You can now order your favorite chicken online from your mobile phone as it has tied up with a third-party app like Zomato. No wonder, local businesses had to struggle with their businesses as their customers had been taken away by the online ordering and services on the web or mobile. But they say, ‘’Adopt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative,” these small and medium-sized businesses have been making leaps to get in front of customers, on their screens and as and when they demand. Now, a local coffee shop and a fitness center are willing to use that space on the app stores but do not have the right insights to start with (and which is why we’re here).
Though it isn’t easy for businesses built on frequent habitual use like a grocery store, a tailor or an ice cream parlor to understand the digital presence change, it’s not impossible. If you, being the owner of any SMB, feels that building a solo app isn’t a reasonable investment, you haven’t discussed it with the right people. Really!
Since we are a dedicated app development company, we deal with a lot of local businesses that approach us for app development. Initially, they are apprehensive about investing their dollars into an app model because they are unsure whether their everyday, elderly audience will accept a change like that, but the first conversation with us convince them to have one. And yes, they are doing great.
One great example is a Sushi-Teria app for a restaurant to manage online food orders, fast deliveries and electronic payments, which is now catering to every region in the US.
So, if you belong to the same category, don’t shy away from investing your dollars that matter. We promise to delight you with our app development solutions and services because at the end, it’s all about customer satisfaction, customer delight and customer engagement.
Before moving further, it’s important that you understand the cost model of the app development- be it any business. Because that will help you decide your choices and priorities and also give you better insights on how you need to proceed for your business app.
It’s clear and proved that apps are a significant part of the vital core of local presence management and marketing. They certainly do a lot to help local businesses book appointments and engage customers on mobile- (being the fundamental device for the majority), thereby racing against the mobile-first strategy of top brands.
For a local business app, the cost of development depends on the industry you come from. For every industry, it has varying prices as the requirements of the businesses are different. Additionally, the cost also varies depending on the individual choices of business owners, their budget because that certainly limits the features in the app.
As per our experience, for the various local businesses, the average cost of developing an app are:
You may own a different business altogether (not mentioned in the above list), the cost will be calculated including the cost of the number of developers, business analyst, designers involved in the project development plus the hardware, software and tools plus the overheads. However, for a business app, the investment cost is decent- a little low on the scale because for a start, a small budget app is a prudent decision.
Once your audience accepts this change and you witness an increase in the sales, you may anytime lift up the app with new, innovative and automated features, and design it to look attractive, adding aesthetics and one-of-a-kind interfaces, using visuals to highlight the app, especially for the food and retail apps.
With evolving technology, local businesses can take the benefits of beacon and chatbots that will assist the users with more interactive shopping triggering Place Tips with Bluetooth and location sharing on.
While many of the business apps are leveraging this functionality from a third-party app like Facebook, they can include it in their own app in an effort to provide more personalized service experiences.
Certainly, app users are loyal, and it’s important to keep an eye on the development space. If you are into any dilemma for starting your own app, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us. Our experts will offer optimized, affordable and on-demand solutions. We’d love to hear from you.
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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