Read n' Buy
Read n' Buy is an open source Android app developed at the Vanhackathon for Shopify's challenge.
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Project
Read n' Buy is a news app. But instead of showing the traditional advertising banners he is integrated with Shopify and allows the users buy without leave the app.
What's the problem with ads? First of all, they are ugly. Second thing, they are annoying. When you click on an ad banner this is what happens:
- You leave the app and go to the browser
- Add the product to the cart
- Login (if needed)
- And then you do checkout
- You still have to back to the app
This ruins the user experience and drastically decreases the conversion rate.
On my project I've tried to fix this. There are two objectives: 1) increase the conversion rate and 2) simplify the buy flux.
To do it, first we need to bring the shop to the app. With the Shopify SDK I'm able to:
- Allow users do login/logout with their shop credentials (so I can get their email, shipping address and so on)
- Get the product descriptions
- Buy products (add them to the cart and do checkout without leave the app)
I'm using the Native Checkout, this grants a seamless buy flux.
On my tests I took 1~2 minutes to buy a product when I clicked on an ad banner. With my approach I took less than 30 seconds!
Why?
The growth of mobile will force brands to optimize mobile checkout: With mobile commerce expected to grow at a rate 300% faster than traditional e-Commerce, according to discount and deals site Coupofy, more brands are likely to focus on implementing a seamless checkout experience in the coming year.
Source: Retail TouchPoints and MoovWeb
New mobile marketing channels: Today, Facebook has a ‘Shop Now’ call-to-action, Instagram also has a ‘Shop Now’ button under posts, and Pinterest has “Buyable Pins”, improving the buying journey immensely on mobile devices.
Source: Pixelter
Mobile Ad Spend still lags behind Mobile Media Consumption: Despite the growth in media time above, some advertisers are missing out since the right-most bar shows that there is a huge missing opportunity on mobile advertising.
Source: Smart Insights
Final Thoughts
I believe that the future of commerce will be a seamless and convenient mobile experience, when costumers will be invited to buy products in a non-intrusive way.
Some other features that will impact more and more the M-Commerce and E-Commerce are:
- Privacy control
- Gamefication
- Loyalty programs
- Instant gratification
Coded With
License
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2016 Adriel Café
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