subject: If You Sell Your textbooks Online You Have To Ship Them. Here's How [print this page] Once you have decided to eliminate the middleman from your text book sales and sell them yourself on the internet, you will need to ship them. Doing this right will insure that you don't loose money on the shipping and have the greatest chance to get the book or books to
your buyer in good condition and on time.
Although you have a number of choices for shipping this article will deal with the most popular and in most instances the easiest and least expensive. In my opinion the best choice for the beginner bookseller is to concentrate on the postal service. Learn all the ins and outs of this service before venturing onto others such as UPS and Federal Express.
First make sure to properly wrap your book. How you wrap it may depend on the books value. If you become a regular bookseller and sell many books than your methods will most likely change. For now try to keep it simple. But not so simple that your books will be damaged in shipment. This article is aimed at the college student who most likely
is short on both cash and time.
Text books usually are heavy and bulky. Your first choice would be to scrounge local stores for a suitable cardboard box. These are ideal. Wrap each book in a thick covering of newspaper or kraft paper of if you have it handy, bubble wrap which you may find during your scrounging patrols. Don't use colored newspaper such as the cartoon section as ink
could transfer to your books.
If you are a very cautious person and you have suitable plastic bags available, it is always good insurance to place the books in these plastic bags before putting them in your shipping box. Your shipping will be somewhat based on weight so don't overdo your packing. Crumple up some extra newspaper to stuff around the books to make sure they
do not shift around during shipping.
Another method if you can not find a suitable size box is to cut up large cardboard boxes and wrap the books in this cardboard after first wrapping them in paper and plastic bags if you have them. A very suitable and economic wrapping paper for the exterior layer of your
packages is end rolls or unused rolls of wallpaper. This material makes your packages very
colorful and this wallpaper is super strong.
For a single, light weight book, most times a bubble envelope will do nicely. Wrap the book first in newsprint and a plastic bag and then place it in the bubble envelope. The time and effort and expense you use to wrap your books should be in proportion to the value of the books. If you are shipping two hundred dollars worth of books then of course you will take more precautions.
Lots of good cellophane wrapping tape will finish the job. These instructions would most likely send some professional booksellers into shock. However keep in mind that we are addressing the college student here. I have used many of these methods myself in over 6 years of online book selling and have never had a return or a complaint. I have received may compliments on the packages wrapped in wallpaper both form the postal clerks and the customer.
In a future article I will give some tips on making the best use of
the U. S. Postal service to ship your books.
If You Sell Your textbooks Online You Have To Ship Them. Here's How
By: Chet Hastings
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