I don't like using Amazon to sell lab supplies, as they charge a minimum of 15% in fees and don't allow most people to sell science supplies unless
you get Jeff's personal blessing. I used to sell lab supplies there, but they made it so difficult that I moved to Ebay and also here. Paypal
works well for small purchases, and they only charge 3% and give buyers protection, which seems reasonable to me. For books, they are more practical
(and don't have many real competitors), but even that is 15% plus more fees. But I would be happy to do any links or affiliates if it generates
something useful.
I would be happy to list things here or on a sciencemadness site of some sort, I have been meaning to find a better system than I have now, but have
been just too busy. I know that Zombie tried to organize some group buys, and found it challenging, and I have had some hiccups myself, but if you
can do it, great. Maybe you could also try to get a few companies to offer some sort of sponsorship to sci mad, like Elemental or a few others. I
have offered to try to help sciencemadness, in some ways, but not done much. I hope to offer some books up for cheap/free/postage only, but not sure
of a good ways to do that. Also, shipping overseas is tough, so not many people or businesses are likely to want to do that. I do some shipments,
but packages over 4 pounds have been a pain/nightmare in general. |