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Shopping apps for New York retailers whose customers live five floors up.

Codeeo provides ecommerce app development New York retailers can count on in a city of apartments, subways and small stockrooms. We build iOS and Android apps with accurate stock, delivery that accounts for doormen and walk-ups, store pickup, and loyalty that follows a customer from a SoHo flagship to a Brooklyn neighborhood shop. Fashion houses near the Garment District, specialty grocers, beauty brands and independent boutiques all fit.

Our team of 80+ is spread across Dubai, Riyadh and Karachi and has delivered 200+ projects across the UAE and the US. New York clients work with us remotely, with discovery, design reviews and sprint demos by video call and every decision written down afterwards. You own the code, the listings and your customer data.

Built for
New York City retailers and brands: flagships in Manhattan, neighborhood shops across the five boroughs and online labels shipping from the tri-state area.
Typical timeline
Settled during discovery, once stock systems, couriers and your trading calendar are known, and recorded in the scope before any design work.
What you own
Code, App Store and Google Play listings, admin console, customer and order data and analytics, all held in accounts your company controls.
Rated
4.7 / 5 from 23 Google reviews

200+ companies across the US and the UAEFrom a first store to a listed developer

Modon
Majid Al Futtaim
HP
Belkin
Dulsco Group
OneClickDrive
Hanayen
HMS
Clocksprings
Ghezlan

What a New York shopping app can include

Features shaped by apartments, transit and small stores.

New Yorkers shop in short bursts. They browse on the subway, buy on a lunch break in Midtown and expect the order at an apartment where a doorman, a package room or nobody at all will receive it. Stores are small, stockrooms are tight and many items live in a warehouse in New Jersey or Long Island rather than on the shop floor.

The capabilities below follow that reality. Delivery handling usually comes first, because a missed parcel in a walk-up building costs a customer, then accurate availability, then loyalty. Your first release only includes what your stores, warehouse and couriers can deliver on launch day. Anything relying on a system you plan to replace waits for a later phase. Visitors to New York add another layer, shopping a flagship in person and then reordering from home after they leave the city.

Explain your project
  • Building aware delivery

    Checkout captures apartment number, buzzer code, doorman or package room details and whether the building has lockers, then passes them to the courier. Customers can pick office delivery for weekdays and home delivery for weekends, and change instructions until the order ships. Photo proof of delivery appears in the order history when the carrier provides it. Delivery notes for a Harlem brownstone and a Battery Park high rise are handled very differently, and the courier sees the right one.

    Fewer missing parcels and fewer redelivery requests.

  • Delivery windows by neighborhood

    You choose which ZIP codes in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island get same day or evening windows, and which ship by carrier. Cutoff times can differ by borough so promises match how your couriers actually move across bridges and tunnels. Weather alerts and holiday surges can pause a window from the console in seconds.

    Delivery promises that respect New York traffic.

  • Availability across stores and warehouse

    Product pages show whether an item is in a specific store, in the warehouse or both. When a SoHo store lacks a size but the Upper West Side location has it, the app offers pickup there or a transfer. Refresh rules keep small store counts honest.

    Small stockrooms that still sell the full range.

  • Browse offline underground

    Product images and recently viewed items are cached, so a shopper can keep browsing and editing their bag between stations with no signal. Changes sync when the phone reconnects, and payment waits for a confirmed connection so nobody is charged twice. Search history and saved filters sync between phone and tablet as well.

    Commute time turned into shopping time.

  • Pickup in store or at partner points

    Customers who cannot receive parcels at home can collect in your store or at a partner pickup point near their subway stop. Staff receive a pick list, mark items ready and confirm handover with a code shown in the app. Pickup counters can be set by store hours, so late shoppers in Midtown see only times when someone is there to hand over the bag.

    A delivery alternative for buildings with no doorman.

  • Wallet checkout and split tender

    Apple Pay, Google Pay, saved cards and gift cards through PCI DSS compliant processing. Sales tax follows New York State and New York City rules, including the clothing and footwear exemption below a set price, and the tax service your accountant approves handles the calculation. Gift cards bought in the app work at the register too.

    Correct totals without manual tax tables.

  • Loyalty and personal shopping

    Points, member events and appointment booking with a stylist or personal shopper at your store. The associate sees the customer's past purchases and wishlist before the visit, and in store purchases count toward the same rewards balance.

    Service that feels personal in a very busy city.

  • Several languages

    New York customers speak Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Bengali, Korean and many other languages. We structure product content and messages so new languages can be added one at a time, starting with whichever your customers use most. Spanish is usually the first addition, and push messages follow the language each customer chose.

    More of the city able to shop with you comfortably.

  • Gifting and send to a friend

    New Yorkers often order for someone across town or out of state. Gift messages, hidden prices on the packing slip, scheduled delivery for birthdays and the option to let the recipient pick their size all live inside checkout. Gift cards can be sent by text or email and redeemed in store or in the app.

    Holiday and occasion orders that are easy to place.

  • Operations console

    Orders, deliveries, returns, stock transfers and push campaigns managed from a web console with permissions for store teams, warehouse staff and head office.

    One place to see every order across the city.

Who this is for

Four New York retailers we build shopping apps for.

Retail in New York ranges from Fifth Avenue flagships to corner shops in Flushing and Williamsburg, and many brands sell more online than in their single storefront. High rents keep stores small, so the app often carries the full range while the store carries a selection. The right first release depends on whether your growth comes from foot traffic, delivery or both. Many New York shoppers also expect the same brand experience in person and on their phone, so store associates often use the app too.

01

Fashion labels with a showroom or flagship

Labels working out of the Garment District or with a store in SoHo need product storytelling, size guidance, appointments and fast delivery to Manhattan offices and apartments. We connect the app to the commerce platform you already use and design the product pages around the details buyers in New York ask about. Fashion Week and showroom seasons can be supported with private previews and appointment booking for top customers.

Fit information reduces costly returns.

02

Specialty food, wine and grocery shops

Neighborhood grocers and specialty food stores need delivery windows, substitutions, temperature sensitive handling and reorders of regular baskets. Alcohol sales carry New York licensing rules, so we only build those flows for licensed retailers and follow the rules your license sets. Substitution preferences and order notes go straight to the person packing the basket, so a customer in Astoria gets what they expected or a sensible alternative.

03

Beauty and wellness brands

Brands selling skincare or wellness products benefit from replenishment subscriptions, shade finders and reviews. New York has its own automatic renewal law, so renewal terms, consent and cancellation are designed in from the start. Shade matching tools and ingredient details sit on each product page so customers can choose with confidence.

Subscriptions need clear terms and easy cancellation.

04

Online shopping app development New York startups bring us

Founders launching a new marketplace or a delivery led shop need a backend that scales with orders, courier integrations and a clean admin. We help decide what belongs in the first version and what can wait until real customers have used it. We document every decision, so investors and new hires can see why the product works the way it does.

Six steps from first call to an app New Yorkers keep.

  1. 01Remote discoveryVideo sessions with your store, warehouse and marketing teams to map orders, delivery partners, systems and the problems customers raise most.
  2. 02Delivery and pickup designWe design the hardest flows first: building details, delivery windows, pickup and returns, tested as prototypes with real New York customers.
  3. 03System connectionsCommerce platform, point of sale, warehouse, courier and tax services connected early so customer features rest on reliable data.
  4. 04Sprint buildApps and console built in short cycles, with a working demo shared by video call at the end of each one and notes your team can comment on.
  5. 05Borough pilotA limited release to customers in one or two boroughs to check delivery promises and pickup handoffs before the citywide launch.
  6. 06Ongoing releasesNew features follow data from the app, reviews and store feedback, released around your seasons and sales calendar.

Technology

What we build this with.

Native or cross platform code is chosen to fit your features and whoever will maintain the app. We integrate with Shopify, BigCommerce, Salesforce Commerce Cloud or a custom backend through their APIs, with hosting in your own cloud account. Analytics and crash reporting are set up in your accounts from the first build.

01Mobile

  • Swift
  • Kotlin
  • Flutter
  • React Native

02Data and cloud

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Docker

03Marketing and tracking

  • GA4
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Search Console
  • Meta Pixel
  • Looker Studio

Questions New York retailers ask about shopping apps.

Mostly courier and stock integrations, not screen count.

A single store brand on a modern commerce platform reaches launch faster than a multi-store retailer connecting a point of sale, a warehouse system and local couriers. We set the timeline after discovery and write it into the scope, including a borough pilot before the full release and time for App Store and Google Play review. Holiday trading in November and December is the busiest period for most New York stores, so we plan launch well before it rather than in the middle of it.

Tell us what the business needs. We will tell you what to build first.

Schedule a free consultation and get a written recommendation, with costs, before you commit to anything.

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PROVEN RESULTS

4.7 / 5from 23 Google reviews