anybody use amazon marketplace to sell?

[jas xjr]

looks like a good proposition for me. anybody use it?

[ss64ii]

No
But I've loads of crap Christmas pressies to offload!!

Seriously, I have looked into to selling here, looks ok to me, I bought something from one of their sellers, arrived as described, and I left good feedback.

hope that helps!

[jas xjr]

i have excess stock to sell , all new /current. i do not want a sale in my shop ,so looks like its ok.have not read up on fees as yet.

i will be using it to promote my e-shop as and when that is ready.

thanks for the reply

[sjg]

I've used it to get rid of books. It's very dependant on how many others are there and how heavy it is as there's a fixed postage cost for a particular item - check first. Hence the paperbacks I'd just put up at a price lower than any others (1p if necessary), it'd cost about 50p to post but the buyer is paying about £2 p&p making it worthwhile. I've got some big thick techical books that a buyer would still pay £2 p&p for but it would cost me about a fiver to post.

Easier than ebay as the buyer pays Amazon so no faffing about with non-payers or stolen credit cards via paypal.

[jas xjr]

sjg said:

I've used it to get rid of books. It's very dependant on how many others are there and how heavy it is as there's a fixed postage cost for a particular item - check first. Hence the paperbacks I'd just put up at a price lower than any others (1p if necessary), it'd cost about 50p to post but the buyer is paying about £2 p&p making it worthwhile. I've got some big thick techical books that a buyer would still pay £2 p&p for but it would cost me about a fiver to post.

Easier than ebay as the buyer pays Amazon so no faffing about with non-payers or stolen credit cards via paypal.

i am struggling with the fixed postage. there are items which they charge £4 postage for but i doubt i could find a company to deliver for that much. i suppose i will have to absorb some of the cost

[Simpo Two]

Don't Amazon take about 17% though?

[ShadownINja]

As you don't get hit by ebay-supported scam artists, it can only be a good thing.

[jas xjr]

Simpo Two said:

Don't Amazon take about 17% though?

they do but there is enough margin in the things that i am selling,or its overstocks that i need to turn into cash.i have set up as a trader on amazon and sold within an hour. worked for me ,well worth a go. looks like the key is selling things that nobody else is selling,bit more of a pain to load pics and add a description but its easy.trust me if i can do it anyone can.

edited to add,sold more through amazon today than we did in our high street shop.only been on amazon for 2 days

Edited by jas xjr on Thursday 8th January 22:00