Friends Book Sale - Benefits - Consignment Internet Sales of Discards and Donations

Consignment Internet Sales of Discards and Donations
For Libraries and Library Friends Groups

Program Benefits

The Challenges for Libraries and Friends of Libraries Groups

What are some of the challenges faced by libraries and their friends, and how can the Friends Book Sale Program help?

What to do with library discards and friends donations? Why, sell them of course! The sale of discards and donations is often an important supplement to a library’s budget, but selling these items can represent a major investment of staff or volunteer time and energy.

Why let booksellers make all the profit? When you hold your own on-site book sale, you may typically only charge $0.50, $1 or $2 per book, even for those that have a much greater value on the open market. Why? Because your potential buyer pool for an on-site sale is very small, so you cannot charge full value and expect to find a ready buyer. That’s why local booksellers are clamoring through your offerings and leaving big piles of rejects in the corner – they are looking for your high-value items to resell at a tidy profit for themselves.

Why not sell on the Internet? You could sell your own media items on the Internet and reach the widest possible audience, but what a headache! Items need to be sorted, shelved and stored, listed and priced, re-priced and sold, packaged and shipped, returns handled, customer emails answered, etc.! What a mess.

Leave the work to Friends Book Sale! Our business model offers you the best of both worlds: get the greatest return for your discards and donations by selling on the Internet without all the hassle of doing it yourself.

The Benefits of the Friends Book Sale Program

We believe that there are many benefits to our program, and we hope you will agree!

No obligation and no commitment – There is no contract to sign, no long-term commitment to make and no minimum sales volumes to achieve.

No cost to you – We pay for boxes, UPS shipping and all costs associated with selling your materials on the Internet.

Labor savings – All you need to do is pack your acceptable media in our boxes, give them to your UPS driver and you are done! No sorting, storing or lugging around heavy books and none of the set-up, staffing and advertising required for an on-site book sale.

Maximum value for your media discards and donations – Why sell your valuable books and other media items for $0.50, $1 or $2 when they are worth much more on the open market? Let us take care of the labor and expense involved in Internet selling: listing, storing, storing, shipping, returns, etc. while you get 30% of the proceeds from their sale at top market prices!

Monthly reporting and payment – Friends Book Sale will provide you with a monthly statement showing all of your items that are currently for sale and all items sold during the past month. You will also receive a monthly check for your earnings, with no minimum!

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