Day 2 is all about a Sunday Sort Out! If you’re new to March Money Making Madness then check out the introduction here and all the blog posts to date here.
Today you’re going to tackle your bookshelf (or bookshelves) and your CDs.
- Put aside books and CDs to sell.
- List books and CDs on Amazon Marketplace. Read my tutorial for listing on Amazon Marketplace here.
- List books and CDs on Playtrade which is Play.com’s version of Amazon’s marketplace.
- Keep aside everything you felt wasn’t worth listing – see below.
Some books and CDs might not be worth listing. Start by listing each item and seeing the total amount that each site will give you after their fees. Postage could be anything from 69p upwards, be sure to use the Royal Mail price finder to decide whether you will be in profit after your item sells.
Amazon and Play will email you when your item sells – when it does, you have 2 working days to dispatch your item. You can just reuse any jiffy bags you have received items in, or if you need to purchase packaging supplies, I can recommend pound store or this eBay listing for 20 mixed size jiffy bags for just £5.59 delivered. We will be coming back to whatever doesn’t sell after a few weeks.
How to price your items:
On Amazon Marketplace and Playtrade, you can decide to price your items as the cheapest on the marketplace (which may be beaten just moments after you list), or set a reasonable price depending on the condition of your item. There is no right or wrong price – as long as you’re making money after postage and fees it is up to you to set your prices.
Teacher’s Pet – these are a few optional tasks to help you earn that little bit more today:
- Sign up for your free credit report via Topcashback here to earn yourself £10.10. Once it has tracked then go ahead and cancel the trial immediately. Alternatively, set yourself a reminder now to cancel it a few days before your trial runs out.
- Complete a GoCompare insurance quote via Topcashback here to earn yourself £2.27. Make sure to double check your marketing preferences.
- This weekend is free eBay listing, so try to get 1 or 2 new listings up.
Remember that you can post any questions on this post or contact me on Twitter.
