How Much Does An App Like Amazon / Flipkart Cost ?

cost of developing commerce app

Flipkart is India’s biggest e-commerce platform which was started by 2 individuals in Bangalore . They took the risk and they worth it . Started with just selling of books online , today Flipkart sells a wide range of products online including mobile , home appliances , fashion products and more . Inspite of the fact that the very first company who has introduced e-commerce in India is Amazon , but to make e-commerce industry popular in all people mind and dream of hundreds of Indian e-commerce ventures totally goes to Flipkart .

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Key Feature Of Flipkart App :

  • Simple user interface with easy to search option .
  • Menu with categories and sub categories to search in wide range of products .
  • Login In / Sign Up using phone number together with adding the product to cart , applying some discount coupons and finally placing the order which will be either payable online or on cash on delivery .
  • Image search to buy the product by image .
  • Secure payment option and convenient order tracking .
  • Notification , refer and earn option along with help centre .

Factors That Decide The Cost Of Flipkart / Amazon Like App :

When we are talking about the app or website like Flipkart or Amazon , they are relatively the largest player in the market with most of the functionality already covered in their website and application . Their functionality have taken years to built and hundreds of developers to build the same who have worked 24×7 to develop the India’s largest platform .
So as per my personal suggestion , rather than focusing on an app like Flipkart , focus on the functionality that you will be requiring to sell your product online which can make your website and application a success . This step with save your thousand of bucks for development ,and will help you to promote your website and app the way you want .

App Design

Good app design is the backbone of any mobile apps . In order to ensure success in the market you must have awesome app design . Design should be made in a way that it can easily interact with the user and must be able to give them satisfying experience .
The cost of designing :
  • Wireframe will take around 40 hours .
  • PSD design will take another 100 hours .
  • User interface and User experience will take 140 hours .

Backend Development

This is the main part which act as a active mind behind website and app . The development of the backend included showing customer data , together with CMS management , category and sub category management , order management , shipping and billing management , staff management and so on . Backend development cost will depends on the functionalities required by you in your e-commerce application . For developing functionality as stated above to run a e-commerce app will take around 480 hours .

API’s Development And Integration

API’s are necessary to connect web based admin with the mobile application . Usually developer who had developed the backend admin creates the API’s to interact with the mobile application and after that mobile app developers ( whether android or iOS ) implement the same in the application . The api’s development and integration will take around 200 hours to implement the same.

Payment Gateway & Third Party SDK

Payment gateway and third party SDK implementation is tedious job and will take around 100 hours to integrate it on mobile application .
So the total time which will be required to develop an app like Flipkart will be somewhere around 4 months with cost for basis e-commerce site will be $ 20000 . Rest it may increase or decrease depending on your requirement .
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HOW TO REVIEW YOUR APP?

Very few things separate a good app from an app without which you cannot live without. The reviews and rating are the ultimate factors that are responsible for the development of an app. It is the process of continuous evolution of the app. If you want to continuously progress with your app, then you have to provide an option for the users to give their feedback. These feedbacks are the ultimate criteria and factors that are responsible for the growth of your app.

Get to know more from the tech community

In this technology enabled world, it is critical to have the advice to the tech people and see what others are doing and thinking about the app. First have their perspective about the app, and then only go for creating the app. The tech community can give you loads of advices which can help you to build the app. They have the technical knowledge of the app. That is why it is vital to have their perspective about the app. Reach out for the technical communities to get help about the technicalities of the app. This will guide you toward all the pros and cons of the app.

Use the social platform

The social platform is a very nice way of understanding about what the user thinks about the app. Create pages dedicated about your app where people can give reviews and suggestions about your app. These reviews are very beneficial to improve your app. Ask questions to the users about the product, poll questions which will give you an idea what people like in your app and what they do not like in your app.  Social platforms are very powerful if used correctly, they can progressively help you in guiding your app to success.

Forums are useful

If you want to provide a platform for the users to give the reviews then forums are great option. Use forums to take review from the users about the product. You can ask them to give their phone numbers and leave the queries along with the issues they are experiencing. This will help you to understand the app from the user’s perspective and you can assist the users in resolving their issues.

Create a beta test team

Create a beta test team to test the features of your app. As these users will have some technical knowledge about the app, it will be a big plus for your app. The group can be created by creating a forum on the local forum where a number of users will be seeing the banners about you making a beta team. You can offer something to them in return of testing your app. This will help you to check your app before getting launched. This is a very nice way to get the reviews about your app.

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Provide In-app reviews

One of the best ways to allow users to provide review is that you have to provide in-app reviews which will allow you to understand what the users think about the app. What they think that must be improved in the app to make it good and how can you provide features that will attract and retain the users. You can use the contact us button in your app to help the users to reach out to you in case they are experiencing any problems.

Make the whole process fun so that people are more involved in providing the app reviews. This set of people will give you the most accurate and profound results. The in-app review option pops out in between of the app will ask the users to give the reviews about your app.

Make the whole process fun

As we all are aware that the people don’t have enough time to write length reviews about you app. So make sure that you spice up the whole process and make it fun. This will make the whole process very interactive and will assist in getting more reviews. Try to do the maximum work of the users by asking the multiple choice questions etc. This will help the users to not spend much time on writing the reviews.

What can you do with the feedback?

The last step is about the fact that what can you do with the feedback. It is very essential to process all the feedback and comments about the app. The feedback must be taken into considerations and improvements must be made to make good feedbacks in the future. Feedbacks are all about improving the app. This is a recursive process. It helps us to make the improvements in the apps.

We, at Winklix  understand the importance of reviews and take these reviews very seriously. We put the reviews in implementation and delivers quality services. So in case you are looking for mobile app development company , you can right away contact us .

WHAT TO CHOOSE-OBJECTIVE C VS. SWIFT?

objective c vs swift

Choosing between objective c and swift is a very difficult choice to make. It takes many factors to consider before adopting a certain language. It is one of the most common questions asked by the developers. You have to keep in mind that no single point should dominate your decision. You should only decide after examining all the factors.

Experience with objective c vs. swift

 

First of all, observe that if you have experience with objective c or swift. If you have equal knowledge about both the languages, then you have to see other parameters like third party library compatibility, API support etc.

But if you have knowledge of a particular language, then you must stick to it unless a project forcefully requires you to work on other language. If you work on other language then there is a benefit attached to it, you get to learn about the language. This helps you see both sides of the coin i.e. learn both languages.

Timeline, Scope and Scale

App Timeline

If you have hard timeline, then you must stick to the language which you know better because using an unfamiliar language will cost you time and money. But if you have a soft timeline or no timeline, then you may use the unfamiliar language.

Scope

In today’s times, the number of objective c users is quite large as compared to swift but swift is a relatively new language. Many objective c users are shifting to swift. It is better to swift as swift is considered to be the future language.

Scale

Small projects can use any language but with the bigger projects, it is better to use objective c as swift is an immature language and whenever a new swift version comes out, the build gets broke which can be very irritating for the developers.

Technical Considerations

The XCode team has done a brilliant work in upgrading the build process to help Swift. If you want a robust support provided by modern IDEs, then you must stick to the objective c. Objective c runtime is much more robust than the swift. Swift is much more reliable and safer language due to its strong typing system and error handling. Swift manages the memory more smoothly and provides some descent wrappers. But importing of C++ code is much simpler in swift as compared to the swift. So it all depends on your project need, which language you want to use to develop the app. Go through all the above factors before choosing one particular language.

Winklix provides IOS solutions

Whether you want your app in objective c or swift, we develop all kids of apps. We are an award app development company who has a highly skilled team. We have a very high proficiency in developing android and IOS apps. If you have a good idea about an app and wants to develop it, contact us as soon  and we will help you in developing your idea into an app.