Shopify, the commerce platform, recently launched a new shopping app that streamlines the process of supporting local businesses and musicians. The new shopping app is now available for both iOS and Android devices, and it has a number of new features. Notably, the app can compile order tracking information, allowing users to track orders in an easier way.
Shopify's new app will also help users find local items, which will help to support small businesses that are being adversely affected by the outbreak of COVID-19. Additionally, local favorites will also feature convenient pickup and delivery options for users of the app.
The app also features an improved checkout experience, which is 70% faster than before, due to integration with Shop Pay.
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Why This Trend Is Growing
- Local Shopping Apps
- Opportunity for businesses to streamline the process of supporting local businesses and musicians, by improving the checkout experience and order tracking.
- Order Tracking Apps
- Opportunity to create apps that compile order tracking information from multiple sources to enable easier tracking for users.
- Pickup and Delivery Services
- Opportunity to provide convenient pickup and delivery options for users of local shopping apps, to support small businesses during the ongoing pandemic.
Industries Being Reshaped
- E-commerce
- Opportunity for e-commerce platforms to provide shopping apps that integrate with order tracking and checkout systems to provide a seamless customer experience.
- Delivery Services
- Opportunity to provide delivery services to small businesses featured on local shopping apps, to improve accessibility for customers.
- Music Industry
- Opportunity for the music industry to partner with local shopping apps and offer exclusive merchandise sold through the platform, creating new revenue streams for musicians.
