Sell Your Textbooks Online for Quick Cash

If you're a college student, you're probably feeling the money crunch as grant and loan programs tighten up, and the flow of money dries to a trickle. Many college students sell textbooks online when they have finished their classes - consider selling your used books on Amazon or eBay, to help with necessary expenses for the upcoming semester.

• Step One: Find the ISBN of your book. This number is located under the barcode, as well as inside the binding. It is necessary to have the exact information available to buyers when attempting to sell textbooks online. ISBN codes will change with each edition of a book, so students will look books up by ISBN to ensure they have the correct edition.
  

• Search for your book on Ebay, Amazon, and Half.com. Pay attention to the lowest price available for the book you are planning to list on each site. If you are planning to sell textbooks online, you will need to compete with the other people selling their textbooks. Looking up the prices other people are selling for is like reverse comparison shopping.
  

• List your book with the site that has the highest dollar amount as their lowest available price for your book, and price your book just under the lowest available price. This will allow you to receive the highest possible value, and sell your books faster. The lowest price shows up at the top of a search. This means that entering the lowest price will put you above the other people who are selling the book, and make it more likely that your book will sell quickly.

Notes:

• Always keep in mind that you plan to sell your book after class. A book in good shape will sell for more money, so keeping your books in good condition, and keep track of extra materials such as CDs, if you plan to sell textbooks online after classes end.
  

• Don't list your book in more than one place at a time. If it sells to two people at once, you'll have to cancel one of the sales, and your seller's reputation will suffer. That will cause problems the next time you want to sell something on the site.