hi guys I'm Becky and welcome to jungle
scout today we're going to be talking
about how to sell books on Amazon this
is a great way to get started without a
lot of money or inventory upfront and
these exact strategies helped one of our
sellers on our team Dave to make an
extra three thousand dollars per month
so this is a perfect way to raise funds
for your own private label business one
of the perks to selling books on Amazon
is that all books go under a master
listing this means that your listing is
then organized into a condition and a
price among others and if you are the
lowest priced version you will then win
that buy box so when customers click on
Add to Cart they will be adding your
products their basket cool huh
so our first tip twice your product the
lowest on the listing so that you win
that fire box this will then increase
your chances of your product selling
next you have three ways to sell books
on Amazon one of them is for food by
merchants and this is when you create a
listing on Amazon but you ship the
product yourself this is good for
sellers who have already got a pretty
solid fulfillment network in place
Amazon it vendors this is when you sell
your inventory directly to Amazon
through their vendor central services
this is good for enterprise sellers who
need to unload a lot of inventory
fast fulfilled by Amazon this is when
you create a listing on Amazon but net
Amazon due to storing and the shipping
on your behalf as a bonus your products
sell prime and this is probably the most
popular way to sell on Amazon for
beginners what do we suggest well we
simply love Amazon FBA as this way
amazon take all the stress of packing
and shipping your products for you one
of the most important things to know
when selling books on Amazon is
understanding the bestseller ranking
system each and every product that sold
at least one unit on Amazon is
awarded abs are the lower the BS are the
more sales of product mix for example if
a book has abs are 30,000 that means
it's unlikely to sell the same day you
list it but if it has abs are of two and
a half million it could take 60 days or
more to sell a book this brings us to
our second tip to selling books on
Amazon the SR is your guide to whether
or not a book is worth listing on Amazon
lower is better a good way to determine
whether to sell a book or not is to type
the books ISBN into Amazon then
cross-reference the books BSR if it's
lower than 200,000 list it if it's
higher then put it in the Christmas
present pile so not only does FBA mean
that you can say goodbye it to packing
and shipping at your books but it also
means that you get 24/7 customer support
provided by Amazon so you no longer have
to deal with refunds complaints and any
of issues Amazon a book selling it's its
own world and within that world there's
lots of different methods of doing it
here's three different ways to find
books to sell on Amazon scanning of all
the ways how to sell books on Amazon
this is probably the most popular method
basically those that use of the scanning
method go to sales where books are
priced fairly cheap and scan each and
every barcode with their cell phone or a
portable scanner an app on their phone
will cross-reference the books BSR as
well as the books lower sales price and
lets the seller know whether or not it's
the book that's worth purchasing
wholesaling instead of scanning each and
every book at a book sale make offers on
the entire lot this works especially
well at yard sales estate sales and even
bookstore closings online arbitrage
online arbitrage is a method of buying a
book on one marketplace such as eBay or
Craigslist to resell on another since
it's a little more time consuming than
scanning or wholesaling it's best to
target books that sell for more than $25
textbooks and first edition books are
especially great targets this brings us
to our fourth tip to selling books on
Amazon if you don't want to or simply
can't spend the money to start just look
around your house for some old books to
list you'll be surprised to discover how
valuable some old titles sell for
if you're new to Amazon it there you'll
need to register for an Amazon account
to start selling your books when you
sign up
select the pro version where you can
sell more than 40 items per month it's a
flat fee of 39 dollars per month but
that way you avoid that one dollar fee
per sale if you go for the individual
subscription the only exception would be
if you only plan to sell less than 40
books per month and in that case you
might be better off going for an
individual account now it's time to list
your books on Amazon there are ways to
automatically scan your inventory in but
if you want to be extra careful then you
can do each and every book by hand
typing in the ISBN number into the
Amazon search bar and clicking the I
have one to sell button that way you can
check the condition too because once
you've found it your books listing
you'll need to place it under the
correct condition there are more or less
five conditions which you can list your
books on Amazon new used like new used
but very good used good and used very
acceptable we tend to advise to not sell
a book that's anything under the good
category only if a book is worth a lot
of money with a low BSR should you ever
consider this category as many people
avoid buying books in this range so onto
our next tip different conditions come
with different price points often the
nervous very good price will be a lot
higher than the lowest good or
acceptable condition however if it's a
slow seller then you might want to
consider just pricing it to match the
good or acceptable condition if you're
selling books on FBA which we do
recommend you'll need to send them to
the nearest fulfillment
Center it's pretty easy to do just throw
them in a box and ship it for your one
of Amazon's preferred carriers once your
books hit the fulfillment centers so
long as you have priced them bright and
only picked books with low BS R's you
should start seeing the sales right away
to see how much you're profiting be a
short to log into fetcher and check your
daily stats so I hope this video has
helped you learn some more on how to
sell books on Amazon it's a fantastic
way to start out and learn the ropes of
selling on Amazon and FBA before you
start an online business have you or are
you selling books on Amazon if so if
we've missed out any tips then please
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