Your bookstore is the heart of the neighborhood. Amazon doesn't know your customers' names — but they don't tell anyone you do. Social Perks changes that.
The bookstore marketing platform that turns every reader into a champion for your shop, your authors, and your community.
Free for 14 days. No credit card. Cancel anytime.
Built for indie bookstores, used bookshops, specialty bookstores, and bookstore-cafes. We help you compete on the one thing Amazon can't: community.
Customers who buy a staff pick and post a photo (with the recommender tagged) earn $5 off their next book. Staff become local literary celebrities.
Active book clubs are pure retention gold. Members earn perks for posting club meetings and tagging the shop. Clubs grow, regular orders grow with them.
Hosting an author? Pre-event campaigns fill seats and post-event campaigns sell signed books for weeks. Author-event attendance triples on average.
If you run a monthly book box, social posts of unboxings become your acquisition channel. Subscribers refer subscribers, all earning perks.
Launch any of these in under 5 minutes. Perks and copy pre-written. You just pick one and go live.
Post a photo of your staff-picked book and tag the recommender
$5 off your next book
Post a book club meeting at the store and tag the shop
Free signed copy for the host
Share the author event poster and bring a friend
Free coffee at the event
Post a photo of each book you finish, tagging the store
$20 store credit for every 10 books posted
Post your monthly subscription unbox reveal
Free bookmark + sticker pack monthly
Bookstore marketing software is usually inventory and POS. Social Perks builds the actual community that makes your bookstore irreplaceable.
Our QR cards, signage, and campaigns match the warm, curated feel of a bookshop. Nothing screams 'corporate marketing.'
Author events are your highest-leverage moments. Our system makes them go further by amplifying before, during, and after.
Booksellers are your secret weapon. Our system gives them spotlight through staff picks, becoming local micro-celebrities that customers seek out.
“Author event attendance tripled. We hosted a debut novelist who'd never sold a book here and sold 87 signed copies in one night. The pre-event campaign filled the room.”
“Our staff-pick program is now a real thing. Customers come in asking for 'whoever recommended this.' Our top bookseller has her own following.”
“I've been an indie bookstore owner for 16 years. Social Perks is the first marketing tool that actually helps us compete with Amazon. Revenue up 22% this year.”
One plan. Everything included. No per-customer fees, no setup charges, no hidden surcharges.
Free for your first 14 days. No credit card required.
Everything you need to know before starting your free trial.
Most marketing tools are built for ecommerce or SaaS. Social Perks is built for local bookstore businesses. Every template, perk, and AI suggestion is tuned for bookstore customers — the people, behaviors, and platforms that actually drive walk-ins, bookings, and reorders.
No. If you can send a text message, you can launch a Social Perks campaign. Pick a template, choose a perk (free coffee, $10 off, a free upgrade), and we generate the QR code, signage, and customer flow. Most bookstore owners are live in under 15 minutes.
They scan a QR code at your counter or follow a link from a receipt. They pick an action (post a photo, leave a Google review, tag a friend, share a story), complete it, and our system verifies it through platform APIs. Then they get their perk instantly — no manual checking.
Small, instantly-redeemable perks beat large ones every time. A free drink, a $5 discount, an upgrade, or a free add-on converts at 3-5x the rate of a "10% off your next visit" offer. Our AI suggests perk values based on your industry, location, and average ticket size.
Both — and the math works either way. A new customer acquired through a friend's Instagram post costs you ~$3 in perk value vs. $20-40 through paid ads. An existing customer who posts brings in 2.4 new visitors on average. Your existing fans are your cheapest acquisition channel.
Yes. Every post generated through Social Perks is auto-tagged with the required FTC #ad or #partner disclosure for the platform. We handle compliance so you don't have to think about it. This is built in and cannot be disabled.
Our AI review pipeline flags off-brand, inappropriate, or low-quality content before it counts toward a perk. You set your brand standards once (family-friendly, no competitor mentions, on-message), and the system enforces them automatically.
Most bookstores see their first customer post within 48 hours of launching. Measurable lifts in review count, Instagram mentions, and foot traffic typically show up within the first 14 days — which is why we let you try the entire platform free for two weeks.
See your bookstore grow through real customer posts. No credit card. No risk. Just results.
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