Ecommerce marketplace is one of the fastest growing industry and nothing seems to slow it down. Ecommerce stores are making human lives easier by allowing them to buy anything with a tap on smartphone, while ecommerce marketplaces are boosting retailer sale by allowing them to list their products for sale. According to survey by Flurry, shopping application category is faster growing compared to that with other categories of mobile application.
The emerging eCommerce mobile apps like Wish, Alibaba, FlipKart, Amazon Shopping are changing the face of retail and eCommerce industry.
Acquire lot of users to sign-up on platform, by allowing them to create free account, search products and buy them at affordable rates.
Allow retailers to list their products on platform for free. Charge commision on each sale. Additional charges to help seller increase user reachability.
Revenue from Google Adsense.
Users | Customer (App) | Retailer (App) | Admin (Web) |
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Features | Login/SignUp | Login/SignUp | Login |
Browse Products | Manage Products | Manage Users (Customers) | |
Smart Filters and Search to find | Manage Business Profile | Manage Retailers | |
product | |||
Shopping Cart | Manage Inventory | Manage Commission | |
Manage Orders | Manage Offers | Manage Shipping Rate | |
Payment Gateway | Manage Orders | Track All Transactions | |
Check Delivery Status | View Shipment Status | Manage Offers and Promo | |
Notification | Notification | Send Push Notification | |
My Profile and Settings | View Reviews and Ratings | Manage Client Support Request | |
Client Support System | Manage Settings | Track All Orders | |
Review and Ratings | Learn about System Updates | Manage FAQ, Terms and Policies | |
Cost of marketplace app like Geek | 26-32k USD for Android and iOS applications(Buyer & Seller)+ Web admin for system owner |
Users | Customer (App) | Retailer (Web+App) | Admin (Web) |
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Add on Features | View Products in 360 Degree | Upload 360 Degree Product Image | Verify Retailers |
Compare Similar Products | Sales Summary Report | Manage Multi Currency rates | |
Multi Currency |
Before moving to features and functionality of the application, it is essential to learn about resources that will be needed to develop eCommerce marketplace like GEEK. The team should ideally be consisting of:
Let’s Nurture has extensive experience in developing numerous mobile apps and marketplace platforms for various industries.
A single app will be sufficient where we can ask user to select their intent. This also enables retailers and delivery staff members to order things for themselves using the same app when needed, just like a normal customer. Hence, it eliminates the need to download another app to order gadgets.
Of course, we can implement a chat module using XMPP- a non-intrusive form of communication that allows Text and Image content. It also boosts User Engagement and Retention. So, one-to-one Chat functionality can be included in the scope so that users can chat through the mobile app with retailers and delivery staff.
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