How Do You Start A Used Bookstore Online?
An online used bookstore can be a lucrative business with endless possibilities. Go on a treasure hunt for hard-to-find books to sell to serious collectors. Collect discarded bestsellers for enthusiastic readers who don’t want to pay high retail bookstore prices. Take readers on a journey through the universe by specializing in sci-fi gems.Whatever you want, the literary world is yours online. Write a business plan. Get familiar with your market and your competition. Calculate your start-up costs by identifying all the expenses you’ll need to get off the ground. Jill Hedrix, book store owner and contributing editor to BookThink’s writes that a business plan “is a document detailing the decisions you have made, your key assumptions, how you will differentiate yourself from your competition and your mid- and long-range strategic plans.” Start-up costs will be minimal because you’ll just need space to store the books, a website designer and a few hundred dollars to start your used book in