The IndieCommerce team is very excited to announce that starting July 25th 2022, we will begin a phased rollout of new IndieCommerce 2.0 websites to bookstores so their staff can begin to familiarize themselves with the new platform and start the process of customizing the site to fit their needs.
During this transition, all websites on the current IndieCommerce and IndieLite platforms will continue to be fully supported until every store has been moved to their new 2.0 website. For those stores that will not be moving to 2.0 this year, one of the new features we’re working on for the upcoming holiday shopping season will be real time postage quotes from USPS.
As always if you have a feature request that would improve the shopping experience for your online customers or improve website management for your staff, please don’t hesitate to send your request to staff@bookweb.org
The migration of stores to 2.0 will continue through October 31, 2022. Then beginning November 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 we will temporarily pause adding new sites during the holiday shopping season, then begin moving stores again starting January 1, 2023.
In this first phase of the transition to IC 2.0, we will be working with new stores that recently joined IC, IndieLite stores as well as some Indiecommerce stores that have a limited need for advanced features. These stores represent the majority of sites on the IndieCommerce platform and their technical structure allows us to move them to the 2.0 platform more quickly. Larger stores that require more advanced website features will be moved in later phases.
To see a preview of 2.0, Geetha Nathan our senior manager will be hosting a live Introduction to IndieCommerce 2.0 webinar on Monday, July 25th, that will review many of the new features and services that will be available on the new platform. There will be time during the session to ask questions, or you can submit questions when you register for the webinar. A recording of the July 25th webinar will also be available for those that can’t make it to the live session.
In the coming weeks, IC staff will be reaching out to stores that we would like to participate in this first phase of moving to IC 2.0. When you are contacted by our staff, please reply as soon as you possibly can so that we can schedule your store to begin the migration process.
Questions?
Many of your questions will be answered at our webinar on July 25th, so please be sure to sign up today. As always, you can also reach out to Indiecommerce customer support at staff@bookweb.org and we’ll be happy to assist you.