee of 5.5% is charged for an order up to US $500.
You can download it for free without being an ABE seller.And if you want to add other book selling venues, the first step is a database.Start shopping there and check comparable offers for your books, that’s a start.
If you turnover less than $250 a month there (IIRC), the zero listing fee option is worthwhile.
In 2019, nearly 225,000 Amazon sellers worldwide eclipsed $100,000 in sales, up from nearly 200,000 in 2018—and 15,000 U.S. businesses broke $1 million.
I know lots of people have been quoting ILAB’s motto, amor librorum nos unit, but it’s really true, and wonderfully uplifting.”Please choose your username under which you would like all your comments to show up. However, it will be the higher value stuff that tends to go. Amazon is not a bookseller; it is an all you can eat buffet, a jack of all trades. Getting started with eBay selling is somewhat simpler. Sellers are also free to promote their wares with text and images that they, not eBay, choose. I’ve always had many more books than I know what to do with. Getting started with eBay selling is somewhat simpler. We sell on both abe and Amazon. General Selling on Amazon Questions retro_sells1 2017-02-21 10:55:58 UTC #1 Does anyone know if I can upload my abe books inventory to amazon rather than uploading each item?
Amazon’s structure is best suited to newer products with ISBN, SKU numbers and such. We use abe for more “collectable” books, including first editions, signed books, antiquarian, obscure texts, foreign translations, etc, while we use Amazon mostly for non-fiction, Academic, University presses, esoterica, etc.