Why a shopping app makes sense for Makati
Makati is a highly urbanized city in metro manila, philippines, with a population of roughly 310,000, and one of the markets in Philippines where we build mobile commerce apps.
Businesses here work in financial district and corporate HQs; many are based around the Makati Central Business District.
Logistics are supported by Close to NAIA, which matters when you promise customers fast delivery.
The Philippines has more than 1 million registered MSMEs, 99.6% of all businesses (Department of Trade and Industry). Filipino shoppers are among the most social-media-active in the world and rely heavily on GCash and Maya. Clear delivery estimates across the islands build confidence.
Shoppers and trade buyers in Makati already compare options on their phones; a shopping app that loads fast, shows accurate stock and accepts GCash turns that research into orders.
Local details we build into every Makati project
A store that works in Makati respects local habits as well as local law. These are the details we configure first.
Currency and pricing
The store speaks Philippine peso: PHP amounts from product page to invoice, so Makati buyers never convert in their heads.
Language and content
Storefront copy, product pages and emails can run in Filipino and English, with local date and number formats.
Local trust signals
Badges for GCash and Maya, J&T Express delivery and clear return terms reassure first-time buyers in Makati.
Domain, phone and contact
A .ph domain (or your own) builds local trust and search relevance. Click-to-call and WhatsApp buttons use the +63 calling code so customers reach you without dialling errors.
Talent and partners nearby
Makati draws on Asian Institute of Management, which means plenty of local staff, interns and technology partners to run the store after launch.
Custom-built for how you sell in Makati
Whatever your business sells in Makati, N&T Software designs and develops the shopping app and the matching mobile app exactly to your requirements — your catalogue, your prices, your payment and delivery rules.
Typical clients include grocery and pharmacy chains, restaurants and cloud kitchens, distributors with dealer networks and D2C start-ups. Categories that sell especially well online in the Philippines — fashion, beauty, electronics and mobiles and groceries — get catalogue structures and filters designed for them.
We start with a requirements meeting, show you a working demo within 24 hours, and only then propose scope, milestones and budget.
What your shopping app includes
Each module below is configured — or custom-developed — to your requirements. You choose what launches first and what follows in later phases.
Customer shopping app
Browse, search, wish-lists, cart, wallet and UPI or card checkout, order tracking and push offers. Checkout is configured for GCash, Maya and cash on delivery.
Dealer and B2B app
Account pricing, quick re-order, statements, schemes and barcode scanning for trade buyers. Couriers such as J&T Express, LBC Express and Ninja Van plug in alongside your own fleet for Makati orders.
Delivery partner app
Assigned orders, route navigation, proof of delivery, COD collection and status updates. Multiple stock points in Philippines are supported, so a Makati order ships from the nearest one.
Store and admin app
Order alerts, stock updates, price changes and sales snapshots for owners and managers. Reports show which products, customers and areas of Makati drive revenue.
Engagement
Segmented push notifications, deep links, in-app banners, loyalty and referral programmes. Storefront language, imagery and navigation are set up for Makati shoppers and available in Filipino and English.
Performance and offline
Fast native-feel UI, image caching, offline cart and graceful handling of poor networks. Catalogues come in from spreadsheets, ERP exports or supplier feeds, so your Makati team keeps its current way of working.
Businesses that use NNT Mart in Makati
Popular online categories in the Philippines include fashion, beauty, electronics and mobiles, groceries, home and health. Local demand in Makati is shaped by financial district and corporate HQs, so we often design catalogues and B2B ordering around those sectors. In Makati, we most often build mobile commerce apps for:
Retail brands
For retail brands, we usually start with dealer and B2B app, then add commerce APIs and headless backends once orders are flowing.
Grocery and pharmacy chains
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for grocery and pharmacy chains in Makati, connected to the systems you already use.
Restaurants and cloud kitchens
Restaurants and cloud kitchens get delivery partner app plus engagement workflows tailored to their operations.
Distributors with dealer networks
We map how distributors with dealer networks sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
D2C start-ups
For D2C start-ups, we usually start with performance and offline, then add analytics and crash reporting once orders are flowing.
Marketplace operators
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for marketplace operators in Makati, connected to the systems you already use.
Payments customers in Makati expect
Shoppers in Makati rarely abandon a cart over price alone — they leave when their usual method is missing. Here that means GCash, Maya and cash on delivery, then InstaPay/PESONet bank transfer, Visa and Mastercard and over-the-counter (7-Eleven CLiQQ).
We integrate suitable gateways and providers for your business category and merchant eligibility, handle payment status, failed-payment retries and refunds, and keep sensitive card data with the provider rather than on your servers. All amounts are shown in Philippine peso (PHP).
For Makati customers ordering from the Makati Central Business District, cash-on-delivery and pay-on-pickup rules can be set per delivery zone.
- Over-the-counter (7-Eleven CLiQQ)
- Maya
- GCash
- Visa and Mastercard
- Cash on delivery
- InstaPay/PESONet bank transfer
Fulfilment options for Makati orders
Your shopping app can book shipments and share tracking with J&T Express, LBC Express, Ninja Van, Flash Express, PHLPost and Lalamove, or route orders to your own riders and stores across Makati.
We set up shipping zones, cut-off times, free-shipping thresholds, cash-collection rules and returns so the promise on the product page matches what your team can deliver.
Connectivity in the area — Close to NAIA — makes regional and national dispatch from Makati practical.
Marketplaces vs. your own shopping app in Makati
Many Makati sellers already list on Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop, Zalora, Carousell and Facebook Marketplace. Those channels bring traffic, but they also take commission, control the customer relationship and change rules without notice.
With your own shopping app you keep the customer data, set the offers and the packaging, and still push stock to marketplaces from a single admin.
Selling online legally in the Philippines
Tax basics: Philippine VAT is 12%, and the 2024 law on digital services requires foreign digital providers to charge VAT.
Customer data is handled with the Data Privacy Act of 2012, enforced by the National Privacy Commission in mind, and the storefront follows the Consumer Act and the Internet Transactions Act of 2023, which created the E-Commerce Bureau.
Controls we implement include compliant invoices, consent capture, policy pages, restricted staff access and audit trails. Please confirm the final legal and tax position with a local adviser in Makati.
Mobile commerce in Makati
Phones carry most traffic in the Philippines. Every app is published under your own Google Play and Apple developer accounts, with crash reporting, analytics and release management included.
Apps are published under your own developer accounts and share the same backend as your shopping app, so offers, stock and orders are always consistent between web and mobile.
Push notifications can be timed to UTC+8 so offers reach Makati customers when they are awake, and the interface can run in Filipino and English.
- Analytics and crash reporting
- Social login
- Commerce APIs and headless backends
- Barcode and QR scanning
- Firebase and push messaging
- Payment SDKs and wallets
- Maps and location services
- Customer support chat
Integrations above are examples; we connect any system that offers a suitable API, database access or approved import and export process.
Launch roadmap and success metrics
Value first, depth later. For a shopping app serving Makati, the usual sequence looks like this:
| Phase | What goes live |
|---|---|
| MVP app | Core shopping, checkout, order tracking and push notifications. Configured for PHP, GCash and J&T Express from the start. |
| Engage | Loyalty, referrals, personalised offers and deep links. |
| Extend | Dealer, delivery and admin apps on the same backend. Reviewed against how Makati customers actually buy. |
We track app installs and active users, app conversion rate, push-notification click rate, crash-free sessions, store rating and share of revenue from app on a live dashboard from day one, so Makati results are visible, not promised.
Support hours and communication for Makati
Our team covers UTC+8 — 2h 30m ahead of India (IST) — through three 8-hour shifts, so a Makati client always reaches someone during the local working day.
Project communication is in English; storefront content can be produced in Taglish, Filipino and English. You get a named lead, direct engineer access and an NDA if you ask.
Our head office is in Chhapi, Gujarat, with an office in Hyderabad and representation in Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia and Zambia; Makati clients are served remotely with on-site workshops when the project needs them.
