In the third quarter of 2023, the average consumer spending on mobile apps per smartphone stood at around 5.05 U.S. dollars, marking a four percent increase compared to the 4.86 U.S. dollars spent on average by global users during the third quarter of 2022. Although the mobile app development cost is quite high, the number of online stores on Play market grows each month. Solid arguments to take a closer look at existing shopping apps.
Amazon Shopping — a Coffee Break for Purchasing
Amazon Shopping app for Android provides the same opportunities as the website. Usability is the most important criterion by which customers choose this shopping app. Interesting thing — on the third place in the «Why?» list is the availability of product reviews and recommendations.
Why customers choose Amazon
Amazon Shopping interface is designed specifically for devices with touch screens. Experts had to work hard, so that users can easily find any product from the catalogue with a huge number of items and categories.
US users compare a «walk» through the Amazon app’s catalogue to a coffee break — a good way to relax and have some rest from work. Thus, the time for shopping is approximately equal to the time people spend on having a cup of coffee. The app is used most actively during lunch time (average 5 minutes) and after work — almost 7 minutes. According to the app’s visiting time and users’ perception of the app, marketers plan promotions and discounts.
eBay — Auction in Your Pocket
Firstly, it is indeed very convenient to monitor items in real time via the app — eBay sends notifications to smartphone, so that users will not miss the auction or «Buy it now» offer. Secondly, notifications inside the app promote making a purchase decision, not bothering users with annoying SMS, which greatly increases the loyalty.
eBay’s marketers have noticed — users open the app most often at the work day start (8 am to 10 am), peaking at 9:00 and hold the app in about 7 minutes — during this time they check tenders and make urgent purchases (the time when the system withstands the highest load). But to relax online auction’s fans prefer late at night — it is the time to look through the catalogue, search products for family and friends (thus the time for advertising).
Groupon — to be Even Closer
The coupons sale application has seriously attracted attention in late 2011 when a quarter of coupons on the North American market was purchased in the Groupon app. Groupon has faced challenges in maintaining, let alone expanding, its user base. From 2017 to 2023, the count of active customers on the platform decreased by over half, dropping from almost 50 million to less than 20 million.
From the very begin, Groupon has made a bet on social offers: shares for cafes, restaurants and cinemas. People usually visit such places together with friends — such a «jungle telegraph» has led to the brand’s popularization.
Groupon app has endorsed the idea to be as close to customers as possible. This Android mobile app offers stocks in nearby places. Thus, the service introduces visitors to the establishments nearby, that people might not even know about. Another key to success of Groupon shopping app — availability for most popular mobile platforms: iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows.
Walmart — Accelerating the Usual
Despite the rather standard interface, Walmart mobile app stands out as one of the best online shopping apps in USA, providing its buyers with the opportunity to save time on shopping. A customer can reserve products through the app, and pick it up at the store then without queues. In addition, the weekly discount notifications within the mobile app encourage to purchase the pre-viewed products.
Customer care is one of the main company’s goals, so you can buy goods for the whole family and even the pharmacy in the app- all you need is just to scan the recipe.
ASOS — Twentysomething eCommerce
In April 2023, the website of the UK-based fashion e-commerce retailer ASOS received more than 79 million visits. This number represents a slight decrease from the previous month, which saw web traffic reaching around 80.5 million visits. One of the ASOS’ success secrets — the constant items updating. Every week its catalogue updates with 4K of new positions. Focusing on 20-something buyers, ASOS is making a big bet on the mobile applications development. Following the Apple solution, in 2013 ASOS has launched a native mobile app for Android, which has collected more than 2 million active users already.
The huge number of goods and the ability to consider every detail of any garment gives indeed a large amount of time spent on purchasing inside the app.
In the annual ASOS report company has announced the Android app-2017 key updates:
- The architecture of microservices as a basis — it ensures flexibility to modify individual elements without major technical dependencies;
- Black Friday 2016, the system withstood 28 thousand orders (9 orders per second). The new Android app is three times tougher;
- The app is deployed with the cloud storage, so users can now get quick access to goods from anywhere.
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Our Experience
Nova Poshta Shopping V2.0
NP Shopping is a product, and in today's dynamic landscape, no product should remain static. Constantly enhancing and optimizing the service and its interface is essential in the competitive environment of today.
Over the course of the service's extended existence, our customers have identified numerous shortcomings in both the service's interface and its overall functionality. We sought to pinpoint the most critical issues that users have encountered. Additionally, we were enthusiastic about unearthing innovative insights to drive a significant redesign.
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TicketsBox
Our team was entrusted with the mission of developing a CRM system that could debut as a comprehensive platform for ticket sales across a wide spectrum of events.
This product was designed to address the following key objectives:
- Event creation and management.
- Ticket management.
- Sales management.
- Preparation of diverse types of reports.
- Integration of an API for external system connectivity.
- Integration of payment services.
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Conclusion
We have looked through the best online shopping apps in USA. Successful e-Commerce applications always maintain users’ desire to search for products and make purchases anytime and anywhere. Researching the audience’ behaviour, online stores stimulate curiosity and interest, encouraging consumers return to the app, and most important thing — they provide the most convenient solutions for their customers.
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