Shopify introduces a first-of-its-kind mobile shopping app named Shop

While Shopify is renowned for powering the online stores of over 1 million businesses, the company is introducing its consumer shopping app called Shop to create a more intuitive shopping experience for customers. It is a first-of-its-kind mobile shopping app available for free in the Android and iOS app stores.

Due to on-going pandemic, consumers have become more dependent on online shopping to stay connected with their favorite brands. From product discovery to package delivery, Shopify is aiming to offer greater convenience, personalization, and transparency for customers.

According to sources, Shop comprises a compressive range of services and offers real-time delivery updates. It leverages Shopify's Shopify Pay and Arrive to create a frictionless shopping experience. Till this date, Shop Pay has handled transactions of more than USD 8 billion in sales, while Arrive has been leveraged by over 16 million shoppers for tracking their e-commerce orders.

As the world is practicing social distancing measures, the company is helping businesses to strengthen their connection with consumers. By using this app, shoppers can receive personalized updates and recommendations from brands they prefer. The app also includes features that enable customers to discover local businesses and track all online shopping orders.

Speaking on which, Carl Rivera, General Manager of Shop said that from the last decade, the company has been focusing on solving problems for entrepreneurs by making commerce more accessible and seamless. With this initiative, the company is offering a similar experience to customers by developing features such as the local business discovery that would be relevant today as well as in the future, Rivera added.

For the record, Shopify is a leading commerce company in the world delivering trusted tools to start, market, grow, and manage all kinds of retail business of any size.

Source Credit - https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/28/shopify-launches-shop-a-new-mobile-shopping-app/