posted on May 2, 2002 01:25:01 PM
I sell books on half.com. I'm wondering if anyone knows of another site to sell older books that don't have an ISBN # and where there is no fee unless the item sells.
posted on May 2, 2002 01:56:38 PM
AmazonMarketplace blows Half away for book sales. They take a bigger slice of the pie ($.99 plus 15%) but it is well worth it for the exposure/sales.
The search seems to have more books, even ones without ISBNs, than Half.
posted on May 2, 2002 03:19:00 PM
if you have books which have no isbn number,the only way to list them is open a zshop and list them in your shop,for 39.99 a month
posted on May 2, 2002 07:29:24 PM
there are many used booksellers on bilbiofind and the last time i looked into it,you do not search by ISBN .
it is owned by amzn and is linked to amzn site
abe,com is linked to half,check them out
posted on May 3, 2002 08:04:03 AM
In my humble opinion, the best place to sell antiquarian books is Alibris. You pay as you sell (20%) and there are no monthly fees. They reimburse shipping, they're responsive and professional, and they provide great software to manage and upload your book records. They give dealers ratings based on each dealer's actual fulfullment history, not their feedback or any other nonsense. If a customer returns a book, Alibris buys it from you so you lose nothing. If 20% sounds like a lot, ask yourself what your real discount off retail is after selling through Half or eBay -- I bet it turns out to be as much or more. We've made a lot of money through Alibris.
Othersites: ABE is quickly going down the tubes and so are the prices, Bibliofind hasn't been in existance as an active site for years (the current Bibliofind home page is merely an Amazon redirect, ever since they were shut down by Amazon for allowing hackers to pull CC#'s from the site. There are also about two dozen small wanna-be/me-too sites like TomFolio, TitlesDirect, BiblioDirect, etc etc -- they're pretty much a waste of time and money, and have no customers to speak of except other dealers.
If you want to see the various antiquarian sites and judge for yourself, go to http://www.bookfinder.com and search for a common title -- you'll see all the various antiquarian sites it searches and get a feel for who's who and how each one works.
