Barcode Booty: How I found and sold $2 million of 'junk' on eBay and Amazon, And you can, too, using your phone Paperback – July 22, 2011

Steve Weber has written another informative and entertaining book about online selling - this time with the focus on new products. The great thing about Steve Weber is that he is a battle-tested seller first and an author second. Reading a Steve Weber book is like taking a class that can save you literally years of trial-and-error. Although geared towards beginners, this book has valuable information for both beginners and veteran sellers.Beginners: Very informative, some step-by-step, many tricks that would take years to figure out on your own. He also includes interviews with successful sellers with different philosophies including one lady who doesn't even use a scanner to find products!Veterans: As a seasoned book seller & FBA seller, I learned some great tips that helped me immediately begin scouting products for resale. I was carrying an Android phone in my pocket for the past year and wasn't even aware of the valuable apps I could use - many free! As far as the reviewer who said that Steve is promoting FBA - I have used FBA the last year or two and Steve isn't promoting it - he is just writing about what method he uses. If you don't want to use FBA, the tips in this book will work with any format including eBay.

I stumbled across this book while looking up something entirely different. After reading the excerpt and sample chapter, I decided to go ahead and purchase a copy.The writing style is engaging & the tips given are pretty straightforward & easy to understand. What makes this book worth the asking price are the resources the author cites! I had only heard of a few of them & I've been flipping merchandise for close to 14 years.I look forward to reading more by this author in the future.

The first book I purchased on internet reselling was Retail Arbitrage by Christ Green. It's a great book, but one can't help being a little uneasy that the book is primarily a plug for the author's products, including FBAScout, FBAPower, etc. Should I invest in this subscription-based service, or not? What else is out there? I looked a little further, and found this book.I find this book and Retail Arbitrage to be complementary to each other. Retail Arbitrage does plug the FBAPower products, but it gives a superior overview to exactly what is involved in being an Amazon reseller. The book really gives you an insider's view of the different options for selling on Amazon, which is its main focus. This book, Barcode Booty, focuses less on the Amazon FBA program (though it does discuss it), but gives a lot more detail on different technology available to resellers, offering reviews of a number of different apps available for the different needs of resellers. Some are free, some are paid, but you are given the information you need to choose among them.My advice is to buy both books. Between the two, you will be prepared to enter the world of internet reselling.

This book has some great information. However; many of the example apps covered in this book no longer exist. The point of my purchasing this book was to learn what apps to use and how to use them... Kind of hard when many of the apps covered are no longer available. The book really needs an update to cover current apps (and marketplaces).

This book was very useful in helping me through the initial learning curve as a re-seller. The first read-through was at the start of my online venture, and I retained enough good info to jump-start things without too much difficulty. Steve's writing is clear and simple to understand, and "Barcode Booty" covers most of what I needed to know to get the ball rolling.After several months of "on the job training," consisting of sourcing and selling hundreds of products through Amazon, I went back and re-read Steve's book. This time, a lot of what had flown over my head on the first go-around made sense because I'd been out there doing the work and discovering how things worked for me personally. Now I understand better WHY things work the way they do, and how they work together. Reading this book again answered many questions that I'd developed along the way, and actually served as a training aid at the intermediate level as well.Highly recommended for anyone who's serious about doing well in this business.

Perfect book from an experienced online reseller to help you start your own online business with limited cash.Honest and extensive detail including links to providers for free and paid resources to aid you in locating products to sell on line with tips on how to use these tools. Detail and links are also given for online stores for you to consider using to list and sell your products from when you are ready to start your business.A brief overview in layman's terms is also provided that explains the legalities necessary to operate a business that are applicable for any online or offline businesses.It is possible that this book could be the single motivator you need to start your own part time or full time business today. The book will help you remove the fear factor of the unknown with the extensive detail provided. The benefit that you will receive from reading this book far out weighs the price of the book.

Excellent book-very informative-It opes the door to unfamiliar ways to make money with an iphone and a couple of phone apps for finding value on items that can be Sold on Amazon or Ebay.It is a little outdated as far as the apps are concerned, but this can be overcome easily with an advanced Google search on current apps available for scanning something you might want to sell or using an app that identifies the item (even at a garage sale) and enables you to access the value.Mr Burke