Tips while turning E-commerce store into Mobile Commerce App

Undeniably, the use of mobile devices has increased a lot. According to Statista, the adults worldwide use mobile devices for average 5 hours a day. Also, the Statista report says, the business value of worldwide e-commerce is predicted to reach $460 billion in 2018 and 700 billion in 2019.

There is a growth in mobile retail commerce sales and the mobile commerce app is drastically growing. It happens that the majority of the app launched don’t do well like its e-commerce store. However, development of the e-commerce app seems easy, but it requires to keep in mind a few vital things which will take care of the app in long run.

Here are few tips on adapting your e-commerce store into the mobile commerce app.

·        When it comes to adopting an app from the website made from like Magento or WordPress or WooCommerce, it is important to identify the platform. The better identification will decide the course of the application development. Some of the work requires a simple approach while some make it tedious.

·        As the team will be working on the existing e-commerce website, it would be a better idea to retain the familiar look over the whole website and mobile app. Building consistent look and feel is essential for branding purpose and attracting the customers.

·        To exchange data with the database over an app, the exchange takes place via a medium called API (Application Programming Interface). To develop an app from the same database as the e-commerce website, API developers have to build a number of APIs. Although a number of APIs were available from the publisher’s website, developers often need to create a lot from the reference design.

·        A strong integration of APIs and the application view is vital for the app to work efficiently. The view adds huge information about the product. This API integration also makes the server and the users’ devices securer.

·        Testing is an important part of an app’s post-development phase. And a mobile commerce app is tested to various parameters. It also needs a lot of manual testing where a professional tester uses the app and reports any bug if any.

·        The quality mobile commerce app testing is deployed to an Application Store for distribution. Apart from the Google app and Apple app store, there is a third party store where you can upload the app.

Mobile applications come with a lot of benefits to a dynamic website. E-commerce vendors are investing in mobile strategy more. As we are always surrounded by mobile devices, it is a great idea to make the website responsive and create a new app for such devices.