Summer evenings are shortened and with them comes back to school . Many parents already start preparing the school bag and crossing out some products from the list of supplies, which means investing around 400 euros of the family budget per child.

Equipping a child to return to school this 2019 is 11.62% more expensive compared to the previous year and went from costing 366.42 euros to 408.98 euros , that is 42.56 euros more. This increase is due to the fact that stationery items have become more expensive by 46%, according to data from the Idealo digital portal.

To meet this expense parents seek to save and second-hand items have become an option.

In some platforms for buying and selling used products , the presence of school texts could be observed since June, according to Wallapop, the amount of textbooks for sale was multiplied by 10 in most of the subjects, but the most demanded have been the of mathematics and language, with 44% of books of this type for sale. The average price of math books is 14.47 euros and 13.66 language books. It is followed by history and geography texts, with 10% and 7.95%. Those of physics and biology, with 8.43% and 7.95%.

The communities that would use more of this option are those of Madrid, followed by Catalonia, Valenciana and Andalusia.

In contrast, the households that would have more difficulties in assuming the expenses of going back to school would be those of the Valencian Community, where the school bill will represent almost 4% of their annual budget, Extremadura, 3.4% and Catalonia 3.3%, according to Kelisto .is.

Among the search criteria that users prefer are the fifth year primary, ESO and high school books.

As explained by Edurne de Oteiza, chief of operations of Wallapop, now parents are more aware that their children leave practically new many of the books they have used during the course and realize that they can recover some of the money they have invested, " while driving a way to consume more consciously . "

Another alternative for those parents who do not like to buy second-hand products and for those schools that are committed to digitalization , is to take advantage of digital texts and save on average 88.21 euros, however, acquiring this type of books can mean buying a tablet or a computer.

Although parents continue shopping in physical stores, those who seek to save and not break the family budget with the return to school can make use of different digital platforms to find the same school material at a lower cost. Other items that can also reduce your cost through these tools are backpacks and uniforms .

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