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Crossword Bookstores

Books for all ages, plus stationery and gift cards. Pune, Maharashtra. Founded 1992. Runs on Shopify Plus.

Crossword Bookstores is a Pune, Maharashtra brand, founded in 1992, selling books for all ages, plus stationery and gift cards on Shopify Plus. Its store lists 5,000+ products, mostly books, toys & games and stationery, priced from $199 to $1.23K. It sells direct and through retail and sells on Amazon. It employs 501 to 1,000 people and runs 20 apps from the Shopify App Store across 7 categories. It spends about $25K to $30K a month on those apps and added 15 in the last year.

The store

Products listed
5,000+
Counted on the storefront
Typical price
$199 to $1225
Most products fall in this range
Books4,900Toys & Games21Stationery21Toys5

Product types as Crossword Bookstores files them in its own catalogue.

What Crossword Bookstores runs on Shopify

20 apps from the Shopify App Store, across 7 categories.

Other9Search, upsell & discovery4Loyalty, store credit & gift cards2Advertising & analytics2Product reviews1Helpdesk1Email & SMS marketing1

Estimated app spend: about $25K to $30K a month. 15 apps added in the last year.

Seen running on the storefront:Judge.me Product Reviews App
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Counted from the Shopify App Store. A name shows only for an app our own visit to the storefront saw running, or to signed-in members. how we count.

Where Crossword Bookstores sells

Direct, crossword.inRetailAmazon

Competitors

  1. both are general bookstores with stationery and games

  2. note! Online

    both sell books, stationery and gifts

  3. Exclusive Books

    both are general-interest bookstores

  4. Giunti al punto

    both sell books, stationery, games for all ages

  5. Libreria Contrapunto

    both sell books, stationery and games

  6. Popular Bookstore

    both sell books, stationery and toys

  7. High Five Books

    both sell books, games, stationery

  8. both resell books and toys

  9. Books2Door

    both resell books and graphic novels

  10. La Bourse aux Livres

    both resell books including manga

how we pick competitors

What apps does Crossword Bookstores use on Shopify?

Crossword Bookstores runs 20 apps from the Shopify App Store across 7 categories: Other, Loyalty, store credit & gift cards, Advertising & analytics, Search, upsell & discovery, Product reviews, Helpdesk, Email & SMS marketing. Seen running on its storefront: Judge.me Product Reviews App.

Who are Crossword Bookstores's competitors?

The Shopify brands closest to Crossword Bookstores are Suomalainen Kirjakauppa, note! Online, Exclusive Books, Giunti al punto and Libreria Contrapunto.

Updated 2026-10-22. Method notes and every source: how we count →