We accept payments via Google Checkout & Verisign which are safe and secure credit card processing companies. Making payments through us to our sellers, allows us to offer you A-to-Z 100% money-back guarantee on all your halfvalue.com marketplace purchases.

Why is Google Checkout or Verisign so safe? Safety in volume: millions of customers safely shop with Google Checkout & verisign every day without credit card fraud. 128 bit SSL encryption: Verisign and Google Checkout use 128 bit SSL encryption which is the highest available in the industry. With current technology it would take over 100 trillion years to break that encryption.  Sellers must sign up for Google Checkout to receive payments. (click here to sign up)

 

You pay your seller directly using Google Checkout. Payments through us ensure a safe trading environment for you and other Halfvalue.com members.

After placing your order, you would be taken to the Google Checkout or verisign website with your invoice. Our servers are linked to these sites through web-services to get instant payment notification. Once you make the payment, your transaction would be updated on our servers automatically to be completed. If you choose not to pay for some reason, your transaction would be voided automatically.

No tax is charged on orders through halfvalue.com marketplace.

Depending on the shipping method you use, your items should arrive within 2 to 4 days via expedite and 8 to 15 days via media mail.

Please review your invoice carefully before making payment for your purchase since orders cannot be cancelled once placed. However, all your purchases are covered by A-to-Z 100% money back guarantee. We strongly encourage you to email your transaction partner to resolve any disputes, in an event the dispute cannot be resolved, you can file a claim through Google Checkout for a 100% refund including the return shipping cost within 30 days of your order placement.

Account creation on halfvalue.com is fast and free. Please click on my account or sign in and click the register button to do so. You can also register by clicking here.

Once you've searched and added items to your cart, click on the proceed to checkout button. This will take you to the checkout page where you verify your shipping and billing information and place your order in 3 easy steps.

Unfortunately, placing orders by phone is not possible.

If you cannot find what you are looking for, the item may not be in our database. Our database is constantly growing with sellers adding new items every day. You can request your item to be added by sending us an email

Unfortunately, you can not backorder items from halfvalue.com at this time.

Please let us know about the problems via email. Our technicians are standing by to fix any issues with the site to provide you with the best shopping experience.

You can choose one of the following shipping options, media mail($3.50) which usually takes between 7-15 days for delivery or expedite mail($5.50) which usually takes between 2-5 days for delivery. ( It is possible that your shipment might take more time than what is stated here. Shipments to or from Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or military (APO/FPO) addresses are likely to take longer. )

Depending on your order, different sellers would ship items separately.

Please contact your seller or chat with your seller prior to purchase to find out their shipping times and policies etc.

You can check the status of your order by going to my account where you can find your purchases as well as seller information and email. Please contact your transaction partner directly for any updates on your order.

depending on your sellers shipping method you may have to sign for your order. To find out for sure please contact your transaction partner.

You can search for your item and click sell yours here link to list your items for sale on halfvalue.com. click here to start selling your books using isbn numbers now.

Listing items on Halfvalue.com is free. We charge you only 12% as a final value Fee on the sale of your item.

Sellers are paid directly to their Google Checkout accounts by buyers. seller commissions will be charged to your credit card on file.

If you enter an isbn that is not listed in our database the item would be added to our database instantly using information from our backend database, so that you can list it immediately. If, however the the item is not added, it does not exist in the backend either and hence cannot be listed.

Volume sellers like all sellers enjoy the benefits of FREE bulk inventory upload via FTP. Click here to learn more

Sellers are reimbursed for the shipping charges at the rate below:-
media mail: $3.50
expedite mail: $5.50

To register an overseas account, international sellers will need to enter country in city column, eg London, UK, and enter state as 'Outside the US'. The shipping reimbursement is fixed at USD $3.50 (Standard media), USD $5.50 (priority) regardless of the actual shipping paid by an international seller. If you believe that shipping reimbursement is less compared to the actual shipping incurred, you will need to adjust/increase the price of your books accordingly.Also note that all item prices have to be in USD Dollars.You will receive your payment of sales and pay your Halfvalue FVF Commissions fee in USD Dollars via Google Checkout ONLY.

Online chat is a great new feature introduced by halfvalue.com where buyers can chat with the sellers through halfvalue.com and ask various pre transaction questions to sellers before purchasing their books.

In order to chat with a seller, you need to log in to your account. Once logged in you can search for your items and click on the chat with seller link below a sellers description and the chat would be started. You do not need to activate customer service from your account in order to chat as a buyer. Click here to create your account today.

Please beware that online chat is only for the purposes of pre-transaction questions for sales through halfvalue.com. We urge you not to share your credit card info or passwords when chatting. halfvalue.com will not be responsible for any card fraud resulting from giving out the card information over the chat.

Once you log into your account, you can select the maximum no. of chats you would do simultaneously from the combo box and click on 'activate customer service' button. This will set your status to online and windows will popup as buyers initiate a chat with you (make sure your browser does not block pop ups before initiating seller customer service). You could also use the advanced option to have multiple customer service representatives working simultaneously.

When you are busy chatting with a buyer, your status on other listings would appear to be busy. Buyers can still initiate a chat with you, but they would be put in a queue, until you are done chatting with previous buyers. Your customer service window would show you the status of as to how many buyers are in the queue as well as the buyer would also be frequently updated with their position in the queue.

Using live-chat is free of charge for buyers as well as sellers. It is an innovative initiative provided by halfvalue.com to help buyers and sellers trade more effectively on our marketplace.

Every time a buyer buys a book using the links we provide you, you make money when they buy.

For every purchase you make up to 10% commission, i.e. if someone you forward buys products worth $100, you can make $10.

click here to learn more and join today!