New app uses are likely to visit again after a month compared to web shoppers. Whether its user retention or conversion rate, mobile apps win everywhere.
Like we say in our everyday lingo ‘Retail is a booming industry in the online and mobile-first market,’ it certainly is. Most of today’s traffic to the retail stores comes through mobile devices- including tablets and smartphones, where the latter is overtaking the desktops and laptops in every country across the globe.
Today, smart retail promises to allow physical stores to better harness the potential of their products and services through mobile apps. Be its fashion or grocery or electronics, online shopping is something people do most frequently, now they love to pick their items for their smartphone.
The reality is we all have tons of applications on our smartphones, but we rarely use only a few of them regularly. Alarmingly, by 2020, mobile commerce will tee off 45% of total eCommerce, amounting to $284 billion in sales (BI report).
Among all the cherished eCommerce giants including Amazon, Walmart, Stapes, Etsy is a marketplace every retailer dreams to own. Hailing from the most competitive industry, Etsy has managed to earn a top spot by making it easier for millions of shoppers who choose apps for convenience and faster transactions. As you would imagine, to grow more sales, increase brand awareness and customer loyalty, you, as the next Etsy (-like app) owner, need to chiefly connect the dots from design to development to quality check to launch, and who else than us- can do this for you. Seriously!
Our team consists of born app makers who are excited about about every project, and their Magento expertise will drive your eCommerce store into a perfectly working app.
Etsy is quintessential, and there are some cogent reasons why app owners, even honchos like Amazon, eBay, Macy’s, The Home Depot look over to Etsy as a competition
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Without any compulsion to sign up filling the form, Etsy allows a direct login through Facebook, Twitter and other social sites. Same as they do for registered users, guest shoppers can move ahead with easy payments, easy checkouts with a Seller Protection by Etsy.
Guests will receive email receipts and shipping notification. They will also be able to customize their orders at the time of checkout.
Managing guest checkout is also straightforward and sellers can view all the orders by guests alongside the orders from registered users, in the Shop Manager.
Every communication is just the same for a guest user for an Etsy purchase except leaving the feedback.
Together with, there are various features introduced in the app that will render a painless, more delightful shopping experience for registered and new users.
Similar to the much-loved Buy It Now in eBay, users can enjoy quick shopping at Etsy too. This feature has revolutionized the sales as people can purchase the item immediately, without having to add to the cart.
Additionally, to support Etsy sellers wherever they choose to sell, the ecommerce marketplace is making great efforts. Sellers have the option to include Buy It Now for only of their product line or not. Orders placed with buy it now will look the same to the seller in the Shop Manager as the items purchased through the cart. So, they don’t have to adapt to any new environment for this advanced checkout option.
Early this year, Etsy had some buzz regarding the incorporation of Sixbit software, which has replaced the previous tool Blackthorne. Sixbit software is a complete eCommerce and inventory management solution that gives sellers full control over their listings, sales and distribution.
It comes with a neat feature called ‘allocation plan,’ which handles the live listings inventory count automatically. Sixbit software also supports multi-variants via CSV import, to manage thousands of products at a time.
By now, you may have understood that Etsy is not like any other regular eCommerce site but includes an array of breakthrough tools and technologies, to live off the breadline and bring forth supreme UI/UX design and customer experiences. So, the cost of development will be high as it will involve advanced tools and frameworks and expert hands.
On an average, the cost of development will estimate to This range may differ as per business requirements and the features you opt to include in your app. For an Etsy clone, the price will be the maximum in the range specified and may go beyond if you come out
Since a shopping app like Etsy demands decent investment, an app owner (like you) must choose a reputed, reliable eCommerce development company. We, at Konstant Infosolutions, extend matchless expertise and experience in eCommerce app development as we’ve successfully delivered 3500+ projects to our clients worldwide. We can develop an Etsy clone- ensuring an aesthetically pleasing interface and intuitively responsive customer experience.
To get the proven track record of the eCommerce apps we’ve built until now, check out our portfolio here.
Manish Jain is the co-founder and Managing Director at Konstant Infosolutions. He is responsible for the overall operations of the company and has played a major role in bringing Konstant up from its humble beginnings and, with his immense energy and drive, transforming it into a globally trusted name in IT solutions.
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