E-commerce

23 Sep
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E-commerce Update: Online Sales See Uptick

Significant pre-orders for Barack Obama’s A Promised Land (publishing November 17 from Crown) helped drive a sales increase, which started last Thursday.

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22 Sep

Upcoming IndieCommerce Webinars to Help Booksellers Prepare for the Holiday Shopping Season

Webinars will be held on topics such as getting your IndieCommerce or IndieLite site ready for launch; how to create, sell, and manage stock; creating and promoting gift guides and wish lists; and more.

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16 Sep
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E-commerce Update: Fourth Quarter E-commerce Ramp Up Begins

Online sales revenue was up 1.7 percent this week over the previous week.

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15 Sep
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October 8 Technology Meetup to Look at Shipping Tools

All ABA member booksellers are invited to participate in an upcoming Technology Meetup, where bookseller panelists will share details about their shipping software and platforms as well as helpful tips.

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15 Sep

IndieCommerce Launches “Preferred Name” Feature for Customers

Enabling this field ensures that booksellers are addressing customers as they wish to be addressed. 

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14 Sep
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IndieCommunication: Selling Non-Book Merch, Fall Show Education, Credit Card Processing, and More

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

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09 Sep
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E-commerce Update: End-of-Summer Online Sales Decline

Fewer people were online for the three-day holiday weekend when compared to the previous week. 

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09 Sep

Sign Up to Send the Indie Next List E-Newsletter to Your Customers

The September Indie Next List e-newsletter, featuring the month’s 20 titles with bookseller quotes in addition to a Q&A with the #1 pick, was sent to more than 694,000 customers at 180 ABA member stores.

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08 Sep
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IndieCommunication: Fall Show Education, Commission Charges, Credit Card Merchants, and More

Here's the latest news for booksellers using ABA's IndieCommerce and IndieLite ecommerce platforms.

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02 Sep

Independent Bookstore Day Boosts Online Sales by 30 Percent

On Saturday, August 29, online sales were up more 30 percent over the previous Saturday, resulting in a sales revenue increase of 19.6 percent for the week ending September 1.

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01 Sep

Join the IndieCommerce Team for a Virtual Education Session at the Fall Regional Shows

The IndieCommerce team has developed several new features and upgrades to help stores manage their online sales.

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26 Aug
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IndieCommunication: Fraud Resources, Customer Support, Bookstore Day, and Credit Card Processing

Here's the latest news for booksellers using ABA's IndieCommerce and IndieLite ecommerce platforms.

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26 Aug

E-commerce Update: Online Sales Remain Strong

Although both the conversion rate and traffic dropped slightly last week, those decreases were offset by the increase in the average order value.

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19 Aug

E-commerce Update: Conversion Rate Holds Steady

Over the past two weeks the conversion rate (the number of online customers that complete a sale) has remained fairly stable.

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18 Aug
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IndieCommerce Rolls Out New and Upgraded Features

Here, the IndieCommerce team shares information about credit card processing and order editing, as well as bulk order processing.

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