In March we worked on:
• Deals API and Deal Interface: – We worked a lot on improving the functionality of discounted prices
• Website – We have upgraded to ES 8.0 (Elastic Search); this app is responsible for the quick search box and reports pages. Main benefits include speed, reduced memory usage) and security
• Self Onboarding – More improvements to to improve user experience to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of the onboarding process
• Housekeeping – Bug Fixes, Github CI, Vue, Site Settings, Rails, Ruby, Codecheck, Gem Deprecation, Vue 3 Cypress Integration, Webhooks,
• Upgrades – We have now completed the R6 upgrade rollout! This has been an enormous task that delivers improved security and performance. The rollout has been gradual so we do not expect too many issue but email support if you strike any. (Now we start on R7 🙂
Year: 2024
‘What Happened to Nina?’, Top Seller for March 2024
The March 2024 bestsellers list features some exciting new titles that have shaken things up! Leading the pack is Dervla McTiernan’s What Happened to Nina? with 2,390 sales. In second place is The Bee Sting with 1,314 sales, followed by Beatrix Bakes: Another Slice debuting in third with 1,046 sales.
‘Lola in the Mirror’, Top Seller for February 2024
The February Best Sellers appeared like a well shuffled deck of cards, lots of familiar faces but in a different order. About a dozen new titles featured with The Women selling the most of the new titles. Trent Dalton’s Lola in the Mirror retained number one spot selling 1,385 copies (-576). Likewise The Bee Sting maintained second place with 1,372 (-490) copies. It seems even the best seller list is susceptible to the recent Taylor Swift phenomenon. Her Little Golden Book Biography took third spot (up from 17th last month) with 1290 sales (+530).
How to think about loyalty and make best use of a loyalty programme
Loyalty programmes for bookshops that focus on ‘creating’ good customers. Learn about the CirclePOS no-strings attached loyalty programme.
System Updates 1 – 29 February 2024
In February we worked on:
• General Ledger – a new general ledger feature; gift card and credit note improvements
• Webhooks – We created a CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) interface for managing webhook statuses using Vue
• Website – Pre-Order functionality added to group websites
• Self Onboarding – More improvements to to improve user experience
• Housekeeping – Rails 6 & 6.1, Vue3 Upgrade (& Ruby) – continuing upgrades, Ledger, Website SEO and Gems
How bookstores can use loyalty in promotions
The CirclePOS Promotions Tool with Discount Codes for Bookstores is a handy feature that lets bookstores craft personalised online promotions tailored for specific target audiences using discount codes.
System Updates 1 – 31 January 2024
In January we worked on:
• General Ledger – a new general ledger feature; gift card and credit note improvements
• Stripe – further enhancement of the refund process
• Website – SEO, Footer, Category and Click and Collect features
• Self Onboarding – We introduced a user-friendly dashboard on the sys-admin page to track user signups and progress, enabling sales teams to follow up on potential clients and reduce abandoned signups
• Housekeeping – Rails 6 & 6.1, Vue3 Upgrade (& Ruby) – continuing upgrades
Featured Bookstore #4: The Chestnut Tree Bookshop
The Chestnut Tree Bookshop – a profile The Melbourne inner-city suburb of Footscray is one of the most diverse in Australia, a community that expects a local independent bookshop to reflect and support that diversity. Reem Sweid’s The Chestnut Tree Bookshop (and café) meets those expectations with a broad product range, several community reading initiatives … Read More
‘Lola in the Mirror’, Top Seller for January 2024
Trent Dalton’s Lola in the Mirror jumped back up to number one spot in January selling 1,961 copies (-3,204). The Bee Sting moved up to second place selling 1, 862 copies (-1,463).
Good Material moved up from fourth to third place with 1862 sales (-1,429).
Featured Bookstore #3: Megalong Books
Behind the Shelves with Megalong Books In a 100-year-old building a Blue Mountains bookshop works to serve locals and visitors alike. An hour and a half by train or car from central Sydney, the Blue Mountains have become a favoured destination for people wanting a convenient place to get away from it all – either … Read More