3 Ways to Build a Jewelry App and Grow Mobile Revenue in 2025

Modern eCommerce trends are all moving in the way of mobile.

Customers largely prefer to shop on mobile, even for high-ticket purchases like jewelry.

To provide a better experience for these customers, and to boost retention by creating a direct channel to your best customers, you should launch an app for your store.

There are several ways to create an app. You could hire developers to build a custom native app, or use a no-code tool to do it yourself.

Or you could directly convert your website into an app with MobiLoud, saving hundreds of thousands and removing all the heavy lifting.

Keep reading and we'll explain more about why your business needs and app, and why MobiLoud is the best way to do it.

Want to discuss the benefits of creating an app for your store with one of our experts? Get in touch and book a free consultation now.

Why Your Jewelry Store Should Have an App

If your store is online, you should have an app too.

Jewelry as an eCommerce category is growing fast.

The online jewelry market size is poised to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.55% between 2022 and 2027. It's forecasted to grow by $36.23 billion during this period (source).

At the same time, eCommerce as a whole is booming, and consumers are gravitating towards mobile, with mobile currently making up 38% of all digital spending in the US.

More than two thirds of the US population have made a purchase on mobile at some point, and those who do shop on mobile convert at a higher rate, spend more, abandon carts less and purchase more often.

Having an app lets you provide a better user experience to mobile shoppers, cultivate and retain more loyal customers, and get more revenue from each person who comes through your store.

It also sets your brand apart from the competition by providing a huge signal of trust and authority to potential customers.

Online jewelry brands must establish trust with their customers if they want to survive.

An app is a great way to do that - giving you a direct channel to communicate and build long-term relationships your customers.

Best Examples of Successful Jewelry Apps

For inspiration, check out these examples of branded shopping apps from other successful jewelry brands:

Melorra

Melorra is a jewelry shopping app offering trendy gold and diamond jewelry.

The app takes inspiration from global fashion trends to provide daily wear designs.

A unique feature of Melorra is its 3D viewing option, which allows users to get a 360-degree view of each piece. 

The app provides secure payment options, easy returns, and home try-on services.

Bayam Jewelry

New York City-based Bayam Jewelry sets themselves apart in this crowded market with a convenient, user-friendly mobile app.

They sell a wide variety of diamond and gold jewelry, including chains, necklaces, bracelets, pendants, rings, earrings and watches.

Their app lets you browse their entire collection from your mobile phone, with a smoother browsing experience than the mobile website.

How to Build a Jewelry Shopping App

You know you want an app - but without the technical infrastructure, how are you going to make it happen?

Today, any online brand can easily create their own app, for little expense, almost guaranteeing a positive ROI.

But it depends on the development approach you choose.

You could easily spend hundreds of thousands on your app, and wait six months for a version to go live, for no meaningful improvement over simpler methods.

All up, there are three ways you could build a mobile app for your jewelry store:

1. Hire developers or a development agency to build a custom native app.
2. Use a DIY app builder and create your app in-house.
3. Convert your website into an app with MobiLoud.

In the rest of this article, we’ll explain each of these choices in more detail, and present all the reasons why MobiLoud is the best way to build a jewelry app in 2025.

Let’s dive into the options now.

Native App Development

Native app development involves creating an application specifically for a particular platform, like iOS or Android, using languages and development tools supported by those platforms.

To build a native app, you’ll need to hire experienced developers to create your app, and build an API to connect the apps to the backend of your website.

All this won’t come cheap, and will come with a lot of overhead once you launch, as you'll need developers on staff to maintain your apps.

Good native apps cost six figures, with six months or more for development time. That's at an absolute minimum.

‍This is just too much to spend and too long to wait for an app, especially when you don't know how much it's actually going to add to your bottom line.

Pros

• High Performance: Native apps run smoothly as they are built specifically for a single platform.
• Better Integration: They offer seamless integration with the hardware (like camera, GPS, etc.) and software features of the device.
• UX: Native apps can provide a superior user experience, adhering to the specific UI standards of each platform.

Cons

• High Costs: Building separate apps for each platform doubles development and maintenance costs.
• Lead Time: Each app must be created separately, consuming more resources and time.
• Complexity: Building native apps is a complex and technical project to manage, even with the main work outsourced.

Overall, unless your jewelry store has millions in funding to play with (and even then), native development likely isn’t worth it.

There's no need to reinvent the wheel to build an app.

Your website already does 90% of what your app should. What you need is a smooth UX, the right features, and a fast and efficient build.

This is better achieved through other, less-risky methods.

App Builders

App builders are software platforms that allow users to create mobile apps using drag-and-drop interfaces.

They typically utilize pre-built blocks and themes to allow you to build a jewelry app fast, and without knowing anything about coding.

You compile your app via a visual interface, and when you’re done, hit publish and get working iOS and Android apps.

These have become particularly popular in the eCommerce space, as they are designed for the kind of businesses that don’t have the in-house capability (or the budget) for native development.

However, for how easily these tools allow you to launch an app, you sacrifice a lot of power and flexibility, and you won’t be able to make the same kind of incremental improvements you’ve made to your website over the years.

Pros

• No Coding: App builders are user-friendly, requiring no coding skills.
• Fast and Affordable: You can quickly create and publish an app on multiple platforms.

Cons

• Limited Customization: App builders have a limited set of templates and features, restricting unique customization.
• Performance Issues: Apps made with builders may not perform as well as native or hybrid apps.

App builders can work well if you aren't too concerned with performance or customization.

But the limitations will likely be too much for jewelry brands, where user experience is crucial, and small improvements have a big impact on revenue.

You'll be leaving a lot of money on the table if you go for the quickest and cheapest option.

MobiLoud

You can spend $150k+ and six months plus building native apps for your jewelry store.

Or you can use MobiLoud to build apps that are just as good, easier to maintain, and cost a fraction of the price.

MobiLoud is a fully managed service to convert websites to apps. It lets you keep everything from your website, plus benefits such as increased retention, an app store presence, and push notifications.

Your app will be able to use the same themes, extensions, integrations, third-party plugins or custom features from your site.

Everything works the same in your app as on your website, and the platforms are completely synced.

Whenever you update something on your website, your apps update at the same time.

Your jewelry site already works. It's already optimized, and you’ve spent countless hours and sunk a lot of investment into making sure it’s as good as it can be.

MobiLoud lets you reuse all your hard work, and build on it by providing a native experience for your best customers.

How It Works

We handle the whole process for you.

• It starts with a discovery call, where we discuss your goals and make sure MobiLoud is a good fit.
• From there, we onboard you, introducing you to the team who will create your jewelry app.
• Our team does all the heavy lifting to turn your mobile website into native apps.
• When ready, we’ll share a working build with you to test and provide feedback.
• Once you’re happy with the app, we submit it to the app stores for approval. We handle the entire process - and guarantee approval.
• Finally, after your app is live, we help take care of your app and ensure it stays up to date and bug-free (saving you tens of thousands per year, minimum).

“My team is thrilled because we have functioning apps that require almost no effort on our part. It is a brilliant solution. For someone that wants to see the impact an app has on a business, MobiLoud is the single best way to make that happen.”

‍- David Cost, VP of eCommerce & Marketing at Rainbow Shops

Launch An App For Your Jewelry Store Today

Building and launching an app for your online jewelry store can be a transformative business decision.

Jewelry brands see the following averages when launching mobile apps:

• 2.2% of their website visitors download their mobile app
• 39% higher conversion rate on their mobile app compared to their website
• 19.5% increase in AOV on their mobile app compared to their website
• 2.5x increase in monthly visits compared to their website

These results come from the improvements in user experience, plus the retention benefits of getting your brand on your customers' home screens.

You can engage customers and stay top of mind with push notifications, and achieve a huge increase in revenue for a very low cost.

There's no reason not to try your own app when MobiLoud is here to do everything for you.

We support you every step of the way, ensuring you go to market with an incredible app, without a huge amount of work from your team.

"The team at MobiLoud held my hand to ensure our app was done properly from beginning to end. They were there to help with everything from setting up push notifications, analytics and submitting our apps to the Apple and Google app stores."

- Nick Barbarise, Director of Information Technology at John Varvatos

Let's build your app, get it on the app stores, and help you grow your business.

Get in touch now and book a free consultation to learn how MobiLoud will help you launch the perfect jewelry app.