E-commerce

Booksellers who are looking for a new ecommerce-enabled website with a proven track record and a team dedicated to the needs of your bookstore can sign up today to learn more about IndieCommerce and IndieLite.

On the third Wednesday of each month, booksellers will have the opportunity to join a webinar to look at a particular feature of IndieCommerce or IndieLite sites. 

IndieCommerce and IndieLite stores are in the midst of a normal seasonal reduction in traffic and online sales, which is reflected in the daily drop in the e-commerce conversion rate.

Here’s the latest news for booksellers using ABA’s IndieCommerce and IndieLite e-commerce platforms.

The decline coincides with shipping deadlines and reports of shipping delays affecting pre-Christmas delivery. Stores should now be promoting in-store or curbside pick-up for online sales if available.

Here’s the latest news for booksellers using ABA’s IndieCommerce and IndieLite e-commerce platforms.

On Sunday, the e-commerce conversion rate spiked to 11.06 percent, which indicates that indie bookstore customers are highly motivated to buy from store sites right now.

Here’s the latest news for booksellers using ABA’s IndieCommerce and IndieLite e-commerce platforms.

IndieCommerce and IndieLite sites saw a 941.61 percent increase in revenue over the past seven days when compared to the same seven-day period last year.

To keep up with the coming surge in online traffic and sales, the IndieCommerce team has brought three more servers online in addition to the servers added at the start of the pandemic.

If you are expecting a large number of customers to make a purchase from your system at a designated time, let the IndieCommerce team know in advance.

The percentage of online customers completing a purchase at IndieCommerce and IndieLite websites increased from 4.92 percent to 6 percent.