E-commerce

12 Aug

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

The August 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 689,000 customers at 177 ABA member stores.

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12 Aug

E-commerce Update: IndieCommerce Traffic and Sales Remain 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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05 Aug

E-commerce Update: Another Increase in Online Traffic

After seeing average daily sales slowly decrease over the past month, this week’s sales revenue increased by 5.34 percent. 

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04 Aug
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IndieCommunication: Credit Card Processing Webinar, Email Upgrades

The IndieCommerce team is offering a webinar on changes to the current credit card transaction process. In addition, a new email service provider should significantly reduce the instances of delayed emails to customers.

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29 Jul

E-commerce Update: Online Traffic Still High

Despite some decreases, the number of online customers completing purchases on IndieCommerce and IndieLite websites continues to be very high. 

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22 Jul

E-commerce Update: Customers Continue to Make Online Purchases

The number of online customers completing purchases on IndieCommerce and IndieLite websites continues to be very high. 

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15 Jul

E-commerce Update: Don’t Forget Your Online Customers

The number of online customers completing purchases on IndieCommerce and IndieLite websites continues to be very high. 

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15 Jul
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Changes Coming to Credit Card Processing on IndieCommerce Websites

To address recent volume issues and lower credit card processing costs for stores using IndieCommerce and IndieLite, ABA is transitioning stores to their own credit card merchant account. 

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08 Jul

Technology Meetups on the Calendar for July

During the month of July, ABA will host Technology Meetups on cyber insurance and on Zoom. All booksellers are invited to join; sign up now.

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08 Jul

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

The July 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 667,000 customers at 171 ABA member stores.

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08 Jul

E-commerce Update: Highly Motivated Customers Driving Online Sales

Although online traffic was down, customers that visited IndieCommerce and IndieLite websites last week were highly motivated to complete an online purchase. 

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08 Jul

Meet With the IndieCommerce Team One-on-One at Children’s Institute

Booksellers can sign up now for virtual one-on-ones with members of ABA’s IndieCommerce team, open to current IndieCommerce and IndieLite members as well as to non-members.

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01 Jul

E-commerce Update: Conversion Rate Remains Strong

In addition to a consistent conversion rate over the past week, stores that are open to customers on the weekends have reported an increase in in-store sales on Saturdays and Sundays.

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01 Jul

Sign Up for July Marketing, Technology Meetups

The month of July will feature a Marketing Meetup on marketing as a small store, plus two Technology Meetups, one on cyber insurance and the other on Zoom.

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29 Jun

Sign Up for Virtual IndieCommerce One-on-One Meetings at Children’s Institute

Booksellers are encouraged to sign up for virtual one-on-ones with members of ABA’s IndieCommerce team, open to current IndieCommerce and IndieLite members as well as to non-members.

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