Business App: To Shield Your Business from COVID-19

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Business App To Shield Your Business from
COVID-19
With over 20,00,000 COVID-19 cases worldwide,
social distancing is the new buzz. In the
prevailing pandemic scenario across the globe
when social gathering has become the talk of the
past, brick and mortar store owners are having a
hard time retaining their businesses. With their
shops shut down for an uncertain period, they
have lost their sources of income. Even if they
are open, there are hardly any customers due to
lockdown restrictions imposed. Now comes the
question Is there any way to survive this? The
answer is Yes. A business app! Yes, a business
app can help you bounce back. However, if you
are totally new to the online world, it is
crucial for you to understand how you can tap
into a business app. There are two methods - a
standard one and an unconventional one (or an
effective short-cut). Ideally, you should take
your business online first by building an online
store. If you are a novice in the field of
online business, our AppJetty development
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• team can help you with that. We can develop an
  online store, optimize its look and feel its
  content, and market it for you.
• Contact Us to Build Your Business App
• Once people start noticing your online presence,
  you can build a Magento 2
• m obile app using an app builder module for your
  online store and start ASO.
• Sounds a well-thought and organized method,
  right? Undoubtedly, it is!
• The only thing is it is a bit tedious and
  time-consuming as well. Which again wouldn't be
  a problem in the otherwise normal days. But
  probably not in these times when every single
  day counts for your business survival. Further,
  this method is not only lengthy but also
  slightly more expensive. And risking a big
  investment these times wont probably be a wise
  choice.
• So, two questions that arise are
• Is there any alternative way to expedite this
  long process? If yes, what is it?
• Luckily, the answer to the first question is -
  YES.
• All you need now is the answer to the second
  question.
• If it is to be a one-word answer, it is the
  short-cut method - INDUSTRY-BASED APP
  CUSTOMIZATION.

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• You are in a low-risk zone with a lockdown
  enforced with minimal mobility.
• While only a few people in the vicinity may still
  be able to visit your store (during the hours
  the local authorities have specified) in the
  second scenario, no individual can in the first
  one.
• In both cases, the number of customers visiting
  your store will be lesser than that in normal
  times. So, how to upkeep your sales?
• A custom mobile app is a way out.
• You must be wondering how, especially when you
  dont have an online store yet.
• Fortunately, it is possible through a custom
  business app.
• We can help you quick-launch your online grocery
  business through such a custom app. We even have
  a wide range of ready-to-launch)
  industry-specific demo apps.
• You can choose your industry and customize the
  app to make it a cutout for your business.
• For a grocery app, you must have the following
  functionalities.
• Product catalogs

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Once your developer company builds a grocery app
with all these functionalities, it will launch
it on Play Store (for Android users) and App
Store (for iOS users). Though ASO (App Store
Optimization) takes time to bring your app in
top search results, you can still cater to your
customers in your vicinity. You already must be
having your regular customers database in either
hard copy or soft copy. All you need to do is
create an Excel sheet for that and subscribe to
a mass SMS or email service (like MailChimp) to
send your app link to all your localized regular
customers who are within a range of 5-6kms. for
them to know about your app and download it. This
way, they can order items easily through your
app and you can deliver their orders at their
doorsteps. With the inventory management feature
enabled, you can easily manage your stocks from
within the app as well. Thus, your regular
customers' orders will keep in pouring and
support your grocery sales despite the
prevailing scenario. You can even help the local
administration deliver the required grocery items
in zero-mobility areas through your app. For
more customers to know about your grocery app,
you can use social media (even your personal
account) to reach out to all your friends and
request them to inform others about
it. Consequently, your outreach will broaden
slowly but surely and even distant customers
will start noticing your store through your app.
You can then receive orders from even distant
customers, ready them and hand them over to local
administration for door-step deliveries. If you
have a few volunteers, you can even request the
administration to grant you official permission
for door-step deliveries and share their
load. Now remains the third and the last
question - Can you go for a full-fledged online
presence later with both a sales-driven website
and a full-fledged engaging app? Yes, you can!!
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Here again, our development team can help you
with that. You can build a grocery website and
tweak your already existing app (a short-term
solution to the current situation) and extend
its functionalities to transform it into
a high-end grocery app later anytime! Are You
Ready to Safeguard Your Business? A business app
is an immediate solution that can help you tackle
the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and minimize its
impact on your store sales. While the ideal way
to go online is with an appealing and optimized
online store followed by an engaging business
app with full-fledged functionalities, you can
always take your first small step with a custom
business app for the time being. After all,
something is better than nothing! Original
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