5 best websites for turning junk into cash

4. Half.com

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Erin Mounts checks through textbooks at the student bookstore of the University of California, San Diego, in this 2004 file photo. College students with textbooks to sell can try Half.com, which specializes in selling books, movies, CDs, and video games at a fixed price.

Half.com is owned by eBay but has a much more specific purpose: It lets you sell books, movies, CDs, and video games at a fixed price. You enter in the product’s UPC code and come up with a price, and your listing appears on the site. Payments are made once a month via direct deposit into your checking account.

Half.com doesn’t charge a per-listing fee, but they do charge a commission that can get pretty steep – up to 15 percent per item, depending on your listing price.

Best for: Textbooks. A good portion of the site markets textbooks exclusively.

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