Amazon.com

I love books. Lots of books. All kinds of books. I must have hundreds (someday I'll count them). When these economic times hit us hard (my husband was laid off in May) I began looking for ways to save money and earn money. I found, quite by accident, that Amazon allows you to sell your used books and DVDs on their web site for a small percentage of each book price. Amazon treats you like a book store. You set up a name and load the names of books you want to sell. You rate each book according to condition; new, like new, good, acceptable, poor,-- and price it accordingly. The Amazon store has a price listing for new and used books to help with your pricing decisions too. For each book Amazon adds a $3.99 shipping for the purchasers to pay.

When a book sells, they send you an email notification. You then have two days to box it up , print a packing slip and mail it. Amazon pays you through Paypal or direct deposit once a month. I earned $150 the first month selling my used books back on Amazon.com and $125 the second month. I know some people who look over prices on Amazon and actually go to thrift stores looking for those most wanted, highest paying books, like Dr Seuss books. I have found some of my paperback are not worth selling as the used price has gone down to one penny each, with $3.99 shipping. If I sold those for one penny and mail it for $2.25 media mail, and Amazon takes their percentage, I only make about 20 cents. Not worth it.

I am still selling back books. My earnings aren't as good as the first two months, of course, but I can make from $25 to $50 a month just going through my old books and DVDs. Not too bad.