Introduction Gift cards are both a nice service for customers and valuable for your bookstore. A gift card is a great way to give someone the exact book they want. For a shop there are significant financial benefits but there are also some important accounting and tax implications that need to be understood. Why gift … Read More
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A website designed specially for local bookstores
The goal of CirclePOS is to make local bookstores as good online as they are in-store. Local bookstores have the killer advantage of being just down the road and offer a genuinely personal relationship with local customers. Local bookshops will prevail over central giants if given the right tools. This article focuses on specific features, including how it’s designed and integrated into the inventory system to provide customers with a similar level of service online as they would have in-store. We have another article on why the CirclePOS website is laid out like it is.
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.
Bookstore Inventory Software & Organic Traffic
Driving Organic Traffic to your Online Bookstore with Bookstore Inventory Software With ecommerce firmly on the rise, it’s more important than ever to have a reliable bookstore inventory software to handle the increased number of people preferring online shopping over going out to a physical store for their requirements. Consumer requirements and shopping behaviour are influenced … Read More
CirclePOS: A Saviour For Independent Bookstores During Lockdowns!
These extraordinary times require bookshops to operate in a remarkably different way. Life in a time of Covid is forcing shops to reinvent the way they sell books and many are having surprising success at doing this. Melbourne based The Little Book Room has found Click & Collect to be a valuable tool to sell … Read More
Budget Your Bookstore The Barefoot Investor Way | CirclePOS
Budgeting for Bookstores, the Barefoot Investor Way Scott Pape, author of the best-selling financial advice book The Barefoot Investor, urges readers to divide their income into 60 per cent ‘safety’, 20 per cent ‘saving’, and 20 percent ‘splurge’. In other words – to set up their buckets.
Another Surprise News Fact: Independent Bookstores Are On The Rise
Between 2009 and 2015 the number of independent bookstores across the USA grew by 35%, from 1,651 stores to 2,227. So, how did they do it? Associate Professor at the Harvard Business School, Ryan Raffaelli, puts this down to booksellers ability to reinvent and redefine the bookstore.