Hello Zig Forums. I am the owner of a small online antique bookshop. Things are going better since the 'rona started since my buyers are mostly middle class boomers. Also, the central bank of my country stated recently that there is no legal framework to tax crypto made earnings for businesses.
My question is the following. How should I market my inventory considering that the average crypto holder is much younger than my average client?
Any feedback is welcome.
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Adam Turner
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Jaxson Campbell
Bump with the weirdest book I have - an unknown Tibetan book.
Juan Ramirez
Country?
David Myers
Where did you get all that antique stuff?
Colton Brooks
In Europe but not EU, I won't specify, I value the little privacy I get on this Bhutanese carpenter enthusiasts forum.
But 60% of my business are from the US.
Daniel Barnes
I have an add in the newspaper and people call me when they sell their library.
Timestamp with the index of prohibited books so, you see I'm no larper.
Jacob Anderson
damn, your living the dream. Antique books are so cozy.
Brandon Carter
Do you own a copy of Dictionnaire Infernal?
Ayden Rodriguez
Thank you kind sir. The business is bad but I get by when it comes to living.
Nope but I have some theosophical stuff.
Julian Stewart
do you every pick any books up from yard sales or used book stores and places like that?
Jacob Ortiz
I buy entire libraries and I have a few traders that bring stuff to me monthly. However I also get a lot of stuff such as maps and prints from online auctions.
Alexander Reyes
Shameless bump with an example of stuff that I want to sell for crypto.
James Morgan
how would you go about getting started in this then, without giving away your secrets.
Nathaniel Campbell
Where do you source your antique books from normally?
Ryder James
There are a few options. First is thethe scholarship program of the ILAB (league of antiquary booksellers) and IOBA. They are very expensive and don't think they are worth it. The next best way is to start as a salesman (as I did) and learn the trade from an experienced bookseller.
For the rest you must learn the terminology of the trade and start with feeling the market. That involves looking at auction results. Also cooperation with other sellers and institutions is paramount for survial in this business as it's not a cutthroat business but a community willing to help out fellow sellers. Start with flea market and putting an ad in the local newspaper for acquisitions. For sales send emails to relevant institutions. Also you can start with selling on biblio.com and ebay untill you make a base of clients. All you need a storage space, a scanner and internet connection.
Liam Hughes
As I said, I buy at online auctions, know a few traders and I have an advertisement in the newspaper. Visiting flea markets is also a good way to get to know people in the trade and get some good stuff. I usually go with about 50€ one a month or two and come back with 500-2000€ worth of stuff.
Parker Barnes
>Serious
stopped reading right there
Jackson Parker
are you Virgil from /x/ ?
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Adam Sullivan
>stopped reading
Enjoy being a nolibrary in the living room fag.
Jack Diaz
No but I am 80% sure that I know who Virgil is. I met a dual us citizen that works with books.
Adrian Long
Hi op. Eu here. Been thinking a lot about selling antiques and design for crypto since my father has a small auction house. But in the end Is not worth since buying in crypto still is a taxable event on the buyer side. If some One has other opinion on the matter (selling goods for crypto) be welcome to share your opinioni.
Joshua Taylor
Depends on the country of the buyer. I have the fortune of living where crypto income for businesses isn't taxed so I am trying to exploit this fact. I have no idea where to start advertising for this. I know there are 3 auction houses in the EU (for art and furniture mostly) that accept crypto payments but I haven't had the pleasure of working with them.
Evan Long
I see a lot of books with cyrillic title on that picture. Are you from Russia?
Luis Miller
Hey op, had a feeling you wont have replied becouse i hadnt seen new replies from you but then realised you Just changed id(for whatever reason). Likes you said, 60% of the buyers are from America and there buying with crypto Is surely a taxable event. Dont know with other countries but still i dont see the advantage of having to go trhu the Bell of explaining my boomer family and father how crypto Is not a scam and to be accepted as a currency vs Classic fiat route. It could be a cool advertising move maybe but cant think of other than.
Colton Cruz
You use Euros but you're not in the EU?
Thomas Ramirez
No, but I work with books in russian as there is a large demand for such books outside of Russia. I have learned russian with a phone app (in 1,5 years time) and by watching tv shows, now I am endeavouring to read books in russian in order to master the language. Thankfully you can find spellcheckeers for written correspondance.
Jack Morris
offer a discount, print out cards with instructions
Nathaniel Flores
I didn't know about buying crypto being taxable. My target audience for this would be people who already have crypto and don't know where to spend it.
Leo Cook
Will try to put in the packages, thanks for the advice.
Ethan Garcia
Yes but of lets Say jonnhy has enough crypto to be thinking of buying pregiate books or a old fine art, why would It changes for him to sell some crypto at the coinbase and get some Fiat vs sending crypto directly since both are taxed , also art is not like a thing you need to have in a few seconds, shipping takes time. For the other country idk...china has banned them and russian market is not like that big to be in dire Need for crypto payments..also would not be pleased to recive crypto from dubvious source..
Jason Hernandez
So you're saying that if Johnny sends crypto from his wallet to another he will be taxed?