posted on May 8, 2001 08:09:14 PM new
Hi everybody,
I've been selling on ABE, Bibliofind, BookAvenue, Bookopoly, and a few other sites for a long time. I've resisted joining Amazon, but they're offering former Bibliofind sellers a free Pro Merchant subscription, and after long debate I decided to give it a try.
Wow! It's been really confusing. Is it just me, or is the site difficult to navigate? I've spent an awful lot of time clicking around trying to find various pieces of information - and I usually am able to figure things out fairly quickly...
But that's not my question. What I would like to know is, how long does it take for new uploads to appear on the site? I uploaded my book file about 24 hours ago, and still nothing.
Can anyone tell me? And, judging from this and other discussion boards, it seems Amazon has an awful lot of problems - am I a fool to have signed up now? Is it worth it?
I've been selling in the Marketplace since last November and have been pleased with the results. I've tried listing both one at a time and in bulk through Amazon's inventory loader. My books show up within 24 hours unless there is a problem with my inventory loader.
I mainly sell on half.com, ebay and Amazon and they all have their ups and downs and pluses and minuses but I would whole heartedly agree with you on Navigation and Amazon's ability to explain what is what needs some improvement. I still don't get it but the old-timers on this board have helped tremendously.
