How to Convert Your WooCommerce Store into a Mobile App

News flash: more than half of your customers are on mobile, and a large share of these customers will prefer to shop in an app.

Customers who shop in mobile apps buy more products, spend more, and shop more often.

If you’re running a WooCommerce store, you should be thinking about how to launch a mobile app for your store.

Traditional app development costs a ton, which for a long time has put mobile apps out of reach for all but the biggest brands.

But now there are simpler methods to directly convert your WooCommerce store into a mobile app, which is within the budget of any successful WooCommerce merchant.

With MobiLoud, you can go live fast, for a low cost, and without sacrificing any of the features that make your website great.

Keep reading for all you need to know to launch your very own WooCommerce mobile app.

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How to Create a Mobile App For Your WooCommerce Store

WooCommerce is a great platform, powering millions of eCommerce sites in the US alone.

However, its reach extends as far as the browser. WooCommerce sites can’t easily be deployed as mobile apps, without the help of a third-party tool or extensive custom development.

If you want to launch an app for your WooCommerce store, you have three options:

1. Hire a team of developers to code native apps, and link them to your web store’s backend.
2. Use a WooCommerce mobile app builder to create the app yourself using a no-code tool.
3. Partner with MobiLoud to convert your WooCommerce store into a mobile app.

The first two options are not ideal. The third, MobiLoud, is better in just about every way.

Let’s explain more.

Native Development

For 99% of WooCommerce stores, coding custom native apps is too expensive, time-consuming, complex, and ultimately unnecessary.

Considering the expertise needed to code a professional-standard mobile app, the complexity of the project, and the fact that you need 2 apps (one for iOS and one for Android), the project will cost a minimum of $50,000.

Not only that, native apps (as well as cross-platform apps, if you build with React Native/Flutter), come with a ton of overhead.

You’ll need full-time developers on staff or on retainer for updates and maintenance.

You’ll end up managing multiple platforms, which each need to be updated and re-deployed each time you make a change to your store.

And all this time and money just to rebuild what already works well in the mobile browser.

No-Code Tools

No-code eCommerce app builders are a better way to create an app for your store - but these tools are still not ideal.

A WooCommerce app builder will let you create an app for a low budget, in a relatively short time, which is convenient for teams with a low budget and no app development expertise in-house.

But app builders are always limited.

That’s the price of being able to create an app for a low cost, with zero coding.

You’re forced into limiting templates, with pre-built blocks and integrations that control how much customization and flexibility you have.

Your goal for building a mobile app should be to recreate your web store within the app, with some small improvements.

You won’t be able to do that with an app builder, leaving you with a mobile app that performs worse than your site - not ideal.

Convert Your WooCommerce Store into an App with MobiLoud

It’s fast, affordable and easy to build a mobile app for your WooCommerce store with MobiLoud.

MobiLoud doesn’t require you to rebuild your store from scratch for mobile. Instead, it converts your existing site to mobile apps. 

Your content, plugins, themes, checkouts and any other functionality are carried over from your web store to your apps.

When you make changes on your WooCommerce site, your apps update as well. Everything is 100% synced across both platforms.

The benefits of this approach over native app development are immense. You save money, time, it’s easier to launch your app, and easier to maintain.

You’ll still have fully functional mobile apps for Android and iOS devices, which deliver all the UX benefits over the mobile browser.

MobiLoud is also a superior option to no-code app builders, because it gives you far more flexibility to create a unique, native-feeling app.

MobiLoud converts all the key features from your website into the app.

Anything you can do for the web, you can do in the app - meaning there’s essentially no limit to what you can achieve.

Everything in the app appears how it does for the mobile web, except with the addition of small touches that make it look and feel like a true native app.

We also build unlimited push notification functionality into your app, giving you a powerful new channel to drive mobile revenue.

Hybrid apps like the ones we build for our clients (including many high-revenue eCommerce brands) are the perfect option for WooCommerce store owners who want to enter the app game.

Want to learn more about how we turn your WooCommerce store into an app? Book a demo now for a free consultation and run-through with a project manager.

How to Build a WooCommerce Mobile App with MobiLoud

MobiLoud’s WooCommerce App Builder makes mobile apps accessible to any online store owner.

All you need is a website that’s fast, usable, and looks good on mobile, and you can convert it to fully fledged mobile apps with these few steps.

Step One: Book an App Strategy Call

Start with a kickoff call with one of our project managers.

On this call, we'll walk you through the process, show you what's possible, and help you craft the overall strategy for how the app will grow your business.

We'll also answer any questions you have, and make sure you're comfortable that MobiLoud is right for you.

Step Two: Choose a Plan

When you're ready to move forward, choose the plan that suits your company's needs.

Our plans require no long-term commitments, and start from just a few hundred per month.

The cost covers technical updates, support and maintenance for your apps (something that would cost you thousands per month, at least, with custom development).

Step Three: Hand Over to Our Team

Now we'll take over the project, and build the mobile apps for your WooCommerce site.

There's nothing for you to do! Just wait, and our team will do all the coding and heavy lifting to bring your apps to life.

Step Four: Test

In about two weeks, your apps will be ready for testing.

Try out the app on your own device, play around, and let us know if you come across any issues, or if you have any feedback on the original build.

Step Five: Launch

Once we action your feedback, and you give the go ahead, it's time to launch your apps into the wild.

We handle the submission process for your Apple App Store and Google Play Store listing (guaranteeing approval for your apps).

We'll also help you with advice and materials to promote your apps to your existing audience, helping your apps get traction.

That’s it. Our team does all the work - all you need to do is give the go-ahead.

We also handle all technical maintenance and updates necessary to keep your mobile apps up-to-date and bug-free.

MobiLoud is a full service, not just a one-and-done app builder.

Not only do we help you launch the perfect app for your WooCommerce store, without limitations, we also do the work of your full-time app development team, keeping your apps well-maintained and scoring big with your customers.

Ready to learn more? Get a free consultation now!

Successful MobiLoud Users

We've helped more than 2,000 businesses launch amazing apps, without spending hundreds of thousands of dollars hiring developers.

This includes huge eCommerce brands such as Rainbow Shops, Jack & Jones and John Varvatos.

Just see what some of our top eCommerce users thought about using MobiLoud to build their apps:

“We tried six companies and I feel like you guys have the best combination of service, functionality, and price.”

- Kenneth Chan, TOBI

"Through history we’ve tried doing what MobiLoud does. We couldn’t find another company that could offer the same features at the same price point, same time to market, and make it as easy as MobiLoud could."

- Svend Hansen, Bestseller

"We tried a handful of different options in the market in terms of app builders, as well as reaching out to countless freelancers. Nothing out there provided us with the ease and accessibility that MobiLoud did to our team."

- Nick Barbarise, John Varvatos

“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, Rainbow Apps

"Not only were you guys very cost effective, you held our hand through the entire process - how to put on the App Store, how to get on Google Play. You gave us the directions, but also helped us get approved, and what to do and how to do it. I love how impactful you are to my brand with no heavy uplift on our end from a design and cost perspective."

- Haven Prescott Jr, SYN•DI•CATE

Convert Your WooCommerce Store into an App Now

If you’re an online store owner, you should be thinking about launching mobile apps sooner rather than later.

Your own mobile app provides a superior user experience for the growing market of mobile-first shoppers.

As a result, you’ll get more visits, more sales, and a huge long-term revenue boost.

The days of mobile apps being accessible only to large businesses or talented coders is long past.

Today, tools like MobiLoud let you convert your existing website seamlessly to iOS and Android apps, with a minimum of fuss.

It comes at a much lower cost and shorter time to launch than building new apps from the ground up, and is easier to manage long-term.

Get in touch with us to find out just how easy it is, and how much your business and brand can benefit from converting your WooCommerce store to a mobile app.