Opencart Hyperlocal Mobile App

The native app is having multiple features that keep the user engaged and help in sales incrementation.

Customer-Centric Features-Ease them to buy a product from the app

• The customer can change the current location manually(selection by auto-suggestion), or locate the location on Google maps or select the current location as suggested by GPS.
• Multilingual functionality is supported in the app.
• The app user can easily checkout with the product in the cart without any hassle.
• The app user can also delete his account.

Seller Centric Features-Effective Store Management from the app-

• CSV upload with the Shipping Rate details in the Shipping list section
• The seller origin can be entered to identify the shipping charges.
• The seller can manage the store orders, total buyers, and total sales.
• Easy and quick management of products and orders using the application by sellers.
• The seller can add a delivery time slot as well for their products.
• App has support towards AI-based features like- AR Product Visualisation.
• Display delivery time slots on the product page
• The list of the sellers will be visible on the homepage and manage by the admin end.

Admin Configuration

If you have an Opencart Multi seller Mobile App module working on Web Module, then you can add and modify many functionalities in your application through your admin panel.

So here we cover all the extra functionalities provided by the Mobikul back-end module.

1st Part: Banner

With the help of the Opencart Multi Vendor Mobile App, ee can set the Banners on top of the Home page in Application. The ideal size for banners is in ration 2:1 (width: height).

You can add any number of banners and attach a redirect property to them. And can also add different images for the same banner as per languages.

1. Title: Set the title of the Banner in different languages.
2. Type- Product/Category: Attach the redirect property to your banner either product Type or Category type.
   • Product Type: If you select the product type, then you have to attach any Product with the banner. If you click the banner by App, then it opens that specific Product which you have attached to the banner.
   • Category Type: If you select the category type, then you have to attach any category with the banner. If you click the banner by App, then it opens that specific category that you have attached to the banner.
3. Link (Auto-Complete): Here we can attach the product or category.
4. Image: We can set the image or delete the attached image banner.
5. Add button: We can add more banner.

Thus, in this way, the banner can be added.

2nd Part: Notification

From this part of the panel, you can send push notifications to all the app users.

Just Create a new Notification and add the desired action like want to open. Such as Product or category or custom collection. Then select a particular product and category and send it to everyone.

There is a + symbol to add the notification,

Notification:

1. Title: Set the notification title in different languages.
2. Content: This the description part of the push notification.
3. Type: Here you can select the type of notification like the Banner type (Product/Category) but here you can send the notification of custom category type.
   • Custom Category: Here we can set the random set products and send it to the app.
     

     

4. Product/Category ID: Attached the product.category id with the push notification like in the banner part.
5. Notification Status: You can enable and disable the notification.
6. Banner: Also set the banner to your push notification.

Notification Emoji

The admin may also include an emoji in the notification’s Title and content. The administrator will choose an emoji from the field. The following image will display the emoji collection:

When the customer receives this, these emojis will also be available.

Note: Notification Emoji is an add on to the Opencart Mobikul App. To use this feature please install the OpenCart Mobile Emoji Push Notification module first.

Then click on “Send & Save” (send the notification as well as save your notification for the next time) and “Save”.

3rd Part: Featured

By this part of the panel, you can set the list of products that are shown on the application home page.

4th Part: Carousel

This is the part where we can set the brands which are shown at the bottom of the Application same as open cart store.

in the admin panel,

By the help of this add button, we can add the multiple carousel for the app.

5th Part: Category Icons

We can set the icons corresponding to the categories which is shown in the app left drawer and also on the home page.

6th Part: Custom Collection 

The admin may also submit a push notification to the customer with a list of products from a particular category. Under the Mobikul > Custom Collections Tab, the administrator can build some custom collections for this purpose.

7th Part: Augmented Reality 

With the support of the mobile application, e-commerce customers will be able to try products in 3D visualisation.

When you click on the “+” button on the right side. The Android 3D model and the IOS 3D model can both be uploaded by the administrator.

Under this tab following options will appear.

• Product Name – Add the name of the product.
• Upload for Android – The admin needs to upload the .glb file which will contain a 3D image of the product.
• Upload for iOS –The admin needs to upload the .usdz file which will contain a 3D image of the product.
• Status – Admin can Enabled/Disabled the status.

The customer will display the product in the frontend of the app after the admin configures all of the product’s information. The AR icon can also be used by the customer to better visualise the product.

8th Part: The Configuration part

The last part of the admin panel is the configuration part. Here we can manage all the functions which we want to show on the Home page.

• Status: Enable the Mobikul API status.
• Edit General Settings: API key and password which is used for the authentication of the request.
  • API Key: Enter the API key for the application.
  • API Password: The admin will enter the API password for the app.
  • FCM Key: To enable the notification we have to use the FCM authorization key.
• Edit Application Settings: 
  • Display Playstore Link: The admin will Enable this to display the play store link to the application.
  • Display AppStore Link: The admin will Enable this to display the AppStore link to the application.
  • Playstore Link: The admin will enter the play store link.
  • AppStore Link: The admin will enter the AppStore link.
  • Visible on Top: The admin will enable this to display the links on top position.
  • Visible on Bottom: The admin will enable this to display the links on the bottom position.
  • Frontend Text: Enter the text that will visible in the frontend with the app links.
• Shipping Methods: Here the admin will select the shipping methods that will be available for the customer in the frontend.f
• Payment Methods: The admin will select the available payment methods for customers. 

Part 9: Home Page Settings

On the app’s homepage, the admin can change the sort order of the app’s banner, product, and category carousels. The administrator can do so by going to the Extensions > Modules > Mobikul > Home Page Settings tab.

The admin can find three parts under this, the first of which is for adding some new carousel.

The second column is used to manage the carousel sorting orders that will appear on the homepage. The administrator can uninstall any carousel by clicking the delete icon. The deleted carousel will no longer be visible in the app.

By clicking the + button in the first column, the admin may add a new or removed carousel to the second column. By dragging and dropping it to the desired position, you may adjust the sort order.