How to make a website for a book store

People who look up a local bookshop usually have a title in mind: a Class 10 reference book, a guide for a government exam, a novel a friend mentioned, or a picture book for a five-year-old. They want to know whether you keep that kind of book, and whether you can get it if you don't. A website that shows your sections sends the title straight to your WhatsApp.

Updated 2026-11-09

What people look for on a book store website

School textbooks and reference books by board and class
Books for competitive and entrance exams, and previous years' papers
Novels, biographies and self-help, in English, Hindi and your local language
Children's books by age: board books, picture books, early readers, activity books
Whether you order a title you don't have, and roughly how long it takes
Second-hand books: whether you buy and sell used textbooks
Timings, and whether the shop is busy at the start of the school session

The pages your website needs

Home: Your sections in one line each, ordering a title you don't have, and a WhatsApp button to ask for a book by name
School and college: Boards and classes you keep books for, reference books, and college titles if you stock them
Exam preparation: The exams you keep books and practice papers for, and when new editions usually arrive
Reading for all ages: Novels, non-fiction, regional-language books and children's books by age group
Used books and orders: How you buy and sell second-hand books, and how ordering a title works
Contact: Address, landmark, timings, phone, WhatsApp and a Google Maps button

Sample words for your home page

Textbooks, exam books and good reads near University Road, Bhubaneswar

Books for school boards, entrance and government exams, and readers of every age. Tell us a title on WhatsApp and we will check or order it.

Panda Book House has been near University Road since 1994. We keep school books for the main boards, exam books, and novels in English and Odia. If we don't have the book you want, we order it, and we buy back used textbooks at the end of the session.

Use these as a starting point and write them in your own words: AppCub can rewrite them for you in the chat.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide the pages. Most book store websites need these pages: Home, School and college, Exam preparation, Reading for all ages, Used books and orders, Contact.
Describe it to AppCub. Paste the request below, with your own name, address, prices and timings.
Check the plan. AppCub lists the pages and what goes on each. Ask for changes until it is right; seeing the plan is free.
Add your details and photos. Replace every sample with your real details, attach your own photos, and check each page on the phone and computer preview.
Publish and share. Choose your address (your-name.sites.appcub.ai), put the website live and share the link on WhatsApp.

Copy this request, change the details to match your book store, and paste it into AppCub:

Make a website for my book store, Panda Book House, near University Road, Bhubaneswar. Pages: home, school and college, exam preparation, reading for all ages, used books and orders, contact. We keep school textbooks and reference books for Classes 1 to 12, books for entrance and government exams, novels in English and Odia, and children's books by age. We order titles we don't have, usually in 5 to 10 days. We buy and sell used textbooks. Open 9:30 AM to 8:30 PM, Sunday till 2 PM. WhatsApp 98XXXXXXXX. Dark green and cream colours.

Tips for a book store website

Invite people to send a title or a photo of the cover on WhatsApp; it is how most book questions start.
Update the exam page when new editions arrive, so students don't buy last year's book by mistake.
Explain your used-book rule clearly: which books you buy back, in what condition, and what you pay as a share of the price.
Take photos of your shelves and the children's corner; a bookshop's look is part of why people visit.
Write the busy weeks, like the first two weeks of the school session, and suggest messaging early.
Add the shop to Google Maps with a free Google Business Profile, with your Sunday timings.

What it costs

Describing your website and seeing AppCub’s plan for it is free.
Making it and changing it in chat uses credits for the work done: start with the 2-day trial for ₹99 (150 credits) or the one-time App Pack for ₹499 (200 credits, no autopay). Starter is ₹1,599 a month for 700 credits.
Publishing is free for an account that has paid AppCub once, at your-name.sites.appcub.ai.
Work that fails or is rolled back costs no credits.

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Good to know

The website shows your sections and how ordering works, but it can't search your shelves for a title, take a pre-order or payment. People ask on WhatsApp; to search stock by title, track ordered books and used-book buy-backs, a book store app is the better fit.
The pages are written in English. You can talk to AppCub in English, Hindi or Hinglish.
A website has no forms, bookings, payments or logins: visitors reach you on WhatsApp, by phone or on Google Maps.
Every page carries a small “Made with AppCub” badge and a “Report this site” link.

Questions

Can people search for a book on my website?

No. The website lists your sections, not every title. Visitors tap WhatsApp, type the title, and you check the shelf.

Should I list every book I have on the website?

No. A bookshop has thousands of titles and they change weekly. Show sections, boards, exams and age groups instead.

Can I show that I order books I don't have?

Yes. Say you order titles and roughly how long it takes, and that customers can send the title or cover photo on WhatsApp.

Should I mention used textbooks on my website?

Yes, if you buy or sell them. Write which books you take back, in what condition, and when in the year.

Can I put book covers on my website?

Your own photos of shelves and displays are the safer choice. Publishers and authors have rights over cover designs.

Can I announce a book launch or reading session?

Yes. Add it to the home page in the chat with the date and time, and remove it after the event.

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