ikman.lk today announced a significant upgrade to its mobile application (app) in order to offer greater convenience to buyers and sellers as well as offer a higher quality user experience which has resulted in a steady increase in downloads from customers.

As at end August 2016, the ikman.lk app has seen 710,000 downloads on both Android and Apple devices with a 4.5 rating on the Google Play Store and Apple iStore. These statistics are among the highest for any Sri Lankan app.

Among the upgrades to the app is the introduction of mar push notifications which provide important information to the user, the ability for buyers and sellers to chat and interact with each other in order to buy and sell faster and notifications to customers when their ad is posted, bumped up or topped up. The app has now been configured to use geo tagging to show ads most relevant to the user thereby enhancing the user experience and also allows users to favorite their ads for quick and easy reference later, much like a bookmark on a computer. Furthermore, the app now offers all the features available on the website and is even available in all 3 languages for the ease of customers.

Using the ikman.lk app to access the site offers several key benefits over accessing it via a computer. Customers can browse ikman.lk much faster and cost efficiently through the inbuilt data-saving mode for those with limited data speeds or plans and the app also doesn't load images by default, allowing the user a greater degree of control over heavy data consuming tasks.

The app has also been tailor-made to browse different categories and apply filters with convenience and ease. Keywords of previously browsed items are also saved, making it easier for users searching for the same items repeatedly to access their search history.

Speaking about these unique upgrades to the app, Mr. Stefan Beekmeyer Director Marketing & Sales of ikman.lk said, “Ever since the introduction of the ikman mobile app we have seen downloads and installations increasing at a tremendous rate. Given that mobile penetration in the country is rapidly on the rise and that the majority of internet users tend to consume data through their mobiles, we felt that the time was right to bring about some significant upgrades to our app to enhance the user experience even more. We hope customers embrace the new features of the app which are designed to bring about greater convenience to them,” he concluded.

Photo caption: A screenshot of the ikman App