Used Books Seller Approval
Hi I m fairly new to all of this selling on amazon, but i have setup an account etc to sell used books on this platform. Here is where my problems now start i have several titles that i cannot list due to having to have brand seller approval. I need to send prove of purchase from a distributor, but this is impossible due to me only having one copy and it being used.
As i said i am new to this and did not expect to have these issues to sell on here!!!
Can someone from amazon help me with this?? any advice appreciated.
Used Books Seller Approval
Hi I m fairly new to all of this selling on amazon, but i have setup an account etc to sell used books on this platform. Here is where my problems now start i have several titles that i cannot list due to having to have brand seller approval. I need to send prove of purchase from a distributor, but this is impossible due to me only having one copy and it being used.
As i said i am new to this and did not expect to have these issues to sell on here!!!
Can someone from amazon help me with this?? any advice appreciated.
122 replies
Seller_ZVAz3d5lZuGid
As a fellow second-hand bookseller (and there are several of us on here !), this is a problem that we are all experiencing. Amazon are requiring approval for many books now (when they say brand they actually mean publisher), some brands in particular, and then expect you to have invoices for 10 copies, which is ridiculous, as you say, you only have one of each. The only way round it is to try and sell elsewhere - you could try ebay - they don't have the same restrictions. Sadly, bookselling on here has become more difficult and there is so much competition from overseas sellers/dropshippers who list nearly every book in the catalogue, but don't actually have any in stock. As a new seller, be aware of the many pitfalls of selling on here - don't want to be a doom-monger, but not the easiest of platforms, with so many policies and metrics to keep to.
Seller_RAXEWLxQ2dbmN
Speaking as another bookseller who has been here for twenty years, I agree with the other comments about the decline in the platform.
Apart from the over the top demands for 'current invoices' for numerous titles, the catalogue itself is overrun with bogus duplicate ASINs created by malicious third parties. Competition is also fierce, with megasellers willing to list at what for most of us are financially suicidal prices. The search function (especially advanced search) is completely hopeless. Fees on books over £5 have increased dramatically in the last few years, as have postage prices. Without big postal discounts it is impossible to compete at the cheaper/popular end of the market.
It is only because I already have a lot of books listed that I soldier on. I have been donating hundreds of good books to charity in recent months as they are no longer worth the effort of selling on Amazon. Unlike megasellers, I don't sell hundreds or thousands of books per day for a few pence profit on each sale and I am trying not to be a busy fool.
Twenty years ago there was relatively little competition (no megasellers or dodgy dropshippers), the catalogue was more stable, postage costs were a lot lower, Amazon rules and restrictions were far less draconian and the search engine actually worked (sort of). Selling books and media on Amazon is now much harder work for less reward.
Seller_AlYpsVHv0gj21
I entirely agree with Jilly , Number 6 and other booksellers on this thread. I have sold books in a very small way on Amazon for many years but it is becoming more and more difficult.
Amazon seem to be completely uninterested in our problems. Over the last year or so numerous "mods" have appeared on this forum promising to look into the various complaints we have made ( including the one you have made about needing "approval") - unfortunately no positive result ever seems to be achieved.
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Seller_f9qmYtHo6NHQv
Have had a similar issue. I reactivated my seller account that I had used previously several years ago and am faced with this ‘approval’ nonsense. I have 2 books I wish to list by the same author and both require ‘approval’ from the publisher. It’s OK for me to sell the books in a two or three book bundle but in both occasions I don’t have the second or third book. I have book A and book B but not book C, I have A but not book B or book C , or other combinations. It’s so frustrating that I can’t sell them individually or bundle the ones I have without ‘approval’.
Seller_f9qmYtHo6NHQv
Experiencing this as well and it seems to be regular issue highlighted by people on this forum. I just wish Amazon would get their act together and sort this out.
