# Amazon.co.uk adds second-hand goods sales to its site

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2002/03/21/amazoncouk-adds-secondhand-goods-sales-its-site/
- Published: 2002-03-21T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Amazon.co.uk’s new second-hand good service could offer charities another channel
for selling their donated goods.
Visitors to Amazon.com’s UK and German sites can
now buy and sell second-hand goods via the site. Users can sell new and used items
on the same pages that Amazon sells its own inventory. Visitors can choose whether
to buy from Amazon or from an individual seller.

With many charities using online auctions to sell donated goods and collectable 
items, this new service is worth testing to see if it too can convert donated goods
into cash. For example, it could prove particularly attractive for charities with
books that are currently unavailable from the Amazon site, or which would take a
long time to order. Some clever selection and positioning of items by charities 
could yield better and faster income than selling the items in a shop.

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