Online Shopping With the iPad And iPhone; E-Commerce Apps Moving To New Category

Online shopping has exploded and Apple Inc.'s iPad and iPhone has given massive contribution, thanks to its iOS rich ecosystem as well as the mobile payment system Apple Pay.

Now, online commerce apps are found in the new category - Shopping, instead of under LifeStyle.

Gone are the days when people had to hop in the car, go to the mall and hope the store is still open and the items they wanted to buy are still there.

With online shopping apps, anyone can go shopping for anything - anywhere and anytime. With the online Shopping category, developers, sellers and buyers benefit from the discoverability that comes with the dedicated section in the App Store of the iPad and iPhone.

There is no other option more comfortable than comparing of prices, grabbing deals, checking reviews, browsing, sharing and do online shopping while at home's comforts with an iPad or an iPhone. Along with moving to a category all their own, some shopping apps also applies tweaks to promote and celebrate the introduction, and iMore enumerated the following.

For instance, Ebates app offers extra cash back at more than a hundred stores including Walmart, LivingSocial, Lancome, ShoeBuy, UCG, Overstock, Ralph Lauren, Banana Republic, Avon, HSN and Saks.

This week, using the GILT app will get one an early access to top sales from Oliver Peoples, Marc by Marc, J Brand and more. Everlane also offers a complimentary product when one shops on November 12.

Shopping with Zappos app gets one access to exclusive items from Frye, Converse, UA, Columbia, UCG, North Face, Sam Edelman, Nike, TOMS and Patagonia; then a free shipping for a day will be given.

Nordstrom gives a free gift if one spends $100 in online shopping through it while Groupon offers 75 percent off on select beauty and apparel items and Harry's gives a free 40z bottle of moisturizer for after-shave.

REI offers $20 off the ordered item if one spends $100 or more on November 12 whereas Walgreens gives 30 percent off of all photo orders this month and Cartwheel by Target gives 50 percent discount to a new toy each day, as well as 40 percent off on Thanksgiving dishes through Nov. 12.

Wondermall gives one to five WonderPoints for every dollar spent and the points can be used to buy other stuff from the mall.

Apple's devices like the Apple Watch, iPad as well as Beats headphones are part of Target's Black Friday Deals, The Verge reported.