I've started looking through uni courses and adding their books to a spreadsheet and setting up alerts. I had no idea about Store Scraping.
How seasonal is this market and how quick is the turnover of books? I think you'd buy most of the textbooks over summer/ after semesters finish and then sell throughout the year.
Just from looking at Keepa graphs, there's two main busy seasons which are August-September and January-February. In these time periods, books sell for way higher than normal and a lot more frequently. Some books also have these spikes for summer semesters but it's not as consistent. Assuming you buy books with a good sales rank, outside of busy season you should be expecting to sell them in a few hours to a couple of weeks on average. The sales aren't super consistent outside of busy season, but it's compensated with higher returns.
Great Post.
I've started looking through uni courses and adding their books to a spreadsheet and setting up alerts. I had no idea about Store Scraping.
How seasonal is this market and how quick is the turnover of books? I think you'd buy most of the textbooks over summer/ after semesters finish and then sell throughout the year.
Keep up the great work.
Just from looking at Keepa graphs, there's two main busy seasons which are August-September and January-February. In these time periods, books sell for way higher than normal and a lot more frequently. Some books also have these spikes for summer semesters but it's not as consistent. Assuming you buy books with a good sales rank, outside of busy season you should be expecting to sell them in a few hours to a couple of weeks on average. The sales aren't super consistent outside of busy season, but it's compensated with higher returns.