My friend had sold fair trade bags online and told me people these days want to buy both Fair Trade and second-hand goods as people are tired of the large corporates making all the profits. Since I was looking for extra money and kept all my textbooks from school, I decided to sell them on half dot com.

The process to set up an account wasn’t difficult and some books sold fast and some just sat there. The downside to selling the books online is you have to make sure to get the item out promptly or it can affect your rating and you will have a hard time selling books later. I realized that I really needed to find the time to ship these books and I was cutting it close most of the time. A plus of selling books online is the customers want to know if you sell anything else so it’s a great way to make business for yourself. Another positive is I had support from the people at half dot com. If I had a question about how to set something up or had difficulty with a posting, they were always willing to help.