How to sell on IBS: guide to configuration and requirements

IBS is the largest online bookstore. The Italian portal allows you to sell books and audiovisual products such as CDs, video games and much more. The company is proving to be increasingly versatile and open to the sale of electronic products, travel and home, the online presence is becoming increasingly important so much so that it offers numerous advantages that you should exploit to grow your business.

Why sell on IBS: the portal's numbers

Since the creation of the brand in 1998, IBS has always represented a cornerstone of online commerce for books and entertainment. To date it represents one of the most important players with mind-boggling numbers:

• 7 million products in the catalogue

• Almost 2 million orders per year

• More than 5 million visitors every month

In recent years the portal has turned towards a policy of opening up to new categories of products for entertainment and free time: films, music and video games to enrich the main offer, the sale of books and products from the publishing industry.

The advantages of selling on IBS

IBS is a marketplace that continues to innovate year after year. The strengths that distinguish it and which represent very interesting advantages are:

• Andcatalog always revised and updated. This work distinguishes her in the book market.

• Specialized consultants dedicated to technical support. This way you can manage and maximize your sales.

• Convenience in the commissions applied to the sale

• Attention to the entire editorial system

• Promotional content, editorial pages dedicated to the site

How IBS works

IBS works according to very simple mechanisms. It allows you to purchase the desired products through the search bar at the top or by selecting the category of interest. The range of articles made available is enormous and allows you to find any type of solution for your search.

Once you have found the right one for the customer, you can view all the details in the technical sheet: price, discount, availability and other details. At this point, simply add it to the cart to complete the purchase.

How to sign up for IBS

To sign up to IBS you don't necessarily need to have your own e-commerce site. The marketplace is open to sellers who can offer themselves on the market without developing external systems. Registering and opening your own shop is very simple. Just go to the IBS website and open an account, access the section reserved for sellers and accept all requested conditions.

In order to complete the registration you will be asked for the following documents:

Chamber of Commerce certificate and document issued by the competent authorities

• Copy of identity documents;

• General conditions of Sale;

• WEEE;

• Copy of an identity document;

• Copy of the tax code.

Once all these documents have been provided, the system requests information regarding the company and then proceeds with the loading of the products which can take place with various systems, such as the use of a Feed Manager such as Connecteed capable of updating the price lists and synchronizing them between the various platforms and resend them updated.

Manage the Shop and catalog on IBS

Now that you have the account at your disposal you can start entering information to describe your shop, return policies and closing days. You can then specify your bank details and shipping information. Accounting is managed in a separate section that allows you to track sales and orders.

Below you will find the entire procedure for creating and managing your IBS store:

• Store management

• Create your account

• Customize your shop

• Manage your users

• Dashboard and Accounting

• Catalog and offer management

• Customer management

• Order Cycle and Shipment Management

• Store management

IBS also provides you with the Dashboard with which you can see a broad overview of the situation regarding the activity on your IBS store. The catalog can be imported manually or automatically with a tool like Connecteed, and then uploaded manually by the IBS team.

On IBS you can also manage offers in the following ways:

• Through aExternal Feed Manager;

• Manually;

• With iintegration modules.

Manage orders and shipments on IBS

The portal allows you to manage orders directly from the platform, simply receives orders and authorizes payment. As regards the shipping phase of the item, you will have to choose between the different parcel delivery services depending on the geographical area and your and your customers' needs. In this case it is very useful to rely on a feed manager for IBS to synchronize orders from one or more marketplaces and continue with the shipping phase of the items.

Why use Connecteed to manage orders, products and automate the process

If you meanmake the entire price list management process faster and safer by automating the entire item loading phase, with Connecteed you can automate everything by synchronizing orders from different platforms.

WithConnecteed you can connect to all the main marketplaces and comparators of prices asAmazon, Find prices, an ideal, IBS, Ebay and so on. On the platform you can also define rules to set the sales phases, the minimum and maximum prices for each product and the sales interruption phase when availability runs out and much more.

How to optimize your shop and sales on IBS

The best way to optimize and make the most of your sales on IBS lies in improving the performance of the shop while maintaining high quality standards for its services. The best way is to manage orders well andensure punctual deliveries to its customers. Furthermore, it is very important to have a good onecustomer service to intervene and resolve any problems encountered by the user.

Take care of your products, the satisfaction of your customers and the quality of the reviews you receive. All these points are important parameters that can lead you to success on IBS.

Manage your customers well

With customers it is good to have onesimple communication that can be used in different ways. You might be thinking about implementing amessaging service, also available on IBS, etake care of the feedback received from its customers in order to remedy negative reviews by demonstrating to everyone that they have solved the problem.

Costs and maintenance of the shop on IBS

If you want to open a shop on IBS, you should know that having a shop window costs very little. The platform requires only 25 euros per month to open its own shop window. Furthermore, the first two months are totally free, so you can test the functionality of the site.

To these costs are added the commissions for the type of products sold. These may vary depending on the product category:

• Vintage books13%

• Books in foreign languages15%

• Video games7%

• Electronics5%

• Stationary store8%

• Home and kitchen8%

• Italian books15%

​Overall, IBS is certainly one of the cheapest platforms and certainly the most important for the sale of publishing products. Give your business an extra boost and don't miss the opportunity to automate theentire product management process on IBS with Connecteed!