Spring Cleaning My Bookshelves! Pango Books First Impressions

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Let's do some spring cleaning of my bookshelves! (and closet of shame) Join me as I try selling on Pango Books for the first time and give my first impressions of the Pango Books App. This also includes a Pango Books selling walkthrough! Thank you to ‪@pangobooks‬ for sponsoring this video! #pangobooks #sellingbooks
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  • @isirlasplace91
    @isirlasplace91 Жыл бұрын

    Yes please!! Bring Pango books internationally!!! I live right next door in Canada and we don't really have anything like this here!!!🙏🏻

  • @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    Жыл бұрын

    Fingers crossed!

  • @Lemonade_Stand_

    @Lemonade_Stand_

    Жыл бұрын

    Yess! All the used bookstores in my area only take rare books. I was donating my paperbacks to organization that distributed books to people in prison for awhile but theyre not accepting anything at the moment. We dont have places like 2nd & Charles or Books a Million. Something like Pango would do a killing in Canada.

  • @Sarasstorytime22
    @Sarasstorytime22 Жыл бұрын

    I buy so many books from Pango. They are really great. I had one seller not send out my book after buying. At the 10 day mark they refunded my money, no issue.

  • @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    Жыл бұрын

    Amazing! So far they have been great.

  • @Lizzyb1813
    @Lizzyb1813 Жыл бұрын

    I love Pango. I don’t live near a good used book store and Pango has been such a game changer for me for unhauling and buying books. Love love love!! ❤

  • @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    Жыл бұрын

    That's perfect! I'm really enjoying them so far.

  • @rvt_h3d
    @rvt_h3d Жыл бұрын

    My experience with Pango has been great so far. The post office lost my book in transit and they compensated me and the seller. You can find a lot of books for cheap.

  • @Lemonade_Stand_
    @Lemonade_Stand_ Жыл бұрын

    Yess i freaking love unhauls. Books, makeup, clothes... doesnt matter theyre just so satisfying to watch.

  • @kaitlynslucher9257
    @kaitlynslucher9257 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve used PangoBooks before such a nice way to get rid of books of find some of the harder ones to find in stores. And here my husband freaked out with my one bag of books to sell 😂

  • @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha! Yeah mine has gotten used to the endless books at this point.

  • @noelanikaanana
    @noelanikaanana Жыл бұрын

    I love Pango ❤ it's easy to use and risk free! You can also use the money you earn from sales to purchase items or transfer it to a regular bank account.

  • @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    Жыл бұрын

    Great tip! So far I've been loving them.

  • @dancedneway
    @dancedneway Жыл бұрын

    Lol, I joined PangoBooks 2 days ago, found you on there and bought a book from you yesterday, and then you dropped this video today. I feel like there’s some synchronicity in there somewhere! I had no idea your store was so new! I was just randomly checking to see if I could find some of my favorite booktube channels. I’m loving Pango so far. I sold three books the first night I posted books. Admittedly they were totally gimme sales. I d been trying to complete my B&N editions of the Folk of the Air series for a while but they’re priced ridiculously high. So I thought I’d make someone’s day and list the ones I have at reasonable prices since I have them in the regular covers too. Someone was super nice and tried to let me know I was severely under pricing them and we chatted for a little while. Very friendly!

  • @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh wow! That's great timing. Yeah, I've been really impressed so far.

  • @Neverrgreen
    @Neverrgreen Жыл бұрын

    I really want something like this in Canada!

  • @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    Жыл бұрын

    Fingers crossed!

  • @susansterling8252
    @susansterling82526 ай бұрын

    9:25 a.m. I 😊love this idea..you explained this so well. I may definitely try to sell my books. Nervous..but you made it super nice .. cudos to Pango Books.

  • @ndreader
    @ndreader Жыл бұрын

    I love selling books on pango! It's fun to send my books that I don't want anymore across the country to another reader!

  • @devlyn873
    @devlyn873 Жыл бұрын

    I love Pangobooks! Not only have I gotten a bunch of great new things to read from there, I've been able to make more room on my shelves for those new books by selling!

  • @catherinecameron2967
    @catherinecameron29672 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing. Great content.

  • @zibbernautinbookspace
    @zibbernautinbookspace Жыл бұрын

    Very neat idea!! I've never heard of anything like this. Very cool.

  • @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes! I like that it's specifically for books.

  • @Lorie336
    @Lorie336 Жыл бұрын

    I love Pangobooks! I have been buying and selling on it for over a year! I was introduced to it by Starlah who is no longer on KZread and decided to buy when Amazon is too expensive and sell the books I no longer what or am interested in. My mom will even give me books to sell and let me keep the money. People on Pango are nice. There's also a button or setting to say that you are away temporarily like if you're on vacation. I meant to do that last year and forgot and when I was midway through my vacation got a notification I sold a book. I was upset with myself for forgetting and I immediately messaged the buyer, apologizing. I asked if they still wanted the book and told them when I was going to ship it out. They told me not to worry and to enjoy my vacation and they still wanted the book. I was impressed with the buyer. Just love the community overall and how easy the app is. I have wishlisted two books so far, hoping to buy from your shop soon. Also, yes, I do thank you notes and add bookmarks when sending out books. If I could I would do stickers, but I like the added touch of a bookmark. Enjoy this app!

  • @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    Жыл бұрын

    That's great! So far my experience as been really great.

  • @kimdaniel4539
    @kimdaniel4539 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for answering so many of my questions. I have bought from Pango and was thinking of selling too. So thanks

  • @kathleensmith
    @kathleensmith Жыл бұрын

    I just brought 5 books…excited to receive them.

  • @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    Жыл бұрын

    Yay!! I'll be going to the post office again on Monday!

  • @lexi8445
    @lexi8445 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic! I've been selling on Pango for almost a year. Such a great little app.

  • @jenniferross6852
    @jenniferross6852 Жыл бұрын

    Pongo is the best especially if you need to get rid of things or buy things for cheap

  • @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    Жыл бұрын

    Everyone seems to like them!

  • @angelawesneski5029
    @angelawesneski5029 Жыл бұрын

    I use Paperback Book Swap to unhaul my books, and I love it! Highly recommend. 😊

  • @j.d.5998
    @j.d.599810 ай бұрын

    I have a dresser in the guest room that my husband thinks is holding towels/linens. Three drawers filled with books!

  • @asdfghjklasdfghjkl321
    @asdfghjklasdfghjkl321 Жыл бұрын

    This was such a fun video to watch! It also goes to show you how something "simple" can actually require a lot of work too so fair play to you for while doing all of this, also making a video out of it. Like it would be really meta if you made a video on the background of making this video if that makes sense? Haha 😂😅

  • @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it! Yes, it's a fair bit of work and hopefully helpful for people. And yes, video inception would be intense! lol

  • @LiteratureScienceAlliance
    @LiteratureScienceAlliance Жыл бұрын

    Loved this! I have been curious about doing to this but also hate going to the post office just to ship books to my friends 😅 One probably obvious question I did have was if the shipping cost is all on the consumer or also you as the seller? And where do you buy your packaging material from and how much do you think that costs you per book??

  • @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    Жыл бұрын

    It's pretty cool! You can choose to offer free shipping, but otherwise the consumer pays it. I'm currently covering shipping for orders over $50 but since it's media mail it's not a huge amount. Packaging material I get from Staples or re-use boxes I've gotten in the mail. If I get them on sale, padded envelopes and boxes are costing me $1-2 on average, depending on size. Packing paper and tissue paper is probably like 30 to 50 cents per order.

  • @finchfry
    @finchfry Жыл бұрын

    I haven't used Pango books yet, but I may start soon because it looks great! Just first impressions, I think they should have a feature where you can sell multiple books at once (say a full series, or a few mass market fantasy books together). That might be one spot where Ebay has it beat, because I do like buying or selling lots of books at once. I suppose I could comb through a sellers page for each separate book I want, but sometimes the thrill of "this lot has five books I've been looking for and five books that I have no idea about" is hard to resist. I'd also be interested to see if they have any kind of comic book market on there, because I could see myself getting absorbed in that.

  • @socialteaist
    @socialteaist Жыл бұрын

    Late to this video, but I have bought and sold on Pango and have had a great experience! I use it to mostly find special editions for more reasonable prices.

  • @MariaMightReadThat
    @MariaMightReadThat Жыл бұрын

    This was so helpful! I've been meaning to try Pango but felt intimidated for some reason. Also I'm really glad I can learn from your mistake that it doesn't save the listing when you go back 😂

  • @sgriffin9960
    @sgriffin9960 Жыл бұрын

    Questions! What do you use to package the larger books? Where do you buy the padded envelopes? What size envelope is the most useful? Thanks!

  • @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    Жыл бұрын

    Good question! I've got boxes and packing paper, different size envelopes work for different books. I buy them at Staples but probably any office supply store would have them.

  • @MeMyshelfAndI
    @MeMyshelfAndI Жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see a comparison of Pango and Mercari. I usually end up finding the special editions I want secondhand to be more available and cheaper on Mercari. But I haven't set up a seller account anywhere yet.

  • @marisagettas
    @marisagettas Жыл бұрын

    Never used. Canadian, here. We also don’t have media mail. I would use Pango if it goes International 😊

  • @nikkitaross6220
    @nikkitaross6220 Жыл бұрын

    Really hope they go international. I'm in Australia

  • @jaynehunter-ar
    @jaynehunter-ar Жыл бұрын

    I'm curious to know whether you chose being paid in Pango bucks or getting money sent to your bank account and how those two differ.

  • @sanzeakatesoul5063
    @sanzeakatesoul5063 Жыл бұрын

    Curious how sales are on pango. Can you do another vid update:)

  • @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm
    @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm Жыл бұрын

    I wish pango was available in Canada 😬

  • @lusalma5404
    @lusalma5404 Жыл бұрын

    I typically donated to my library, but now that I am primarily digital it is a non-issue :)

  • @HibiscusStar14
    @HibiscusStar14 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for walking though this! For shipping, does the app allow the seller to enter a PO Box instead of an address?

  • @theaudiobookaficionado
    @theaudiobookaficionado Жыл бұрын

    do you have to pay for/find all the packaging materials yourself?

  • @samanthahayton8526
    @samanthahayton8526 Жыл бұрын

    As a book horder sorry lol book lover myself just wondering is there a specific payment method that pango requires when saling books? Thanks!

  • @tonjamaya8022
    @tonjamaya8022 Жыл бұрын

    Is the profit enough to compensate for the shipping labels and printer ink?

  • @jsmalec
    @jsmalec3 ай бұрын

    I am not comfortable with doing everything on a phone. Can we do this on a laptop

  • @me2old4this2
    @me2old4this2 Жыл бұрын

    Could you tell me who pays for the shipping

  • @Lemonade_Stand_
    @Lemonade_Stand_ Жыл бұрын

    That's so awesome! I'm a casual seller on poshmark and lots of sellers have invest in a label printer and background. That might be useful for someone like yourself who goes through large volumes of books. Can you upload pics that are already in your camera roll or does it have to be photo taken with the pango app? It might be easier to take all the pics first and then uploading and filling in the descriptions after.

  • @Lemonade_Stand_

    @Lemonade_Stand_

    Жыл бұрын

    Also you can get free shipping supplies from USPS.

  • @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    Жыл бұрын

    That's a good thought! You can actually upload pics, though then you have to scroll through to find them all. I have thought about the label printer thing, I'll have to look into it.

  • @annabarry1193
    @annabarry119310 ай бұрын

    Did you put your bank account information in there? Was wondering how the getting paid thing goes?

  • @MeMyshelfAndI
    @MeMyshelfAndI Жыл бұрын

    If you're eyeing The Broken Binding Teixcalaan set, you should know they're still in stock on the website for 55 GBP + S&H. $138 is definitely a rip-off currently.

  • @tonjamaya8022
    @tonjamaya8022 Жыл бұрын

    I have a question about shipping. If the shipping price listed by the seller is actually more than it cost to ship the book, does that go to Pango or the seller? I’ve seen books listed for super cheap but with not so cheap shipping. So I’m just wondering how that works. Ie if seller lists shipping at $3.99 but it actually only cost $2.99 to ship it, where does the other dollar go?

  • @nancymalick5910
    @nancymalick5910 Жыл бұрын

    Who pays for postage?

  • @akossiwak
    @akossiwak Жыл бұрын

    All the cool books are already gone. 😅

  • @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    @BeautifullyBookishBethany

    Жыл бұрын

    Sorry if there was something you were eyeing! There are still some fun ones left and more to come once I feel up to adding them.

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