The problem with them covering shipping is that they charge a fortune for the shipping to cover the cost just in case people throw an extra books such as I do or have large lots for sale and also the problem is people put it into their cart, I get notifications almost every day that people are adding stuff to their cart but when they see how much the shipping is they cancel the cart or remove it from the cart. It’s very exciting to see that somebody added it to a cart .. but to be honest, maybe one or two week and that is a very generous estimate. I’ve had books listed on there for close to 2 years now that are still sitting.
I often take books off and just bring them to used bookstores or little free libraries. I try to rotate through stock so my shop is worth coming back to check out.
Those are all good points you make to be honest I use Pango only for no value books that Ziffit and SBYB don’t take , seriously even if a book has a value of $.12 I’ll just throw it in a box and send it to one of those companies but if it has no value for books that they don’t take, I throw it on Pango
I generally don’t hang on to books after I read them so I give them to friends and family who are interested in them. If I have MG or YA books, I pass those along to teacher friends for their classroom libraries. Anything left after that I donate to the library. I’ve definitely looked around on Pango to buy some!
Krista, this isn't related to this video per se, but I had to tell you that when you described Piranesi in one of your wrap ups and explained why you didn't enjoy it, I immediately added it to my tbr because it sounded right up my alley. That was almost a year ago. I finally started it last night and then could NOT stop reading! I just finished it 😆. I loved it so so much! I predict it will be in my top books of the year. Thank you for mentioning it - even though it wasn't for you it definitely was for me! 😆🥰
I love that! I know many people loved that one. I'm glad me describing why it didn't work for me made you want to try it. I'm thrilled that you loved it. There's a reader for every book!
I just opened an account with Pango to sell my books, I figure I would try it this way, then bringing them to the used bookstore or goodwill. I sold 6 books so far, but I just started. It was very easy to open and sell the books.
This is so helpful! I used to sell at a local bookshop, but I've moved away and we don't have a reliable option nearby - at least not one that I found. I will have to keep this in mind. Thank you!
One problem that we cannot get around is the shipping that they charge while I love that they take care of the shipping and I don’t have to come up with any awkward prices or figure it out or anything, once people see the shipping price in the sale, almost never completes. This is a problem like today for example I’ve had about five notifications that people put different books including the same book 3 times in their cart but when they go to check it out the shipping is sometimes double because for example I might charge two or $3 for a book and the shipping might be five or $6 and it’s really unfair all of the buyers that we do not make a penny on shipping
That’s the best part about scanning the ISBN barcode on the back, 90% of the time it works and uploads or refills all of the information and, so that is one thing that is really convenient and along with them covering the shipping which of course they make some money on
Cool! I unhaul books after I've read them or at least given them a try. I usually only keep 5 star reads on my shelf. I give them to my friend who volunteers at Compassion United where they have a book drop, a library, for the homeless!
Very informative!! I wondered about shipping. I mostly read ebooks and audio books and get my paper page books from the library. We have a great used book store here that gives credit so I sometimes shop there. You are very organized! Happy weekend.
It's interesting to learn about Pango books because I did wonder what it is all about. I've unhauled books by giving them to Goodwill, Salvation Army, my local public library (for the Friends of the Library book sale), little free libraries and giving them to family and friends. I've given bibles to the Love Packages organization that donates the bibles around the world. I tried to sell one big pile of books at Half Priced Books once but it just wasn't for me. I get a lot of books I read from the library or Net Galley so I don't feel the need to recoup the cost for the few books I purchase especially if I buy the books used. If I spent more on book purchases, I would probably try Pango books to recoup some of the cost. It sounds like Pango books is the best option to sell books. Thanks for sharing!
On a totally different topic, I've been trying to get my Net Galley ratio up to 80%. I focused on Net Galley books the first quarter of 2023 and I'm at 47%. I'm pleased with my progress. How are you doing on your Net Galley ratio?
Hi Cat, first off, my Netgalley was almost at 50% but then I requested a whole bunch of April - June releases and got quite a few of them. I think I'm back down to 43% now, but have plans of reading at least one a month so I should make some good progress. I may take a month to read just books from my Netgalley...or at least mostly. Should be doable since I have quite a few older ones on there too so I won't be stuck reading just from my kindle. Glad this Pango Books video helped.
@@BooksAndJams 43% and still getting book requests is very good. I took the last 2 months to read just Net Galley books and that got my percentage up. Of course, Berkeley Publishing helped me with that too by denying my requests. LOL! I'm glad I read the Net Galley books. I enjoyed quite a few of them. I hope you are enjoying your Net Galley books too!
Pango is great overall it’s very easy to use and yes they cover the shipping because they charge a lot for shipping but that’s cool that they cover the shipping so I don’t have to pay it at the post office or come up with some exorbitant price but it does take forever to sell on Pango … the thing is it’s extremely easy to list and completely free and the listing could stay there perpetually I have had stuff on there for two years now obviously just to give an idea how long it takes for a book to sell or never sell, but it just stays there until it sells so if you have a place to store books it cannot hurt
Yeah, the cost of shipping has gone up all over, even with media mail. It's a bummer, but a fact of life. I'm glad Pango handles that side of things so I don't have to.
Thank you for introducing me to Pango. It’s fun, sort of feels like a book swap. Like you, I don’t get the cash. I order more books, including our book club picks!
I always put off sending my books to the secondhand store, cuz I feel bad for giving such a large amount of books and not really buying any afterward. xD Might have to look into this to thin the stack.
Also! Just an FYI for people trying to sign up - if you are going to be using an APO address, all you have to do is message their customer service and they’ll enter it for you! I couldn’t get mine to work & customer service was so helpful and quick to get it taken care of for me!
I'm glad to hear customer service is good. I haven't had to ask anything yet. So that's good to know that they were helpful and efficient. Thanks for sharing.
So, for me, Pango ticks a lot of boxes. Its so easy to list a book for sale. Second, even if the comission is 20%, you still end up making more money since Amazon charges an additional $1.80 per book. Third, I love the pre paid shipping labels. And lastly, Pango has a large audience of potential book buyers.
Some of these that have sat for months and months on Pango with no action are going to a used bookstore for credit next weekend. I also usually keep a bag for Little Free Libraries in my car as well.
😊Thanks !! Interesting, me a big bookworm, my main hobbies. Thankyou for your video about Pango. Collect your bucks !! or else you will eventually feel like your doing all this for nothing. 😅 bye ! Gwen FL. Happy Easter 🐣 💓
I have 3 boxes of books and getting ready to start one. I have to admit that I'm a weary of posts that just have one pic, and here's why. I had bought a book that had the cover I wanted. It was marked as excellent or brand new. Either way, so I purchased it. It arrived and I'm guessing it was a book outlet copy. No big deal, however I would have not purchased it, I would have added it to my book outlet cart, they still had them, and cheaper. You know I'm a big time Book Outlet Buyer, I would have liked to have known of the markings. I've purchased an excellent with a cracked spine 🙄. I'd either like more pictures, or a quick note posted that something like those were on the books. When I start mine, I will have more than one pic and will note a marking. I've seen a video and she wasn't downing Pango, but telling people to ask for additional pics on those who have just one pic. She had ordered a few that were library books that were marked in excellent condition, she wasn't too happy about that. I have purchased books by you and you are awesome on getting them out the door! I had it a couple days later 😳. Didn't expect that through media mail! I think I have a couple of your books on my wishlist, let me go look. Have a great day!
I have never marked books that are from Book Outlet. The mark doesn't bother me. But I do take more pictures if there is any kind of blemish or something I would have liked to seen. I am pretty particular about my books so I am careful to label them what I would expect from others. I love how there's freedom for everyone to do their shop like they want. I won't shop at Thrift Books anymore because every book I've bought from there I thought was mislabeled. I've been very pleased with Pango so far though.
@@BooksAndJams I had a purchased a couple of books that were sold by Amazon, sent by Amazon and they were actually from Trift and I wasn't thrilled. I didn't receive a new book, a received a stained book. I unsubscribed from Thrift, I agree with you there. You know I don't mind ink spots on my books, most of my books come from either book outlet or book bins at stores. But I do like finding a 50%, or higher off, on Amazon. I have a couple of your books in my cart, did you like or not like The Paper Palace was thinking of adding it. I've heard mixed reviews.
I was curious about Pango, but thought it was too complicated to use. You’ve convinced me that it’s super easy, so thank you Krista! I think I’m going to start a Pango page 😊
Couple questions. 1. If it’s a book from Book Outlet do you mention that? 2. If you are going on vacation for a week or two can you put your account on hold?
Recently, I had a very large book haul, getting rid of over 200 books. I was running out of room on my bookshelves. I distributed them to all local thrift stores in my city. The trouble with that is I visit these shops regularly and have ended up re-buying the books that I donated. Not good! I live in Canada and Pango is not here. I am not sure if I can buy off your Psngo site or not. If so , what would the shipping be. It does seem like a good way to move the books you don't need any longer.
Holy moly. Over 200 unhauled is amazing! Whoa. Love that you have already accidentally rebought ones that you donated. That cracks me up. Sounds completely like something I would do too. I don't think Pango works internationally at this point. It's still a new site so maybe in the future. We'll see.
What are some tips and tricks you have because I post popular books at a low price and lower the price when people wishlist them and they haven’t been selling 😅
Oh man. I wish I had some. I go in spurts of selling a few things and then nothing for quite a while. After a couple months I take off the older stuff and bring it to a used bookstore for credits. Maybe have a sale for a week or so? Or offer free shipping if people spend a certain amount. That has helped me too.
I remember that site! I just didn't care much for mass market paperbacks and it seems like that was the majority of the books. Although, it was easily 10 years ago that I last visited it.
I'm not really sure to be honest. I haven't used the bookshelf feature. I don't know if they put books they're trying to sell, books they want to buy, or a combo? I will have to play around with it to see.
The problem with them covering shipping is that they charge a fortune for the shipping to cover the cost just in case people throw an extra books such as I do or have large lots for sale and also the problem is people put it into their cart, I get notifications almost every day that people are adding stuff to their cart but when they see how much the shipping is they cancel the cart or remove it from the cart.
It’s very exciting to see that somebody added it to a cart .. but to be honest, maybe one or two week and that is a very generous estimate. I’ve had books listed on there for close to 2 years now that are still sitting.
I often take books off and just bring them to used bookstores or little free libraries. I try to rotate through stock so my shop is worth coming back to check out.
Those are all good points you make to be honest I use Pango only for no value books that Ziffit and SBYB don’t take , seriously even if a book has a value of $.12 I’ll just throw it in a box and send it to one of those companies but if it has no value for books that they don’t take, I throw it on Pango
I generally don’t hang on to books after I read them so I give them to friends and family who are interested in them. If I have MG or YA books, I pass those along to teacher friends for their classroom libraries. Anything left after that I donate to the library. I’ve definitely looked around on Pango to buy some!
I love that you share some with teacher friends. What a blessing for them.
Krista, this isn't related to this video per se, but I had to tell you that when you described Piranesi in one of your wrap ups and explained why you didn't enjoy it, I immediately added it to my tbr because it sounded right up my alley. That was almost a year ago. I finally started it last night and then could NOT stop reading! I just finished it 😆. I loved it so so much! I predict it will be in my top books of the year. Thank you for mentioning it - even though it wasn't for you it definitely was for me! 😆🥰
I love that! I know many people loved that one. I'm glad me describing why it didn't work for me made you want to try it. I'm thrilled that you loved it. There's a reader for every book!
@@BooksAndJams it's really cool how that works! 🥰
Finally a youtube post thats not silly..good voice sound presentation and gets to the point
“I need to stop that!” 😂
That is SO me!!
Great video. Thanks so much!
I just opened an account with Pango to sell my books, I figure I would try it this way, then bringing them to the used bookstore or goodwill.
I sold 6 books so far, but I just started. It was very easy to open and sell the books.
Nice. I hope it continues to work out well for you, Susan.
Thanx for this video. I thought Pango was a free audiobook service for local libraries. WOW, I was SO wrong. 😅
This is so helpful! I used to sell at a local bookshop, but I've moved away and we don't have a reliable option nearby - at least not one that I found. I will have to keep this in mind. Thank you!
I'm glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching.
One problem that we cannot get around is the shipping that they charge while I love that they take care of the shipping and I don’t have to come up with any awkward prices or figure it out or anything, once people see the shipping price in the sale, almost never completes.
This is a problem like today for example I’ve had about five notifications that people put different books including the same book 3 times in their cart but when they go to check it out the shipping is sometimes double because for example I might charge two or $3 for a book and the shipping might be five or $6 and it’s really unfair all of the buyers that we do not make a penny on shipping
Yeah, shipping has gone up for sure and it is annoying. I try to keep my book prices low as well to help offset that a bit. It is a pain.
Thankyou for an informative video! I just heard of this app and I’m so excited to sell my books. ❤
Sweet! Have fun with it!
Glad it was helpful! Have fun culling your shelves!
@@BooksAndJams thankyou!! What’s your storefront name so I can follow 💕🥰
That’s the best part about scanning the ISBN barcode on the back, 90% of the time it works and uploads or refills all of the information and, so that is one thing that is really convenient and along with them covering the shipping which of course they make some money on
Yes! It's always a bummer when the scan doesn't work. But most of the time it does and makes itt so easy!
Cool! I unhaul books after I've read them or at least given them a try. I usually only keep 5 star reads on my shelf. I give them to my friend who volunteers at Compassion United where they have a book drop, a library, for the homeless!
Love that way of unhauling books. Very cool.
Very informative!! I wondered about shipping. I mostly read ebooks and audio books and get my paper page books from the library. We have a great used book store here that gives credit so I sometimes shop there. You are very organized! Happy weekend.
Glad this helped explain things a bit. I love Pango and want others to know how easy and fun it is!
This was so interesting. I'm going to head over and check out your shop!
Thanks so much. Hope it was helpful.
Hey just wanted to thank you for making this video showing me how easy Pango Books works. I just sold my first book today and shipped it out.
That makes me so happy! Have fun with Pango.
It's interesting to learn about Pango books because I did wonder what it is all about. I've unhauled books by giving them to Goodwill, Salvation Army, my local public library (for the Friends of the Library book sale), little free libraries and giving them to family and friends. I've given bibles to the Love Packages organization that donates the bibles around the world. I tried to sell one big pile of books at Half Priced Books once but it just wasn't for me. I get a lot of books I read from the library or Net Galley so I don't feel the need to recoup the cost for the few books I purchase especially if I buy the books used. If I spent more on book purchases, I would probably try Pango books to recoup some of the cost. It sounds like Pango books is the best option to sell books. Thanks for sharing!
On a totally different topic, I've been trying to get my Net Galley ratio up to 80%. I focused on Net Galley books the first quarter of 2023 and I'm at 47%. I'm pleased with my progress. How are you doing on your Net Galley ratio?
Hi Cat, first off, my Netgalley was almost at 50% but then I requested a whole bunch of April - June releases and got quite a few of them. I think I'm back down to 43% now, but have plans of reading at least one a month so I should make some good progress. I may take a month to read just books from my Netgalley...or at least mostly. Should be doable since I have quite a few older ones on there too so I won't be stuck reading just from my kindle. Glad this Pango Books video helped.
@@BooksAndJams 43% and still getting book requests is very good. I took the last 2 months to read just Net Galley books and that got my percentage up. Of course, Berkeley Publishing helped me with that too by denying my requests. LOL! I'm glad I read the Net Galley books. I enjoyed quite a few of them. I hope you are enjoying your Net Galley books too!
Pango is great overall it’s very easy to use and yes they cover the shipping because they charge a lot for shipping but that’s cool that they cover the shipping so I don’t have to pay it at the post office or come up with some exorbitant price but it does take forever to sell on Pango … the thing is it’s extremely easy to list and completely free and the listing could stay there perpetually I have had stuff on there for two years now obviously just to give an idea how long it takes for a book to sell or never sell, but it just stays there until it sells so if you have a place to store books it cannot hurt
Yeah, the cost of shipping has gone up all over, even with media mail. It's a bummer, but a fact of life. I'm glad Pango handles that side of things so I don't have to.
Thank you for introducing me to Pango. It’s fun, sort of feels like a book swap. Like you, I don’t get the cash. I order more books, including our book club picks!
Yay! I agree, it does feel like a book swap.
I buy and sell on Pango and love it! Especially selling so easier than eBay were I also sell. 😃
I have never tried the ebay route, but am thrilled with how Pango is going for me.
I always put off sending my books to the secondhand store, cuz I feel bad for giving such a large amount of books and not really buying any afterward. xD Might have to look into this to thin the stack.
I don't have that problem. haha. I always end up leaving with a few.
Also! Just an FYI for people trying to sign up - if you are going to be using an APO address, all you have to do is message their customer service and they’ll enter it for you! I couldn’t get mine to work & customer service was so helpful and quick to get it taken care of for me!
I'm glad to hear customer service is good. I haven't had to ask anything yet. So that's good to know that they were helpful and efficient. Thanks for sharing.
I sell on pango and love how easy it is!!
Yes! I was surprised too. So simple.
I love Pango!
Me too!
So, for me, Pango ticks a lot of boxes. Its so easy to list a book for sale. Second, even if the comission is 20%, you still end up making more money since Amazon charges an additional $1.80 per book. Third, I love the pre paid shipping labels.
And lastly, Pango has a large audience of potential book buyers.
Yes! Many reasons to like Pango. I have liked being on the selling AND the buying side of things for sure.
I currently have been taken some to local thrift store and also to my local used bookstore for credit.
Some of these that have sat for months and months on Pango with no action are going to a used bookstore for credit next weekend. I also usually keep a bag for Little Free Libraries in my car as well.
😊Thanks !! Interesting, me a big bookworm, my main hobbies. Thankyou for your video about Pango. Collect your bucks !! or else you will eventually feel like your doing all this for nothing. 😅 bye ! Gwen FL. Happy Easter 🐣 💓
I have 3 boxes of books and getting ready to start one. I have to admit that I'm a weary of posts that just have one pic, and here's why. I had bought a book that had the cover I wanted. It was marked as excellent or brand new. Either way, so I purchased it. It arrived and I'm guessing it was a book outlet copy. No big deal, however I would have not purchased it, I would have added it to my book outlet cart, they still had them, and cheaper. You know I'm a big time Book Outlet Buyer, I would have liked to have known of the markings. I've purchased an excellent with a cracked spine 🙄. I'd either like more pictures, or a quick note posted that something like those were on the books. When I start mine, I will have more than one pic and will note a marking.
I've seen a video and she wasn't downing Pango, but telling people to ask for additional pics on those who have just one pic. She had ordered a few that were library books that were marked in excellent condition, she wasn't too happy about that.
I have purchased books by you and you are awesome on getting them out the door! I had it a couple days later 😳. Didn't expect that through media mail! I think I have a couple of your books on my wishlist, let me go look.
Have a great day!
I have never marked books that are from Book Outlet. The mark doesn't bother me. But I do take more pictures if there is any kind of blemish or something I would have liked to seen. I am pretty particular about my books so I am careful to label them what I would expect from others. I love how there's freedom for everyone to do their shop like they want. I won't shop at Thrift Books anymore because every book I've bought from there I thought was mislabeled. I've been very pleased with Pango so far though.
@@BooksAndJams I had a purchased a couple of books that were sold by Amazon, sent by Amazon and they were actually from Trift and I wasn't thrilled. I didn't receive a new book, a received a stained book. I unsubscribed from Thrift, I agree with you there. You know I don't mind ink spots on my books, most of my books come from either book outlet or book bins at stores. But I do like finding a 50%, or higher off, on Amazon. I have a couple of your books in my cart, did you like or not like The Paper Palace was thinking of adding it. I've heard mixed reviews.
Thank you for this information!
Glad it was helpful!
I was curious about Pango, but thought it was too complicated to use. You’ve convinced me that it’s super easy, so thank you Krista! I think I’m going to start a Pango page 😊
It's so easy! Go for it.
Thanks so much for making this awesome video!
Thanks so much for having an awesome site/app!
Couple questions. 1. If it’s a book from Book Outlet do you mention that? 2. If you are going on vacation for a week or two can you put your account on hold?
I don't normally mention Book Outlet books. I haven't seen others do that either. Yes, You can put your account on hold for a bit if needed.
Recently, I had a very large book haul, getting rid of over 200 books. I was running out of room on my bookshelves. I distributed them to all local thrift stores in my city. The trouble with that is I visit these shops regularly and have ended up re-buying the books that I donated. Not good!
I live in Canada and Pango is not here. I am not sure if I can buy off your Psngo site or not. If so , what would the shipping be.
It does seem like a good way to move the books you don't need any longer.
Holy moly. Over 200 unhauled is amazing! Whoa. Love that you have already accidentally rebought ones that you donated. That cracks me up. Sounds completely like something I would do too. I don't think Pango works internationally at this point. It's still a new site so maybe in the future. We'll see.
This site sounds amazing!
I am slightly obsessed! haha
I give most of my books to a close friend who sells them in her shop. I get no money for them but get to choose other books
That sounds like a good trade to me!
Funny thing - I got an email just before watching this that I sold a book on Pango!
Nice! It's always fun when those come in.
Thanks for sharing. Great content. Do you have to open a business account with your state?
I don't think so. haha.
@@BooksAndJams Thank you.
Great post thank you
Thanks for watching, Karen.
What are some tips and tricks you have because I post popular books at a low price and lower the price when people wishlist them and they haven’t been selling 😅
Oh man. I wish I had some. I go in spurts of selling a few things and then nothing for quite a while. After a couple months I take off the older stuff and bring it to a used bookstore for credits. Maybe have a sale for a week or so? Or offer free shipping if people spend a certain amount. That has helped me too.
@@BooksAndJams no worries thanks for responding
Sounds like paperback swap. I love that site.
I remember that site! I just didn't care much for mass market paperbacks and it seems like that was the majority of the books. Although, it was easily 10 years ago that I last visited it.
I’m new to pango books 😊 what does it mean when someone has add a book to their private book self? Thank you so much
I'm not really sure to be honest. I haven't used the bookshelf feature. I don't know if they put books they're trying to sell, books they want to buy, or a combo? I will have to play around with it to see.
This is very interesting. I enjoy giving my books away for free, so anyone can enjoy them.
Nice. I bet your friends and family appreciate that!
I have a book listed which 3 ppl have in their carts but aren't buying....what am I doing wrong? Please help!
You're not doing anything wrong. I often put things in my cart I'm interested in, but don't always click purchase right away. Just give it time! :)
I love PangoBooks
Me too!
I can't use pango. I have an android
I didn't realize that would make a difference. Hmm...
I've been on poshmark for a couple of years, but started pangobooks (thebookchauffeur) and love it.
I just went and followed your Pango shop. Good luck!