How Pricing is Calculated

Our proprietary pricing algorithm is based on 15 years in the book selling business and 7 years of running one of the largest book buyback sites in the US. Pricing takes both current and historical pricing into account along with several other factors into consideration.

Target Price

This is the approximate amount we think you could sell the book for if you were to sell it yourself on a site like Amazon or eBay. This is the amount we think you could sell the book for based on past performance and other factors.

Net Target

This is about what you would recieve if you were able to sell the book for the Target Price after fees. Each online site has different fee structures but all have per item fixed costs and commision costs. The less expensive the book the higher the percentage of fees because of the fixed item fees.

Time

This is the amount of time we think it will take to sell the book at the Target Price. Many books will only sell a few times a year while others sell mulitiple copies a day.

BuyBack

On some books we will make a BuyBack offer. This is the amount WE would pay you for the book. If you decide to sell the book to us we will automatically transfer you to our book buyback website usedbookbuyer.com where you will answer a few questions and print out a pre-paid shipping label.

Target $0.01

In the book business a book with no online resale value is called a penny book. This means the work involved to sell the book book or the chances of ever selling the book make it not worth the effort. Out of the 20 million books we monitor about 17 million are considered penny books.

Target $100+

Books that we think will sell for more than $100 are capped at displaying $100+. These are usually books that are slower moving books so a target price is harder to determine. Given the books potential value these books deserve additional research.

Scan or Type the ISBN

ISBN is a 10 OR 13 digit number (sometimes ending in an 'X'). Most books the ISBN can be found above the barcode on the back of the book. If the barcode is visable just SCAN the barcode with the app. The ISBN is also located within the first few pages of books and can be manually entered.

Main Features

Simple but VERY powerful. Our goal was to provide an app that would make it easy for anyone to determine the value of a book so then they could sell the book themselves or to our book buyback company usedbookbuyer.com.

Simple Design

We keep it simple by showing only the numbers you need to know. There are over 20 factors we look at when determining a target price for a book.

Fast

We comile all of our information ahead of time and run it on Amazon AWS webservers to make our app as fast as your connection.

BuyBack Integrated

If you find a book we are making a BuyBack offer it's a seemless transition to our buyback site just click BuyBack.

App Screens

Below are examples of a few scans with BuyBack offers.

Used Books - Part-time Income

Scanning books can become addictive. I'll be honest books are VERY difficult to turn into a full time income but they can be a great part-time business. If your interested in learning more about starting a used book buisness contact us and we can point you in the right direction.

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