You’re in the process of creating your Shopping app  and already starting to thing  about the launch. Before going to that next step, it is always a good practice to go through a quick checklist to ensure you haven't missed anything and also made the most of your GoodBarber shopping app features and add-ons. 
 Here are a few tips for things to double-check to ensure the smooth (and almost stress-free) launch of a successful online shop. 

To continue our series of add-ons dedicated to local businesses, Local delivery is now available for your Shopping App.

Delivery is the last step to getting your products to your clients and is just as important as the shopping process. Offering the right delivery option for your online shop enhances the experience and helps clients retention.
 

 Did you know that only 21% of retailers offer an option for fast delivery, while customers expectations in that domain increase? With this new add-on, you’re staying a step ahead of your competition and therefore increase your sales.

We really take it to heart to constantly improve our Shopping Apps.
Following your feedback, we will be launching a series of add-ons perfect for all local businesses. They will allow you to boost your sales, grow your local client base and strengthen your online presence 

Our first add-on is Offline Payment. With this add-on you facilitate your clients' shopping experience by allowing  them to pay outside the app

Let's continue to talk about how you can advertise in your GoodBarber app. Two weeks ago, we discussed how to display your own ads in your app, today, I am going to show you how to use your Ad Manager by Google account with your GoodBarber app.

This month we offer you several new features, especially on the Shopping apps side.
 
​Launched in 2003, Mercado Pago is an Argentina-based digital payment platform available to consumers and businesses exclusively in Latin America. Since its launch, Mercado Pago has been rolled out across the region in eight key countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

You can find below a summary of the developments and updates made during April, 2020.

Google Analytics for Firebase is a solution for collecting and analyzing usage statistics for your app. This solution is offered free of charge by Google. In this article, we'll discuss the general principles to configure Google Analytics for Firebase and to interpret the information obtained for your iOS app and for your Android app.

​As you know, we strive to constantly develop our features, especially when they come from your suggestions. Many of you have asked us and we listened : Mercado Pago is now available as a payment gateway in your Shopping App.

First, as we continue with our 5th week of working from home, we hope that everyone is safe and healthy. 
As the Covid-19 situation evolves worldwide, it has created new challenges for everyone. From working from home to social distancing, we all need to adapt. 
It made it increasingly difficult for people to stay connected, even in an era of social media high. 

Social distancing has also had a strong impact on small businesses and the local economy. 
Small businesses are often major contributors to the heart of a community.

But with the help of technology, we believe here at GoodBarber that an app can help you to recreate these connections and help your community at the same time.

You have the possibility to easily create different types of apps.

As presented at the WWDC 2019, with the release of the new iPhone operating system, iOS 13, Apple introduced a new way to sign up for accounts in apps and websites, called “Sign in with Apple. ” 
By April 2020 every app available in Apple’s App Store must integrate Sign in with Apple.

The month of March was disrupted all around the world by the health crisis. Even though the situation is more difficult, the GoodBarber teams have taken steps to ensure that the company's productivity does not suffer. A few weeks ago, we unveiled our new exclusive home-working organization, and it is under these conditions that our technical teams have carried out the developments listed below. We are now in our fourth week of containment and we intend to keep up the pace as long as it takes for the situation to return to normal. 

Don't forget to take care of yourself and others by staying home as much as possible! You can count on us to continue to provide you with the best service and allow you to fine-tune your app from the comfy seats of your couch :) 

This month we're releasing a new must-have feature for apps that use our Authentication add-on: Sign-in with Apple.  

It is Apple's authentication system that relies on the user's Apple ID and is designed to enhance the privacy of user data. Users can choose not to provide their email address to the apps in which they authenticate via Sign-in with Apple. In this case, Apple will create a unique, random email address that will act as a relay between the user and the third-party app. 

Apple has announced a change to the Apple Store's guidelines due to the release of Sign-in with Apple: all apps that offer at least one third-party authentication system will now be required to offer Sign-in with Apple. 

For you, this means that if you have enabled authentication via Facebook and/or Twitter in your GoodBarber app, Sign-in with Apple will automatically be enabled in your GoodBarber app. 

If you only use the GoodBarber authentication system, nothing changes for you :) 

You can find below a summary of the developments and updates made during March, 2020.

For anyone considering entering the app selling market or even already in it, we have good news—we’ve just released a newly updated guide for agencies, that will take you from A to Z with everything you need to know to be successful in the industry.

With Mobile sales statistics setting new records every year and shopping apps usage growing faster than any other category of apps, the development of Shopping Apps offers your new opportunities for business development and growing your clients' base by offering a complete and attractive portfolio. 

While selling mobile applications is quite a feasible activity for many to enter into, there is still a lot to consider when making the launch, and this ebook will be your companion in navigating through the process. 

As you know, we strive to constantly develop our features. Plugins are one of our solutions to better customize your app to your needs. Today, we are happy to announce a new plugin thanks to a new partnership with Appizy. 

Thanks to Appizy, you can add a web calculator to your mobile app with a GoodBarber plugin. Nicolas Hefti, co-founder of Appizy, presents this solution to us.