Custom Bookstore BigCommerce Theme
Class set orders, tax-exempt school accounts and book club pricing
A seventh-grade teacher emails asking for twenty-eight copies of a novel for her class, billed to the school and delivered before the unit starts. Book clubs do the same on a smaller scale every month. On BigCommerce those orders can become steady business with the right setup and Foxco handles that setup in a custom bookstore BigCommerce theme with a counter just for them: schools and libraries sign in to tax-exempt customer groups, class sets and book club picks carry quantity pricing and staff picks get their own shelves online. Shoppers browse by genre, age range and format with gift certificates for the reader who owns everything. You get the whole thing $999 installed and configured on your BigCommerce store.
Class sets ordered before the unit starts.
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Built for Bookstores
- 01Tax-exempt school and library accounts
- 02Class set ordering with quantity pricing
- 03Book club pages with the monthly pick
- 04Staff pick shelves with handwritten-style notes
- 05Filters by genre, age range and format
- 06Gift certificates for the reader who has everything
Bookstore theme questions
Are we getting a theme off a shelf?
No. Foxco has a BigCommerce framework for bookstores ready to go and builds your version with your brand, your sections and pages for readers, teachers and clubs.
How long does it take?
Within 7-10 days of receiving your logo, store photos and copy. A rush before the school year is possible when our bandwidth allows.
Can schools buy tax-exempt?
Yes. Schools and libraries can be placed in a BigCommerce customer group set up for tax-exempt purchases once you have their paperwork on file. Purchase order workflows would be a custom project.
Can I import a big inventory by ISBN?
Yes. BigCommerce bulk imports take a spreadsheet with ISBN, title, author, price and category. Pulling covers and descriptions from a book data service would be a custom project.
A teacher with twenty-eight students tends to come back every semester and so does the book club that meets in the back room each month. Those orders deserve a counter of their own online, while the regular browsers keep their staff picks and their shelves.
School orders without the paperwork shuffle
Schools and libraries sign in to a customer group set up for tax-exempt purchases, with quantity pricing on class sets. A teacher orders twenty-eight copies and the order lands with the school name and delivery details already attached, which is a lot easier than the phone call and fax machine routine.
Clubs that come back monthly
Each book club can have its own page with the current pick and a group discount. Members order their copy from the link the organizer shares and your counter sees a short stack waiting for pickup instead of a dozen separate special orders scrawled on sticky notes.
Shelves worth browsing
Foxco builds staff pick shelves with short notes from whoever loved the book, plus filters by genre, age range and format. Gift certificates through BigCommerce checkout cover the aunt who reads three books a week and already owns every title on the front table. Author events get their own pages too.
The store teachers order from every fall.
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