Some people love eBay Store Maintance, and some have been shopping at Amazon.com Marketplace for years. But which one is better for making money? Well... It depends.

We all know that eBay Store Maintance is a great place to turn the most obscure stuff into cash. But it takes work, and sometimes, it takes a heck of a lot of work. You have to take pictures, upload them, write an enticing description, and on and on. And once you turn the button to make your listing go live, the work has barely started. After all, you have to be on call to answer questions... And at least I find myself glued to the screen to watch the progress of my item in real time.

Compare that with Amazon.com Marketplace. You find the listing for your book, you click on "Have one to sell?" and voila. You'll be guided through a simple few questions, mostly dealing with classifying your item by quality, writing a one-sentence description of its condition, deciding on a price shipping options, and you're done.

Amazon will do all the advertising for you. No need to upload photos, or even take them. No need for seductive copywriting fireworks. It's all done already. And you won't even have to think of your book again until 60 days are up, at which time you have the option to renew it with the click of a button, or until someone buys it.

So does it look like Amazon.com is the better deal? It depends, once again.

eBay Store Maintance charges listing fees. Amazon.com does not. But once the book sells, Amazon takes a big bite out of the profits. eBay Store Maintance does too, but the eBay Store Maintance bite is a lot smaller.

Pros for Amazon: No upfront fees. No complications during the listing process. Basically maintenance free until the item sells.

Cons for Amazon: Sometimes it can take a long time, even years, until an item sells. There are ways to cut that short, but basically, you better have some room for your books to hang out until it's time to send them to their new owners.

Pros for eBay Store Maintance: If your item sells, it sells within days, unless you have an eBay Store Maintance store, in which case your listings will work much like they do on Amazon.com, but without the built-in detailed product description page. Plus you can sell pretty much anything you want. Amazon limits you to things it has in its catalog, unless you're a Pro vendor.

Cons for eBay Store Maintance: A lot of upfront work. Listing fees. And sometimes rock bottom prices. After all, people go to aBay Store Maintance to find bargains.

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