Pata

The brief

Pata is made for an independent bookshop in Bangladesh that wants to sell across the country. Book buyers often do not know the exact title they want. They come for a mood, a gift or a child's reading level. The shop had to help people browse like in a real store, show the author and page count, and keep ordering simple on a phone.

What we built

• Reading mood picker: choose daily reading time and a mood, such as thrilling, heart-warming, thoughtful, funny or curious, and get a matching book list.
• Six shelves: fiction, mystery and thriller, history and ideas, self-help and money, poetry, and kids and young readers.
• Book cards with author, page count, publisher, rating and a paperback or hardcover choice.
• Book fair offers and a fresh-off-the-press row for new titles.
• The reading room, a blog with book lists and tips on reading with children.

How it was built

Pata runs on WordPress with its own theme and our own store plugin, not WooCommerce, and stays light on mobile data. The style is forest green with a warm gold accent on white and paper cream, with Fraunces headings and Karla text, like a printed book page. Each order is wrapped in brown paper with a bookmark, and buyers can pay by cash on delivery, bKash, Nagad or card.

The result

A bookshop site that helps readers find their next book, not just search for one. Starting an online bookstore? See our e-commerce website service or start your project.