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Have you got a Bookcase full of Books, you’ve never read? Want to know how to make money online selling books? Then we can definitely help you out, but we also have a way you can keep on making money online selling books even if you run out of books, there is a way you can sell other people’s books and make money. It is definitely possible, and it uses the same business model that Amazon used to get started…
We all can look at the bookcase in our houses and realise the number of books that we have and don’t necessarily have any intention of reading them and clearing them out could earn you some money. There are a number of options available to us to make money whether that be a car boot or online through eBay.
What we have come up with is a list of the best options available to you online, plus we have another option that utilises the same business model that Amazon used when it first got started and still uses today to be able to make money from selling books even when you don’t have any of your own books left to sell.
There are the usual suspects when it comes to selling anything you have lying around at home clogging up space. Here we are going to list the usual suspects, before we get into a much better option for making money online from selling books that aren’t even yours…
Whenever we start thinking about selling stuff online, eBay will normally come to mind. However, it isn’t necessarily as easy to sell through eBay these days as a new member can only sell 10 items a month and these will come with fees which are typically 10%. That is a huge chunk of money when it comes to selling second-hand books.
The only saving grace is that if you only sell 8 items in a month, you could go and relist an alternative 2 books.
As you continually sell items, you can always apply for a business account and increase the number of items you ship.
We use eBay for our wedding stationary items and eBay is relatively easy to use with a business account.
Having said that, unless you are producing your own books and can do the work to ensure the fees are covered by your sales price. eBay does not give you a good return for selling used items.
You might have a value in mind for what you want, but eBay tends to have differing views and then there is making sure you cover the shipping costs in the price you charge.
I hadn’t used my selling account on eBay for a while and thought about getting rid of some old books. The suggested price on eBay was 99p, with a recommended postage price of £3. But it cost me nearly £4 to ship them to the buyer. So, I only made 49p.
Hardly seems worth it, does it?
Of course, there are a few better options in the usual suspects for getting better value for your books. The next couple of options are scouting sites.
You could try getting more for your books from websites like BookScouter or BookFinder. When you visit one of their websites, you can type in the barcode number or ISBN and then they will give you a quote for your book.
You can then compare this against different bookstores through their site and accept the figure you want. BookScouter offers up to 42 vendors for you to compare.
The added advantage is that you do not need to pay shipping, you will receive a free shipping label to post your book to the vendor.
Another option to you is by selling your books on Amazon. Makes sense as Amazon launched as an online bookstore in the first place. Although this would be an expensive option if you are just looking at selling your used books. That is because it has a monthly fee of £25 or $40. They do offer a free month, so you could always take advantage of this and just remember to end your subscription before they take the money from your account.
This is an option if you are going to be looking into buying and selling a decent number of books. Amazon is the largest online marketplace and you could end up with a good return. But you will need to be shipping a decent amount to make this work, although if you keep on reading our post. There is also a way you could promote books on amazon, make some money and not need to pay for an Amazon selling account. We will tell you more later on.
Music Magpie isn’t just restricted to books, you could sell some of your old CDs, DVDs, Games and any electronic devices you have lying around. They will also pay you the same day that they receive the goods. They guarantee it, as they could cause a lot of emotion if it took too long to receive your funds.
Another great option they have is a free courier service that will collect it from your house. No need to go and drop it off at your local parcel shop.
Their smartphone app makes it really easy for you to scan the barcodes and get a quote there and then.
We have two more of the usual options online, before we tell you about another way to make money online with selling books.
This is restricted to the UK, US, Canada & Germany and they work in a similar way to BookFinder & BookScouter.
The main difference is the vendors they work with. Type in the barcode number or ISBN and get a selection of prices for you to browse and choose which is right for you.
They also send you a free shipping label and offer payments through PayPal which is a great option.
This is one for anyone who is stuck with a bunch of textbooks from University or College and want to sell them to others who are looking for a deal on books for their own college courses.
It is exclusively for textbooks to do with courses and offer a simple way of selling them off.
You will need to consider the condition that your textbooks are in, as the value you are offered is based on a good condition copy. So, if there is a bit of damage to the spine, etc. you might see the money decrease.
Unless you have an endless supply of books or are looking at getting into drop shipping, etc. Selling your own books will only get your so far. Once I sold the 20 books that I had on the bookshelf, that was it. Or is it?
There is actually business model where you could sell an endless supply of books without actually having any of your own stock. No need to buy some to try and make a mark-up when you are selling them and like I said earlier, it uses the same business model that Amazon used when it first launched and still uses today for its marketing.
The method I am talking about is affiliate marketing. If you have never heard of it or have been worried it is a scam, let me tell you that it is one of the most exciting and best methods to making money online.
When Amazon got started, they were a bookstore and didn’t have a huge budget for marketing. How were they going to encourage people to buy their books, if they couldn’t get their brand in front of an audience? Well, they started a referral program or affiliate program. If any of their users could introduce a new buyer, they would receive a commission. This commission was a percentage of the sale price of the book. The more people they introduced, the more commissions they would receive.
Fast forward to today and they use the same marketing system. It is called Amazon Associates and you can earn commissions for referring people to books that you have recommended.
Using Affiliate Marketing to promote books is a much simpler model to follow to be able to promote any of the books that are currently available on Amazon. You can also expand into other affiliate programs depending on the types of books you are wanting to promote.
You will need to target a specific audience in a specific niche to be able to make it work. You couldn’t just write about any book and expect to be able to make a sale as it needs to be relevant to your target audience.
But I could actually include some book reviews on this website, as long as they were relevant to my target audience.
Let me show you, As part of my research for this business I have bought a couple of books that have been a fantastic help to me.
The one is a blog planner called “Create Blog & Editorial Planner“. It is a great workbook for anyone starting a blog and wanting to plan their way for a year. It was definitely worth the money.
The second was “How to Write Copy That Sells“. This has definitely helped me with writing headlines and effective Call to Actions. Again a worhty investment.
I could write book reviews on these two, as they are relevant to the audience I am targeting and it would hopefully make sense to them and include affiliate links.
Anyone who reads those reviews could go off to Amazon and buy themselves a copy and I would earn a commission.
But if I started writing reviews of College textbooks, then that would not be very relevant to my target audience and would probably harm my brand. So, there is a little research you will need to do to identify your target audience and the right niche for that audience.
But you could definitely utilise Affiliate Marketing to promote books that interest you and you could share your thoughts online and make some money whilst doing it.
The point I am trying to make is there is a clear difference between wanting to sell a few books to clear up your bookshelf or after leaving University and starting an online business using affiliate marketing. But if you are really interested in reading books, you could make money by writing product reviews about those books to help others make a decision as to whether that book would suit them and make some money off them.
You could still sell that book on eBay after you have finished about them. But that is only one copy, you could use affiliate marketing and sell thousands of that one book you have read and earn recurring commissions for years to come.
There is also the huge market in audiobooks and digital books. Which could lead to digital reader devices. Either way, affiliate marketing is a fantastic way to make money online and use your hobby or interest to make money and definitely gives you a better prospect that buying and selling books which comes with its own headaches.
If you want to know more about affiliate marketing, how it works or how to learn affiliate marketing. We have a number of guides on this website. Our top recommended training platform that will help you step-by-step through every step to getting started is Wealthy Affiliate. They offer a free starter membership, but we recommend you read our review and learn a little more about affiliate marketing first.
Thanks for reading our guide, if you have any questions about selling books online or affiliate marketing, then please write them in the comments below. We love helping people online and if we can help you in anyway, don’t be afraid to ask.
Affiliate Marketing is an awesome way of making money online, but many people don’t really know “what is a niche for affiliate marketing?”. It is actually an important decision and if you get it wrong, you can hamper your chances of earning any money online from affiliate marketing. So, we will be helping you to understand what a niche for affiliate marketing is and offering some tips to help you choose the right niche too.
Whether you want to get started in the healthy food niche, the losing weight niche or any niche at all, we can help you understand what is a niche and how to choose the right niche for you.
Let’s get cracking with explaining what a niche for affiliate marketing is
When you start thinking about a niche, it could be literally anything but the best way to narrow down on what your niche is
going to be is to think about your target audience and the subject or interest you might share within that subject.
That way you can think about the niche that you are going to target for your affiliate marketing campaigns and your blog. But often, people just starting out with affiliate marketing end up starting too broad and don’t narrow their choice down effectively to be a proper niche.
If you are going to start with a hobby, then you need to still narrow that down to help avoid a lot of competition when you are just getting started.
That niche could be a passion of yours, a type of job you have, a lifestyle, a hobby or a particular product that you currently use. Let’s see if we could narrow it down through the use of some examples.
A niche could be classic cars, wedding photography, coin collection, a type of shoe, animal training, pet care, health and wellness, sport related products, types of music, debt reduction, types of wine, video games, online gaming, weight loss, healthy food, meal ideas, food preparation ideas, smartphone accessories, laptop accessories, camping equipment, hiking gear, keeping fit, children’s toys, etc.
But when you really need to narrow down your search for a niche, you could actually find that many of these could still be narrowed down further.
The better you can narrow it down and remain focused, the better chance you have of identifying your target audience and have your niche nailed on for starting affiliate marketing.
If you take children’s toys, that is quite a generic subject and you could easily break that down into specific niche. These could include baby toys, toddler toys or dolls, action figures or Lego. Toys for the garden, or the bath or education toys. The list could be endless.
Shoes could be narrowed down to men’s shoes, women’s shoes, leisure shoes, sport shoes, football shoes, boots, casual shoes, or athletic shoes.
Weight Loss could be narrowed down to losing belly fat, losing bingo wings, exercises, diets, etc.
A niche could be any of these different examples and it shows not only the opportunity presented by a niche content website but that it can be very rewarding and enjoyable to engage with other people who share that same interest that you want to use.
But the key to getting it right is by choosing the right niche for you.
Choosing a niche isn’t just as easy as picking a hobby or going for what you think will be profitable, you need to make sure it is the right option for you and that it is something that you can really get your teeth into and create content for.
If you are going to get bored of a subject in a couple of months, then that is not the right option for you and it means you have probably chosen a niche because you think it will be profitable, rather than something you really love.
It would be like me trying to start a niche website in knitting. There are plenty of people who enjoy this pastime and want to find help and advice on that subject. But I have no interest in it, and couldn’t knit even to save my life, so why would I choose that niche?
You have to go with what you know and enjoy, so my first tip is:
Don’t follow the herd and choose a niche because you think it is going to be profitable or because everyone else is doing 
it. If that subject is something you enjoy and can engage in, then fine. But don’t just pick a niche because the item prices are high.
I would much rather have a niche website that has low ticket items that is an authority website and making regular sales, than a niche website with high ticket items that shows no authority or lacks any real info that makes no money.
I recently read a great blog post from Nathaniell, a fellow member at Wealthy Affiliate. He talked about a low item price niche site compared to all the hype about high-ticket affiliate marketing. Check it out here.
Choose a niche that you can really become an authority in and will still enjoy writing about in a year’s time. For me, I can do that with affiliate marketing (which is why I have this website) or Star Trek, or Sport. Because I love all of those subjects. But knitting or anything arty, I leave to Gem as those are subjects, she enjoys.
This leads me to tip 2:
Any niche can be profitable in affiliate marketing because there will always be someone else interested in the same subject as you.
People sometimes mock people when they say they are a Star Trek fan, but I went to a convention last year and there were 
thousands of people there all enjoying the same interest.
With collectibles and other merchandise that could make an appealing option for affiliate marketing…
Keeping fit or losing weight is a term searched by millions of people over the world.
People are always looking for help with technology questions.
Whatever niche you are thinking about using, it needs to be something that you are going to enjoy engaging it and will not get bored of easily.
It does take a little time to get yourself embedded in the search engines and for people to find your niche website. During that time, it can feel like no one is reading your blog posts, yet. But if you are thinking about the bigger picture and enjoy talking about the niche you are going to choose, then it means you are writing to engage with others and they are going to sense that in your writing and they are going to want to engage back with you.
Receiving your first organic comment is a great achievement and it shows that someone else enjoys what you are writing and want to converse with you.
It also helps when it looks like you really know your stuff when you are writing your content and that is because it is a subject that you know something about.
People need to know there is a real person behind the website and that they are offering their advice and it comes from someone who knows what they are talking about.
That is why so many affiliate marketers start off with a hobby or a subject matter they know a lot about.
But you want to be able to enjoy blogging. During my day job, I spent a lot of time using spreadsheets, etc. So, I could start a blog helping people out with the different functions of excel and how to do certain stuff on spreadsheets to achieve the different stuff you can do.
But I would easily get bored of writing stuff like that, and that makes it not a great option at this point for a blog.
I prefer helping people in something I love, and that is with affiliate marketing and getting started with a great business model.
Don’t rush your decision, really break down your options and remember to rank your choices on how much you enjoy the subject and if you want to carry on learning more about that subject and the different aspects of that niche.
As you grow your authority in that niche, you will naturally expand further out into other niches within the same subject and that allows you to grasp a bigger audience in a wider niche. But to start with, get to as narrow as you can.
Here is tip 3:
This goes hand in hand with choosing a niche, who is your target audience going to be. Who are you writing your content 
for?
You need to tailor this correctly to ensure they read your content and follow your recommendations within your niche.
I will give you an example. If you were to target the kids toys topic, who would you be targeting with your product reviews and posts? Well, that target audience would be parents. So, what aspects of the toys would they thinking about? What questions would they have too?
A great way to find out this is to go to Amazon and see what questions have been asked by buyers of the products.
This can work for any product niche. Even when you expand into other affiliate programs, typically the product will be still available on Amazon and you can go and check out the Q&A on the product page.
This can really help you understand the target audience of the niche and help you engage with the type of people who are going to be visiting your niche blog website.
Really narrowing down who your target audience is with your niche options will really help you on your way with affiliate marketing.
Here is another example, golf clubs.
People are always looking for the best golf clubs. But who is the target audience you are targeting?
Are you targeting beginners who are looking for great starter clubs and are looking for tips on how to get started with golf and promoting golf lessons?
Or are you targeting the more elite golfer who is looking for a better-quality golf club and is looking for tips to improve their handicap.
Knowing your target audience is often where affiliate marketers go wrong and it can mean having to rethink your strategy when you realise.
My advice would be is to sit down with a cup of tea and really brainstorm who your target audience is for the niche ideas you are thinking about. Then you can make an informed decision over which option you are going to get started with.
I would also add that your first niche is probably not going to be your last. I learned so much from my first niche website, but I did make a few mistakes along the way and that niche website is no longer around. But if you can follow the advice above, you may not make the same mistakes I made.
We all learn from failure, and you will have plenty of little failures along the way. But if you can learn from them, then you will come back stronger and have a niche website that is both profitable and an authority.
If you ever want help or support, we are always there to help people and if you still are not sure of which niche you are going to use to get started with affiliate marketing, feel free to write to us in the comments below and we will help you narrow down your options.
I would also add that there is a lot more to learning affiliate marketing than choosing the right niche. We have a top recommended training platform for beginners that want to learn affiliate marketing. It is a comprehensive training platform, which includes a free website builder and it has helped thousands of people learn and earn from affiliate marketing. If you would like to read more, we recommend you check out our Wealthy Affiliate review.
Thanks for taking the time to read our post on What is a Niche for Affiliate Marketing.
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Welcome to our ClickBetter Review!
Affiliate Networks & Digital Product Networks are ideal for affiliate marketers looking for easy access to tons of products that they can promote and help their readers. But is ClickBetter a good option for you, or is there anything that you need to be concerned about?
First off, it’s great to see that you’re doing your research before buying into any “seemingly good” product.
That is how you avoid scams and find only legitimate ways to make money online!
To be completely transparent with you, we’re not associated with ClickBetter in any form.
We’re not here to pitch or sell you anything. Instead we’re here to ensure you get the full lowdown on this digital marketplace.
The short story here is that ClickBetter is not a great option for you and our review will show you why we feel this marketplace is full of scams and low-quality products that are likely to hinder your progress, instead of speeding it up…
You can spend years checking out all of the different training courses for affiliate marketing, but which one is the best affiliate marketing course for beginners? Well, we want to help you with not only showing you the best training course, but also show you proof that following their training works.
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Want to know how to start affiliate marketing today? Then know that by the end of this step-by-step guide you will have already taken the first few steps to making that a reality.
Affiliate Marketing is a fantastic option for making money online, it doesn’t require huge start-up costs and despite what some say, you do not need to be a technical know-it-all who knows computer coding to be able to achieve it.
In fact, you could get started with affiliate marketing today with expert help, support and training without any real technical knowledge and you will not need to spend a penny either. Does that sound like a great deal…?
Then read on and we will first talk about what real affiliate marketing is, how it works and then show you a simple step-by-step guide into how you could get started today… Let’s get started…
Welcome to our Earn Easy Commissions Review!
Get an in-depth look into this program in our Earn Easy Commissions review. Can you really earn $100,000 with this automated system…?
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When you see the tagline, that you could be able to earn $100,000 without doing anything – it sounds almost too good to be true…
But when you cut away all the sales talk, is it really as easy as Chuck makes out??? We will reveal all in our review, whether it is really that easy and we will also share with you about our suspicions that this might be in fact a PYRAMID SCHEME IN DISGUISE…
First off, Congrats on taking the time to do your research, it is the best way to avoid online scams.
You will always find overly positive reviews about these types of product and that is because the people reviewing them are biased as they are trying to get a sale. We are not affiliated with this product, so our views are not tainted by the need for sale. We are in the market to help people.
We are here to help anyone find genuine routes to make money online.
Let’s get into our Earn Easy Commissions Review.
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