How to make Shopify website PWA enable?
Gunjan Johar
MBA- Marketing & Human Resources/Freelance Writer/Real Estate Content Writer/ Freelance Graphic Designer/ Technical Writer
It is not surprising to know that these days every other person in the world has their own mobile phones. On top of that, according to some reports,more than 60% of internet is being used via the mobile phones at the present time.
Due to the growth of shopping through just a touch of finger on the mobile screen, it has become quite a crucial task for the companies to make their website customer-friendly and create their own mobile app. However, building an own app is not easy for the companies who are not that big in their respective industries. That is why, they are left with just one option and that is to make their existing official website a highly-progressive and engaging one.
Nevertheless, at times, customers do not download large-scale companies that already have their own mobile apps due to insufficient space in their mobile phones or some other reasons. This means, not just the small-scale companies but the large-scale companies also require to make their respective company websites more user-friendly and effective for the customers.
Now, due to the immense pressure on the company to make their respective websites more efficient for the customers, the usage of PWA comes into the existence. Take a look down to make yourself aware of what PWA actually is.
What is PWA?
PWA is the acronym of ‘Progressive Web Application’ which falls in the middle of application and web pages category. Basically, PWA is that kind of a web application that loads similar to the normal webpagesor websites and provide the customers with the advantages of offline operation, no installation worries, easy loading and push notifications as well.
To put it simply, a PWA allows the web app to easily load when there is no internet network available and effortlessly help the users with their respective requirement.
Why enable PWA on the Shopify website?
Shopify is one of the most popular e-commerce websites in all over the world. It allows an individual to start, grow and manage a particular business. The individual would be able to build and modify an online store and sell in various platforms such as mobile, web, social media, pop-up shops, online marketplaces, and many more. Shopify enables the individual to run their respective business from any part of the world simply via the internet.
However, if there is no internet network, then how will people run their respective businesses from Shopify?In such situation, comes the PWA as it would allow every person to smoothly access their business on Shopify without any internet worries.
How PWA helps?
· No installation hassle as you just have to add it on your home screen.
· Less hungry for data
· Highly-low on memory
· Works offline
· Push notification
· Fast operation of website
· Responsive to all devices
How to enable PWA on the Shopify website?
In order to enable PWA on the website of Shopify, you don’t have to stress much. There are many third-party apps that will help you with your requirement.
Hence, the most common tools you can use to enable PWA on Shopify are –
· Litefy
· AmpifyMe
· Widely
· Bits and Pieces
· Webkon
Conclusion
Now that you know how a Progressive Web Application can help you go through Shopify without any hassle, make certain to make your Shopify compatible with PWA to experience seamless productivity.