AOB Forum - Abebooks

fallon Ex Member I love YaBB 1G - YaBB 2!	Abebooks Oct 25^th, 2005 at 12:24am How many books should one have in inventory to start listing on Abebooks.com? I saw the previous threads where Alibris is preffered over abebooks, but at what point does it make sense to list on Abe. The monthly fee seem pretty high for bookseller with a small inventory. Thanks, Fallon
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Blueverie YaBB Administrator Offline Have Fun, Smile, Be Happy Posts: 179 Ashland OH Gender:	Re: Abebooks Reply #1 - Oct 25^th, 2005 at 12:53am w/ a 1500-2000 book inventory I make enough to make it worth it...but just barely Eric
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yabbadabado Ex Member A room without books is like a body without a soul	Re: Abebooks Reply #2 - Oct 25^th, 2005 at 10:58am I've never been a big fan of Abe so I'm rather biased. We get a fair amount of business with Alibris to complement our other sales, and find it more friendly for booksellers.
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Reply #3 - Oct 25^th, 2005 at 11:00am

We have 22,000 books on ABE and make about 5-6 sales a day on ABE, and we're making money....
Although the return on ABEbooks is less than the other venues we sell on.

I made up an Excel spreadsheet to do an analysis of ABE (and the other major selling sites: Alibris, Biblio, Valore, Amazon,etc...) to see whether it was worth listing...

There are a lot of variables.... average sale price of your books, how many sales you expect per day/month, total number of books in your inventory, how much you pay for your books....etc...

I can send you the spreadsheet if you like. You plug in the variables, and the spreadsheet calculates Gross Income, Net Income, and Profit Margin % by Venue.

(Some restrictions apply. Your mileage may vary. Chance of winning 1 in 3,500,000. )

Mark

Page Master Used Books

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fallon Ex Member I love YaBB 1G - YaBB 2!	Re: Abebooks Reply #4 - Oct 25^th, 2005 at 11:26am Thanks everyone for your input. Pagemaster - yes I would like to see that spreadsheet! thanks again.
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pagemaster Ex Member I love YaBB 1G - YaBB 2!	Re: Abebooks Reply #5 - Oct 26^th, 2005 at 11:43am Fallon - give me your email address, and I'll send along the file... Mark Page Master Used Books mriggs6980@earthlink.net
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twocurlyqs Ex Member I love YaBB 1G - YaBB 2!	Re: Abebooks Reply #6 - May 28^th, 2006 at 10:49pm PageMaster, I would love to get a copy of your spreadsheet. Could you please forward it to me?
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yabbadabado Ex Member A room without books is like a body without a soul	Re: Abebooks Reply #7 - Jun 17^th, 2006 at 11:23pm Thanks Pagemaster. Took a look at your spreadsheet again (had gotten it awhile back). Interesting. Think I'll pass on Abe. Just can't justify it with the monthly fee, and already selling strong on Amazon and Alibris.
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mrowe Ex Member I love YaBB 1G - YaBB 2!	Re: Abebooks Reply #8 - Jan 24^th, 2008 at 9:41am Wow- you guys have alot of books- I have 55- and listed on Abe. A stupid mistake? Opinions please- and how do you get 22, 000 books- sounds liek a library to me-lol
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mrowe Ex Member I love YaBB 1G - YaBB 2!	Re: Abebooks Reply #9 - Jan 24^th, 2008 at 10:04am I would like to look at the spread sheet too if you could send it to me: leo7@sasktel.net Thanks
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