April 6th, 2010
Even though the internet is becoming more and more a source of information for many people, there is still quite a large market for hard copy print books. The best thing is that you can take advantage of a range of different programs, to offer these books to the visitors on your website.
Possibly the best known of these programs is Amazons Associate program. This has been around for many many years, and a lot of people have previously and still do take advantage of this program. However this does not mean that it still cannot be put to use with your website. While it is not the only program out there it is from my experience the one that provides you the most flexibility in how you display the product information. While I have and still do use the other programs below, I have found that Amazon is a much easier program to use.
Another option is to use Book Depository. This is a more recent addition to the options for book sale affiliate programs. Potentially the biggest positive that may help you to convert more sales and achieve better commissions, is that Book Depository offers free shipping anywhere in the world. While with other sites like Amazon, you generally still save money on buying books in the stores if you are buying from say Australia, it is not a big saving. Where buying from Book Depository your customers can potentially see some really good savings.
The final option which I will offer today is a site which from what I can tell is just in Australia and New Zealand called Fishpond. This site is of course for me a good local option. When buying online many people prefer a local option, be it a conscious or subconscious, choice. While their availability is not as good as some other sites, they have a large range and shipping times are not to bad. They do also offer a good payout of 10%, on sales.
There are just three of the options which are most likely going to provide the ability for you to sell books on your website. While buying and selling books direct can be an option, you do greatly limit what you are able to provide because you are not really going to in most cases be able to maintain a complete inventory of products, where making use of affiliate programs such as the ones offered by the above sites you will be able to offer much more then other wise possible.
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