Customizable commerce mobile application

The business process of electronic commerce is already in mature state and is supported by the advancement of internet technology in its operation. It is easy to search, download and install a freely available web-based content management system and rapidly opens an online shop. However, by the recent improvement of smartphone technology and with the fact that more time is spent by customers on mobile application, the conditions encourage developer to build commerce mobile application. This research aims to propose a customizable commerce mobile application that incorporate mature e-commerce business process and mobile technology in a way that seller can setup a commerce mobile application instantly without deep knowledge on its core technologies. The authors identify and examine the main features of some commerce mobile applications in mobile app market store, develop list of most used features as the user requirements, design the application architecture to support rapid customization. Finally, a prototype of this application is developed and built using available related technology. Android was the platform for the mobile application due to its popularity. The implementation focuses on the application main functions and the process was followed by testing process.