Sell your shelves online
An online shop: add titles by pasting a list, set prices and stock, and take orders for post or collection. Manage it all by chat.
For independent bookshops
A bookstore website that sells books after you lock up for the night
Readers find your shop, browse and order your titles, and reserve a seat at your next reading. We build, host and look after the site, and you need no technical skills.
Start the website that keeps selling after closing time. Nothing to set up or learn; price shown before checkout.
Orders, event seats and readers who come back
A customer wants the title you had on the table last week, and you are busy at the till. An online bookstore website lets them find it and order it while you serve the queue.
Seats booked for readings and signings
Your site is a website with booking system: readers reserve a place at author events, book clubs and story time. You confirm by chat.
Fewer calls about hours and stock
Opening hours, directions, new arrivals and this month's events sit on pages readers find before they ring.
A new arrivals post in a sentence
Tell the assistant which titles came in and it drafts the post. Every change is shown and confirmed before it goes live.
Managed WordPress hosting and website maintenance, included
Your bookstore website runs on hosting we look after: updates, backups and security monitoring in every plan. Website maintenance never lands on your counter.
Updates applied for you
WordPress, theme and plugin updates run automatically, so nothing goes stale.
Backups you restore in one click
Backups run automatically. Take an extra one before a stock import and restore any of them in one click.
Security monitoring, already on
Your site is watched from day one. Ask the assistant for login protection, alerts or the latest scan results.
Your domain and email, in place
Register a domain or connect your own. DNS, SSL and email forwarding are set up for you.
Bookstore website design with the feel of your shop
Pick a warm, wood-and-paper look or a clean modern one. Switch later by chat.
- Bibliophile
- Library Bookstore
- Bookstore Library
- Writers Haven
- Legacy Book Club
Open online in three steps
Step 1
Describe your shop
A sentence or two about what you stock, your events and your town. The wizard turns it into pages, a shop, a design and a domain.
Step 2
Check the plan and price
Pages, design, domain, plan and price are shown before checkout. Change anything you like.
Step 3
Go live and start selling
Built after checkout and typically live in minutes. Then you run it by chat, with nothing to learn.
No technical skills needed, only books
An easy website builder still asks you to learn its editor, set up the shop and keep the site updated between customers. Here there is nothing to set up, learn or maintain. Tell us what you need; we do the rest.
Typical website builder
- You build every page after closing
- Shop, bookings and updates are your job
- You fix it when the checkout stops working
SimpleWP
- Pages and shop written for your bookshop
- Hosting, updates, backups and monitoring handled
- Ask in plain words; every change is confirmed first
You keep what a small business website should give you: your domain, your content and a standard WordPress website. The technical side never falls to you.
Questions booksellers ask
Can I sell books online from the site?
Yes. The site includes an online shop. Add titles with prices and stock, take orders for post or collection, and manage products and orders by chat.
Do I need technical skills?
No. You never see hosting panels, code or plugin settings. Ask for changes in plain words; we set up, update and watch the site.
What does a book shop website cost?
The price depends on your plan and is shown before checkout. Every plan includes hosting, automatic updates, backups and security monitoring.
How soon can the bookstore website be live?
Typically within minutes of checkout. Check the plan, pay, and the site is built and put online.
I already have a domain. Can I keep it?
Yes. Connect your own domain or register a new one. It stays yours.
Is this WordPress hosting?
Yes. It is a standard WordPress website on managed WordPress hosting, so any WordPress developer can work on it.
Are updates and backups included?
Yes. Automatic updates, backups with one-click restore and security monitoring are in every plan. Website maintenance is never an extra.
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Start the bookstore website your readers can order from
Check the plan, confirm the price and open a book shop website that sells and takes event bookings while the shop is shut. No technical skills needed.