Eyefood Factory Switzerland review for Shopney ‑ Mobile App Builder

Aug. 6, 2020

Outstanding support from Melissa and the team (quick to answer and to publish the app). I am not going to lie, you do not really need their help as the creation module is so easy to use and so well integrated with shopify. The longest part was to create my Google and Apple dev account :) and even for that, Shopney has a tutorial to help you even if it is not part of their product. Their support page is really, really good. I was hesitating to add an app as a sales channel because of the cost and the workload related to the deployment (and I never did that before !). I was looking for a solution that can connect an iOS/Android app to shopify in order to have a 'maintenance free' extra sales channel. Indeed, I didn't want to manage a separate 'store' on app with a separate cart, products, collections etc. Shopney is a perfect solution. The reason I wanted an app ? The possibility to send push notifications to increase sales (much higher conversion rate than emailing). I am convincing my clients to download the app by offering pre-orders only trough that sales channel. If you consider an app too, it is important to have an 'exclusivity' on it as themes for shopify are really mobile friendly now and can compete with an app. That being said, people are more keen to revisit your store when they have an icon on their phone : it is always there, near their fingers. Get back to shopney, I was surprised by the possibilities offered by the entry level plan but also the real 'app feeling' in term of customer experience. Unlike other similar shopify apps, shopney lets you play with many design options, product integrations etc. I found the 'basic' plan offers you everything you need to have a pro app : Google Analytics and FB tracker integrated, push notifications, drag & drop connections with collection/products and many design options. The two other plans are, from my point of view, too expensive and except for loyalty program integrations and a little bit more design modules for the home page, I cannot see the value to upgrade (at my level). Anyway, good news for people with the same needs than me: the 'basic' plan is really doing the job ! I really like the fact you can almost change everything (design, wording, menu) in LIVE without re-publish your app. Very convenient. Also, as a shopney user, you can have for free the shopney shopify app to add a banner to promote your app on the mobile version of the website. Pretty cool and you save $$. Do not forget to add it ;) Note: Just be careful with some themes that are not going to display your full collections if you have more than 20 items (ie: TULPAR). I discovered that after publishing and I will have to fix it with an update now. CONCLUSION One of the best solution you can find (I almost tried them all) to quickly add an APP sales channel without spending $15,000 or fighting with low cost dev and extra cost to keep your app updated with iOS and Google. $75/month may sounds a lot but trust me, it is really affordable if you consider the maintenance free solution you will have, the higher returning visitors rate and the additional sales thanks to the push notifications should. Think about your average basket or product price and you will see if it is easy for you to cover the extra monthly cost (in my case, I just need to sell 1 product a month to cover the cost of the app, very reasonable and achievable)