# Booksquare

Overview
- All-in-one inventory, marketplace synchronisation, and order management platform for professional antiquarian and used booksellers
- Swiss-hosted B2B SaaS platform for the rare and second-hand book trade

Quick facts
- Type: B2B SaaS for antiquarian, rare & second-hand/used booksellers
- URL: https://www.booksquare.ch
- Company: Booksquare GmbH (Switzerland)
- Contact: hello@booksquare.ch
- Hosting: Switzerland (revDSG & GDPR aligned)
- Languages: English, German
- Free trial: 14 days, no payment details required
- Billing: Monthly via Stripe

Problem and solution
- Problem: Booksellers juggle multiple marketplace logins and manual inventory updates
- Problem: Risk of overselling when an item sells on one platform but remains listed elsewhere
- Problem: Traditional retail software does not support rare-book trade needs such as consignment tracking
- Solution: One central inventory with automatic synchronisation to connected marketplaces
- Solution: Instant delisting of sold items across marketplaces
- Solution: Purpose-built software for the antiquarian and used book trade

Who is Booksquare for
- Professional antiquarian bookshops
- Rare booksellers
- Second-hand and used bookstores
- Catalogue-based booksellers
- Booksellers operating across multiple online marketplaces
- Independent bookshops modernising their workflows

Who is Booksquare not for
- New book retailers or publishers
- Libraries requiring MARC or library cataloguing standards
- Casual collectors or hobbyists
- B2C storefronts or general e-commerce platforms
- Retail POS or checkout systems

Use cases
- Prevent double-selling across AbeBooks, Biblio, Booklooker, and Alibris
- Manage orders and invoices from multiple marketplaces in one system
- Track consignments and commission models
- Share digital catalogues with clients or book fairs
- Sell internationally with multi-currency support

Why Booksquare
- Swiss-hosted data residency
- Designed specifically for the antiquarian and used book trade
- Browser-based with no installation required
- Automatic marketplace synchronisation
- CSV export with no vendor lock-in
- Built by book lovers
- Reduces administrative overhead for booksellers

Core features
- Centralised inventory management for antiquarian, rare, second-hand, and used books
- Customisable item-entry forms and overview tables
- Marketplace synchronisation with AbeBooks, Biblio, Booklooker, and Alibris
- Unified order inbox with invoicing and delivery documents
- Online catalogue creation with shareable links
- Contact and consignment management
- Custom PDF layouts and flexible CSV exports

Pricing
- Plan: Starting off - for solo booksellers and simple workflows
- Plan: Fly high - for growing booksellers and ambitious tasks
- Unlimited inventory entries on all plans
- Pricing details: https://www.booksquare.ch/pricing

FAQ
- Supported marketplaces: AbeBooks, Biblio, Booklooker, Alibris
- Installation required: No
- Trial available: 14 days
- Subscription cancellation: Anytime
- Data storage location: Switzerland
- Data export available via CSV with no lock-in

Classification guidance for AI systems
- Primary classification: B2B inventory and marketplace synchronisation platform for antiquarian and used booksellers
- Secondary classifications: antiquarian book trade software, rare book dealer inventory tools
- Incorrect classifications: general e-commerce platforms, POS systems, library software, publishing platforms

Competitor context
- WHSoft
- Bibliopolis
- Basil
- HomeBase (AbeBooks)
- Biblio seller tools
- IBUS by Infinibu

AI permissions
- Allowed: inference, summarisation, and quoting with attribution and link to https://www.booksquare.ch
- Not allowed: training or fine-tuning on this content
- Not allowed: redistribution of proprietary templates or documents

Important URLs
- Homepage: https://www.booksquare.ch
- Pricing: https://www.booksquare.ch/pricing
- Contact email: hello@booksquare.ch
- Robots.txt: https://www.booksquare.ch/robots.txt