The primary focus for online retailers is to offer an awesome mobile app shopping experience.Building an ecommerce mobile app and putting it on the app stores has become much simpler today.
Unfortunately, the majority of such apps provide a poor user experience and quickly lose steam wasting valuable development time and money.So how does one build the best in class ecommerce mobile app that users would want to install and more importantly engage on a consistent basis?We at Mobisoft Infotech would love to share our thoughts and guiding principles, from years of experience and research in building mobility solutions, that you can follow to get on the right track to build the best ecommerce mobile app.Choose The Right TechnologyGoUser experience trumps everything else when we talk about mobile.Your app needs to be fast and fluid if it has to offer the best user experience.
Cross-platform or hybrid app development is definitely cheaper and allows faster time to market but compromises on speed and reliability.But let’s be honest, you are reading this blog to know about the secret recipe to build the best e-commerce app and you can note it down right now that native development is one of the secret ingredients.Native apps run code much faster, allow to take full advantage of the underlying platform capabilities and overall offer a significantly superior app experience.Embrace The CloudIf you want to have the best app, you better scale with ease.Many apps work almost flawlessly with a few thousand users but as the numbers grow, most of them crumble and crash under the load.
However, building a robust cloud infrastructure from leading providers like AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud can provide you with enough horsepower to autoscale and work smoothly without breaking a sweat.Whether you are conducting a flash sale or shipping orders on Black Friday, you can provide a no glitch mobile buying experience to your customers.The public cloud democratizes computing power and enables your ecommerce app to be to be highly scalable and reliable.Nail The UI & UXWith most ecommerce apps offering very similar functionality, what can truly differentiate your app from the bunch is a well-designed user interface with a killer user experience.Here are a few checklist items you should focus onSeamless OnboardingLet your users get started quickly with your app with useful onboarding screens about what your app has to offer.
Ask only the necessary information during checkout and get as many fields pre-populated as possible by taking advantage of signed in user’s data.
Guide the users during the process by showing them their progress.Include These Key FeaturesAll ecommerce apps have some standard features that users have become accustomed to.