A. Retailers like you report their book sales on a weekly basis from their POS system. SalesData accepts reporting from all popular bookstore POS systems and we can have you set up to report in minutes with no additional effort. Sales are then aggregated in SalesData and matched with bibliographic data that enables the creation of reports showing bestselling titles and other sales trends on a national level.
A. In addition to supporting authors and publishers by having your sales contribute to media bestseller lists and other useful reporting features, you also get access to SalesData's suite of tools designed to help you sell more books (as long as you're submitting data for two or more books). For example, you can grow your sales with gap analysis reports that quickly find titles and sales you may be missing out on.
A. We support all popular bookstore POS systems, including Bookmanager, Wordstock, and Shopify. (See more about Shopify below.) If you use a different POS, you can contact retailers@booknetcanada.ca to discuss options. The full list of supported POS systems is below:
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A. You should expect to include the following columns in your weekly sales reports, which should be submitted in CSV format ("YYYMMDD_Retailer_Name.csv"):
A. Yes. In order for SalesData to function properly, we require that all participating retailers submit their sales every week by Monday. "One-off" reporting engagements are not feasible and these sales will not be counted towards media bestseller lists.
A. We process all sales data at a high level. Your sales will be aggregated and shared in SalesData's All Market View, and will only be visible on a store-level basis with other users you approve. Confidentiality is taken very seriously and you can be assured that if and when you approve a market view of your data, it will only be used internally by that account and will not be disclosed to any third parties.
A. No. Weekly sales reports will be processed and aggregated in the system starting from when a retailer is added to the reporting panel. Historical data cannot be processed retroactively.
Q. Can I use Shopify to report my book sales to SalesData?
A. Yes! The Shopify POS supports online as well as physical store sales. (If you're a publisher using Shopify to track sales, it's worth noting that sales will only be included in media bestseller lists when they are direct-to-consumer sales and reported at the transaction level by you and not an intermediary; if you're partnering with a retailer to sell books, they should be reporting their sales directly to SalesData themselves.)
A. The system has a set of APIs that we can use to easily receive and ingest data directly from your account every week without needing any manual input from your end. All you have to do is grant us access to your API.
A. Follow these steps to provide us with API access:
A. Once you're set up, we will start fetching data every Monday at 2 a.m. ET.
Got any further questions? Let us know at retailers@booknetcanada.ca.