Shareable Purchase Links
Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Select “View Link” in the action dropdown menu on the “Link History” page to see to your product page. From there, you can copy the url after link creation and paste it into your browser, or you can scan the QR code with your phone.

We currently don’t offer previews of books.

No. You can have as many links for a book as you like.

No. You can only sell one book per link.

Yes. You select the number of books to be sold through the link and limit the number of books sold per order. There is a limit of 25 books per order.

Customers with a non-US ship-to address will be unable to order books via your purchase link. At present, we are only able to ship to the 50 U.S. states (no territories).

Yes. Click the pencil icon next to the link you’d like to edit on the “Link History” page. You will be presented with a screen to change the details of your link. This will update links you’ve already shared, so there is no need to update pages where your links are live.

Yes. Customers will no longer be able to order the book via that link and the details will be removed from your link history.

No. Once you cancel a link in the action dropdown menu, you will need to create a new link to share with your readers.

You can create purchase links for non-distributed titles, but you’ll need to set a purchase price when creating your link. You’ll want to provide a book description which will show on your product page and save to your metadata. If your book has been restricted from distribution, your book is not eligible to be sold via purchase link.

Your link will be inactive from the time you submit your revision until the time you approve your revision. If you're changing the price of your book, you may want to consider updating the list price of your book as well, as this will affect your compensation per book. The ordering page for your book will ask readers to “come back later.”

This offering is currently in beta testing and only available for a small group of IngramSpark publishers.

Yes. You can sell your book at a discounted price. The minimum purchase price is the print cost of your book plus an applicable e-commerce print surcharge.

No. The minimum purchase price you can set for your book is the print cost of your book plus an applicable e-commerce print surcharge.

Yes. We recommend that you follow best practices and maintain a purchase price that is similar to other books in your genre, category, or format. The maximum purchase price you can set is $124.99.

You will not receive a notification when an order is placed for your books, but you will be able to see the number of units sold and country location for these transactions in the reporting suite.

You will be able to view e-commerce sales in the sales reporting suite in your IngramSpark account. The compensation page will show paid and unpaid earnings for e-commerce sales.

You will be charged the print cost of your book plus an applicable e-commerce print surcharge per unit, which is added to the list price when setting up your link.

You will receive sales compensation 90 days from the end of the month in which the book was sold.

Due to privacy regulations, we are unable to share personally identifiable consumer data such as name, email, or shipping address. You can see the number of units sold and country location for completed transactions.