Features

 
  1. Modern design
  2. Mobile friendly
  3. Live blogspot feed (this can easily be a Facebook, Twitter or similar social media feed)
  4. Quick Search
  5. Advanced Search
  6. Automatic generation of book images via Google Books API based on ISBN
  7. Books recently added (auto-generated)
  8. Browse by Category
  1. Seller registers details including First Name, Last Name, Email, Mobile, Bank Details
  2. Must agree to Terms and Conditions
  3. My Account:
    • can register books they wish to sell via ISBN lookup. This auto-fills the following: book Title, Author, Edition, Year Published, Publisher, book Image. Seller just needs to select the appropriate Category. Seller enters nominated sell price. This will save into the system as status “Pending” for Administrators to review.
    • view current books selling online for the seller
    • view pending books
    • view sold book history
    • update account details
    • update bank details
    • view reserved books
    • view order history
    • subscribe/unsubscribe to newsletter
  1. Buyer registers details including First Name, Last Name, Email, Mobile
  2. Must agree to Terms and Conditions
  3. My Account:
    • update account details
    • update bank details
    • view reserved books
    • view order history
    • subscribe/unsubscribe to newsletter
  1. Manage Categories
  2. Manage Books
  3. View Pending Books
  4. Approve or Reject Books
  5. View Reserved Books
  6. Manage Page content
  7. Process status of books when sold
  8. Manage users. Administrators may convert buyers to sellers, update details etc.
  9. View Sales Report. This displays sold books by barcode, title, sold date, sale price, commission, GST, seller pay, seller name, account name, account number. Administrators can download the Paylist. This is an ABA file that can be imported into an Sustralian bank’s internet banking system to pay all sellers using the bank details and amount provided. Administrators may mark books as paid for tracking.
  10. View Products Purchased report. Filter by date range to list books purchased within that date.
  11. View Books Accepted report. Filter by date range to list books accepted within that date.
  1. If a book is still “Pending” after 7 days, the seller is emailed to bring the book into the bookshop for assessment.
  2. If a book is still “Pending” after 14 days, the book is automatically deleted from the system and an email is sent to the seller to re-register the book, if required, and to bring it to the bookshop within 7 days.
  3. If a book is not sold by 7 days before the contract end date, the seller is emailed with a notification that if the book is not sold by the contract end date, then the book will no longer be for sale. The seller must either pick up the book or donate it to the bookshop.

The system has the following functionality built in that requires minimal updates to switch on:

  1. Online payments via PayPal. (Various other methods supported but may require more set up)
  2. Shipping: flat rate, per item, pickup or free. (Various other methods supported but may require more set up)

Hidden Spark can rebrand the secondhand bookshop system, migrate any existing data, or custom code any required functionality. Contact 0416 198 618 for a no obligation quote.