Starting Out Really basic onboarding help welcome ;-)
Hi, We’re starting out selling used books on Amazon and are making a right mess and would welcome some pointers please.
We’ve uploaded 20, and it’s saying they’re going to be collected at £5.50 each, one by one. Is that how it works? Makes sense to collect in a box and the collection fee be less?
Welcome your thoughts on process… I know what will be your thoughts on my knowledge on how it works 
Starting Out Really basic onboarding help welcome ;-)
Hi, We’re starting out selling used books on Amazon and are making a right mess and would welcome some pointers please.
We’ve uploaded 20, and it’s saying they’re going to be collected at £5.50 each, one by one. Is that how it works? Makes sense to collect in a box and the collection fee be less?
Welcome your thoughts on process… I know what will be your thoughts on my knowledge on how it works
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Go to seller university pages and search FBA
Seller_DROodOAYHftnc
I too sell used books, but do not use FBA, but yes, you can send in bulk. At £5.50 each would there be any profit ??!!
Before going down that route make sure you understand fully all the FBA fees, as if your items do not sell (and used book sales have fallen substantially over the last couple of years - for me anyway) you will be hit with long-term storage fees.
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Usually UPS(Amazon preferred carrier) offer discounted rates for sending parcels to their fulfilment centres, FBA. This cost is lower for than the £5.50 stated. Usually around the £3 mark for around a 15kg parcel. Sending bulk quantity to amazon we find is the best way rather than individual units.
You need to decide how many of each item you want to send, I would suggest 1 of each book and if the 20 all fit in a box.
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Please be sure you also understand all the other fees involved with FBA, especially storage costs. As a seller of used books I stopped using FBA as they changed the rules and the costs became crippling. Each ASIN attracts a charge at every turn.
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Well. I’m not new to selling on Amazon have been up and running about 2-3 years now. Perhaps you are under the same impression I was when I first started and that is Amazon is an easy platform to list, use and sell on? ITS NOT! Amazon do not make it easy to list and once you have mastered that you will come across in time all the heartache and problems than can be had by the untrained and unsuspecting seller. Then there’s the unscrupoulous buyers that are to scam and believe me there are plenty of those and the backing you get from Amazon is poor to say the least. The customer is always right and always comes first so you need to include and extra charge on the items you are selling to cover those losses. Yes I know they have the University section but for me you have to have a degree to understand it in the first place! I do find the Forum a big help but even then you get other sellers giving you advice but using all the Abbreviations that Amaxon have and they can be confusing too! Don’t get me wrong though, If got right then money can be made but if you get it wrong and most importantly you do not understand the full cost of Amazon charges you can find youreself perhaps actually making a loss. Fulfillment by Amazon is not my choice. I prefer to post myself that way I’m in control and my charges are less.
Seller_DROodOAYHftnc
Unfortunately it looks like the OP @Cambridge_Management has not come back to read the posts - or maybe taken fright ?!
Maja_Amazon
Hello Cambridge_Management!
Welcome on Amazon and thanks for reaching out on Seller Forums 
You have received some good advice here but please let us know if you were planning to use FBA
Maja
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As others have said, it sounds like you are planning on using FBA.
If you are prepared to pay £5.50 to send in each book I’m guessing they must be very expensive!
Have you done much research into it?
I don’t know what sort of books you are talking about but you will find almost no booksellers use FBA. The costs are generally prohibitive
