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Ebay (Half.com) is much better for low cost books.
Let me compare the the benefits of Half.com, a subsidiary of Ebay, from both the buyer's and seller's perspectives.
The Buyer's Perspective:
On Half.com, you could buy a book at a base price of $.75 and then you can pay the media mail rate ($2.38) for shipping for a total of $3.13.
On Amazon.com, you could buy a book at a base price of $.01 but you must pay a flat $3.99 shipping fee for a total minimum of $4.00.
The buyer wins on Half.com
The Seller's Perspective
Half.com provides a full shipping reimbursement and charges sellers a flat commission ($.10) per copy sold. For a book that sold for $.75, the seller makes $.65.
Amazon.com provides a a $3.99 shipping reimbursement but then a commission that is based on some complicated formula that is at least $2.99. For a book sold on Amazon.com for $.01, the seller gets from Amazon about $1.01, which is not enough to cover the cost of shipping for that $.01 book. although the Amazon system can be quite fair for more expensive books, this system is very difficult to sell penny books. Making things more complicated, the USPS raised its rates but Amazon won't raise its shipping reimbursement.
****I personally prefer Amazon.com. It just seems better to me.****
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