Hello.

I just started selling used books on Amazon. I've noticed the selling fees are very high though.

Some used books selling fees are $4.23-$4.67, and these books are marked to sell for around $4.99-$5.50.

How is anybody making money out of selling used books?

I started selling a bit in the US using FBA this year (I'm a Canadian).

I've paid 10k$ in selling fees and 4k$ in FBA fees. I assume there are taxes built-in those costs theat I should get back as a business.

Any idea where I can see a break down and see the amount of VAT included in there?

Pulled this from Amazon - "Note: Starting April 15, 2024, on average, we will decrease FBA fulfillment fees for standard-size products by $0.20 per unit and for Large Bulky-size products by $0.61 per unit. This is the same date that the first inbound placement services fees will begin to be charged. For an overview of all 2024 US selling fee changes, go to amazon.com/selling-fee-changes."

What I'm seeing in my listings is a small number of items with a reduced fee but many items have had fulfillment fee increases along with the placement fee addition. Few questions - 1) if you choose Amazon optimized shipments do you get no discount on the fulfillment fees, and 2) where you find discrepancies with no discount what's the process for getting it fixed?