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Become a member of AbeBooks and sell your books worldwide. AbeBooks is a global online marketplace for books, with thousands of sellers listing their titles on its 6 international websites (AbeBooks.co.uk, AbeBooks.com, AbeBooks.fr, AbeBooks.de, AbeBooks.it, IberLibro.com).
Register today and benefit from more than 10 years of online bookselling experience.
1. How does AbeBooks work?
2. The AbeBooks Advantage
Your books will be listed internationally
Access to our large buyer database
As an AbeBooks bookseller you benefit from millions of book searches per day. You can also access over a million stored book wants, and increase your sales through new buyer contacts.
Direct contact between buyers and sellers
With AbeBooks, buyers can contact you at anytime, via email, telephone, fax or post. You can choose which contact details a buyer can access from each book search result.
Easy inventory management and order processing
We offer technical solutions tailored to your inventory needs
- Manage your books directly online in your account. ISBN-lookup feature available
- Free inventory management software – HomeBase
- Individual conversion specifically for your book data (MichaelCole, Booktrakker, Amazon, BookRouter and programs such as Excel, Access)
- XML-interfaces (API) for the seamless integration of your AbeBooks-Business into your own order and inventory management system.
Read our data format recommendations
A low and flexible pricing model
- You set the price of your books and your shipping costs.
- No registration fees and no minimum membership.
- Test AbeBooks as a new sales channel and see how AbeBooks can work for you.
Additional services
- HomeBase – free inventory management software for cataloguing books, maintaining a customer database and creating invoices. Technical support included.
- Upload a picture of each of your listings for free and increase your sales by 50%.
- Create your own Homepage with a search function of your inventory in a few easy steps.
Access to the AbeBooks international affiliate network
We market your books through an ever increasing number of partner websites: Waterstones.co.uk, WHSmiths.co.uk, Gardners.com, Buyused.co.uk, Bookfinder.co.uk, Books.co.uk etc.
3. Competitive pricing model
Low monthly fees (before VAT)
For a competitive monthly fee, calculated according to the number of items you have listed, your books will be searchable on all of the AbeBooks websites.
| Number of Books | Monthly Fees |
| 0 - 500 |
£ 17 |
| 501 - 4.000 |
£ 25 |
| 4.001 - 10.000 |
£ 28 |
| 10.001 - 20.000 |
£ 35 |
| 20.001 - 30.000 |
£ 53 |
| 30.001 - 50.000 |
£ 83 |
| 50.001 - 100.000 |
£ 120 |
| 100.001 - 150.000 |
£ 175 |
| 150.001 - 500.000 |
£ 250 |
| 500.001+ |
£ 350 |
Success based commission of 8% (before VAT)
Upon a successful sale via the AbeBooks shopping basket, a sales commission of 8% on the total item amount (book price + shipping + extra charges) is incurred. The minimum sales commission is £ 0.30p per book, the maximum sales commission is £ 22 per book
Payment Service Fees (before VAT)
To ensure buyer confidence in online-purchasing, we process all Visa and MasterCard credit card orders. For the secure processing of those payments we also charge a fee as follows:
For orders placed on the AbeBooks.co.uk and AbeBooks.com websites, a 5.5% fee is charged on any total item amount below £275. If the total item amount exceeds £275 a 3.5% fee applies to the remaining total item amount.*
Orders placed on the AbeBooks.de, AbeBooks.fr, AbeBooks.it and IberLibro.com websites will be charged at 3.5% for the total item amount.
* E.G. For an AbeBooks.co.uk or AbeBooks.com order totalling £ 500:
- The first £ 275 of the total item amount incurs a 5.5% processing charge
- The remaining £ 225 of the total item amount incurs a 3.5% processing charge
Payment of AbeBooks Fees
For flexibility, we offer you 3 payment methods to pay your AbeBooks monthly subscription fees: Bank Transfer, Cheque and Visa or MasterCard. If a buyer selects to pay via Visa or MasterCard we will charge the buyer and credit you. These credits will be offset against your fees at the beginning of each month. Should the sales not cover the fees, we can deduct the fees automatically from your Visa or MasterCard, if you enter those details at the end of the application process.
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To ensure that we can process your application quickly and efficiently please review our registration requirements. Should you have any questions please consult our online help or contact us directly.
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