Too popular
May 25th 2008 08:56
I've been selling books on Trade Me and Zillion since I came back from the UK - and was selling them before I went away. It began as a way of making a bit of money while I was out of work, and turned into an extra little business.
However, I've given it up again for the time being, partly because I'm doing this play at the moment, and it's taking up more time than I originally anticipated, and partly because bookselling online is quite time-consuming. There's not just the packaging up of all the books when they're sold, it's the detailing each one on the website, putting in all the info about the price and the condition and the postage, finding blurbs that can be used to interest the customer, taking photos and so on. And the profit at the end of the day isn't high. For some reason I don't seem to have been selling many of the books I've moved on at particularly good prices. They seldom go out at a loss, but the gain isn't that great.
To be quite honest, I make more money writing on the Net than I do selling books, and it's a darn sight easier.
So, for the meantime, I've kissed Trade Me and Zillion goodbye. Perhaps when I get this play out of my hair - except that I start rehearsals for another as soon as this one finishes! What it is to be so popular!!
However, I've given it up again for the time being, partly because I'm doing this play at the moment, and it's taking up more time than I originally anticipated, and partly because bookselling online is quite time-consuming. There's not just the packaging up of all the books when they're sold, it's the detailing each one on the website, putting in all the info about the price and the condition and the postage, finding blurbs that can be used to interest the customer, taking photos and so on. And the profit at the end of the day isn't high. For some reason I don't seem to have been selling many of the books I've moved on at particularly good prices. They seldom go out at a loss, but the gain isn't that great.
To be quite honest, I make more money writing on the Net than I do selling books, and it's a darn sight easier.
So, for the meantime, I've kissed Trade Me and Zillion goodbye. Perhaps when I get this play out of my hair - except that I start rehearsals for another as soon as this one finishes! What it is to be so popular!!
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