Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Bookshop.org
The 20 closest online bookstore alternatives to Bookshop.org, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 6 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Bookshop.org? The closest matches are AbeBooks, ThriftBooks and Barnes & Noble. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 13 ms
01 · Entity
About Bookshop.org
Bookshop.org bookshop.org
Wikidata: book e-commerce website
Summary by Claude
Online bookstore selling new print books and audiobooks, sharing profits with independent bookstores and paying commissions to affiliates who link to books.
- Who it’s for
- Book buyers supporting independent bookstores
- Business model
- Book sales with affiliate commissions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Bookshop.org’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Bookshop.org
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Bookshop.org, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read bookshop.org’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
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AbeBooks | Shop for Books, Art & Collectibles
Discover a wonderful selection of rare and collectible books, used copies, signed and first editions and more, from booksellers located around the world.
Very close cos 0.926 - 02
Verifying your connection...
American book retailer
Very close cos 0.916 - 03
etsy.com
American e-commerce company
Very close cos 0.913 - 04
Shutterfly | Photo Books, Cards, Prints, Wall Art, Gifts, Wedding
Shop Shutterfly for custom photo books, prints, cards, invitations, gifts, wall art, calendars, and more. Personalize your favorite moments with high-quality, meaningful photo products.
Very close cos 0.906 - 05
Client Challenge
American online music distributor
Very close cos 0.905 - 06
Error Page | eBay
American multinational internet corporation that manages eBay.com
Very close cos 0.907 - 07
Penguin Random House
Committed to publishing great books, connecting readers and authors globally, and spreading the love of reading.
Very close cos 0.901 - 08
Audible | Listen to Audiobooks, Podcasts, & Originals
Try Audible free for 30 days. Discover best-selling audiobooks, free podcasts, and exclusive Audible Originals. Listen offline with the Audible app.
Very close cos 0.901 - 09
Free, Easy Online Stores for Artists & Small Businesses
Start your free online store & scale as you grow. Easily manage your e-commerce business. Join a community of artists & small businesses.
Very close cos 0.903 - 10
Challenged | Kobo.com
Canadian subsidiary of Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten
Very close cos 0.897 - 11
Client Challenge
global publishing company
Very close cos 0.899 - 12
Wayfair.com - Online Home Store for Furniture, Decor, Outdoors & More
Shop Wayfair for A Zillion Things Home across all styles and budgets. 5,000 brands of furniture, lighting, cookware, and more. Free Shipping on most items.
Very close cos 0.898 - 13
American multinational technology company
Very close cos 0.896 - 14
Teaching Resources & Lesson Plans | TPT
World’s most popular online marketplace for original educational resources with more than four million resources available for use today.
Very close cos 0.894 - 15
online print-on-demand marketplace that was founded in 2006 that allow users to sell art on their platform
Very close cos 0.896 - 16
DeviantArt - The Largest Online Art Gallery and Community
DeviantArt is where art and community thrive. Explore over 650 million pieces of art while connecting to fellow artists and art enthusiasts.
Very close cos 0.894 - 17
klook.com
website where tourists can book activities
Very close cos 0.897 - 18
Airbnb: Vacation Rentals, Cabins, Beach Houses, Unique Homes & Experiences
Get an Airbnb for every kind of trip → 8 million vacation rentals → 2 million Guest Favorites → 220+ countries and regions worldwide
Close cos 0.893 - 19
De Gruyter Brill
De Gruyter Brill | Over 300 years of publishing excellence
Close cos 0.892 - 20
fnac.com
French multinational electronics store chain
Close cos 0.891
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to bookshop.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Bookshop.org uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Bookshop.org is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a56320ed3eebb4c8-HAM
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS ruth.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=Qzi6Q_It3GxD1jIOO_dRHviJACbUKnfWAMPbleX63bc
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Bookshop.org adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Atlassian · not on bookshop.org 15/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on bookshop.org 13/20
- Apple Business · not on bookshop.org 12/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on bookshop.org 12/20
- GlobalSign · not on bookshop.org 9/20
- DocuSign · not on bookshop.org 9/20
- Cloudflare 8/20
- Google Workspace 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on bookshop.org 7/20
- Stripe · not on bookshop.org 7/20
- OpenAI · not on bookshop.org 7/20
- Adobe · not on bookshop.org 7/20
- Amazon SES · not on bookshop.org 6/20
- Canva · not on bookshop.org 6/20
- Miro · not on bookshop.org 6/20