The Bottom Line: Volusion has no mobile app option at any tier. If you're on the Business or Prime plan and investing in growth through Marketing 360, a native app adds a channel that your marketing stack can't currently reach. MobiLoud takes your existing Volusion storefront and delivers it as a native iOS and Android app, with your checkout, integrations, and Marketing 360-powered campaigns intact.
Is a Mobile App Right for Your Volusion Store?
Let's be direct about this before going further.
If you're on Volusion's Personal plan ($35/month, 100 products, $50K GMV cap), a mobile app probably isn't the right investment right now. Your priority should be growing revenue and expanding your product catalog.
An app makes sense when you have repeat customers worth retaining, not when you're still finding your first ones.
If you're on the Professional plan ($79/month), it depends.
- Are you seeing meaningful repeat purchase rates?
- Is mobile your dominant traffic source?
If yes, keep reading. If you're still building traction, focus on that first.
This article is most useful for Volusion merchants on the Business plan ($299/month) and Prime plan (custom) who are actively investing in growth.
You're spending on Marketing 360 campaigns, you have a customer base worth retaining, and you're looking for every channel advantage you can get. That's where a mobile app pays for itself.
Can You Build a Mobile App With Volusion?
No. Volusion offers zero mobile app capabilities.
No App Builder, No Marketplace Options
There's no mobile app feature in the Volusion admin. The marketplace doesn't have third-party app builders. This applies to every plan, including Prime. "Mobile Commerce" on Volusion means responsive themes, nothing more.
Limited API Access
Volusion's API is only available on Professional plans and above. Even then, it's limited compared to platforms like Shopify or WooCommerce. A custom app built against the Volusion API would face constraints on what data and functionality it could access.
Custom App Development
A development team could build a mobile app using the Volusion API, but they'd run into those API limitations quickly. Expect $60K-$150K for the build, plus $20K-$50K annually for maintenance. For most Volusion merchants, even those on Business or Prime, that's hard to justify when the API may not support everything your storefront does.
Your Options for Building a Mobile App
If you want to build a mobile app, there are two ways to do it.
1. Custom Development
Possible but constrained by Volusion's API limitations. High cost relative to what you get, and you'd need ongoing development to work around what the API doesn't expose.
2. Website-to-App With MobiLoud
Your Volusion storefront works on mobile browsers. The full shopping experience, your checkout, your product pages, your Marketing 360-powered features, runs on phones today. MobiLoud delivers that complete storefront as a native iOS and Android app.
There are no API limitations to worry about. The app runs your website, so every feature that works on the web works in the app.
Why MobiLoud Works for Growth-Oriented Volusion Merchants
Here’s why growing brands on Volusion should look to MobiLoud when it’s time to launch an app channel.
Your Marketing 360 Campaigns Get a New Channel
You're investing in customer acquisition through Marketing 360: paid ads, email campaigns, social media management, content marketing. A mobile app adds a retention channel that compounds that investment.
Customers you've already acquired can download your app and stay connected through push notifications. Your cost-per-repeat-purchase drops. The customers you paid to acquire become more valuable over time.
Push Notifications Outperform Email for Retention
This is the single biggest advantage of a native app for a Volusion merchant. Push notifications land on your customers' phone screens with engagement rates that consistently outperform email.
Flash sale starting? Push notification. Item back in stock? Push notification. Abandoned cart? Push notification that brings them back in minutes, not hours.
For Business and Prime merchants with an established customer base, push notifications are the most efficient retention tool available. And it's a tool that Volusion simply doesn't offer.
Premium Checkout Carries Over
Volusion's Premium Checkout is one of the platform's stronger features. It's optimized, it converts well, and your customers are used to it. MobiLoud preserves that checkout experience in the app. Customers check out in the app exactly the same way they do on the web.
Customer Loyalty Plan Stays Active
If you're running Volusion's Customer Loyalty Plan, it works in the app. Points earned on the web apply in the app and vice versa. There's no separate loyalty system to manage, no points reconciliation to worry about.
CRM Data Stays Connected
Business and Prime plans include built-in CRM features. Customer data, purchase history, segmentation: all of it stays connected because the app is running your website. Orders placed through the app appear in your CRM the same way web orders do.
Fully Managed
MobiLoud handles the app build, App Store and Google Play submissions, ongoing maintenance, and support. You keep running your Volusion store. Your Marketing 360 partner keeps running campaigns. Changes you make to the store show up in the app automatically.
How It Works
- See your store as an app. Get a free consultation and share your Volusion store URL. We'll build a preview so you can test your full storefront, including checkout and product pages, as a native app.
- App build. MobiLoud creates your native iOS and Android apps with push notifications, native navigation, deep linking, and your branding.
- Test and refine. You review the app on your devices and provide feedback. We adjust until it meets your expectations.
- App store launch. MobiLoud handles Apple App Store and Google Play submission, including compliance and metadata.
- Ongoing support. Your apps go live. MobiLoud manages OS updates, policy changes, and maintenance. Your Volusion store stays your source of truth.
Typical timeline to launch is around four weeks.
Next Steps
If you're a Volusion Business or Prime merchant investing in growth, your marketing stack has a gap. You're acquiring customers through Marketing 360, retaining them through email, and hoping they come back through the browser.
A mobile app closes that gap. Push notifications give you a direct channel to your best customers. App Store presence gives your brand visibility. And the cost is a fraction of what you're spending on acquisition.
Book a free strategy call to see your Volusion store as a native app. No commitment, just an honest look at what it takes to launch your own native app.
