Amazon MarketPlace Purchase: Sold another book

Two days ago, I sold another book for about $13.84. I emailed my mom to ask her ship the book and received a confirmed email from her today. Hehe, who knows mom can be a really good personal assistant.

Our invoice problem

1. She has a very old computer (too bad she and my dad burned both computers I gave them.) This “handout” computer (from my cousin) doesn’t have any USB port, thus can’t be hoooked up with a printer. Amazon MarketPlace Purchase requires seller to pack a hardcopy invoice with the item. Without a printer, my mom can go to the public library, but she has to drive for 15 minutes, stumbles around the library’s printing GUI, pays 15 cent. This process can takes up to an hour, for a piece of useless paper. Not worth it.
2. Or she can give my printer to my cousins and ask them to print. She only has to drive to their place to pick it up. Take less time, but still take some time.
3. So I resolved to method #3. I faxed her the invoice. I can fax for free without having a fax machine so there is no cost. My ability to cut and paste quick is simply amazing, so there is no lost time to prepare an invoice. Problem sovled right? No. My mom reported that the paper are jammed and the fax machine only spat out stupid text.
4. Do you know what my mommy does next? “Daughter, I hand-wrote the invoce. I wrote exactly what you send me in the mail. My handwriting was really neat and pretty.” She told me. Huh? Hmm! The buyer might not care getting a handwritten receipt, but Amazon might get MAD at me.

Experience with AMPP

So far, I make the most money selling old books on Amazon as other online media have not made me any money yet. It took some time in the beginning to create a mini inventory, list my books on Amazon, but after that I just had to wait for orders to come. The only setback with listing on Amazon as a regular seller is that my listing will be gone within two months, which is sometimes around mid Jan.

Amazon has been fast when informing me (email) about their payment. The money is normally in my bank account about a week unless AMMP combines two or more payments. I like the fact that AMPP doesn’t enforce a minimum payment.

Ideas, Lessons & CarriedOut

#1: Created an online saving account for my mom (CarriedOut)

I want to give my mom some of the money for helping me out though she doesn’t care. Asian mothers like doing things for FREE for the children so much, at least my mother. She is my most zealous free-doer of all time.

1. I set up an online saving account for her and tie both her and my bank accounts to this online saving.
2. I transfer my money to this saving.
3. She can transfer the money to her existing bank account or let it sit.

#2: Selling stuffs and don’t have to worry about handling inventories. Leave it to a trusted person, my mom for example (Idea)

 

Method: Selling on Amazon MarketPlace Purchase