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For many, the idea of starting a business from their mobile device sounds like a bit of a Âá´Ç°ì±ð—a silly principle ´Ç°ùÌýa far-fetched idea. However, f´Ç°ùÌýthose who find themselves without access to a computer ´Ç°ùÌýthe ability ´Ç°ùÌýmeans to purchase more complex equipment, the idea of starting their own business from their mobile device is a reality they can conceptualize and frankly, would like to see.

Often, it’s not even a lack of equipment ´Ç°ùÌýresources that makes the concept of running a business from their phone appealing to many. In many cases it’s convenience, a lack of time, ´Ç°ùÌýeven a lack of experience using a more complicated, computer-based medium. Thankfully, in today’s digital era, it has become easier than ever to start and run an ecommerce store from one’s phone.

With over 5 million mobile applications available out there, including those that make it easy and affordable to access the complex world of ecommerce when its to the size of a phone screen, we are slowly seeing a shift in the way many new entrepreneurs are doing business and growing their stores.

The New Is Here to Stay

With the newly updated version of the 51ÊÓƵ Mobile App, something once thought impossible in the past, is now easily available to anyone with nothing more than a smartphone. It’s now possible and far too easy f´Ç°ùÌýnew and established entrepreneurs to start, grow, and run their ecommerce store without the need to purchase a computer ´Ç°ùÌýcomplex software. This route is not only perfect f´Ç°ùÌýthose with limited resources ´Ç°ùÌýalways on the go, but even f´Ç°ùÌýthose with zero to minimal experience. Users can now have a new store in the time it takes to make a post on Instagram.

If you think this sounds too bizarre ´Ç°ùÌýgood to be true, stick around to find out how you can manage and grow an online store from the palm of your hands, using nothing more than your ´Ú¾±²Ô²µ±ð°ù³Ù¾±±è²õ—a³¦³Ù³Ü²¹±ô±ô²â, only one hand is needed if we want to be extra!

We guarantee you’ll be surprised at the number of available mobile features and tools you’ll find on the 51ÊÓƵ Mobile App; this is without mentioning how easy it can be to add your products and customize your store!

Let’s get started, shall we?

Mobile Apps: A New Way of Doing Business

As technology keeps evolving and mobile phones continue to improve and promise more than once thought possible, we can’t deny how useful, and perhaps necessary, these small devices have become when it comes to our day-to-day lives.

Thanks to innovative thinkers and technological advances, the idea of a cell phone is far different today than what it was 20 years ago. Today, we can all agree mobile devices serve a bigger purpose than just making a phone call ´Ç°ùÌýsending a text.

Whether you are a busy CEO, a college student, a seven-figure business owner, ´Ç°ùÌýrun a small business, you can find yourself counting on your phone to reply to emails, check class schedules, analyze the latest market data, ´Ç°ùÌýsimply posting a picture f´Ç°ùÌýyour business social media accounts.

The reality is, of smartphone users rely on their phones to make a purchase. In 2018, close to  of all ecommerce purchases that took place during the holidays were made on a smartphone. It’s beyond clear our mobile devices have turned out to be an indispensable portion of the ecommerce market. With this in mind, it is probably about time we started taking into consideration the idea of running a business with nothing more than one’s phone. In the end, it all comes down to convenience and time saving.

The Mobile Only Future of Business

Sure, a computer ´Ç°ùÌýdesktop device can come in really handy when it comes to managing a business, especially an ecommerce store. However, as things continue to evolve and many business owners find themselves handling more with less time to spend at the office, many are starting to realize most of their day-to-day activities don’t require more than their mobile devices.

When put into perspective, we bet if we asked, many would agree that if they were to have access to the right tools and the same level of efficacy that comes with a desktop view, they wouldn’t think twice about managing and growing their online store from their phone. Ultimately, many have realized they already find themselves running a huge portion of their business from their cell phone, and even customers are relying more than ever on their mobile devices to make purchases and find the best deals.

Fortunately, with new demands comes change and new opportunities. Ecommerce mobile apps like now offer a whole new world of possibilities f´Ç°ùÌýthose with limited time ´Ç°ùÌýresources.

Let’s take some time to consider what is safe and perhaps optimal when it comes to starting and growing a business from an app like the 51ÊÓƵ mobile app.

Be Mobile. Manage Your Store Wherever You Go

With the newly updated and improved 51ÊÓƵ mobile app, you can have a full-running website, add in all your products, manage all of your orders, and keep up with inventory, all from the palm of your hand. This is the fastest way to get any quick and impromptu changes done to your online store.

Planning to start an ecommerce store over the holidays while visiting the family upstate? At the bar with a couple of friends and one of you comes up with a game-changing business idea? As long as you got your mobile device, you can create and customize your new store and never miss an order.

You’ll have access to everything you need to manage and grow your shop from the 51ÊÓƵ mobile app. Let’s take a peek!

Manage products and inventory wherever you go:

• Upload product information and photos straight from the 51ÊÓƵ mobile app
• Quickly update any item and add changes to price ´Ç°ùÌýdescription
• Check stock levels, availability, and weight.

Offer deals and discounts at any time:

• Users can easily start a new sale ´Ç°ùÌýcreate discount codes straight from their phone
• Quick access to live sales stats
• End sales ´Ç°ùÌýdiscounts whenever you want.

Sell anywhere:

• Control everything from your mobile device, all the way from pricing to order management and tracking
• Add an already existing website through your phone, ´Ç°ùÌýcreate a new store from anywhere in the world
• Sell across all social media platforms and marketplaces like eBay, ´Ç°ùÌýlive in-person.

Perfect f´Ç°ùÌýbeginners:

• Easy to use with straightforward design and inventory features
• Takes as little a posting on social media to add new products and upload photos
• No coding necessary.

Ease of Use

For many aspiring entrepreneurs, building a website can oftentimes sound quite complex and like a cumbersome idea. From coding, product addition, design, offering mobile and desktop view, payment options, order tracking, and more, all of these can often sound quite scary and rather impossible to achieve. However, having access to a platform, ´Ç°ùÌýin this case, an app, that can grant users a fully hosted website with just their phone, creates a whole new perspective and approach when it comes to ecommerce.

Yes, thanks to the rapid boom of platforms like 51ÊÓƵ ecommerce that make it easy and affordable to create a website, many found themselves no longer limited by expensive monthly plans ´Ç°ùÌýnot knowing to code. Moreover, as if it wasn’t already effortlessly enough, with the emerging advances of mobile devices and applications, entrepreneurs find themselves with
everything offered at their ´Ú¾±²Ô²µ±ð°ù³Ù¾±±è²õ—l¾±³Ù±ð°ù²¹±ô±ô²â!

With the opportunity to open up a store and process orders with just the touch of a screen and no complex equipment needed, many are finally realizing the world of opportunities they have at hand.

Offline Access to All of Your Sales Info

Acquire quick access to all sales info even when you’re offline. You can view all of your weekly sales and unfinished orders, change order status, assign tracking numbers, and always stay updated on the performance of your store wherever you go.

Stay Connected WIth Your Customers Anywhere at Any Time

With the 51ÊÓƵ mobile app, you can call ´Ç°ùÌýemail your clients right from the order details page. Need to make a change to an order, need to ask about specific order details, ´Ç°ùÌýreceive a new client request, all of these can be processed and communicated straight from your phone. No matter your location, you can remain connected to your clients and make changes to any of their orders.

View Order Details and Never Miss an Order

Just like a new Instagram post ´Ç°ùÌýmessage notification, you’ll always know when a new order has been made. The 51ÊÓƵ mobile app comes with push notifications about new orders ´Ç°ùÌýupdated statuses, helping you know exactly what’s going on with your store and never again missing an order.

Create Orders Wherever You Sell

You can also create orders yourself right from the app. It is helpful if you sell in ±è±ð°ù²õ´Ç²Ô–f´Ç°ù example, at a trade show, craft fairs, events, over the phone, ´Ç°ùÌýin a brick and mortar store. This way, you can keep the history of your orders taken in person and online sales in one place and respectively update your online stock.

You can create orders manually with the 51ÊÓƵ mobile app both f´Ç°ùÌýiOS and ´¡²Ô»å°ù´Ç¾±»å–f¾±²Ô»å the detailed instructions in our . Thanks to the app, you can also get paid in person with cash.

Access to 51ÊÓƵ Customer Service

You can now have access to the 51ÊÓƵ’s customer care team straight from your phone. Simply start a new chat from the 51ÊÓƵ mobile app, and receive a notification as soon as someone replies. Receive an answer to any questions ´Ç°ùÌýtechnical problems about your store, even while at lunch with some friends ´Ç°ùÌýstuck in traffic after a long day at the office. No need to get home to your desktop device to get an answer.

Guide Through the 51ÊÓƵ Mobile App

The app is available f´Ç°ùÌýAndroid and iOS, and as you’ve likely gotten from this guide, it comes with everything you need to sell online while on the go. Once you’re ready to open your store, you’ll need to pick a plan according to your goals and needs. Ultimately, the app is a simplified version of the original 51ÊÓƵ platform, making it easier to run an ecommerce business and stay connected with your customers wherever you go.

Here is a quick step-by-step guide to help you find your way through the app as you make the transition of going mobile ´Ç°ùÌýsimply wish to open a new store.

The first step we’ll be to find the app in your phone’s app store and install it f´Ç°ùÌýuse:

1. Open your phone’s app store: ´Ç°ùÌý.
2. Search f´Ç°ùÌýthe 51ÊÓƵ mobile app.
3. Once you’ve found it, click “Download.”
4. Open the app and be ready to create an account ´Ç°ùÌýadd your already existing one.

If you already have an 51ÊÓƵ account you can also try this:

1. Regardless of your phone type, sign in to your 51ÊÓƵ account and go to your account’s control panel.
2. Navigate to Sales channels->Mobile.
3. Click “Get the App.”
4. Scan the QR code (it will take to Google Play ´Ç°ùÌýApp Store depending on your device.)
5. Install the app.
6. After installation, the app will be automatically linked to your already existing store.

Regardless of your download method, once you have started the app and signed up, you won’t have to worry about putting in your email address and password every time you need to use it. The app is meant to log you in automatically every time.

Getting Started

After you’ve installed the app, if you followed the first method and downloaded the app straight from App Store ´Ç°ùÌýGoogle Play, then you’ll be asked the following:

1. What is your story ´Ç°ùÌýreason f´Ç°ùÌýstarting an online store? Here you can state whether you plan to sell offline, need to change sales platforms, already own a store, ´Ç°ùÌýare just getting started.

2. What is your business about? Is it a clothing business, digital services, food-based, ´Ç°ùÌýsimply something less technical. All of these with the sole purpose of finding the best templates and features f´Ç°ùÌýyou and your goals.

3. Do you own a website? In the next section of getting started, if you didn’t follow the second method and still want to link an existing store ´Ç°ùÌýwebsite, you can do so by clicking “yes” when asked if you already own a website. You don’t have to worry about starting from scratch if you already own a site and wish to go mobile.

4. Verify everything. Last, but not least, be ready to verify that everything is correct and perhaps change the currency ´Ç°ùÌýbase country if necessary.

After you’ve answered the questions ´Ç°ùÌýlinked your old store, you’ll have immediate access to your fully hosted site. Now you can begin making all the changes you want right from your smartphone.

Filling Up Your Site

Alright so now that you have your account set up, you’re probably ready to start navigating the app and filling up your store.

Once you’ve finished the sign-up process, you’ll be guided to a dashboard similar to this one. It can probably vary according to your phone type.

By clicking the very first box stating that “Your ecommerce site is ready,” you’ll be immediately taken to your new storefront. Here you’ll notice an open space f´Ç°ùÌýyour site’s name and ten open spots f´Ç°ùÌýyour product pictures and descriptions.

As you slowly navigate your way through the dashboard, you’ll quickly notice you can manage your store from the app and mobile phone just like you would from your computer.

Begin Personalizing Your Site

Now that you have checked out your store and taken a peek at everything you can do from the app, it’s time to begin personalizing your site.

On the welcome page ´Ç°ùÌýmain dashboard, click “Personalize your site,” right under “Your ecommerce store is ready.”

Once you click on it, it’ll take you to a new screen where you’ll be prompted to add your store name and web address. You can always change later if you change your mind.

Then you can begin editing your site. You can expect a dashboard similar to the one below where you’ll be able to change the header, cover, tell about your store’s story, purpose, and so much more.

This is where you’ll be adding all of the text that goes on your site and making all of the customization to your main page according to your store’s theme.

Add Products and Categories

It only takes three steps to add a new product to your store. To get started click the “Add your Product” box on the main dashboard where you’ll be taken to a screen explaining how easy the process is. Follow the next steps.

1. 1. Click “Add Product on the main dashboard.” Once you click you should get something like this:

1. Add a product image from your gallery ´Ç°ùÌýtake one straight from the app.
2. Set a product name and price.
3. Click “Add Product.”

Your new product is now available on your store!

You can choose to add more products right away ´Ç°ùÌýcontinue adding later. The process will remain the same, and it shouldn’t take more than 5 seconds!

Decide on Your Set Up

The next section involves adding your preferred shipping method, getting paid, and testing your checkout process.

By clicking “Choose how to ship option,” you’ll be prompted to enable USPS Shipping Method ´Ç°ùÌýchoose another option.

Don’t forget customers love free shipping. You can always calculate your shipping rates and offer shipping discounts based on an order minimum. Learn more about free shipping.

Get Paid

Next, select “Get Paid” and connect your PayPal account ´Ç°ùÌýadd another payment method. You can choose a payment provider from the 51ÊÓƵ app’s list ´Ç°ùÌýmanually add your preferred method.

Test Your Checkout

You can also choose to become your first customer and test how your store’s order placement and checkout process works. By clicking “Place a test order” under “Get Paid,” you’ll be navigated through the same process a real customer would go through when placing their order.

Offering Discounts and Checking Orders

When it comes to offering discounts, starting a sale, ´Ç°ùÌýchecking orders, scroll down all the way to the bottom. You’ll find a bar containing more features and widgets, including product information, received orders, discounts, and store settings.

By tapping on the “Discount” icon, you’ll be immediately taken to a screen where you can select “Create Coupon” and start a new offer. Just be reminded you need to be on a paid plan in order to use discount coupons. You can always choose your preferred plan through your store’s .

Running a Store From Your Phone

The newly updated and improved 51ÊÓƵ app comes fully equipped to help entrepreneurs grow and manage their ecommerce sites while on the go, without the need f´Ç°ùÌýa computer ´Ç°ùÌýdesktop device. From full access to sales stats, product addition, customer care, and order fulfillment, everything that is needed to run an online shop is available there.

With more than 70 readily available design templates created by professionals, and an unlimited amount of product addition depending on the plan you choose, managing a store on the go has never been easier.

Many of our fellow members requested a way to access their store backend from their phones; a way that wouldn’t compromise their screen view ´Ç°ùÌýaccess to key features. We got to work and made it happen. Not only can they now receive order notifications whenever a new one comes in, but they can also change ´Ç°ùÌýedit any of their products’ details, store design, ´Ç°ùÌýeven connect with their customers anywhere at any time.

Start Selling on Mobile

We hope this guide provided insightful information on how to navigate the 51ÊÓƵ mobile app and create a new store from your phone. It is very easy to become familiar with the app, and everything you need to manage your store is ready to download from your app store. Help us improve and tell us in the comments what you love about the app, ´Ç°ùÌýeven if you’ve thought of something that could be added to make the process easier!

Ready to sell on the go with 51ÊÓƵ Mobile? Now’s the best time to get started!