Custom Rare Book Dealer WordPress Theme
Catalog listings, want lists and library offers for rare book dealers
A collector after a first edition with the dust jacket intact reads a listing the way a lawyer reads a contract, checking the points of issue, the binding and every word you wrote about the foxing. Foxco builds a custom rare book dealer WordPress theme with catalog pages that have room for all of it: edition and printing, condition grading, provenance, signed and inscribed notes and enough photos to show the spine and the copyright page. Collectors can submit want lists, people with a library to sell can send photos for an offer and your catalogs and book fair schedule live in one place. It's $999 installed and configured and it presents your stock with the same care you put into describing it.
Listings that collectors trust.
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Built for Rare Book Dealers
- 01Catalog pages with edition, condition and provenance fields
- 02Multi-photo galleries for bindings and points of issue
- 03Collector want list form
- 04Library and collection offer form with photo upload
- 05Book fair and catalog release schedule
- 06Subject and author browsing pages
What's included for $999
$999 Installed and configured
- Custom WordPress theme built for your rare book dealer
- Installed on your hosting
- Set up with your logo, colors and content
- Mobile-first pages that load fast
- Contact and inquiry forms connected
- A walkthrough so your team can edit it
Rare Book Dealer theme questions
Is it a template dressed up with our name?
It's a custom WordPress theme. Foxco begins with its rare book framework and builds on it with your brand, your specialties and the way you describe and grade your stock.
How long until it's live?
About 7-10 days from when your logo, photographs and listing copy reach us. Rush projects are possible depending on how busy we are.
Can we bring our existing catalog over?
The catalog is built in and you can add listings yourself. A bulk import from a spreadsheet or another listing system can be set up as a custom project.
Does the site appraise books for sellers?
No. The offer form lets people send photos and details of their books; the evaluation stays with you and your expertise, which is the way serious sellers prefer it anyway.
Collectors who scrutinize every word about foxing reward the dealers who describe carefully. The theme gives that care a proper setting and keeps long descriptions easy to read on any screen.
Catalog pages built for detail
Each listing has fields for author, title, edition, printing, binding, condition and provenance, plus room for the notes that matter to a serious buyer. Photo galleries handle the jacket, spine, title page and any flaws, which heads off a lot of back-and-forth email before a sale.
Want lists that build relationships
The best customers tell you what they're looking for and wait. A want list form records the author, title and condition they'll accept along with a budget, so when the right copy turns up at an estate sale you can offer it to the person who has been waiting for it. Collectors can also browse by subject and author, which is how most of them think about a library.
Buying libraries
Foxco adds a collection offer form with photo upload for heirs and collectors who are ready to sell. A few photos of the shelves and a list of standouts tell you whether a trip is worth making, which saves a lot of afternoons spent sorting book club paperbacks.
The dealer serious collectors check first.
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