Category: Mobile App

KnowBand PWA Mobile Apps Support RTL Languages

With the growth of the eCommerce industry & mobile apps, online businesses are coming up with major shifts. The latest technology changes are able to provide a pleasant shopping experience to the customers and also helps in increasing sales and revenue. The Progressive Web App is one such technology that is known for responsiveness, fast loading, rapid installation, and other various exciting features. Moreover, the eCommerce PWA Mobile App Builder allows the store admin to easily transform the eCommerce store into Progressive Web App.

The Knowband PWA Mobile App Maker for eCommerce is a ready-made plugin for launching a featured shopping app. The extension gives a native app-like experience in the PWA Mobile App without any sort of technical knowledge. The store admin can handle all changes & configurations from the backend of the module. The changes will be reflected on the live eCommerce PWA Mobile App automatically. It is a very lightweight app and can seamlessly and smoothly run on any device.

[NEW UPDATE] RTL Feature In KnowBand PWA Mobile Apps:

The language plays an important role in grabbing the user’s attention & improve the shopping experience. But, many eCommerce mobile apps can not target a vast mobile audience because of the language barrier. To target the market regionally and globally, the store admin just needs to add their native language on the website and Progressive Web App. With PWA Mobile App Maker, it becomes very handy to launch the Progressive Web App for the eCommerce store.

The store admin can add multiple languages on the PWA Mobile App including RTL languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, etc. The Progressive Web App supports all the languages available on the eCommerce website. This makes it easy to target the audience from different regions and expand the business reach. Now, the store admin can include more languages on the app other than the website. Here are some of the screens showcasing how the RTL screens will look like:

What is PWA Mobile App Builder & how does it work?

The Progressive Web App Creator offers a great customer experience to the users and it is a ready-made software plugin that allows the store admin to perform all the customizations. All the changes are performed with a few mouse tweaks in the admin panel without any coding knowledge.

Once the eCommerce website has been integrated with the Progressive Web App Builder, all the eCommerce website data/inventory will be automatically fetched on the mobile app. The user can easily install the Progressive Web App just by accessing the store URL on the mobile browser. Knowband offers PWA Mobile App for all major platforms like PrestaShop, Magento 2, WooCommerce, OpenCart. Check more details from the below links:

PrestaShop: 

Product link –

https://www.knowband.com/prestashop-pwa-mobile-app

Admin demo Link –

https://psm.knowband.com/pwa/admin1/index.php

Front end demo link-

https://psm.knowband.com/pwa/en/

OpenCart:

Product link –

https://www.knowband.com/opencart-pwa-mobile-app

Admin demo Link –

https://opencartdemo.knowband.com/3.0/pwa/admin/

Front end demo link-

https://opencartdemo.knowband.com/3.0/pwa/

Magento 2:

Product link – 

https://www.knowband.com/magento-2-pwa-mobile-app

Admin demo Link – 

https://ma2demo.knowband.com/pwa/manager/

Front end demo link–

https://ma2demo.knowband.com/pwa/

WooCommerce:

Product link – 

https://www.knowband.com/woocommerce-pwa-mobile-app

Admin demo Link – 

https://wcdemo1.knowband.com/pwa/wp-login.php

Front end demo link- 

https://wcdemo1.knowband.com/pwa/

Other Key Features of the Progressive Web App Creator:

These are some points that you should consider in your Progressive Web App before going for it. These features help the eCommerce business to get a boost in conversion-

1. Easy Branding With Customization Option:

The branding option in the eCommerce PWA Mobile App consists of an app logo, brand name, icon, image, splash screen, background color, etc. This allows the store admin to establish the brand identity in the mind of the customers using the PWA Mobile App. Poor branding strategies can lead to lower traffic and reduce the conversion rate. The whole look of the home screen layout, color, font, etc. can be easily changed from the module admin panel. The right set of banners, images, text can lead to improved app interface and conversions.

2. Tablet & Mobile Compatible:

The eCommerce Progressive Web App is not platform or device-dependent and it is very much lightweight. The eCommerce app can smoothly run on Android/iOS and mobile/tablet and easily get adapted with all multi-screen sized devices.

3. One-Click Login & Checkout:

The PWA Mobile App Builder consists of one-click login options with Facebook & Google. The inbuilt login and registration options such as Google & Facebook and email allow users to access PWA Mobile App with ease.

The eCommerce shopping app allows the customers to fill in only necessary information while performing the transactions. This gives them the benefit of simplified checkout. This option prevents the customer from getting irritated and offers a smooth transaction process.

4. All Payment & Shipping Methods Support:

To gain the trust and reliability of the customers, the store admin can use multiple payment and shipping options in the PWA Mobile App. All the payment and shipping options available on the eCommerce website can be added to the Progressive Web App. The customers can easily shop from the most preferable payment & shipping options.

5. Real-Time Synchronization:

The real-time synchronization feature fetches the eCommerce website product inventory and data into the mobile app automatically. The store admin can easily update the app inventory as of website without the need of putting manual efforts again.

6. Lightweight App with Fast Loading:

The PWA app is very much lightweight and fast loading than the native apps. The Progressive Web App Builder ensures fast app performance and makes it smoothly run on all devices and platforms. The users do not have to depend on the Play Store and App Store to install the eCommerce mobile app.

7. Supports Offline Mode:

The eCommerce PWA Mobile App Builder consists of a cache of previously loaded data. It shows the data to users even if they are not connected to the internet. The user conveniently uses the shopping app with ease and adds products to their wishlist and cart.

8. Zopim and Whatsapp Chat Options:

The Progressive Web App Maker consists of Zopim and Whatsapp Chat features that helps to solve the queries and issues of the customers. Customer support is available 24*7 for mobile shoppers. The feature allows the user to connect with the store admin whenever required.

Conclusion:

This blog consists of eCommerce PWA Mobile App Builder features that ensure fast performance and reliable shopping channel for your mobile audience. Such PWA Mobile App can give a boost and competitive edge to the business. The outstanding features of the readymade plugin help in achieving a good conversion rate and sales from the mobile audience. You can reach us at support@knowband.com in case of any queries.

iOS & PWA: Key Points Everyone Should Know

The PWA Mobile app for eCommerce is designed and developed to provide ease to the store admin by owning a shopping app. The store owners can now easily transform the eCommerce store into the Progressive Web App. The Progressive Web App is one of the most relatable technologies for which every eCommerce store admin should opt for. It offers some amazing features in the mobile app such as offline mode, easy customization options, platform independence, push notifications, etc.

Knowband is a well-renowned company that is especially known for developing readymade plugins for eCommerce websites. We have developed eCommerce plugins for different platforms like OpenCart, PrestaShop, Magento 2, WooCommerce. One such extension is PWA Mobile App Builder. This readymade solution allows the store admin to make their website PWA active and customers will get “Add PWA App To Home Screen” to install and access the shopping app.

Important Notes Of PWA Mobile App for working on iOS Devices:

There have been many myths and confusions in the eCommerce industry about working of PWA Mobile Apps on the iOS devices like iPhone, iPad, etc. Here are some of the major ones to clear out the concept: 

1. iOS devices do not allow the “Add To Home Screen” prompt

The PWA Mobile App Builder provides an ease to the customer to easily add the mobile app in their device Home Screen without accessing it from the App and Play store. Once the store URL is opened on the mobile browser, a prompt comes with “Add To Home Screen”. This feature is working smoothly on Android as of now. The iOS app users need to add the Progressive Web App on the iPhone/iPad manually because the iOS does not offer any inbuilt “Add To Home Screen” popup.

2. Web Push Notifications won’t work in iOS

Push notification is one of the best marketing tools of eCommerce PWA Mobile App Builder. The push notification feature of the eCommerce PWA Mobile App Maker is very much useful in sending updates about discounts, offers, cart abandonment rates to mobile shoppers. The store admin can easily configure and send push notifications to Android users, but as of now, this option is not available for iOS users.

What is PWA Mobile App Builder & how does it work?

The Progressive Web App Maker is a modern web technology that offers a native app-like experience via web-app. It is a ready-made software plugin that converts your eCommerce store into a Progressive Web App without any coding knowledge. Moreover, the store admin can get all the advantages of the eCommerce app in the Progressive Web App. Enabling PWA Mobile App in mobile devices allows the store admin to save time, and money and comes with easy customization options.

Once the website is converted into PWA Mobile App, whenever any user opens the store URL on the mobile browser, the “Add To Home Screen” pop-up will be there. The Progressive Web App will be simply added to the mobile device and the same can be accessed anytime to browse or shop products. 

Knowband offers the PWA Mobile App Maker for all major platforms like PrestaShop, Magento, WooCommerce, OpenCart. Check the below links for more information:

PrestaShop: 

Product link –

https://www.knowband.com/prestashop-pwa-mobile-app

Admin demo Link –

https://psm.knowband.com/pwa/admin1/index.php

Front end demo link-

https://psm.knowband.com/pwa/en/

OpenCart: 

Product link –

https://www.knowband.com/opencart-pwa-mobile-app

Admin demo Link –

https://opencartdemo.knowband.com/3.0/pwa/admin/

Front end demo link-

https://opencartdemo.knowband.com/3.0/pwa/

Magento 2: 

Product link – 

https://www.knowband.com/magento-2-pwa-mobile-app

Admin demo Link – 

https://ma2demo.knowband.com/pwa/manager/

Front end demo link–

https://ma2demo.knowband.com/pwa/

WooCommerce:

Product link – 

https://www.knowband.com/woocommerce-pwa-mobile-app

Admin demo Link – 

https://wcdemo1.knowband.com/pwa/wp-login.php

Front end demo link- 

https://wcdemo1.knowband.com/pwa/

Other Key Features Of PWA Mobile App Builder (On Both Android & iOS)

There are some key features of the Progressive Web App that are available on both Android and iOS devices. We have mentioned a few of them in this section:

1. Branding with Home Screen  Customization:

Branding is one of the most important parts of every eCommerce business because it gives an identity to the eCommerce brand in the mind of customers. The store admin can also take the benefit of the proper branding strategy by adding the brand logo, brand name,  icon, image, splash screen, background color, etc. in the Progressive Web App. All these changes can easily be done by accessing the module backend. 

The PWA Mobile App consists of several effective customization options from which the store admin can change the look and feel of the app without any change in technical coding. The PWA for eCommerce allows the store admin to perform the changes even if the app is live. The store admin can change banners, images, sliders, intuitive colors, and font, etc., and design the home screen layout from the admin panel.

2. Tablet & Mobile Compatible:

The eCommerce PWA Mobile App is very much lightweight and can easily get compatible with all devices. The eCommerce Progressive Web App is not platform or device-dependent and can smoothly run on Android or iOS and mobile or tablet.

3. One-Click login and Checkout:

Most of the eCommerce mobile apps are not able to provide the easy login and checkout option that can lead to a high cart abandonment rate. The PWA Mobile App Builder offers one-click login solution with Google & Facebook. The store admin can enable the social login options and email login/registration. The simple checkout process allows the customers to fill in the necessary information to complete the transactions. This option only allows the users to fill in the relevant information to complete the order in PWA Mobile App.

4. All Payment & Shipping Methods Support:

The store admin can also include the multiple payment and shipping in the eCommerce PWA Mobile App available on the eCommerce website. The customer can conveniently shop with their most preferable payment and the shipping method. The reliable payment and shipping options improve customer trust and persuade them to shop more. 

5. Multilingual & RTL Languages Support:

The eCommerce PWA Mobile App supports all the languages available on the eCommerce website. The Progressive Web App also allows the store admin to add multiple languages including RTL (Right To Left) scripts like Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, etc. The eCommerce merchant can include the languages according to the target region and the needs of the users. The mobile shoppers just have to select the language in the eCommerce app and it will get translated accordingly.

6. Real-Time Synchronization:

The Real-time synchronization ensures all the eCommerce website product inventory and data to be fetched into the shopping app automatically. If any changes are performed in the store inventory, then the same will also get reflected in the front-end eCommerce Progressive Web App. This eliminates the manual efforts of the store admin and saves a lot of time.

7. Lightweight App with Fast Loading:

The PWA Mobile App Builder is very much lightweight and gives fast performance if we compare it with the native apps. The Progressive mobile app allows the customer to install it without worrying about the space in the mobile phones. The PWA app is also not dependent on the Play Store and App Store. The user can directly install it from the eCommerce website.

8. Supports Offline Mode:

The offline mode of the PWA Mobile App allows the users to access the eCommerce mobile app without any internet. The cache of previously loaded screens appears on the Progressive Web App. This option allows the user to conveniently use the mobile app with ease even if they are facing any internet issues.

9. Zopim and Whatsapp Chat Options:

The Progressive Web App Builder provides a convenient chat feature to mobile shoppers. The users can directly connect to the store admin regarding their queries, issues, and confusion and get answers via chat. The store admin can give instant solutions to their concerns. This feature allows the user to connect with the store admin anytime and get the required assistance.

10. Compatible With Multi-vendor Marketplace:

The Progressive Web App maker is also compatible with the multi-vendor marketplace. The multi-Vendor marketplace plugin allows the store admin to easily register the seller by taking some required information. It allows the sellers to get registered on the web marketplace and the same will be fetched on the eCommerce PWA app along with their profile and products.

PrestaShop:

https://www.knowband.com/prestashop-marketplace

Magento 2: 

https://www.knowband.com/magento-2-multi-vendor-marketplace

OpenCart: 

https://www.knowband.com/opencart-multi-vendor-marketplace-plugin

Conclusion:

Here, in this article, we have tried to cover all the concerns related to PWA Mobile App and iOS platform. Along with that, we have tried to narrow down all the outstanding features of the readymade plugin PWA Mobile App Builder. It is the most convenient option to take your business to the mobile platform and help you to achieve the goal that you are looking for.

To know more about PWA Mobile App, reach us at support@knowband.com.

Top-notch Features To Consider For Your ECommerce Mobile App

The eCommerce industry is growing at a rapid rate with other technological advancements like mobile apps and customers are adopting them in their daily lifestyle. It is very much easy for the customers to shop from the mobile app rather than using the eCommerce website. There are many growth opportunities in the market for the eCommerce business and shopping apps will also boost sales conversion. The Mobile App Creator extension helps the store admin to easily launch the native eCommerce shopping App for Android and iOS. Having a shopping app for any eCommerce store opens door to the majority of opportunities and benefits.

But, creating a mobile application potent enough to generate leads and sales for your business isn’t a piece of cake. It must have an impressive user-experience with powerful features to make the shopping handy. In this blog, you will find some of the major features which can improve your business performance on mobile. Before diving into the list, here are some of the readymade solutions to launch apps for an eCommerce store:

PrestaShop: https://www.knowband.com/prestashop-mobile-app-builder

OpenCart: https://www.knowband.com/opencart-mobile-app-builder

Magento 2: https://www.knowband.com/magento-2-mobile-app-builder

WooCommerce: https://www.knowband.com/woocommerce-mobile-app-builder

All the above-listed plugins are ready-to-launch frameworks for mobile application needs. The solutions are fully featured and come with all necessary settings in the admin panel to simplify the work of store admin. Now, let’s explore the beneficial factors of creating apps with these modules:

1. Custom Branding and Configuration Control

It is important for every eCommerce business to have their own custom branding logo, app name, splash screen, etc along with the right color schemes. The Mobile app Creator allows the store admin to launch the shopping app under their website/business name and value. Intuitive color and font options are there to make the shopping app look attractive and enticing for the front-end shoppers. The entire look and feel of the eCommerce Mobile App can be controlled over a few mouse clicks and button toggles.

Designing the home screen layout of the mobile app is most handy for store admin. Just choose relevant banners, sliders, categories, products, etc., and use drag & drop to adjust them. The positions, headings, titles, etc. can be edited and configured from the admin panel anytime and the changes will be reflected on the apps in real-time. Along with this, other necessary settings are also available in the admin panel of the Android & iOS Mobile App Builder.

2. Handy Marketing & Promotion Tool

Push notifications are one of the important features of eCommerce Mobile Apps in terms of driving sales. The custom push notifications can be used to give constant reminders to the customers about the latest product, offers, discounts available on the eCommerce mobile app. Researches show that more users prefer to purchase on the eCommerce app after receiving push notifications.

The Mobile App Maker extension makes all website coupons and vouchers supported on the apps. As a result, the store admin is allowed to showcase the same coupons on the mobile app which are already running on the website. The users can choose the right coupons and make the purchase. The store admin can craft any notification template in the admin panel or can even automate the same for automatic deployment. Unlimited push notifications can be sent to the app users free of cost. No additional integration is required.

3. Simpler Login & Checkout

Make sure to keep the registration/signup or login simpler for the front end shoppers. Lengthy and complex registration in eCommerce mobile app can annoy users and they can end up leaving the Android and iOS app. It is quite important for the store admin to grab your user interest in order to motivate them for more purchases.

The Mobile App Maker for eCommerce offers inbuilt login options with Google, Facebook, Fingerprint & Phone Number (OTP). The mobile app users can simply login into the app and browse the products, categories easily. The users can also share the products on multiple social media platforms.

4. Multi-lingual & RTL Support

It is not possible for the store admin to develop a different mobile app for different languages. Having one language in the eCommerce app can rigid the targeted segment and impact the sales well. The Mobile App Builder offers multiple languages compatible apps including RTL (Right To Left) scripts. The plugin will make all website languages work on the app and allow the store admin to sell across borders and target both regional as well as global audiences. The user can choose any desired language on the app and check it in their preferred language.

5. All Payments & Shipping Method Support

Customers tend to shop more if they are getting favorable shipping and payment options. Offering multiple payment and shipping options enhances the urge of buying more. The store admin can easily integrate all the payment and shipping methods available on the eCommerce website into the Mobile App. The front end mobile shopper will find the same sort of checkout experience on the website and mobile apps.

6. Real-time Inventory Update

It is very difficult for the store admin to manage the inventory on the website and mobile apps. The apps with the Mobile App Maker extension gets automatically synchronized with the website inventory. The changes will be reflected automatically on the app as they are made on the store inventory.

7. Offline Mode Working

Most of the mobile apps do not work perfectly after getting interruptions in the internet connection. The offline mode of Mobile App Builder helps users to browse the products even in case of no internet connection. This feature enhances the user experience and helps in increasing the sales of the eCommerce Mobile App.

8. Rating and Feedback

User rating and feedback option is very much important for any eCommerce business and acts as a guide for others. The user product reviews and rating option helps to improve the satisfaction level of customers and users’ reliability. This helps the customers to have good recommendations and increase the sales of your eCommerce store.

9. Wishlist Functionality

Wishlist is another interesting feature that you should have in your eCommerce Mobile App. The reason being is that the app consists of a huge number of products and it can be very difficult and time taking for the customers to find a favorable product. The inbuilt wishlist feature of the Mobile app creator allows customers to add the product to the wishlist and access them for later purchase.

Conclusion:

The eCommerce mobile app is a part of our day to day life these days. The users are getting more dependent on the shopping apps for online purchases. So it is important for the eCommerce store owners to come up with exciting features that make the eCommerce app stand out. Knowband provides a great Mobile app creator module and consists of a team of an experienced pool of developers to do the job. To know more about it, send us an email at support@knowband.com

Complete Hyperlocal Package Solution for your On-Demand Delivery Business

Recently, the Hyperlocal Delivery Model is trending in the eCommerce industry and the main features of on-demand hyperlocal delivery are efficiency and features. Along with a website, the demand for an application like a hyperlocal marketplace mobile app is empowering the home delivery model.

People pay extra for doorstep delivery and they do it willingly. They are already paying extra for food delivery services offered by Uber Eats and DoorDash.

Providing delivery services on the e-store can be the best service company for both seasoned and inexperienced entrepreneurs. Since 2014, digital ordering and delivery have risen 300% faster than dine-in traffic.  The concept is appealing because it does not entail significant investments and maintains a sufficiently high profit at the same time.

You can start with minimal resources and grow your company gradually. In addition, delivery services are more important than ever with the rise of e-commerce. That’s why it’s an excellent solution for an entrepreneur to start a courier service.
Knowband offers a Hyperlocal Delivery Package solution to start a delivery business with ease.

Do you know how Hyperlocal Delivery Model Works?

The hyperlocal delivery model is an ideal example of the fusion of age-old shopping methods and technical advancement. The hyperlocal on-demand delivery services work in a limited region and deliver products in the given time.

A hyperlocal company’s service scope could drop anywhere from a few meters to a few kilometers from the company’s location.

Think not only of FMCG, but also of house maintenance, grooming, and other customer-worthy services. So a hyperlocal company can step in and do the job if there is a restaurant nearby that does not provide home delivery for food.
You can refer to these articles for starting your hyperlocal delivery business:

Hyperlocal Mobile App for On-demand Delivery Business

Create your delivery application following the hyperlocal delivery model. Build various applications for different characters for this scenario, such as drivers, shippers, and customers.

Knowband’s hyperlocal delivery app is a robust solution for creating a delivery app for local home delivery services.

What is the ‘Hyperlocal Mobile Delivery Complete Package’?

The complete solution for Hyperlocal Marketplace is a combination of the Hyperlocal Marketplace Module and the Mobile Application. It has all the marketplace features for the website and gives you the mobile app advantages that are the major highlights of this article.

For PrestaShop Hyperlocal Marketplace Module, you can refer to our previous article:

Features of Hyperlocal Marketplace Application (Complete Package)

The Hyperlocal Marketplace Mobile App developed for the PrestaShop platform converts a hyperlocal online marketplace into a mobile app for native Android & iOS e-stores.

The Hyperlocal Mobile App allows users to select a specific location and shop for items in a specific region. By only selling goods from nearby vendors, the PrestaShop Hyperlocal Smartphone App makes deliveries quicker. It is ideal for services like online food delivery, grocery delivery, and medication.

1. Integrated with Google Map

In the PrestaShop Hyperlocal Marketplace module admin panel, the store admin can add a Google API key and retrieve worldwide locations. Also listed is the step-by-step guide for creating an API key.

It enables the store owner to pick locations for both its goods and sellers.

2. How sellers can register on Hyperlocal Marketplace?

The PrestaShop Hyperlocal Marketplace has an easy seller registration feature. Admin will approve your request and you are ready to sell.

3. Admin and seller can define shipping area and location

The PrestaShop Hyperlocal Marketplace Mobile App helps the owner and other registered sellers to offer their services. It offers various functionalities to admin and seller for setting up the price rules for different locations. The region in which they are going to deliver their products can be defined.

4. The UI of Hyperlocal Marketplace Mobile App

The user interface has various functionalities that provide a better customer experience and engagement in the marketplace. Customers can input their location by themselves or they can allow the app to auto-detect by providing GPS access.

Once it has been set, they will see products available in their location but it allows them to explore more products available in the store.

5. Customize your Hyperlocal Mobile App and give it a dynamic appearance

There is some very prominent functionality the app offers that enhances the UX in your store. A personalized app can be created as per your requirements. You can make some custom changes and update its look and feel accordingly.
The PrestaShop Hyperlocal App Builder module provides the store owners with a very powerful backend that allows them to edit & manage their applications effectively.

Home-page is the most important element of the app that abstractly represents everything about the app. It has a DIY drag and drops option for layout changes and various other features for banner, product display pattern, countdown timer, etc.

It is possible to set the App name, logo design, splash screen, theme, colors, font styles & much more as desired. The final applications on the website will have their unique brand identity. You can customize anything from color options to tab bar elements like home, category, cart, scan, etc.

6. Social proof helps in decision making

Reviews from customers play a huge role in improving reputation and boosting sales as well. The Mobile App Builder of the PrestaShop Hyperlocal Marketplace allows users of the app to post ratings & reviews of the products/services they buy. To improve cross-selling, the apps are made compatible with PrestaShop Related Products.

7. Deals and discounts are a game-changer

On the PrestaShop Hyperlocal Marketplace Mobile App, users of the app get the advantages of using website coupons & vouchers. Discount coupons/vouchers excite online shopping consumers as they get some cash off on the items to be bought.

8. Give your customers a smooth purchase flow

The Mobile App PrestaShop Hyperlocal Marketplace remains in full sync with the inventory of the website like categories, products, data, etc. As the inventory updates and adjustments will be automatically updated on the app simultaneously, you can sit back and relax.

9. Marketing is easy with Hyperlocal Marketplace Mobile App

Push notifications are the mechanism for getting users of the app back to the app by attracting ongoing deals& offers. The PrestaShop Hyperlocal Marketplace Mobile App does the same and enables store managers to configure and deliver to app users an infinite number of personalized templates push notifications.

App users have the option to share any product’s connection to any of their favorite platforms on social media. Social networking networks can add more new customers to the Mobile App Industry & sales can be boosted.

10. Automated order tracking notification system

What most app users don’t like is being confused about when the order is going to be shipped. Thus the PrestaShop Hyperlocal Marketplace Mobile App enables push alerts for order status updates to ensure accountability of order deliveries. It is possible to highlight new promotional deals along with these.

The complete Hyperlocal package benefits

  • The PrestaShop complete hyperlocal marketplace package has several benefits for the owner, seller, and customers.
  • The app is GDPR compatible and supports multiple languages that allow you to sell globally.
  • It has social login functionality that increases the number of registrations
  • In case of slow or no internet connectivity, the PrestaShop Hyperlocal Marketplace Mobile App offers offline browsing for app users.
  • Chat Support is the ideal medium for customers to communicate with the store manager via WhatsApp chat or Zopim chat support.
  • It supports all the shipping and payment gateways which are necessary for customer conversion.

Additional benefits with the Hyperlocal Marketplace Mobile App package:

Incorporated with one-page checkout

A single-page checkout screen provides the Hyperlocal Marketplace Smartphone App for PrestaShop. This makes it hassle-free for the purchasing process & keeps the user experience at par. Only the requisite inputs are taken from the app users during the one-page checkout.

Spin Win Email Subscription functionality

Compatible with the PrestaShop Spin Win extension is the PrestaShop Hyperlocal Marketplace Mobile App. If the store administrator uses both in the store, the pop-up gamified spin wheel can be seen only by opening the app with useful discounts. With email subscriptions, re-marketing can be aimed at consumers.

Conclusion: We believe this is the right time to invest in a hyperlocal business as individuals become more and more open to the idea of online delivery. The idea behind these is very simple and without huge amounts of capital, it can be implemented. Once the simple items are sorted, the only thing you need is to keep on top of your customer service game.

Refer to the information guide of PrestaShop Hyperlocal Marketplace Mobile App for complete module understanding.

All in all, the hyperlocal industry has given all stakeholders a great push and made them play their best game to represent consumers in the best possible way.

You can reach out to us at support@knowband.com for any eCommerce support.

The marketplace modules are available for Magento, OpenCart, and PrestaShop platform and the Hyperlocal Marketplace module is available for PrestaShop platform.

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Top 10 eCommerce Progressive Web App Examples in 2021 For Your Inspiration

No one likes to face unpleasant or bad online shopping experiences. The technologies are changing rapidly according to the way customers behave while online shopping. But, running an online eCommerce shop isn’t a piece of cake for everyone. Often, a minor issue like slow page loading time can increase your bounce rate and make you lose revenue. To eliminate this problem Google came up with the solution called, Progressive Web App(PWA) in the year 2015. PWA Mobile App for eCommerce is noted for responsiveness, fast loading, rapid installation, and very exciting features. The qualities like this give it the potential to replace native apps.  

Knowband is popularly known for providing the best eCommerce solution to a wide range of eCommerce platform owners. Knowband offers readymade plugins for platforms like Magento 2, PrestaShop, OpenCart, and WooCommerce to provide eCommerce Progressive Web App solutions to its customers.

PrestaShop: 

Product link –

https://www.knowband.com/prestashop-pwa-mobile-app

 

OpenCart: 

Product link –

https://www.knowband.com/opencart-pwa-mobile-app

 

Magento 2: 

Product link – 

https://www.knowband.com/magento-2-pwa-mobile-app

 

WooCommerce:

Product link – 

https://www.knowband.com/woocommerce-pwa-mobile-app

 

Benefits of eCommerce PWA Mobile App-

E-Commerce Progressive Web App(PWA) gives you the look and feel of the app (as of native) with all the advantages of responsive websites. It is available for almost all browsers with a quick installation facility. The user interface of the PWA Mobile App looks like an app and can also work offline, even with a slow or no internet connection. It also provides mobile push notification features that provide updates to users on a timely basis.

#1. Customer Engagement and push notifications:

Customer engagement is one of the top priorities in the current eCommerce scenario. There are several ways through which store admin can improve customer engagement using a Progressive Web App. The store owners can use push notification features to inform about current website updates, discounts, stocks, and sales. Moreover, the “Add to Home screen” pop-up makes it easier for customers to install the app instantly on the PWA Mobile App. 

#2. Improved security with no installation:

It is important to gain the trust of customers with Progressive Web App Builder. The sale is more likely to improve when customers trust and rely on your PWA Mobile app. So, the PWA mobile app considered all the security parameters to be followed to gain customer trust. Progressive Web App Maker can be easily added to the user’s mobile home screen with a few clicks and users can easily get away from lengthy installation processes. 

#3. Higher conversion rate:

PWA Mobile Apps are fast loading and offers high performance, unlike native apps. It also uses website content efficiently that positively influences users and boosts conversion rates. 

#4. Seamless Performance:

Users can access the Progressive Web App Maker allowing the users to access the required data even when they are not connected to the internet or an unstable network. The PWA Mobile App works perfectly in those areas with an unstable network connection and allows users to perform several activities on the app.

#5. Improved Search Ranking:

Google discovers and crawls Progressive Web App(PWA) easily and effortlessly because each page of a web app has a unique URL. This means that you can get much-needed traffic in your web app. 

#6. Cost-effective:

Progressive Web App Maker is a lot cheaper than native app development. The native app requires a separate version of iOS and the Android operating system but the PWA app consists of only one cross-platform to launch. It is a great way to cut down the expenses of developing applications. Basically, a PWA Mobile App can be simply derived by opening the website on a mobile browser. 

Top 10 PWA examples of online marketplaces

As you can see there are many benefits of the Progressive Web App in the eCommerce industry. There are many global brands that integrate PWA on their websites. We have mentioned top global brand examples that showed shocking results after integrating PWA into the website.

Jumia:

Jumia is an African eCommerce website, launched in Nigeria in 2018. It has expanded to over 14 countries, including  Morocco, Kenia, South Africa, and Egypt, etc. The obstacle in Jumia growth was its target audience visiting the website from 2G internet connection and the customers are having low-end phone experience with data limitations issues. Jumia eliminates the obstacle by providing a smooth user experience through PWA for eCommerce. After that Jumia became hit and visitors spent more time on the app that also showed a significant decrease in bounce rate.

  • 33% higher conversion rate
  • 50% lower bounce rate
  • 12X more users than native apps (Android & iOS)
  • 5X fewer data used
  • 2X fewer data required to complete the first transaction
  • 25X less devices storage required

Flipkart:

Flipkart is considered one of the top e-commerce platforms in India. It is giving neck to neck competitions to websites like Amazon. Flipkart got abandoned by many users in 2015 because it is not able to compete with native apps. The reason is users are not getting a fast and responsive user experience. 

After that Flipkart came with a solution called Flipkart Lite. It is a progressive web app that is built to provide a great user experience to customers and it became a huge success. PWA apps run fast, work offline, and help to re-engage customers. The push notification feature in Flipkart gives timely and relevant updates to their customers and also works in offline mode. 

  • 3x lower data usage
  • 40% increase in user engagement 
  • 70% more conversion rate
  • 3x more time spent on site.

Ali Express:

AliExpress was launched in China in 2010. It is a global retail company that has gained popularity in top countries such as Russia, Brazil, and the US. AliExpress is often compared to eBay because buys can directly sell their products to customers. The company gained popularity and implemented an eCommerce PWA Mobile App solution to its website to cater to the needs of both web and mobile customers. After that Ali express rebuilt its online presence with a fast and reliable eCommerce Progressive Web App

82% increase in iOS conversion rate

104% more new users across all browsers

2x more pages visited 

74% increase in time spent 

OLX:

It is another brand that has adopted the PWA Mobile App Builder technology. The company headquarters is in Amsterdam and operates in approximately 45 countries. In 2014 South African media group called Naspers acquired 95% of OLX. The OLX strategy is to allow customers to buy used products at a lower cost. They have also included a chat option where the customers can negotiate product prices.

The majority of traffic in OLX comes from mobile devices and the figure was continuously growing. The only problem was the website’s slow speed leads to more bounce rate. The company came up with an eCommerce Progressive Web App solution and provided an “Add to home screen” feature that increased the engagement rate. 

  • 250% increase in engagement rate
  • 23% less time until a page is interactive
  • 80% lower bounce rates
  • 146% increase in CTR (click-through rates) on Ads

Alibaba:

Alibaba serves millions of buys and sellers located in 200 countries. It is the world’s largest global wholesale platform. It serves more than 2 million buyers around the world. The majority of users are using Alibaba via mobile devices so they came up with native Android and iOS apps. Soon, the company realized that customers do not want to download apps because of its large size mobile application. Customers can easily perform the transactions from their web browsers rather than downloading the app which is more than 60 MB.

Alibaba decided to opt for the eCommerce PWA Mobile App Builder platform.  Alibaba integrated features such as Add to Home Screen, Push Notifications and the motive is to engage more customers and to provide a fast and reliable mobile experience. And Alibaba is successful to engage visitors and impress their users with a reliable and fast mobile experience.

  • 76% higher conversion rate.
  • 14% more monthly active users on iOS
  • 30% more monthly active users on Android
  • 4X higher interaction rate

Pure Formulas:

The Pure Formulas company is specialized in providing health and nutritional supplements, vitamins, minerals to buyers. The problem with Pure Formulas is that the checkout process is too slow and page loading time is very much high and that results in low conversion and high cart abandonment rates.  

Pure Formulas come up with the solution to that after implementing Progressive Web App Builder on their website. Progressive Web App Maker lowers the cart abandonment rates. Customers can now easily find needed health products. Customers can also plan a menu according to their preferences, health state, and dietary needs. 

  • +23% to mobile revenue;
  • 14% to the conversion rate;
  • +9% to the average order value.

Garbarino:

Garbarino is an Argentina-based company that offers a wide range of products from furniture and electronics to toys and DIY items. After implementing Progressive Web App Creator, Garbarino obtains better performance, decreases in load time, and visitors navigate more on the website.

The interface of the web app is very much user-friendly, convenient and the features like filter, discounts help the customers to pick up the best product from the list. 

  • 27% Conversion rate increased 
  • 35% increase in Pageviews increased
  • 9% decrease in Bounce rate decreased

Snapdeal:

Snapdeal is the largest online marketplace in India that offers multiple products to its customers. The range of products varies from electronics and kitchen appliances to clothes and online entertainment. With the increase in the rate of user engagement, Snapdeal decided to implement eCommerce PWA Mobile App Builder technology on their website. 

This was a fortunate decision for Snapdeal because Progressive Web App Builder provides a pinned footer menu, convenient filter menu, fast loading page and etc to the web app. Along with that users can also visit the web app even in offline mode. It added value to the user experience and enhances their shopping experience. 

UK Meds:

The pharmaceutical industry is no longer behind in terms of technology and UK Meds is the live example for that. The goal of UK Meds is to deliver the medicine to the customer’s doorstep conveniently and easily. The UK meds consist of all important features such as consultations, treatment, placing an order and getting it delivered, etc. 

UK Meds consists of all those things that a customer requires and to cater to all the needs of the customer without leaving behind in technology, UK Meds decided to implement Progressive Web App. It makes their web app easy to load, enhances the user experience, improves revenue, etc. 

5 Miles:

5 miles builds a bridge between nearby sellers and buyers. It is an online marketplace that is used to trade such things as cars, clothes, kitchen items, second-hand stuff, and so on. But the company was not able to deliver a better user experience to the customers. Because of the low retention and high bounce rate, the company decided to switch to native apps, but this strategy turns out to be very expensive and challenging. 

After getting inspired by technology trends, 5 Miles opted for PWA for eCommerce and it turns out to be a boon for them. The web app became fast and efficient and also showed a good decrease in bounce rate. The app also allows you to participate in a real-time bidding process, the bids change in flash and you may also get a drop-dead bargain.

  • 50% decrease in bounce rate
  • 30% increase in conversion rate
  • 30% increase in the time spent

Conclusion –

If you want to deliver a fast and seamless shopping experience on mobile, then you must opt for a Progressive Web Application. An eCommerce PWA Mobile App can bring much more to the table than you have ever thought of. We have mentioned worldwide brands that get benefits from PWA and you can also get the same by implementing it on your website. Knowband is here to turn your ideas into reality. If you invest wisely you are also able to obtain profit from PWA. You can contact us at support@knowband.com.

How Progressive Web Apps (PWA) can improve mobile conversions of an eCommerce store?

Nowadays people are spending a lot more time using mobile devices to access the internet and consuming twice the data they consume on desktop websites. That goes for online shopping standards as well. Using an eCommerce website to bring sales is challenging when you have flaky internet connectivity. And, asking users to install a mobile app is again a conversion killer. PWA (Progressive Web App) fits in between the native mobile app and the website browser and is more likely designed to boost the mobile conversions for eCommerce stores.

Progressive Web App is the new must-have format for the mobile branding of your business. PWA mobile apps have overcome the most alarming problem of distribution. Do you ever go to your browser for Google Maps navigation? Probably not! Research says that most of the users, around 87% choose to browse on native apps. That makes it mandatory to have the app installed on the user’s device.

PWA mobile app gets derived directly from the mobile browser of the website and no need to visit any third-party app store or medium to install the app. Actually, whenever any user opens a PWA active website on a mobile browser, a prompt message asks to “Add App To Home Screen”.

App developers and service workers (Script files) in combination create PWAs for offering a dynamic, smooth user experience while accessing the content through a website/web-app.

Introduction to Progressive Web App

The Progressive Web Applications, also known as PWA are enhanced versions of web apps, developed with javascript. PWAs have extra capabilities like the user can access them offline and also receive push notifications based on the marketing standards.

PWA improves your website’s performance, security, accessibility, and SEO features. It enhances your reliability and workflow. They allow you to work offline and on flaky networks. Progressive web apps are fast and engaging. The PWA’s have seamless navigation and are packed with smooth animations, jank-free scrolling which makes it faster.

Major Advantages Of Progressive Web App

In order to create efficient web applications, progressive web applications (PWAs) are more of a technique that includes a mix of technologies. With an enhanced user interface, individuals can spend more time on websites and see more advertising. They prefer to buy more, and more likely to return regularly with warning notifications.

#1. Reliable Performance

A typical website forces users to wait while it is busy making trips to the server, doing nothing. Each request from the network to fetch an asset or piece of data passes through a service worker, who first checks if the answer to a specific request is already in the cache. As users immediately get real content, even on a bad link, they trust the app more and see it as more reliable.

#2. Fast Loading

This UI isn’t flaky. Scrolling is seamless and the app reacts to user interaction easily. Your Progressive Web App will naturally be faster than the native apps, being lightweight & having a fast loading mechanism. This provides the app users with an exceptional user experience that keeps the services at par.

#3. More Engaging

It looks and feels like a native application. Over the user’s home screen, a PWA can earn a location. By offering a full-screen work environment, it provides a native app-like experience. To keep users active, it makes use of push notifications.

#4. Offline Usage

The pattern of “offline first or “cache first” is the most common technique for serving the user with content. If a resource is cached and offline accessibility can be checked before you download the content. Download it if it’s not already in the cache and save it for future use.

#5. Push Notifications

Push notifications effectively increase the conversion rate of your eCommerce store. PWAs allow the owners of the store to configure and submit unlimited push notifications. They have in-built functionality to automate & schedule them. Using catchy titles & graphics in your notifications can do wonders.

Why you should have a Progressive Web Application?

While a PWA is not a must-have functionality but it is a way to improve your relationship with current and potential customers while also overcoming the difficult challenge of visitors driving away from the website.

Many people become oblivious to the prompts to enter an email list and sometimes do not take the next step to open and read the emails, but you can build real brand loyalty if you can get a customer to use your Progressive Web App.

Google is supporting the PWAs since 2015 and now iOS also allowing them on their web browser. Google scores the Progressive Web Applications better while crawling and other practices. Various Google Chrome extensions are created to support the PWAs.

PWA can be a good idea if you are starting up your new website. It makes sense to distribute your web app to users, in the beginning, to get their feedback before creating your responsive mobile app.

The Progressive Web App cannot be replaced with responsive mobile applications but in a way when you are planning to launch your mobile app, it is a good option to start with.

KnowBand developed PWA for various eCommerce Platforms:

The Progressive Web App Builder extension is available for almost all major eCommerce platforms. The store admin just needs to choose the right plugin and install it to follow the simple guideline for the configuration.

Magento 2 PWA Mobile App

OpenCart PWA Mobile App

PrestaShop PWA Mobile App

WooCommerce PWA Mobile App

Top features of Progressive Web App extensions

The below-mentioned features are the most prominent ones and are all put together and our Knowband experts developed the Progressive Web Application. The app is lightweight and faster loading and enhanced performance. The PWA Mobile app supports multi-lingual and various currencies that allow you to expand your business globally.

1. Change the Look and feel of the PWA- The store owner can change the colors, add a brand logo and various designs to make it look good. Even the complete home screen design can be edited and changed via a DIY editor. The changes will be reflected in the actual app anytime.

2. Featured Product Listing- Designed in a way that the user can add different product/category-based elements. The store admin can showcase the best sellers, featured products, recently purchased, etc. on the home screen.

3. Easy Installation- The users do not need to visit any third-party app store. Instead, the PWA Mobile App can be added on the phone directly by opening the website on a mobile browser.

4. Reliable and Engaging- The eCommerce PWA Mobile App works flawlessly under no/slow internet connectivity. Even in offline mode, the cached data & previously loaded pages make the content available to app users.

5. E-mail and Social Login- The store owner can allow users to sign up by adding an email address or with their social media accounts.

6. All Payment and Shipping Method Support- Customer often bounces back due to limited shipping and payment methods but with PWA, this is not a challenge anymore. All website payment and shipping methods will be actively functioning on PWA Mobile App.

7. Offline Mode- Even without an internet connection or on a sluggish network, your PWA App will work properly. Users will not have to rely on the internet at all times to shop for app items.

8. One-Page Checkout, Unlimited Push Notifications, Live Synchronization, and Order Tracking like features are the additional advantages of PWA.

9. Cross-selling– It allows you to showcase related products to improve sales on PWA. It also allows the store manager to select the CMS pages from the website and will be optimized automatically.

Here is a list of benefits offered by PrestaShop PWA (Progressive Web App).

We have developed the PWAs for many clients and some of the success stories for 2020 are discussed in our previous article.

Conclusion:

Turn the online eCommerce website into the PWA Smartphone App and give mobile visitors a seamless web shopping app. The highly engaging PWAs can be launched from the home screen as you can add an icon for it and they even send push notifications. This is a great example of technology development and has a lot of scope in future advancement.

Progressive Web Apps are still in their infancy, as described, but it’s an exciting time to experiment with the methodologies behind them and see how well they can relate to your web applications.

Please feel free to comment on-thread if you have input on places that you would like to see covered.

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How PrestaShop Delivery Boy Mobile App can help you with Seamless Delivery Management?

The PrestaShop Delivery Boy App is a robust delivery management system that allows store managers to manage home deliveries fast and hassle-free. The framework is designed and developed considering the struggle of eCommerce store owners after receiving the orders.

It is often a major turn-off for the store customers whenever the product delivery gets delayed. There could be a number of reasons behind the cause.  It’s not necessary that the store admin or team is to be blamed every time. Instead, this could be due to poor delivery management.

That’s where KnowBand PrestaShop Delivery Boy App comes as a savior. The module allows the store admin to add unlimited delivery boys to the store. Once added and approved, the delivery boys will be able to login into Delivery Boy App and manage deliveries of those orders which are assigned to them. The admin can keep a keen eye on the progress and thus PrestaShop Delivery Boy App will save the store owner from any mismanagement.

Both the admin and delivery boys have access to this app. Henceforth, enabling order deliveries to be easily allocated and handled. This is a ready-made, time-saving solution that makes the delivery process safe and secure.

Currently, it is available for two eCommerce platforms: PrestaShop and OpenCart

Prime Features of PrestaShop Delivery Boy App

The Delivery Boy Mobile App for eCommerce is developed to make the difficult task of timely deliveries simpler. With the aid of the delivery boy app, the admin can track all the orders and delivery boys can see the order status.

  • Admin can register delivery boys by adding their details.
  • Delivery boy can log-in with the email address and password assigned.
  • The delivery boy can see the order status from the dashboard.
  • Delivery boy can see the navigation map for order tracking.
  • Delivery Boy can mark the order as assigned, in progress & delivered.
  • Sorting of orders is possible: date wise and according to order status.
  • Delivery process validation with OTP
  • Admin and Delivery boy both can see the commission earned by the delivery boy.
  • The app can be published on the Apple store for iOS users and Google Play store for Android users.

1. Register Delivery Boys

The process for registering a delivery boy on the Delivery Boy App is straightforward. The admin will have to add personal details like the name of the delivery boy, email address, verified image, vehicle details, and other required information.

Once the process of registration is completed, the new registered delivery boy will receive the log-in credentials like and User ID and password for further processing.

2. Proficient dashboard for delivery boys

The proficient dashboard displays order information along with assigned, pending & delivered orders to the delivery boy.

3. Google map integration

There will be a navigation system integrated with Google Maps on the app with a marker to pick the desired spot.

4. Delivery boy app has orders listing screen

The delivery boy can see the orders listed on the order listing including all the assigned, pending, and delivered orders.

The delivery boy has the sorting and filtering options for convenience. He can sort the orders for a time like recent and earlier orders first or by price like low to high or high to low.

Other filter options present in the delivery order listing are Order ID, After Date (Orders created after this date), Till Date (Orders created till this date), and Order status (Assigned, pending, or delivered)

5. Interactive App Interface

The app has an interactive screen layout and its quick and simple navigation makes the screen switching easier for delivery boys.

6. Easy Navigation on the app

For the convenience of the delivery agents, a very easy to navigate menu is provided on the App. From here, any sub-pages on the app can be reached by the delivery agent.

With the navigation menu, the delivery boy can jump to the dashboard, order page, configuration tab, or can also log out from the application.

7. One-Time-Password Verification

When the order has been picked up by the agent, the customer will receive a push notification/email informing about the order status.

The customer shall receive an OTP, which they shall provide to the delivery agent at the time of successful delivery. Then only the order status will be marked as shipped.

8. Super smooth delivery management

PrestaShop Delivery Management App also increases customer loyalty by keeping the delivery theme up to date by live monitoring and chatting with store administrators and delivery agents.

9. Order Delivery Management

This section helps the managers of the store to keep track of all the orders and the delivery men assigned to them. Based on the status of the orders, i.e. ‘Available’,’ Allocated’,’ Shipped’ & ‘Pending’, the administrators can handle the distribution assignment automatically as well as manually.

10. Delivery Boy Management

The store admin can track the delivery boy’s position and manage them with ease. This helps the administrator to most systematically handle all their distribution agents.

The store administrator can monitor the status of the delivery boys in a tabular form using order ID, order date, order delivery date, order amount, or other necessary details.

Also, the admin may activate or disable the status of the agent. The admin will view the information of orders shipped or declined by this agent on this agent’s details screen.

The administrator is also able to add filters on the table that allow the delivery boy to calculate the commission.

11. Delivery Location Management

It may happen that the real-time location and the delivery locations are not the same. In that case, the app allows the customers to add the delivery location which the delivery boy needs to follow.

The store administrator can also handle this if needed. The admin may also enter the delivery location manually and the delivery agent will be informed of the same.

12. Accept/Reject Orders

The delivery boy can accept or reject the orders assigned but he has to specify a reason if rejected.

13. Email notification

The customers and the delivery boy will be informed with a push notification or email notifications. The email will be sent for order status like order picked, in progress, or delivered.

14. Mobile App compatibility and other benefits

One benefit of this “delivery boy app” module is that if the store’s mobile app has been designed using the “PrestaShop Mobile App Builder” module, its corresponding “Delivery Boy App” will provide live monitoring of the shipped orders by default.

Simply quoting, the orders can be tracked using the delivery boy app if the PrestaShop store is using our Knowband’s Mobile App Builder.

Read more in detail from:

PrestaShop Mobile App Builder is compatible with Delivery Boy App 

Conclusion:

Both module and app have been designed by our technical experts. It is a one-stop solution for businesses looking forward to offering home delivery. You can start various businesses like food delivery business, grocery delivery, medicine home delivery, or any other on-demand delivery hyperlocal business with Delivery Boy App on an eCommerce store.

Need to discuss or got any questions? Drop us an email at support@knowband.com.

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Tips to Make Delivery Management More Efficient Using Delivery Boy App

Delivery management is the process of transporting a product from one end to another ensuring no damage in the most effective and efficient manner. Often referred to as dispatch or fleet management, the question here comes is How do we get these items transferred from point A to point B? How to overcome the challenges coming on the way during delivery management for eCommerce?

The B2C businesses require a robust delivery system that can handle the order tracking from order pickup to order delivery to provide an excellent customer experience. This role has never been in greater demand as customer expectations continue to grow. Since eCommerce is expanding, the demand for home delivery has been increased, and having a yardstick delivery system is of foremost importance.

What is delivery management?

The delivery management starts after the customer places the order. Whether you are a small B2C business owner or a multi-national brand, delivery management isn’t that simple. The store owner has to take care of the logistics, the order status, delivery boy, vehicle driver, shipping charges for cost efficiency, and last but not least the product condition at the time it reaches the customer’s door.

You can always hire a delivery manager. A delivery, logistics, or dispatch manager is commonly referred to as the person in charge of deliveries. The delivery in charge is also tasked with local delivery and driver operations control. They are also the middle point of communication between warehouses and those making deliveries in smaller businesses. Delivery managers prefer to concentrate on trouble spots, such as overdue orders, in more robust operations where orders are processed programmatically.

There are various software and modules available for delivery management that can help you with the seamless handling of the entire home delivery process. And if you have a PrestaShop or OpenCart store then you are fortunate enough because KnowBand has launched the Delivery Boy app for both the platforms. This will surely lend a helping hand to your home delivery business to successfully manage it.

KnowBand Delivery Boy Mobile App

The eCommerce store owners often struggle with late deliveries or hassled management. The customer who places an order needs the delivery as soon as possible. It is the prime duty of the eCommerce store admin to ensure that the product delivery should be quicker and handy.

We offer a handy delivery boy mobile app and admin panel to simplify both management and user-end delivery. Check them out:

PrestaShop Delivery Boy Mobile App

OpenCart Delivery Boy Mobile App

Make the delivery system more efficient using the delivery boy mobile app

Since we have discussed the challenges and tips to overcome them now it is time to see the solution that is instantly available for your store.  The ready-made delivery boy app to manage the delivery system! This can be

1. Easy configuration and customization:

You can configure the Delivery Boy from the Module Admin panel. The app can be customized for the preferred theme and you can add a logo and your brand name.

2. Create a delivery boy profile:

The registration can be done by adding some personal details of the delivery boy like name, email, profile image, vehicle number, vehicle type, etc.

3. Notify with Automated emails:

Once the Delivery Boy account is set up by the administrator, the Delivery Boy App login credentials are sent via email. You can also enable or disable the Delivery Boy from the admin panel (through store admin).

4. Delivery boy can check orders

The delivery boy can check the orders in his vicinity. Which ones are closer, how many orders are placed, and how many are actually pending?

5. Accept or reject the orders

The delivery boy may accept the delivery order or if the location is not suitable or he is done with the day or in case of any emergency, he can also reject the same with reason.

6. Door Step Delivery:

With a no-touch delivery system, get your orders delivered locally, with easy navigation provided.

7. Push notification:

When the order is placed or is out for delivery, or about the expected date of delivery or when the order is finally delivered, a Push notification should hit the customer device.

and a lot more. Check this informative guide for further details.

Challenges in Delivery Management:

There are various issues faced by eCommerce owners or physical store owners when they provide on-demand home delivery to their customers. The most annoying thing is waiting without knowing the order status. Some of the challenges are discussed here:

  • Incorrect tracking information- Problem finding specific addresses in deliveries. No way to keep track of agents/drivers.
  • Delayed Delivery- Customers do not know the estimated arrival time.
  • Handling delivery refusal by the customer-
  • Lack of proper database of deliveries, agents, and customers
  • Communication with drivers/agents is hard

You might need some software that can handle your deliveries in order to boost your delivery management system. But this program often costs you a lot of money. But in the market, pocket-friendly and better solutions are available. Let’s understand what the applications for distribution management should be able to do.

Tips to improve your delivery operations management

By completing more deliveries with fewer resources (man-hours, equipment, fuel), distribution operations are continuously trying to bring down costs while also ensuring a high level of customer service. Delivery managers frequently use a variety of instruments and techniques to optimize their metrics and scale up their activities.

1. Set your priorities:

A simple way to plan the day is by prioritizing the orders. You may classify those customers or stops that must be served based on the relevance of an order or the stated calendar date by doing this.
By specifying the priority of the order, you let the algorithm know what must be included in the optimization of the path. Or on the flip side, if you run into resource constraints, let orders get moved to another date.

2. Never give commitments that are hard to stick with

Today’s consumers expect accountability and are more concerned with businesses delivering than with pace throughout promised time-windows. If these consumer expectations cannot be met, organizations run the risk of harming their image.
False commitments will drive your customers away. You might have succeeded in achieving your target this time but if you fail to deliver the product on time then you will lose a potential lead and will impact the retention rate.

3. Pick up the orders faster

There are many things you can do to collect orders faster: plan your order list concerning the position of the goods in the warehouse, pick several orders at once (batch picking), consider how long it takes to pick products, consider the best way to handle various sizes of the products to be selected, and investigate whether people or robots are faster to pick them at the warehouse.

4. Incorporate order and vehicle tracking system

Tracking a vehicle with Google map integration is not rocket science anymore. Visibility to vehicle locations in real-time can help dispatchers understand when a driver may be off course, saving valuable resources and avoiding costly delays. Customer support teams also leverage vehicle tracking to tell customers when their delivery is likely to be completed.
Vehicle tracking will let you know if the driver is heading in the right direction on his or her way to their next delivery or not. You can even come to know about the traffic information with real-time tracking and geolocation intelligence.

5. Upgrade your delivery system with technology

Technology combined with AI improves human skills and reduces everyday work. In several different ways, AI can optimize the delivery management: customer service chat-bots, image recognition where AI extracts information from an image, identification of anomalies, quality assurance through image, video, and data tracking, delivery time prediction, fraud detection cameras, delivery robots, and more.

You can reduce the shipping cost with some pro tips discussed in my previous blog post:

6 Simple Ways to Reduce Shipping Cost

Conclusion:

So obviously, inside your online store, it’s always safer to have an integrated shipment tracking system for delivery management. The PrestaShop delivery boy app and OpenCart Delivery Boy App is an integrated eCommerce solution with complete tracking features, including the tracking dashboard given on the backend of the module. So you never need to step out of your PrestaShop store.

PrestaShop Mobile App Builder is compatible with Delivery Boy App Module

KnowBand has come up with yet another useful update in eCommerce mobile apps for PrestaShop by making them compatible with Delivery Boy Apps. Now, the PrestaShop eCommerce store owners can get complete shopping apps solution and delivery boy apps.

What’s the Catch?

In simple words, if both the PrestaShop Mobile App Builder and PrestaShop Delivery Boy App module are being used on the same store, the store admin can offer live real-time tracking in eCommerce mobile apps.

The store owner can launch shopping apps, delivery boys with real-time order tracking for front end shoppers. This feature will improve the app usability and reliability making the app a top-notch mobile shopping solution among your targeted audience.

Now, let’s analyze both modules and check the working & features they offer:

1. PrestaShop Mobile App Builder

A readymade framework to launch native Android and iOS apps without coding

The Mobile App Creator extension has helped 1000+ PrestaShop store owners to launch native shopping Android and iOS apps. The admin panel of the extension comes with handy configuration settings allowing the merchant to make changes in the live app without any code change or developer’s assistance. The Android and iOS apps remain in 100% sync with store inventory. All product categories, subcategories, new additions, changes, etc. will be automatically updated on the app on its own.

Core Features of the extension and apps:

  • Custom Home Screen Layout
  • Zopim & WhatsApp Chat Support
  • Unlimited Push Notifications
  • Multi-lingual & RTL Support
  • White Labeled Apps
  • All Website Payments & Shipping Support
  • All Coupons/Vouchers Support
  • GDPR Compliance
  • Deep Linking
  • Offline Mode Working
  • Product Reviews & Ratings
  • Google, Facebook, Phone Login & Fingerprint login
  • One Page Checkout
  • Live Order Tracking… And many more. Visit here for complete details and demo.

Admin Panel Demo
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PrestaShop Delivery Boy App

Seamless delivery management & order tracking with delivery boy apps.

The PrestaShop Delivery Boy App extension is for offering delivery boys for your eCommerce store and makes the delivery management simple and automatic. The extension will be installed on the store and admin can add & manage delivery boys via the admin panel.

The admin can add the delivery boy and the person will receive his own login credentials for delivery boy app. The PrestaShop Delivery Boy App will show the complete order details with other necessary informations. The delivery agent can accept or reject orders and manage the deliveries accordingly.

Core Features of the extension and apps:

  • Delivery Agent Login Authentication
  • Order Dashboard Screen
  • Order Listing Screen
  • Quick Navigation Menu
  • OTP Verification
  • Push Notifications Screen
  • Settings
  • Delivery Boy Details
  • Delivery Boy Ratings
  • Accept/Reject Orders
  • Delivery Management
  • Delivery Boy Management
  • Delivery Location Management….and many more. Visit here for more details.

Admin Panel Demo
Android App Demo
iOS App Demo

Conclusion:

The trends in mobile shopping are ever-changing. No user wants to order products and wait for days to get the delivery. Instead, everyone expects the delivery to be as early as possible. Setting up Delivery Boy App for your PrestaShop store will surely be a boon for managing deliveries and make them quicker than customer’s expectations. Faster deliveries are a prime feature to earn the user’s trust and will definitely result in improved conversions.

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How PrestaShop Store can benefit from eCommerce PWA (Progressive Web App)?

We have always been somewhere looking for an alternative to Google Play and Apple store publishing. PWA (Progressive Web Apps) seems to be emerging as the prime option for the same. This technology is the latest trend and becoming more popular with passing time. Even various experts and tech geniuses are referring to PWA as the future.

The Progressive Web App is useful in replicating the exact native-like experience in-browser applications. The major benefit is that the store owner needs not to handle the app store or play store publishing, but rather, the PWA Mobile Apps can be simply installed by opening the website URL on a mobile browser. The customers get the option of adding the PWA app to the home screen as they open the store URL on mobile chrome.

PrestaShop PWA Mobile App Builder

With the automated PWA Mobile App Builder framework, it becomes way simpler to launch the Progressive Web App for PrestaShop stores. Just three simple steps are required for the job:

Step 1: Purchase Extension: https://www.knowband.com/prestashop-pwa-mobile-app
Step 2: Share PrestaShop Admin/FTP details.
Step 3: Review the test PWA version and confirm to make life.

Major Advantages of PrestaShop Progressive Web App:

Not just the launch process, the PWA mobile apps even come with many features and benefits. Let’s check how useful these PrestaShop PWA Mobile App could be for eCommerce stores:

1. Preferred Choice for Businesses

If we consider the big enterprise names in the eCommerce world, the idea of the Progressive Web App would be much clear. Twitter, Walmart, Alibaba, etc. have already chosen Progressive Web App to improve conversions and revenue. All worldwide small as well as big PrestaShop eCommerce stores can choose PWA Mobile Apps and started growing the sales from mobile audiences instantly.

2. Wider Mobile Audience Targeting

The PrestaShop PWA works perfectly with both Android and iOS(All versions), making it a top-notch choice for eCommerce stores. Worldwide as well as the regional mobile audiences can be covered with this solution. More users visit the website, more will be Progressive Web App installations. The apps will be added to the application drawer along with other apps. The performance will be fully native-like and the users can simply open the app whenever they want to shop products.

3. Less Development Efforts & Cost

With native apps, the eCommerce merchant needs to input huge cost and time in order to get Android and iOS apps developed and published. The publishing process on Google Play and Apple App store is quite tricky and sometimes becomes a headache for non-techie business owners. PrestaShop PWA Mobile App Maker comes as a savior in this situation. The PWA mobile app can be derived directly by opening the store URL on a mobile browser. Your mobile version will be converted into a PWA app, keeping the desktop version working as usual.

4. Handy Admin Panel Control

The PrestaShop PWA Mobile Apps come up with an easy-to-use admin panel to manage & configure the live Progressive Web App. No need to ask the developers or learn to code. The store admin can simply make the required changes and the same will be instantly updated on the live PWA Mobile App. The home page layout configuration allows the store admin to change the look and feel of the live Progressive Web App anytime without any code change.

5. Marketing via Push Notifications

Push notifications have been used for all eCommerce mobile apps in order to achieve marketing and revenue goals. We all would have witnessed the push notifications being received in our mobiles for installed apps. The PrestaShop Progressive App Maker makes this possible in your PWA apps as well. The store merchant will be allowed to configure and send the custom as well as predefined push notifications on mobile devices.

6. Faster Working with Offline Accessibility

The Progressive Web Apps are very lightweight and hardly crash or stops on mobile devices. The technology to create PrestaShop PWA Mobile Apps is advanced and keeps the loading and performance faster when compared with native apps. The faster loading & smooth working can improve the shopping experience of mobile users at par. Another major highlight is that PrestaShop PWA Mobile Apps can work under offline mode (No/slow internet connectivity).

7. More Conversions & Sales

The PWA for PrestaShop can improve mobile conversions for eCommerce businesses. Offering a simplified process to install the app directly from the mobile website directs the users to the Progressive Web App. With layered navigation and simplified checkout, the apps can be a major revenue source for eCommerce business. If we go for Alibaba reference, their PWA app increased conversions by 76%.

Conclusion:

Shift to better tomorrow with eCommerce PWA Mobile App. Your competitors have already moved to the Progressive Web App league and started getting more revenue. Considering the mass adoption of PWA, it’s right time to take your PrestaShop store into a mobile application. Offer an amazing shopping experience with enhanced features like fast performance, offline working, push notifications, SEO, and much more.

Visit for more details: https://www.knowband.com/prestashop-pwa-mobile-app

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