How to Buy Gaylords of Bulk Books | Sell Used Books on Amazon FBA

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[@nickwoo1]

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[@Erati243]

A dumpster to haul them away? WHAT? you just said you live in country with plenty of acreage!!! they way you talk you have plenty of room and a month or so of "trash books" sounds like one helluva bonfire to me! wtf would you pay extra to have them hauled away when you can have fun burning them and throw the resulting ash in a single kitchen sized garbage bag!? Oi... just got to the part where yousay "books burn for a loooong time".... I am not sure what exactly the downside of that is!!!!!!

[@sharps1759]

What a great video. Thank you for sharing. I'm just starting out w Amazon FBA, your info is direct and I like the breakdown of possible fees. The info on Gaylorrds was very helpful.

[@mk6022]

What I learned today: 1. some men can look actually really good in a mustache 2. the existence of Goodwill Outlet 3. the word Gaylord has more than one meaning Thank you!

[@nickwoo1]

Solid comment :) And Thank you

[@ericks4280]

i like the part where you talk about burning the books. I don't know why but it just made me laugh out loud.

[@reforgedcriterion1471]

I know a couple liquidation places that sell books in gaylords, but they would be all returns/shelf pulls. I've thought about getting into this. I really regret selling my 36' gooseneck enclosed trailer.. LOL The other downside with renting a truck is you have to get all the pallets off the truck by the next day. This is bad for guys like me in NC where it rains pretty much daily.. or pay a fee to keep the truck longer. Something like this is also bad for those of us with physical limitations. Although books might not be the best thing for disabled people LOL. I've thought about setting up a flea market stall for books that aren't worth selling online and are too good to trash. Just off them at $1 each. People LOVE buying stuff at a buck a piece. The last time I saw someone doing this at a swap meet I bought up a half dozen books for my own personal use. There are far easier ways to make a buck online, and that is why I'm betting less than 10 of the 10k people who have viewed this video will actually commit to buying pallets every single week, let alone 6 at a time.

[@MrsDixon-ip8vb]

"ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A GAYLOR OF BOOKS" seriously my life would be a dream come true. Someone please buy me a gaylord

[@ditzyleopard]

Wanna buy one together!? hahahah

[@kmurphy1022]

Dang! called her bluff and got the 6 pallets, WIN!

[@Battledrone]

This channel should have WAY more subscribers.

[@nickwoo1]

I really appreciate that! Hopefully soon! :)

[@walshm83]

Ahhhh, a fellow Virginia boy! I will poke around your other videos--I have a LOT of local questions!

[@resellbossbabe351]

This video was beyond helpful, thanks so much! Love your content!

[@nickwoo1]

I’m so glad it was!

[@ashleyfarmer1543]

Great video. Just wish you would have told us how much you made overall, I’m super curious!

[@williamgallaher1377]

Great video. Thank you very much for sharing. I subscribed. Have a great day and live a safe and happy life!!!

[@TH3DHARKAR]

Great content, i wish you could keep making more videos more often

[@elliswashington1149]

Great presentation. Thanks!!!

[@heather_scott]

Thanks for the info!! We are ready for this next step!

[@ladypilliwick8179]

2 year old post. what I see is a hell of a lot of work. so maybe it's not buried in people over loading it think I'll try it

[@coldsun5495]

Wow. Another good video. I just learned something knew. Thanks for the knowledge.

[@nickwoo1]

Glad to help!

[@coldsun5495]

@@nickwoo1 hey man. I have really old music sheets and books dating 1934, do you think I can sell them on amazon or should I do ebay. Also is ebay free to sell. Please let me know. Thanks

[@marisabel407]

love your voice,handsome devil,,,,great job...needed that info

[@nathandavis9360]

Excellent video! Thanks for the great info 👍

[@alexanderthegreat4512]

i was looking for a vid like this. thank you!

[@andy3590]

I'm more worried about clearing the stickers off then listing them. Stickers are a pain.

[@brandonanderson9851]

Dude no one is putting out this content! This was amazing! Sub'd

[@nickwoo1]

I’m glad it was helpful!

[@360videoboothmagicspinlasv4]

Not burn the books. Lol This was a great video!

[@thriftalohaalways5419]

Dang beast mode!..awesome informative vid

[@nickwoo1]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@ditzyleopard]

I love you for this info, but my hubby may not. hahahha! AS long as I don't keep all the books! ;)

[@mayorofbasedville7680]

This is great info. Do you know if the books you bought had already been on the shelves at Goodwill stores? Or were they raw?

[@nickwoo1]

I do remember asking the goodwill outlet manager that very question and she said it was roughly a 50/50 mix. They get so many books at the normal stores that they often just divert them to the outlet.

[@mayorofbasedville7680]

@@nickwoo1 word. Bought my first Gaylord from goodwill two days ago. The advice on your videos has been really valuable. Thanks!

[@waterboy4423]

nick! how did you load a UHaul with pallets ? Did a pallet jack fit onto the back ramp ?

[@CoachDomCosta]

Thank you for sharing 👍❤️💯

[@darthplaguepiss4335]

My friend is a Gaylord

[@porfirioobregon1063]

Love your videos very good information. When you source from a goodwill outlet do you buy their salvage gaylords or inventory that has not been on their shelves? I found a source and they are only selling their salvage gaylords at 4 cents/lb.

[@nickwoo1]

So when I buy gaylords, I’m but books that never made it to the store shelves. They’ve never been scanned by book buyers. I feel like it would be a bit risky to buy salvaged books. :) just my opinion.

[@porfirioobregon1063]

@@nickwoo1 - Thank you for the info. I will keep bothering people here in the midwest. Any tips on how to make them sell their non salvage inventory?

[@lanalesh7837]

My local goodwill outlet will not let you take the whole Gaylord. You have to take the books individually and pack them yourself to transport home. You can take everything out of the box but you can’t take the box itself.

[@nickwoo1]

That’s the normal operating procedure for my goodwill outlet as well. It took a lot of talking to convince them to sell the entire gaylord to me haha

[@Westcoast10]

Went to my wholesale outlet once and the manager wouldn’t sell me any books, they said it goes to their e-commerce department, how would I go about still buying from them? Or who do I talk to in regards to that? Thanks!

[@nickwoo1]

Some places won't sell to us online sellers because they have their own Amazon stores that they sell on. However, I would suggest asking around at thrift stores because some times they will let you buy crates or boxes at a discounted rate as long as you buy a minimum large amount.

[@musashi-san____1409]

These book wholesalers like Goodwill deal with a lot of people just trying to buy one pallet who are just hobby resellers. They need serious people who will buy at least 6. You have to show them the cash, and tell them you are not fucking around.

[@nickwoo1]

Exactly!

[@Justcye357]

Hey Nic thanks Form the training, I need your help, I added 3 books to my Amazon Seller Account to practice and everything was approved as FBA but,....... they are not showing up in my inventory am not taken to the part where I should print the barcode label for the books.

[@zachmckinnis9943]

Subscribed!

[@Cjnchef]

A commercial dumpster would be cheaper with weekly pick ups. Much Cheaper

[@nickwoo1]

I did end up doing that after a while. Cost me $350 per week. Still came out profitable by a long shot.

[@kamranjavid12]

Hi Thanks for the golden nuggets so far. I’m based in the UK, would you happen to know where I can source this style qty here?

[@nickwoo1]

Unfortunately I haven’t the slightest idea as I have never been to, or sourced, the UK. Best of luck though!

[@kamranjavid12]

NicholasWoolsey thanks for your prompt reply. Cheers

[@user-oe2bq7xy7r]

Do they just do this with books, or clothing/other, too? Thank you

[@austingiedd6372]

Did your U-Haul have a liftgate? Or did you rent a forklift to get them off?

[@nickwoo1]

The U-Haul’s do not come with liftgates, however there are other truck companies that do have lift gates. I actually went on craigslist and bought a used pallet jack and then I would roll the pallets down the ramp of the U-Haul. It was a pretty sketchy set up and definitely risky because the pallets wanted to fall off the ramp the entire time.

[@primeprofits247]

i use scoutly as well what do you set your cogs price at when scanning books from a gaylord

[@nickwoo1]

I set it at $1. That tends to be way higher than the actual purchase price, however it's a safe default to set in order to pad the profit margins.

[@ABall518]

What did you set your Buy Cost at for your triggers? $0? $1?

[@nickwoo1]

Excellent question. I had it set for $1. I ended up getting enough books out of the gaylords to average about $1.00-$1.10 per book.

[@ABall518]

@@nickwoo1 Thank you, I've processed one gaylord in my short amount of time and had Buy Cost at $0, as directed by a friend, with the theory that I already "bought" the book in paying for the whole gaylord. So I wasn't real sure about that. Thanks

[@theartofflipping]

@@nickwoo1 $ 1 *anticipated* margins wouldn't work out in 2023. When was your most recent Gaylord / books buy and what were the yeild / triggers? Things have changed esp. on AMZ since you made this video. I hear that Gaylord prices have "escalated" (to put it mildly) too. You may want to consider updating this video which was great when you posted it but is now dated (unfortunately). Thx.

[@humphreydavids]

Nice video. How many people do you use to process say a six gaylord purchase? Thanks!

[@nickwoo1]

Just my wife and I. :) it takes about 2 hours to complete each Gaylord box. We normally split the work over 2 days, but we have done all of them in one day.

[@dakotayork4677]

Apparently thrift books has a website for wholesale Gaylords but they only offer like a very big amount

[@user-ci3zw9st7u]

Send link pls

[@dakotayork4677]

​@@user-ci3zw9st7u Look up thrift books wholesale, it's in their FAQS

[@p0ck3tp3ar]

I heard there were gaylords for sale in a back alley near my house so I bought a few but then I was arrested!

[@immank2102]

Please, were you arrested for buying gaylords?

[@p0ck3tp3ar]

@@immank2102 I am making a joke about male prostitutes :P

[@usikuthedaywalker]

I got that 😂😂😂😂

[@p0ck3tp3ar]

@@usikuthedaywalker Haha.

[@lucian5304]

So the goodwill outlet will actually sell the whole pallet books to you for a lump price based on weight?

[@nickwoo1]

That’s correct. Only certain locations will do this though.

[@bobthebookguy5814]

We sell raw book gaylords and will ship anywhere in the US via LTL. We also have an in-person scanning option if you'd like to visit us at our MA location. Please let me know if you'd like anymore info!

[@ourthreelittlebirds2468]

Has anyone in Cali given you feedback about their experience with buying from GW?

[@nickwoo1]

In regards to buying books at goodwill in general, it’s been “not great” news. In regards to buying gaylords, I have one contact in south SD (near the border) that bought 4 Gaylords and they were very easy to obtain and were profitable.

[@westcoastgaming6754]

@@nickwoo1 Hey, Do you still the contact for that location? I'm interested in working with them as many of the goodwill up north cali won't sell me gaylord thanks

[@musaaydemiroglu7592]

Perfect presentation. How long did you sell 530 books and earn 2351 dollars?if it’s not private can you share to us this information please?

[@erenmetu]

Which city should i move to find seconhand book resources easily

[@nickwoo1]

Not really sure. I've only sourced books in my immediate area, so I can't speak for other cities :)

[@erenmetu]

@@nickwoo1 where is it

[@billflipper1130]

Lol I tried lighting them on fire.

[@DuCetteBoss]

Did that work? That’s what I could do. Lol.

[@gsmith6733]

hey but are they dirty?😁 hope you have gloves... Great info. Thank you!!

[@billflipper1130]

What's the minimum profit on a book you would take?

[@nickwoo1]

When I first started I wanted to see $2-3 minimum profit. At this point I want to see $7-10 net profit.

[@billflipper1130]

@@nickwoo1 even when you were doing bulk?

[@mikemitchell9677]

Can you recycle the books as paper? lower cost than trash

[@nickwoo1]

I tried that. None of the recyclers in my area would take them. They said they don’t accept books with covers and with most types of ink. Not sure why. But they all solidly refused.

[@Pattyboybx]

I’m considering buying a Gaylord but for some reason I think it’s pointless. Cost of renting a truck. You’re gambling on sellable items. Then you’re stuck with the majority of books and the cost of disposal. Although I know it can vary, I’ve heard 20-30 is the average of profitable books. I feel it’s not enough with all the work that goes into it.

[@jeromewright9313]

yea I thought that too. I think a lot of it depends on where you buy the books to.

[@nickwoo1]

You’re absolutely right, it’s definitely a gamble to a degree. While I’ve been able to pick up gaylords of unscanned books, one of my friends in Texas bought 6 Gaylords that were filled with garbage (literal garbage bags, trash) in the lower half of the boxes. He did end up just barely breaking even with the books he found, but it was not a good time for him. In my experience, I average 60-70 profitable books per Gaylord box. My worst box was 25 books that basically paid for that particular Gaylord box. On average, I’ve spent $650 on the gaylords/truck/fuel, but I’ve walked away with $2200 in net profit after all fees, overhead, etc.

[@billmartlink]

When you have to rent a truck, it is hard to justify buying only one gaylord. Between cost of truck, gas, mileage, and time, the cost of your gaylord can rise by 2-5x. You're almost forced into buying as many as you can that will fill the truck. Definitely a Catch-22

[@nickwoo1]

Bill Martlink True! The only thing that saved me when I went to buy is that my supplier required that I buy 6 gaylords per trip. Because of that, I came out with some solid profit after all overhead was accounted for.

[@Op2007so]

Hi Nickolas.... I sent you a message by Instagram about books and gaylords...

[@primeprofits247]

thank you for sharing i would really like to pick your brain

[@nickwoo1]

Shoot me an email. Email address can be found on my YT "about" page. (I can't put the email address in this comment because YT may flag it as spam)

[@billmartlink]

I have sent you two emails recently - would love to connect and buy your duds.

[@nickwoo1]

Hi Bill, I don’t recall seeing anything in my inbox but I will check my spam folder tomorrow morning when I get to my computer. :)

[@billmartlink]

@@nickwoo1 Any luck? All I want to do is give you $ for your duds. No cost to my software or for freight, and no extra scans involved, either.

[@billmartlink]

@Brainjock we buy qualified ones. No additional touches or scans needed. Freight on us. [e-mail] to get onboard.

[@billmartlink]

@@nickwoo1 Any luck with that search?

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Not cool bro. I wanted to support you and learn about Amazon through your udemy course. When I click the link you provided, the course was listed for $15.99, then when I got signed in the price jumped up to $79.99. Not cool at all, I guess I have to get info another way.

[@nickwoo1]

Udemy controls the prices and runs sales every other week or so. If you put the course in your watch list, you’ll get an email in a week or so when it goes back to $15. They run these random flash sales. I’m not really sure of their process or why they do that, but unfortunately it is how they operate.

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