Well-Established Internet Book Business For Sale

Business description

This is a perfect opportunity to own a well-established and highly rated Amazon-based book business currently producing an annual turnover of nearly £40,000 from worldwide book sales.

The business is ideal for someone wishing to work from home, according to his or her own hours, whilst earning a good income. It is currently being run part-time by one person who enjoys absolute freedom, including the facility to shut off the business temporarily when taking holidays or other time off.

The expansion potential of the business is excellent, depending on: (1) whether the new owner wishes to work part-time, full-time, or even add extra staff; and (2) sell books through websites in addition to Amazon.

Included in the sale are:

1. The goodwill and transfer of the company name and logo, as well as a 100% lifetime customer-feedback rating earned through providing a consistently high quality of service. This rating is exceptional for an Amazon seller, especially one receiving over 5,800 feedbacks during more than four years of trading.

2. A stock of approximately 20,000 high-quality new and used books already priced and listed on the Amazon Marketplace website, plus another 2,000+ to be added soon. This stock is split roughly 65% non-fiction/35% fiction, with virtually every genre represented. (The stock could easily be much higher but the owner’s policy has nearly always been to buy and list only books of value; hence the stock is not padded with low-priced books whose profit derives almost exclusively from postage.)

3. About 95 bookshelf units, the majority measuring 8’ x 2’ with eight shelves each; two scanners for reading ISBN barcodes; all packaging materials still on hand at the date of business transfer; and boxes and trays for transporting books on purchasing trips.

4. Fully established trading presence on Amazon Canada (.ca) and Amazon France (.fr) as well as on Amazon.co.uk. (Explanation: anyone in the world may buy from a UK seller provided they can access the Amazon.co.uk site. However, some people choose not to do so, preferring to buy from their own country site instead. Most of the stock on offer is also listed for sale on these other two Amazon sites, thereby increasing sales significantly to Canada and France, both active book-buying countries.)

5. Training, advice and support – regarding day-to-day operational procedures, selection and pricing methods, purchasing tactics, generic sources of fresh stock, and suppliers of packaging materials – for a limited period agreed prior to purchase of the business.

Questions, enquiries, and requests for further information, including the Amazon site name of the company being sold, are welcome from seriously interested parties.

Other information

Reasons for selling:

Owner is returning overseas to care for her elderly parents.

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