When you are looking to turn a profit in your Amazon book business, sometimes it makes more sense to sell back your book somewhere else.

Amazon started as a book selling platform and it always will be. And it is still a very simple, buy low and sell high business model.

But there are factors in play with any business you venture in. Their are efficiencies to be sought after overtime in your business. There are processes and standard operating procedures that must be put in place.

So if you can squeeze a dollar over there and repeat it over and over again, sometimes that makes sense.

That’s why when the good folks over at SellBackYourBook.com came to us about an integration partnership… we were thrilled.

Who is SellBackYourBook.com?

Sell Back Your Book or SBYB is a wholesale book selling business located in the Chicago area that operates and runs a massive bookselling business and warehouse.

With a 10+ year history in the book selling business they have mastered the niche over the years and are now expanding in a major way.

They have already been offering bulk sellers a way to monetize their books by turning duds into studs over the years but with our integration they are opening their books to the everyday Amazon seller. So let’s cover just 3 reasons why you might want to sell back your book to SBYB.

3 reasons to sell back your book with our SBYB integration

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Split Shipments

Split shipments suck.

There isn’t much more that can be said about them to be honest. However, they are a necessity in order to efficiently place books and other products closest to the customer based on the vast data that Amazon holds.

It’s the right thing to do for the customer but that doesn’t mean you are totally without options.

Let’s say you you’ve just finished scanning and listing 100 books into AccelerList. You press the preview shipment button and you get a 95/5 split on your books.

95 going to your favorite warehouse and 5 going all the way across the country to a town you have never heard of!

Curse the Book Gods!

But this is a perfect scenario to leverage the Sell Back Your Book integration with AccelerList.

If this was book 1 of your 5 then you could sell it back directly to SBYB and take the $6.11 in hand now and forget about the shipping costs on your split shipment.

SBYB pays for your postage to send in boxes of books. Pretty cool, huh?

Restricted Books

Another annoying problem for newer sellers.

If you find out that you’ve been restricted and can’t sell certain books out of your batch than the chances are good that SBYB will take it off your hands for a fair price. They have been selling on Amazon for a long time now and they are un-restricted in most of the book categories.

This was a sunk cost to you anyways but now you have another option with the SBYB/AccelerList integration.

Estate Sales, Liquidations, Craigslist Ads, etc

For us, one of the most exciting opportunities with our exclusive integration with SBYB is that you can now go out into the world and leverage your time and energy in much more efficient way.

Got a hot lead on an upcoming estate sale with tons of books?

No problem, list them on Amazon or sell them on SBYB…all through one unified listing experience with AccelerList.

Want to knock out a few ads in your local area but don’t want to have to ask the seller if you can scan some of the books?

No problem, negotiate a better deal and buy the entire lot for cash and worry less if you are going to come out ahead or not. You have options.

Want to do less retail arbitrage and buy more bulk?

No problem, get started with this awesome integration.

Statistics and Case Studies

Over time we’ll be collecting hordes of data on the price differences between the two channels and building features inside of AccelerList to help you make better decisions on each product scan so stay tuned for that.

DVDs and CDs

Sell Back Your Book isn’t just for books either.

They want your media in general, so as you scan CDs and DVDs (which most sellers are restricted for) you will be able to sell those back to SBYB too and turn those lost sales into winners and profit

It’s just business…

Look, sometimes it hard to get your head wrapped around selling now for a lower amount… versus waiting and rolling the dice with your book on the ever-fluctuating Amazon marketplace.

But there is a spectrum of sellers that exist and SBYB has been around for a long time. You may be new and this may make sense for your book business.

You know the old saying: “A bird in hand is worth two in the bush”

Yes, they are going to take your book and possibly sell it on Amazon (which is what you could have done) or other marketplaces, but it’s often a win/win for you and them in the scenarios we just laid out.

Wrapping it all up…

If you want to buy books in bulk and not have to worry as much about how you will monetize them all then the SBYB/AccelerList integration is the perfect option for you.

Go ahead and jump right in and start listing and lets see what Sell Your Book Back is offering!

The Amazon FBA calculator should be your closest friend when selling online.  Even the slightest advantage can mean big savings or increased profit for you. Whether it’s understanding the buy box, storage fees or sales tax…the more you know, the better business you’re going to run. If you an MF seller and haven’t made the transition over to being an FBA (professional seller according to Amazon) seller, then before you do… you’ll want to read this article in its entirety to understand some of the calculations that go into the pricing structure, fees and advantages of the FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) program. We break down the fees associated with selling via the Amazon FBA platform and help underscore the importance of good work-flows and having the right tools as an FBA Seller.

The $20 book example with Amazon FBA fees

We think the best way to explain Amazon’s FBA fees is to use their own calculator and walk you through a real-life example.  A lot of sellers start out selling books on Amazon because it’s easy to understand and the profit margins can be really great. For our example we’re going to use a book that you have chosen to sell for $20 on Amazon in the FBA program.Chances are, you sourced this book from some retail arbitrage either at Craigslist, Goodwill, thrift stores, a Yard Sale or an Estate Sale for around a $1.00.  It’s important to keep in mind your buy costs when considering this example we’re going to use. We’ve taken a screenshot and highlighted all of the fees associated with the sale of your $10 book.  We also are going to break down those fees one-by-one so you get a full understanding of where your money is going and why.

Amazon Referral Fee

The Amazon referral fee is otherwise known as their “commission” for helping you sell the book on their marketplace.  Amazon is one of the largest online destinations for shoppers in the world with millions of visits each second.  Amazon helps bring those potential customers to your product listing and they charge a 15% commission fee for that privilege.  This is a fixed cost and there is no way around it.

Variable Closing Fee

The variable closing fee can sometimes be a mystery to FBA sellers.  Variable Closing Fees apply strictly to books, music, videos, DVDs, video games, consoles and software (BMVD products), and they will vary according to category, shipping destination, and the type of shipping service used.  Again, this is a fee that you can’t avoid if you’re selling in these categories.

Pick and Pack Fee

The Pick and pack fee is the fee that is charged by Amazon to go into their warehouse and retrieve your item for the customer after a sale has been made. It seems like a very low fee considering that they have to pay a human being to walk to the area of their warehouse and manually grab your item and prep it for shipment but these days Amazon has deployed robots to retrieve these items, thus reducing their costs.  Another fixed fee that is out of your control.

Weight Handling

This is an estimated fee based on the weight of the book and refers to how much you’ll be charged by the carrier to send your item into Amazon’s fulfillment center warehouse.  This is one of the first variable fees that you will encounter when selling on Amazon and should be considered in any revenue calculator you might choose to use in your workflows. There is an art to keeping your shipping costs low and we’ve seen a range of $0.10 to $1.00 paid per pound by different sellers.

30 Day Storage

The last fee you’re likely to face is the 30-day storage fee.  Amazon’s storage fees are really low if your only housing one item of each product and in this example the fee is $0.01 (or a penny) each month for them to store your book in their warehouse as it awaits a sale.

MF vs. FBA (or Merchant Fulfilled vs. Fulfillment by Amazon)

According to Caleb Roth over at The Book Flipper some of the reasons you would want to run your Amazon business as an FBA seller is:

FBA allows you to price a bit higher and outsource customer service, fulfillment, and you get to attract new customers. I would do it even if I didn’t get a price premium… it allows me to travel the world while the business continues without me shipping orders every night.

So if you’re an MF seller, then you can be really trapped in your business at home and end up being an employee if you don’t set yourself up in a smart way.  FBA sellers sacrifice a lot more in profit but also gain a lot more in freedom. That’s what we all ultimately want. If your ready to start listing on Amazon and make a good side hustle profit then we would like to invite you to try a FREE 14 day trial of AccelerList.  I’m a seller just like you and I created AccelerList because I was tired of other listing application that were just too slow.  Now-a-days, it’s even more crucial that you have a fast listing application to process all of your items. You can not afford to be slow when listing your products and it helps if the owners are sellers too, just like you.