Breaking News: Get a Mobile App for your store!
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the StoreMantis Mobile App service. This service enables you to get a professional eCommerce mobile app for your online store. It is currently available for Android and iOS devices. Click here to subscribe for this service now.
WHY YOU NEED A MOBILE APP
The ecommerce landscape is changing fast. There was once a time when all you needed to compete in the ecommerce space was a great looking and functional website. However, this is no longer the case. Mobile internet usage has far exceeded desktop usage. The disparity is
even greater in developing nations. In response to this trend, responsive websites (sites that adapt to the screen size) were developed. StoreMantis has supported responsive designs since inception. However, responsive websites have a few drawbacks when used on mobile devices. Such drawbacks include slow loading due to mobile network speed variations, user interface difficulties and the simple fact that it is more tedious for customers to type your website url into their mobile browsers than it is on a desktop browser.
The mobile world is now fast becoming app-centered. All big brands now have, and actively promote their mobile apps, sometimes even more than their websites. However, small businesses are also learning that owning a mobile app is an extremely smart move that can give a phenomenal return on investment. Here are some advantages of having a mobile app for your business:
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Be Visible to Customers at All Times
Statistics show that the average smart phone user spends more than two hours a day on his or her mobile device. While probably only a handful of applications make up the bulk of this total usage, it doesn’t change the fact that each user has to unlock, scroll, and scan their device for the apps they’re looking for. Being “in the way” can be an advantage to your company, as our mind unconsciously does record every image and text (or well-designed app icon!) it comes across – even if it happens unnoticed.
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Create a Direct Marketing Channel
Apps serve many functions: they can provide general info, prices, booking forms, search features, user accounts, messengers, news feeds, and much more. One of the biggest benefits of having a mobile app is that all the information you’d like to provide to your customers – including special sales and promotions – is right at their fingertips. Through push notifications you’re getting even closer to a direct interaction, and can easily remind customers about your products and services whenever it makes sense.
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Provide Value to Your Customers
Talking about on-hand information, how about digitalizing that loyalty program you have in place? Instead of sticking to the old point-collection card, make it possible for your customers to collect their rewards via your mobile app. The result? More downloads and more return customers.
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Stand Out From the Competition
These days mobile apps at the small business level are still rare, and this is where you can take a big leap ahead of your competitors. Be the first in your neighborhood to offer a mobile app to your customers. They’ll be astonished by your forward-thinking approach!
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Get a Better Return On Your Advertising Budget
When you use pay per click online advertising networks to drive traffic to your website, you spend valuable dollars each time a user clicks your ad to visit your website. However, if you advertise for people to download your app, you will have a constantly open channel to keep reaching those customers. This can lead to a significantly higher ROI.
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Cultivate Customer Loyalty
Last, but not least, the most important reason why you should consider building your own mobile app is customer loyalty. With all the noise out there – roadside banners, billboards, flashing signs, newspaper ads, flyers, coupons, websites, website banners, Facebook ads, and email marketing – we slowly lose our impact on customers because of the immense amount of advertising surrounding us all. It’s time to go back to making a true and sincere connection with your customers, and making them a loyal lover of your product and/or service. A mobile app can be a way of staying closer to your customers, and being just a “fingertip” away at all times.
FEATURES
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Quick setup and submission
Your app should be setup and submitted to app stores usually within 3 business days. Your app will be submitted to the iOS and Android app stores. We will customize the color scheme of the app to suit your brand. This also includes the creation of the application launch icon and splash screen (the image users first see when they launch the app).
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Customizable widgets
You can add widgets such as slideshows, product carousels and text content to the homepage of your app at any time using our easy to use interface.
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Real-time inventory and data synchronization
Your mobile app retrieves data from your StoreMantis website in real time. Hence you do not need to manage separate data for your app. All products, information, blog and setting changes are reflected on your app almost immediately.
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Payment gateways support
Your mobile app will be able to use all the payment gateways supported by StoreMantis! Hence customers can pay you electronically from right within the app!
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Unified shopping cart
The mobile app synchronizes with your customer’s online shopping cart. What this means is that a customer can add some items to their shopping cart while visiting your website, leave your site, but when they open your mobile app, the items they added will be automatically placed in their mobile app shopping cart! The same holds for the reverse i.e. customers can add items to their cart on the app and complete the purchase on your website.
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Push notifications
Easily send push notifications to your app users from your StoreMantis dashboard.
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Free application updates
We will continuously update your app with new features as we release new versions.
Download our demo app to experience all the features of our mobile app service. Click here to subscribe for this service now.