Top 5 Features to consider for an Online Grocery App

Nitin Nimbalkar
3 min readMay 24, 2019

There is advancement in the current technology, to save and money for effectively managing current task. Most of the time, doing household chores can be unpleasant and stressful for a lot of people’ in particular, making food, purchasing household grocery is a significant part making the situation more critical. As per the survey’ it is shown more than 60% household shoppers would preferably choose shopping through their smartphones and other mobile devices and as a result android and iOS app developer are taking advantages of this business opportunity. So, for online grocery app development, business needs to consider their user’s requirement as there is no doubt that, people are looking for an application, which can respond to their demand and needs. Therefore, they expect an easy and intuitive app, so that their impulsive spending gets reduce, and they can efficiently manage their monthly budget, and in the end, the user will stick to those apps which will help them to achieve these things. Therefore, a business should make an app where users get all the things’ which they want in the shortest possible time. There are several options which business can add in their app like giving regular coupons, discounts, and loyalty programs. It will help the user to save money, and hence, they spend more time on apps.

Below are the given must have features which business can consider before developing grocery mobile app:

Ability to Track Their Spending

In order to cut down the shopping costs and handling the family budget, it is essential for the users to keep track of their spending. Therefore, the business should provide features which include infographics and overview to specify how and where users are spending their money and some recommendation on how they can cut down their expenditure.

Cart sharing and shopping list

It’s an essential feature for increasing cart value and reducing cart abandonment rates because, with the help of cart sharing, customer can share their shopping cart with their friends and family. Besides, customer can also use the same list while doing shopping in the future by adding or deleting a few items.

Coupon codes and special deals

Everyone is enthusiastic about the coupons codes and special deals. Similarly, if you are giving coupons codes to your customers on their every purchase, it will make them happy as well as encourage them to purchase more. Besides, giving special deals on festivals or running contents are proved strategies to increase sales on your online grocery mobile app.

Quick Search

To make it easy for the customers to search for different products and items, then you can incorporate search options in the app to allow them to search through various products which could be vegetables, dairy products, chocolates, alcohol, and so on. Where they can find any product or item by specifying keywords or phrased without navigating in the entire app. However, the simple search option seems too small in the grocery shopping app, but it can make a huge impact whenever any user is seeking for a particular product. Therefore, if it implemented with the right efforts, it can help to enhance the usability of your mobile app development.

Barcode scanners

One of the most prominent features which must be added in the grocery app is the barcode scanner as this enables the products information as per the user requirement in the shortest possible time. Therefore, it also provides additional information, such as the product’s nutritional value and other dietary recommendation. Just by placing the phone camera at a particular barcode, users can scan their groceries product as well as the prices, on the phone screen and with the help of this feature’ users eat healthier as well as more nutritious food. Besides, they can also manage their weight and other conditions such as Celiac disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure, etc.

So, for wrapping up’, businesses should ensure that their grocery ordering mobile application development can satisfy the needs as well as the requirements of their users. Besides, they should also pay attention to the user interface to make the app stands out in the crowd, as it is necessary that the app should have a user-friendly interface.

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Nitin Nimbalkar
Nitin Nimbalkar

Written by Nitin Nimbalkar

Over 17 years of experience into various IT domains, I have developed expertise in developing business strategies and management.

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