how does alibris work

Can someone confirm for me how Alibris works, I have been sent a
series of ups parcel receipts to ship my books to Alibris's head
quarters, anyone familiar with Alibris and how they operate?

thanks,

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Can someone confirm for me how Alibris works, I have been sent a
series of ups parcel receipts to ship my books to Alibris's head
quarters, anyone familiar with Alibris and how they operate?

Yes, this is how they work (at least in the UK and I doubt something so
fundamental to their business model is different elsewhere). You
list book on Alibris. Customer orders book from Alibris, Alibris tells
you it's been ordered, you send it to Alibris, Alibris sends it to
customer. Customer pays Alibris, Alibris pays you.

BTW Alibris are quite strict about requiring you to confirm within a
short time that an ordered book is available and has been despatched, so
it's worth updating the status of your open orders regularly.

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(Jul) wrote:

Can someone confirm for me how Alibris works, I have been sent a
series of ups parcel receipts to ship my books to Alibris's head
quarters, anyone familiar with Alibris and how they operate?

Yes, this is how they work (at least in the UK and I doubt something so
fundamental to their business model is different elsewhere). You
list book on Alibris. Customer orders book from Alibris, Alibris tells
you it's been ordered, you send it to Alibris, Alibris sends it to
customer. Customer pays Alibris, Alibris pays you.

Well, sort of. Sometimes you send the book to Alibris (this happens if, for
example, the book was ordered through Barnes & Noble), but most of the time
the book is shipped directly to the customer. Alibris tells you the
customer's name/address & that's where you send the book.

When you're asked to send a package to Alibris, use one of the USPS mailing
stickers, and you will not have to pay any postage. When sending direct to
the customer they reimburse you for shipping (there is a shipping
allowance).

Their "help" menu in the seller area of the site should be able to answer
your questions ~~

best,
Denise

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(Jul) wrote:

Can someone confirm for me how Alibris works, I have been sent a
series of ups parcel receipts to ship my books to Alibris's head
quarters, anyone familiar with Alibris and how they operate?

Yes, this is how they work (at least in the UK and I doubt something
so
fundamental to their business model is different elsewhere). You
list book on Alibris. Customer orders book from Alibris, Alibris tells
you it's been ordered, you send it to Alibris, Alibris sends it to
customer. Customer pays Alibris, Alibris pays you.

Well, sort of. Sometimes you send the book to Alibris (this happens if,
for
example, the book was ordered through Barnes & Noble), but most of the
time
the book is shipped directly to the customer. Alibris tells you the
customer's name/address & that's where you send the book.

Ah, interesting. Maybe it *does* differ country-to-country, then. AFAIK,
all our Alibris orders (in the UK) go straight to Alibris. Or maybe it's
changed and I'm just out of touch! -- I deal mostly with the retail store
and eBay, not Ali/ABE etc.

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(Denise Enck) wrote:

Well, sort of. Sometimes you send the book to Alibris (this happens
if, for
example, the book was ordered through Barnes & Noble), but most of
the time
the book is shipped directly to the customer. Alibris tells you the
customer's name/address & that's where you send the book.

Ah, interesting. Maybe it *does* differ country-to-country, then.
AFAIK, all our Alibris orders (in the UK) go straight to Alibris. Or
maybe it's changed and I'm just out of touch! -- I deal mostly with the
retail store and eBay, not Ali/ABE etc.

(Later.) As suspected -- shipping direct to the customer is unique to
dealers in the US and Canada -- everywhere else, everything is shipped to
Alibris.