Professional Booksellers

1. Choose your inventory management software:

We recommend our HomeBase™ program which can be downloaded for free. (Yes, we said free!) If you are planning to sell across multiple markets, in addition to Homebase, you might also want to consider AbeBooks subsidiary FillZ. You can try it free to 30 days. FillZ helps with: inventory management, re-pricing and order management across multiple markets.

2. Decide what payment options you will accept:

Abebooks accepts Visa and MasterCard payments but you can also choose other payment methods

3. Banking Info:

Collect your bank details, credit card information (Visa or MasterCard), and your business contact information.

4. Tax Numbers:

If applicable, have your GST (Canadian Goods and Services Tax) number or your VAT (European Value-Added Tax) number available.

• Exposure of your inventory to over 1.5 million unique visitors a week with more than 3 million searches for books each day. And your books are listed on 5 international sites!
• Our business model is flexible. You provide your book descriptions and your prices. Also, you set your shipping rates with our adjustable shipping matrix and all shipping is paid to you.
• Value! A low monthly subscription fee starting at just $25 for up to 500 books. Upon a successful sale via the AbeBooks shopping basket, a sales commission of 8% is charged on the total item amount (book plus shipping). The maximum sales commission is US$40.00 per book, and the minimum commission is US$0.50 per book. More Information
• Convenient weekly payments made by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).
• Free, user-friendly software and customizable bookseller tools are available to you.
• Create a free, customizable Storefront to promote your store.
• Finding you will be easy for buyers! Searching by bookstore and location is simple on the AbeBooks site.
• You ship straight to the customer, allowing you to include with the order promotional materials such as bookmarks or your store catalog.
• Personalized Customer Support by e-mail and by telephone. We have a 1-800 number for North America and a one business day response time to e-mail inquiries.
• Our focus is BOOKS! This means our customers are some of the most avid book readers and book buyers in the world!