IndieCommerce

The specialists will assist the team with the growth in stores using the IndieCommerce platform as well as the large increase in customers shopping online.

When comparing the two periods, last week had an average conversion rate of 7.79 percent vs. the previous week at 8.16 percent. 

While the IndieCommerce team expected a 20 percent increase in daily traffic/users over this time last year, they are actually seeing a 99.79 percent average increase compared to 2019.

As the IndieCommerce team explains, according to recent data, if booksellers can drive customers to their websites, they are more likely to make an online purchase than ever before.

As readers practice social distancing amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, the IndieCommerce team reports that online sales revenue at IndieCommerce and IndieLite websites increased by 1,350 percent on March 23. 

The number of people purchasing books online from independent bookstores is increasing daily at an unprecedented pace, according to the IndieCommerce team. 

ABA offers two state-of-the-art e-commerce solutions, IndieCommerce and IndieLite, to help booksellers step into the world of e-commerce.

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