The advent of the app based shopping portals has totally and completely changed the way people consume technology today, in terms of conducting their day to day and special shopping. Mobile shopping apps are becoming the norm of the day for indulging in various forms of shopping experiences, especially by the residents of the big cities, with their lack of time and penchant for instant gratification being the factors influencing the shopping decisions in a big way.
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Let us discuss a few of the most popular mobile apps used by the residents of the mega city New York and see how they stack up towards the motive of providing convenience and unique experiences to the residents of the city of 8 million tech savvy individuals that is always on the move.
#1. ASAP54
How many times we walk down the street admiring the dress of another person and wonder where he/she would’ve bought that one from. ASAP54 lets you take a picture of the desirable outfit and try and find it on the web for you. Dubbed as “the Shazam of shopping”, ASAP54 lets you link your Instagram account for faster image searches and boasts of a database of 5 million products from 600 of your favorite stores, from high street to high end, all in one place.
#2. Spring
Dubbed by the Vogue magazine as “This app will change the way you shop forever”, Spring has become the favorite of the fashion conscious New Yorker with its database of 100- plus brands and a great , simple User interface. With guaranteed free shipping and free returns, this fashion app is quickly becoming a hot sensation much like the outfits it has under its database.
#3. PS Dept
This is the closest you can get to having your own team of personal shoppers, always at your beck and call for advising and finding the trendiest and latest fashion deals and bringing those right at your doorstep. With a wide base of shopping experts on its database, this app can find your chosen outfit from across various stores at the touch of a button, providing you with priority access and great service.
#4. Shop Drop
Shop Drop is the quintessential shopping app for the sale crazy New Yorker by seamlessly connecting the consumer to the market with a great User friendly interface and simple design. This app can remind you of the latest promotions and exclusive sales and promotional and curate an exciting and personalized shopping experience for you. This app is available only on the iStore for the moment.
#5. Letgo
As the name suggests, this app is a great way to let go of the stuff that you don’t need any more but somebody else does. And vice versa. A fun and unique way to buy and sell second hand stuff within your neighborhood, this app is the faster, more convenient and safer way to carry out used products sale and purchases.
#6. Shop Kick
One of the most interesting shopping apps for New Yorkers, Shop kick lets you collect reward points, that they call “kicks”, without actually shopping anything! There are four unique ways in which you can accumulate reward points which are walking into a store, scanning products, purchasing products and submitting receipts. Once you collect 500 kicks, you can trade those off for exciting gift cards and rewards. With a whopping 23 million shoppers already on board and 72,000,000 USD in redeemed gift cards and rewards, Shop kick is one of the most innovative and popular shopping apps for the Reward savvy New Yorker.
There are many companies that are making unique and convenient apps for the app savvy consumer out there, thus making lives easier and simpler.The popular mobile app development site MobiCommerce is also engaged in the development of such innovative mobile apps that has completely transformed the ways in which the average consumer uses his/her smart phone to make shopping and information consumption decisions.
