Retailers should have the option of avoiding an overwhelming set-up cost. Large set-up costs charged by other m-commerce providers are more difficult to get budget approval and typically take months to develop.

Equally as important is that our network data has consistently shown that more than three-quarters of our clients' mobile orders come from new customers. Paying commissions is very similar to the affiliate model where retailers pay a small percentage of a sale to acquire a customer. You pay a commission rate to mShopper for increasing the conversion rate of these mobile shoppers by giving them a more enjoyable, mobile optimized shopping experience.

Otherwise, the affiliate-driven mobile traffic sees a poorly formatted website which takes too long to load on a phone and is too difficult to shop on. Mobile users have short attention spans and their shopping experience has to be simple and fast. mShopper makes sure your mobile traffic converts and returns to the site another time! Finally, mShopper gives you the marketing and merchandising tools to grow this new mobile channel and optimize it right on the platform. Your mobile commerce effort needs to grow as your mobile consumer base grows and your allocation of resources should be commensurate. We put skin in the game with the best mobile platform tools and mStores because we want to share in your success so you get the best mobile performance and ROI.

It also covers constant technology updates like device versioning (changes for every new phone released), all technical support, ongoing merchant training such as webinars, and ongoing feature upgrade to improve your mStore conversion rate and keep current with mobile SEO best practices.

Yes. Most merchants hire mShopper's Performance Services Group (PSG) for 3, 6 or 12 months when they first launch their mStore. However, PSG can help merchants anytime (for a very low price) to provide 1-on-1 support, strategic mobile marketing recommendations, perform merchandising, conduct SMS (text message) promotions, and assist with feature implementation and data feed/API optimization. It is like having a team of mobile experts on staff without the overhead.

PSG merchants use more conversion features, have larger mobile databases, communicate with shoppers more often, save more time, and sell more than other mShopper merchants. Learn more and find out your custom pricing here.

Merchants buy SMS credits for 1.5 cents each from the mShopper Dashboard in order to send SMS, with no minimum purchase amount. This rate drops to just 1 cent each when purchased in volume. The rate compares favorably to most SMS providers that charge 3 to 5 cents each and have both minimum order sizes and monthly hosting costs for using SMS.

Merchants sending SMS also have access to mShopper's short code (80676) and the ability to create custom-branded keywords to use with this short code (ex: "Text SHOEDEAL to 80676 to get shoe deals!")

mShopper will charge your credit card for the monthly platform fee when you first start using the platform and every month going forward. Any applicable free trials or promotional discounts will be applied accordingly.

Monthly recurring charges are 1) commissions for merchants using the performance plan and 2) Performance Services fees for merchants using mShopper's mStore management service.

One-time charges are 1) SMS credits purchased from the Dashboard (for merchants who send SMS messages), 2) custom development work, and 3) other agreed-upon paid support above, beyond normal technical support.