Showing posts with label children's books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children's books. Show all posts

Sunday, November 8, 2009

CHECK OUT THESE CHILDREN'S BOOKS?

Just about every person that sells on Amazon or Ebay for a living tell me that they never buy children's books.


What a missed opportunity!!!

For instance... I sold 34 children's books in one auction on ebay and made $76.51. The books hardly cost me anything, so my profit was huge!

Here's how you can do it too. Go to the FIVE IN A ROW WEBSITE and copy and past their book list. You will want the "Before Five in a Row" list as well as "Five in a Row Books 1 - 4" list which you can find here.

The curriculum is useless without these books. The website sells some of the books brand new, but at a premium price. Homeschool families and teachers LOVE these books. Some of the books are harder to find or out of print. If you find one of those then make sure your listing says that. Even better, put at least one of those books titles in your title and watch the bidding go up and up.


Here are some of the more hard to find "Five in a Row" books:
- Yellow Ball by Molly Bang
- Jenny's Surprise Summer by Eugenie
- Babar: To Duet or Not to Duet
- The Giraffe that Walked to Paris by Nancy Milton
- The Red Carpet by Rex Parkin





Yellow Ball is usually just a thin softcover book and I have found it several times in used book stores for $1. Jenny's Surprise Summer is a Little Golden book and I have found that a few times at used books stores for $1 as well. I found Babar at Half-Priced bookstore and paid $3.00 for it, but I had traded in some books that weren't worth anything on eBay so the book was free.






TIP: Wait until you have at least 20 books before listing them. You'll experience a better return on your investment.

If you want to learn more about selling childrens books in groups then download my ebook here.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Easy Money with Children's Books

Have you ever walked by a box at a garage sale full of softcover children's books? You know the ones.... Clifford the Big Red Dog, Little Critter, Berenstain Bears, Franklin the Turtle, authors you've never heard of.... well... you get the idea.

You probably thought there isn't any money to by made in those mass produced books. Right?

Well, I just listed 250 of them on Ebay and sold them for $249.00! I bought ALL those books for approximately 30 cents each. Some titles I spent more on because my researched told me which ones were highly wanted by teachers. (TIP: Having those books in my listing brought more lookers.) Others that were not so well known, I spent closer to a dime.

I've done this sort of selling a few times now and the profit margin is good!

Here's some past sales of mine:

185 books - sold for $225
195 books - sold for $180
106 books - sold for $100
91 books - sold for $115
163 books - sold for $165
166 books - sold for $150

I've seen other sellers do even better with this same niche.

So... if you're curious on what books work well selling in lots/groups, leave me a comment. I'm working on an ebook explaining this niche and if you leave me a comment with your email address, I'll notify you as soon as it's available. You will also receive 50% off the price for leaving me a comment!

It's almost ready and knowing this niche would be a great way for you to make some money for Christmas.

Good luck!