Multi-channel Used Book Reselling (Amazon FBA, eBay, and Buyback Companies)
Originally published Jan 3, 2026 — Josh, book reselling YouTube creator
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One of 2 ideas covered in this video
A full-time book reselling business built around sourcing books cheaply (thrift stores, including donation overflow they can no longer accept) and routing each one to whichever of several channels pays best for that specific title: Amazon FBA for fast-selling books (Amazon handles storage, shipping, and customer service), eBay for slower-selling or unique books with real photos and manual research, and a ranked list of buyback companies (ThriftBooks, Pango, World of Books, BooksRun) plus two local used bookstores for everything else, using a barcode-scanning app that checks live pricing and sales-rank data to make the routing decision in real time.
The presenter, who does over $100,000 a year in combined Amazon and eBay sales alone, walks through the actual software stack that makes this work at volume: a Bluetooth finger-scanner paired with an app that instantly shows a book's Amazon sales rank and payout across every buyback company side by side, an AI-assisted eBay batch-listing tool that fills in item details automatically from photos, and a local file-transfer app to move photos from phone to computer quickly. A concrete batch shown in the video, 63 books photographed and listed on eBay in about 20 minutes using the batch tool, produced over $1,300 in listed value.
Someone with storage space and patience for a genuinely physical, logistics-heavy business (sorting, photographing, shipping) who wants multiple sales channels rather than relying on just one platform.
The revenue figures and the live demonstration of the actual software and workflow are concrete and specific rather than vague claims, a good transparency signal, and the presenter is candid about the real physical labor involved (a garage full of totes, a full trailer of books to sort). The specific payout amounts per book shown are illustrative of one point in time and will vary by title and market conditions; the presenter recommends several paid tools (Robo Scout, GoToLister or RoboLister, List Easier) with referral links, worth knowing as those recommendations carry a financial interest separate from the underlying reselling strategy.