Customizing Your Free AbeBooks Storefront

AbeBooks provides free basic Storefronts for all member booksellers. Your Storefront is accessible through AbeBooks, and provides you with a unique URL that you can send to buyers to direct them back to your store and your inventory. You can easily customise your Storefront to fit the needs of your business.

Storefront features Include:

• A few options for colour and style to distinguish your store from others.
• Choices of standard images to use in your storefront, as well as the ability to upload your own, personal Storefront image.
• The ability to display your address and telephone number.
• Promotion of your catalogs, which you can change as often as you like.

To customize your AbeBooks Storefront:

• [Sign on] to your AbeBooks account.
• In the Members Menu, click on [Your Storefront].
• Click [Change/Update your storefront] in the Your Storefront menu.

1. Within Step 1 of the Storefront wizard:

• De-select any contact information you don't want displayed on your page by clicking on the corresponding checkbox.
• Add a description of your bookstore in the 'About your bookstore' box.
• All of your catalogs will be displayed on your Storefront but you can select two that you want featured. 
• In the Catalog Headline textboxes, enter a caption for each catalog.
• Within the textbox for Catalog Description, elaborate on the catalog by providing further details on the books assigned to the catalog.
  
  Note: Your contact information is retrieved from your AbeBooks account information and can be updated through the [Your Personal Information] link on your Members Menu.

2. Step 2 allows you to choose a color and style for your storefront. Click the radio button next to the template you want to use as a border on the page.

3. Select an image for your page by clicking the button next to the picture in the Storefront Image section.

If you would like to upload your own image to display, simply choose the [Browse] button to locate the file and then click [Upload].

Once the above success message is displayed, refresh your screen to see your image and select it.

4. Click [Save and View Storefront] to finish your storefront.

5. Your Storefront is displayed for review. Simply click [Edit This Page] to return to the Storefront Wizard and make any changes. 

Remember that you can update your Storefront at any time to feature different catalogues.  Promote your newest books, holiday books, or even your most unique ones.