A website that sends people through your door
Shoppers check whether you’re open, what’s new and whether you can find them something, then they come in. Put your hours, your events and a small online shelf where they can see them, and keep your regulars posted.
The plan with the add-ons we’d suggest: $22 a month billed yearly ($26 month to month).
See it working
Each example is a made-up business on a real SiteBrite site. Open it, click through its pages on your phone, then try its editor.
Marginalia designMarginalia Books
An independent bookstore with an online shop
- Online shop with gift wrap and a gift card
- Events: readings, book club, story time
- A newsletter signup
Shopfront designPennywhistle Gifts
An independent gift shop with an online shelf
- 24 products with choices and gift wrap
- Pickup or shipping at checkout
- A gift finder by person and price
How a bookstore or gift shop uses it
Start with the plan alone and add what you need when you need it. Nothing here is a separate login.
Make your hours and your phone one tap
In the planSet your regular hours, Sunday hours and holiday closures once. The site says “open now”, shows a banner on days you’re closed, and a call bar keeps your number one tap away on a phone.
Sell what only you have
Online store · +$10/moSigned copies, gift bundles, local makers’ work, candles and cards. Give a product choices like scent or size, a gift message or gift wrap, and offer pickup or shipping. Customers pay by card straight into your own Stripe account, and we take no cut. If your whole catalog already lives on another service, link to it from a button.
Let people inscribe it or special-order it
In the planA product can ask a question before checkout, like “Inscribe it to…”. For a book or a gift you don’t stock, a special-order form takes the title and a phone number, and lands in your inbox with a reminder to follow up.
Post readings, book clubs and story time
In the planEach event gets its own page that search engines can find, with a date, a host and a place to add it to a calendar. Past events drop off by themselves.
Put your picks on the front page
In the planMark the best sellers and staff favorites and show only those on the home page. Put the sale price beside the regular one when you run a sale.
Keep regulars in the loop
Newsletter sending · +$4/moNew arrivals, holiday ordering deadlines, an author coming in. Everyone who signs up on your site or ticks “Email me news and offers” at checkout goes on your contacts list, and a short note reaches them without a separate email service.
Ask happy customers for a review
Review requests · +$3/mo · if you need itAfter a pickup or a visit, a friendly email asks for a Google review with one button. You see who clicked.
Print a sign for the window
Free toolMake a holiday hours sign for the door and a QR code that opens your event calendar or review page, in your shop’s colors.
What it adds up to
The plan with the add-ons we’d suggest costs $22 a month billed yearly, or $26 month to month.
$22/mobilled yearly · $26 month to month
- Website plan$8
- Online store$10
- Newsletter sending$4
Also available if you need it: Review requests +$3/mo.
Pictures, icons and tools in your colors
SiteBrite Studio is a free library of illustrations, icons and avatars that take on your brand colors, plus tools for signs, QR codes and more. They’re the same pictures your site uses, so a flyer or an Instagram post matches it.
What owners ask
See yours before you pay
We convert your current site for free, or build one from a few questions if you don’t have one.