Turning Unwanted Books and DVD’s into Profit.

December 21, 2007 By

Most of us have a lot of different books lying around and maybe even some movies too. We never really make use of them, and they don’t do much but take-up space. I know Spaceballs was great the first few times that you watched it, but eventually those movies get old and you just don’t watch them anymore. Don’t worry, you can turn these unwanted pieces of media into cash. Here’s how to make some profit out of these through the Amazon Marketplace.

The first thing that you need to do is collect all of your books and DVD’s that you want to sell and write a list of the ISBN numbers of each of them. Type in the ISBN numbers or DVD title into Amazon, and see how much they are selling for in the Amazon Marketplace. You’ll see the market place price on the right side of the page. If this price is less than $2.50, it’s probably not worth selling these online. After your effort you put in, you really won’t make anything.

The next thing you’ll need to do is create a account on Amazon.com. You can do this by heading over to Amazon and clicking the “Sell Your Stuff” link on the top navigation bar. After you have an account, you can click the “Sell Your Stuff” link again, enter the ISBN numbers of the books, and list the quality and the price that you want to sell them at, and they’ll be up for sale. Your best bet is to price your books and movies at or near the lowest price, otherwise they probably won’t sell.

Once you have sold an item, Amazon will send you an email of the address to send the book. They give you a $3.49 for standard shipping, $4.99 for expedited shipping, and $7.99 on international shipping. Usually you can send a book or DVD via media mail for $1.00 or $2.00, so you can make an extra couple of dollars on shipping the items. Amazon will deposit your money directly into your checking account as well as the shipping allotment.

In order to get the boxes and stuff that you need, head on down to your local post office, and ask for some media mail boxes and padded envelopes. They won’t charge you for those items generally, but will charge you when you want to ship the item. Drop the book or DVD in the padded envelope, label it for the person that it’s going to. Take it back to the post office, and mail out your book. It’s that easy. Usually the best price on shipping you’ll get is USPS media mail, so try to go for that.

As more orders come in rinse, lather, and repeat. Usually it makes sense to let orders bill up for 2 or 3 days and then ship them, so that you’re not going to the post office every day, but do it within 3 days for sure.

Selling your stuff through the Amazon marketplace is a great way to get rid of stuff that you no longer use and an easy way to make some extra cash.

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