SAGE
Help nearby shoppers find what is inside your bookstore.
SAGE gives your shop a simple online storefront and a daily marketing helper. Add a book, staff pick, event, or other item you want customers to see; review it; then SAGE helps you share it where customers can find it.
No credit card to start. Your Free Workspace and storefront stay available; membership keeps SAGE working every day.
List important items, share updates, and know what to do next.
Most shops have more going on than their website shows. SAGE helps turn the things already in your store into clear item pages, event pages, staff picks, and posts you can approve without adding another complicated chore.
How it works
Start with one item. SAGE helps turn it into something customers can actually see.
Add something from the shop
Scan a book, snap a photo, or type a few details for any item or event you want to show online.
SAGE drafts the page
SAGE organizes the title, photo, description, staff note, price, tags, and helpful search details.
You approve it
Read it, change it, and decide where it should appear. SAGE does not publish public changes without approval.
SAGE keeps helping
Your dashboard can suggest what to share next, what to refresh, and which connected channels should get an update.
Your shelves are already full of reasons to visit.
The hard part is that customers usually cannot see them from home. A signed copy, a used paperback, a staff favorite, an upcoming event, or any item worth highlighting can disappear online if it only lives on a shelf or in a social post from last month.
SAGE helps give each worthwhile thing a clear place to live. That means customers and search engines have a better chance of understanding what you carry, where you are, and why someone should come in.
Less tool juggling.
SAGE is meant to sit beside the tools you already use and make the daily work easier: listings, updates, posts, emails, events, and customer pages.
| Need | Usual setup | SAGE ($25/mo) |
|---|---|---|
| Online storefront | Shopify ($29–79/mo) or IndieCommerce (per-order cut) | Included - a SAGE storefront with clear customer next steps |
| Individual item pages | Often hidden behind search or skipped because it takes too long | Included - books, staff picks, events, and selected items can each get a page |
| Staff recommendations | Handwritten cards, casual conversations, or a post that disappears | Included - staff picks become pages and draft posts you can edit |
| Email to regulars + events | Mailchimp ($30–80/mo once list grows) | Included - send updates, event notes, and item highlights with unsubscribe handled |
| Author event / shop event pages | Eventbrite + manual social posts | Included - event pages, RSVP or ticket links, and promo drafts you can edit |
| Social drafts + scheduling | Buffer / Later ($15/mo) + manual drafts | Included - drafted from your shop details and reviewed by you |
| Daily "what should I do next?" list | Your head, between customers | A short list of useful tasks, based on what is connected |
| Total | $80-150+/mo spread across several tools | $25/mo - one bill, one login |
SAGE can replace some tools for smaller shops, or work beside the tools they already have.
A dashboard that notices bookstore moments.
SAGE can keep track of useful moments around your shop: author visits, local events, seasonal moments, book festivals, Banned Books Week, awards, new releases, and the items you have recently listed. You decide what is worth acting on.
Save my check-up and open SAGE.
No card required. Save your shop details and open a Free Workspace; a SAGE storefront is included, even if you do not have a website yet.
- Free Workspace: five SAGE actions each week, starting now.
- Free SAGE dashboard and storefront for your shop.
- Free item listings for books, staff picks, pre-orders, events, and selected shop inventory.
- Free shareable storefront link for customers, even if you do not have a website.
- SAGE Membership — $25/mo after a 14-day trial: keep SAGE working every day with no weekly cap, plus staff-pick pages, event and pre-order tools, customer list help, campaign sending, scheduling, and supported publishing you approve.
Built for indie bookstores
Works for books, events, staff picks, and any inventory your shop chooses to highlight.
Your data is yours
Export catalog, customers, and orders in one click. We never sell it.
No long contracts
Month-to-month. Cancel from your dashboard — no retention mazes.
$25/mo flat
Start with a Free Workspace and no credit card. SAGE Membership is one flat $25/mo when you want the daily cadence.