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I just want to sell some of my old books! What is going on, Amazon?
I have been an Amazon customer since the beginning. I used to be able to sell my used books and CDs by going to the item listing and clicking a button "Have One To Sell" and uploading the info. Now I need to apply for permission, and am being directed to provide an invoice from the publisher for a purchase of at least 10 items? Is Amazon trying to eliminate the ability of private individuals to sell used items? Am I missing something? I just want to sell my old books like I used to so easily. Amazon is driving me away every day, now they want me to pay more money to get rid of commercials on Prime? Just stop it. You've gotten so big you don't seem to care about the individual anymore.
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Seller_nRFmxiQg4EGrw
Even those of us who sell used books for a living are running up against some of the limitations you're hitting. And there are almost no CDs that I can sell; it's been that way for years.
Best bet is to sell them on Ebay.
Seller_JYh7XUTOXFL6X
An increasing number of book publishers have limited the sale of their books on Amazon, new or used. Textbooks you can fuggedaboutit. Some publishers may limit beyond textbooks. But you should be able to list some of your books. This no longer is the Amazon you used to know. Try the bay.
Seller_oayOyo1M3MEGD
I messaged Amazon about why they are doing this, but they didn't reply. Clearly, they don't want to have individuals sell the books that they've bought from Amazon but don't want to keep. I've been selling for years, and just in the past year, this is now happening with more and more publishers. The publishers have no right to tell me I can't sell my book, so it is on Amazon. I guess I'll have to sell them on eBay, although I know eBay doesn't get the book traffic Amazon does.
Seller_mPcPEjFxxAGfB
Check out abebooks, which was bought by Amazon years ago. Its a collection of bookstores that do FBM. They are stronger in overseas sales than domestically. As far as I know, abebooks does not limit your sales the same way or let publishers control your pricing.
Seller_CW0P5hgbsiqWX
OP: "Am I missing something? I just want to sell my old books like I used to so easily"
Correct, it used to be easy, but not now. With over 9.7 million sellers, Amazon just wants to thin down the crowd. If you own a B&M retail store, you will have no problem getting approved in those categories. But individual sellers selling one offs will have a hard time.
Seller_GzuOIMh5A65d9
Amazon is cracking down on used booksellers. Head over to eBay.
Seller_TvaTXH61RRGLO
Since decades ago things changed. Millions of forgers, scammers, and thieves mainly from outside the US try to take advantage of Amazon and sell knock-offs or just don't sell anything. They just print books and sell them as if they are licensed. They were forced to implement these requests. As for Prime Video, their profitability relies on the advertising not on the membership so I guess they are not here to provide a free service.
Seller_uegrw9t4BikOA
Yard sale time my friend which is unfortunate or maybe it is a blessing. This is the headache when dealing with a monopoly.
Seller_SoEgExWsFfFdl
thinking taking my business back to the streets, tired of waiting for sales on Amazon that are unpredictable and then fighting with faceless buyers on the Internet across the US claiming item not received.
After over 15 years of selling on Amazon I'm going back to my early days of selling and dealing with customers face to face
Seller_YBfUTeoG971hG
Even 20-year+ sellers are finding things more difficult. It used to be fairly easy to list books not already in the Amazon catalogue. Just click "Add a Product not on Amazon," fill in a form with the book's publication data, and you were all set. You had not only listed your book for sale, you had helpfully expanded Amazon's offerings. Now Amazon doesn't seem to want either of these to happen very much.
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