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tara t · Marc Jacobs

how would i sell magazines ??

cc · Marc Jacobs

I recently sold a bunch of Lucky mags from 2001 and 2002 for like $20! I think unless you have a magazine that seems like it would be in high demand (like one with a super popular star on the cover or one which had a spread or article that got a lot of publicity) it is better and easier to group them in lots of 6 or 12 or however many you have from a given year. You can search completed auctions to get a sense of pricing.
I think I started it at around $5 and a similar lot of Lucky mags had gone for a little under $20 the week before so I also set a BIN of $20 and it sold within 24 hours.

-- Edited by cc at 16:25, 2005-09-29

bumblebee · Coach

that is so crazy--i would have never thought that people would buy old mags. what in the world do they even want them for?

i have stacks of old martha stewart living and lucky that i was going to toss out eventually--maybe i will sell them!

bex · Chanel

wow! i had no idea about this either. i get Harper's Bazaar and Vogue each year and throw away Jan- May in Dec. and June-Dec. in May. Maybe I should hawk them on ebay and see waht happens!

cc · Marc Jacobs

I don't know how well all magazines sell but you can check out completed auctions to find out. Older Lucky mags were definitely in demand,

tara t · Marc Jacobs

thoughts on this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lucky-Magazine-Back-Issues_W0QQitemZ6980288074QQcategoryZ280QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

laken1 · Hermes

I know I'm late on this but I just saw it - I sold lots of old W mags from 1992 for nearly $100 - I couldn't believe it. I just put like 4 in a lot & took a picture of the cover. Then I listed the issue individually & highlighted some of the articles /features listed on the covers. I can't believe the crap people will buy off ebay.

Just for the record, I had bought a box of these at a garage sale for a buck - my thought was to use them for decoupage materials - i am always looking for cool fashion pictures for that reason. But when I saw what people were paying for them, i sold every single one of them. ($20+ for a lot of 4). I was so curious that I asked 2 of the people why they wanted them. One girl said she collected pixs of older supermodels, she also sold collages of these models on ebay & I saw that another one marketed them differently & made a profit from what I sold him. Whatever dude.

I think your listing looks good, I'm anxious to see what will happen

ETA: also, I put some of the models included in the mag on my listing - some people apparently search them that way. Maybe it's different with these since they aren't "old" but it may spur some traffic. HTH

-- Edited by laken1 at 13:01, 2005-10-04

cc · Marc Jacobs

Hey tara - I totally forgot about this topic. Wait, that isn't your listing is it? It says the seller is in Brooklyn. That seems like a complicated way to sell magazines unless you have tons and it would be difficult to list them all, even in lots. I think just grouping a bunch together by year is easier. Sometimes people don't have a particular issue in mind - they just want a bunch of old issues. And as laken said you can always list who is on the cover in case people are searching by celeb names.

tara t · Marc Jacobs

it isn't my listing. i was just trying to see if you girls thought i should do it that way. i think i'm going to sell in lots of 4. i just think shipping would be outrageous selling 12... thoughts?

cc · Marc Jacobs

I think lots of 4 sounds good. For my lot of 12 since it was so heavy I just shipped it Media Mail. I guess even though the bidder will be paying you for the shipping people might get turned off if the shipping charges are really high so I think either selling small lots or using Media Mail is a good idea.

laken1 · Hermes

As far as shipping - USPS has 2 new Priority Mail flat rate boxes for $7.70 - i think it's up to 70 lbs as long as you can fit the stuff in them. One of them is long & flat - i think it would fit 12 mags. HTH