IndieCommerce: ABA’s eCommerce Solutions for Independent Booksellers

INDIECOMMERCE 2.0 IS HERE

THE UNIQUE BENEFITS OF INDIECOMMERCE

Powerful bookstore specific software designed to help you attract more customers, increase sales, and maximize profitability.

E-commerce Content management

Sell books online and create content for your store (such as pages, events, blogs, staff reviews, and more) in a single website.

REVENUE SOURCE FOR INDIE BOOKSTORES

Your e-commerce website is an extension of your business. Customers shop directly with you for their orders.

BUILT FOR BOOKSELLERS

Whether brick-and-mortar or online-only, our platform provides independent bookstores with tools to sell books online directly to their customers.

14+ Million Titles

Every site is attached to our book data system fed by Ingram and publishers, which houses all associated book metadata.

ABA’s EXCLUSIVE PARTNER

IndieCommerce is available only for American Booksellers Association (ABA) member bookstores, whether brick and mortar or online-only.

EXPERIENCED and dedicated team

Our entire system is supported by our experienced developers and customer support specialists.

Third Party Integrations

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO RUN AN ONLINE BOOKSTORE

SEO OPTIMIZATION

Built-in SEO tools are available for stores to use to enhance their search engine rankings.

AUDIOBOOK INTEGRATION

Offer customers the ability to find and purchase audiobooks from vendors such as Libro.FM.

MULTIPLE PAYMENT OPTIONS

Allow customers to pay for orders via credit card, PayPal, E-gift code, or pay for their order at the store!

WISH LISTS

Customers can create wish lists to track titles and products they would like to purchase.

GIFT CARDS AND GIFT CODES

Offer physical gift cards and e-gift codes for customers to purchase and redeem online with your store.

CONTENT MANAGEMENT

Create and manage content for your store's site, including blog posts, event listings, product lists, and more.

SEE ALL FEATURES

testimonials from bookstores

“Although something else may come up that I need help with, I wanted to thank you and everyone on the IndieCommerce team for helping us upgrade our website. It is so much easier to manage and it looks great. And though we have lost a couple of features due to moving to Tier 1, we’re really happy with it.” - Serena, Copperfish Books

"ABA has done a great job of making a feature-rich website available to independent booksellers and, just as important, they've made it relatively easy to set up and use. It's also ADA compliant. And the regular webinars that step you through the process and leave room for questions and feedback are well done. Kudos!" - Kim, Rozzie Bound Co-op

"Compared to V.1, it was a much simpler user experience. I found the user interface to be intuitive and better organized than the original as well. Adjusting the configuration of the site is easy as well and I've found the available information prompts very helpful." - Bill, Fine Print Bookshop

"I recently got my new website, Tier 1 on Indie commerce 2.0, live. I'm very happy with it. I had tremendous help from the ABA's Indie Commerce staff. For those of you migrating to 2.0 or considering launching an Indie commerce website, I urge you to do so sooner rather than later. I'm no computer guru by any means, but with the staff's guidance, I was able to get the links with Authorize.net and Go-Daddy, etc. to make going live possible. I particularly like the "Call to Action" blocks on the homepage and other features of 2.0." - George, Sly Fox Bookstore

"We have invested a lot of time in learning how to use as many features of the website as we can. New and useful features are being added all of the time. Our recent change to the Flatland theme has really improved our customers' mobile experience. Over half of our sales are now online and we are using the website to sell custom items, build gift boxes, ticketed events, a subscription and more."

"The best value in e-commerce by a long way. A dynamic database of millions of books with real time stock levels. The platform allows bookstores to present and fulfill orders to customers 24 hours a day wherever they may be. Ensuring their identity and brand is represented throughout. This makes IndieCommerce the clear choice for bookstores."

SEE IT IN ACTION

We have demo websites of IndieCommerce 2.0 available for stores to take a peek at the feel and features of the system from a customer's point of view!

IndieCommerce 2.0 includes a clean and ADA-compliant design, large cover images for titles, and multiple content types for stores to use to make their site truly their own. Checkout is streamlined, with the ability to accept multiple payment methods and options to offer in-store, curbside, or event location pickup. Site admins have a central dashboard from which orders, content, and settings can be easily managed as well!

IC 2.0 SAMPLE SITE