Make cash by selling your old textbooks online
Comments(0) I graduated college a couple years ago, but for some reason held onto all my textbooks.
In trying to declutter my apartment, I discovered the textbooks and realized that they had to go. But before tossing them out, I thought I’d maybe try listing them online.
Many of my books were about three to five years old, editions behind the latest copies. But I didn’t let that stop me.
After a bit of research, I saw half.com as my best bet and set forth listing my books. The advantage of half.com is that, if you have an eBay account, you have a half.com account.
(That’s right, although I do not recommend selling your stuff through eBay in most cases, I highly recommend using eBay’s half.com service for selling textbooks. Aside from using your same eBay account, it is almost completed unrelated to eBay.)
Within a half hour, I had my collection listed online. Each book took roughly two minutes to put up for sale.
Within three weeks, I had sold four of the books. My net profit, after half.com fees: $70.47. And I’m still expecting more book sales soon.
Even if you’re not anywhere near college-aged, see if you know anyone who is and help them sell their textbooks online. Take a small cut of their profits.
Stayed tuned tomorrow for how I saved on shipping my books
