Features

Specifically designed for independent booksellers, IndieCommerce (IC) is a full featured e-commerce solution with powerful online marketing tools.

IndieLite (IL) offers the minimal e-commerce essentials for a low-cost web presence that is simple to maintain.

	IndieCommerce	IndieLite
Monthly Fee	$175	$50
Set-Up Fee	No	No
Site, Domain, SSL etc
Site URL	Custom	Sub-domain
SSL Certificate	Yes	Yes
Shopping Cart / Checkout
Secure cart and checkout	Yes	Yes
Collapsed checkout panes	Yes	Yes
Payment method - Credit card	Yes	Yes
Order comments	Yes	Yes
'Source' based and 'Destination' based sales tax	Yes	Yes
In-Store Pickup	Yes	Yes
Payment method - Pay at store	Yes	Yes
Tax Exempt	Yes	No
Additional checkout panes	Yes	No
International Orders	Yes	No
Payment method - Paypal	Yes	No
Payment method - House Account, Purchase order, Gift card, Online Gift code	Yes	No
Save customer credit card profiles	Yes	No
Custom shipping methods	Yes	No (Pre-defined methods, stores can set rates)
Theme, templates etc
Responsive and mobile friendly	Yes	Yes
Multiple site design templates	Yes	No
Color wheel	Yes (some templates)	Yes
Custom template	Yes	No
Admin
Permission to add customers	Yes	No
Permission to create Rules	Yes	No
Unlimited admin roles	Yes	No (Only Store Admin and Order Admin)
Book data and inventory
Inventory of over 9 million titles (Ingram)	Yes	Yes
Related Editions	Yes	Yes
Discount / Mark Up prices	Yes	Yes
Create book lists	Yes	Yes
Option to sell pre-order titles	Yes	Yes (Limited)
Create additional retail inventory	Yes	No
Option to sell titles not currently in stock at Ingram	Yes	No
Bulk upload of book lists	Yes	No
Staff reviews	Yes	Yes (Limited)
Sync Local Store Inventory	Yes	No
Search, Browse etc
Optimized book search	Yes	Yes
Predictive Search	Yes	Yes
Browse, with option to select categories	Yes	Yes
Other content included in search	Yes	No
Customizable search weights	Yes	No
Advanced Search	Yes	No
Custom Products
Create products manually	Yes	No
Bulk upload of custom products	Yes	No
Sell custom products online	Yes	No
Update and monitor stock	Yes	No
Gift Cards / Online Gift Codes	Yes	No
Content - Store supplied content
Events calendar Calendar of store events that is maintained by the merchant	Yes	Yes (Limited)
Upcoming Events view	Yes	Yes
Blogs	Yes	Yes
Contact	Yes	Yes
Wishlists / Gift Registries	Yes	Yes (Limited)
Webforms	Yes	No
Taxonomy	Yes	No
Content - Provided by IC / ABA
Indie Next List	Yes	Yes
Indie Bestsellers	Yes	Yes
Indie Kids Next List	Yes	Yes
Reading Group Indie Next List	Yes	Yes
Literary Hub's Reviews by Book Marks	Yes	Yes
Regional Holiday Catalog	Yes	Yes
ABC Catalog	Yes	Yes
Privacy & Security Policy	Yes	Yes
Refund Policy	Yes	Yes
Misc
SEO tools	Yes	Yes
Social media integration	Yes	Yes
Email Sign up Pop-ups	Yes	Yes
Google Analytics	Yes	Yes
CAPTCHA	Yes	Yes
Affiliiate program	Yes	No
Custom Customer Groups	Yes	No
Discount Coupons	Yes	No
Disqus	Yes	No
Multiple Outlet Locations	Yes	No
Preview New Features	Yes	No
Order Management
Editing an order	Yes	Yes
Manual order creation by store staff	Yes	Yes
Send orders to Ingram	Yes	Yes
Send Pre-orders to Ingram	Yes	No
Multiple order fulfillment options	Yes	No
Create custom order workflow	Yes	No
Reports
Order report	Yes	Yes
Sales report	Yes	Yes
Money management report	Yes	Yes
Customer email export	Yes	Yes
Third Party Services
Kobo ebooks	Yes	Yes
Libro.fm audio books	Yes	Yes