Sell your products on the iPhone


 

September 15, 2010 | By: Adrian

Magento, a platform we use extensively around here, recently announced a service enabling business owners to sell their products online with an iPhone app. With over 6 million active iPhones in the US alone, it’s a smart move by Magento to offer this. Everyone is on their phones and relying more on them for business and personal use.

  • The GartnerGroup estimates that by the end of 2012, there will be 150 million people using mobile devices to purchase goods and services worldwide.
  • An ABI Research study predicted that shoppers will order $2.2 billion in physical goods via mobile devices in 2010 and by 2015, $119 billion worth of goods and services will be purchased via a mobile phone.

Here is how it works:

First you need an eCommerce website powered by Magento (feel free to contact us for help on that). Second, download the extension from Magento and purchase an application key ($799 setup / $69 monthly).  And that’s it, you have an online store in an iPhone! Magento will complete the submission to iTunes and manage updates and releases. Pretty cool right?

Check out the video here:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO776bZbZwM[/youtube]