If your business doesn’t have a mobile app yet, you might be losing out on a vast potential to generate new money. Today’s customers live on their smartphones and tablets. According to a recent Nielsen survey, most 120 million smartphone owners in the United States use a shopping or retail app at least once a month. Yours may be one of them. So, hire a mobile app developer now.

You’ll need to engage an expert developer you can trust to custom design a mobile app that allows users to buy your items or browse product reviews, videos, or coupons.

Here are ten essential questions to ask when you hire a mobile app developer to help you choose the best fit for your project.

1.Can you provide me some examples of mobile apps you’ve created?

Qualified applicants should be willing to give you a list of applications they created or played a significant role in producing, along with links to each in Apple’s iOS App Store, BlackBerry App World, or Google Play, Google’s Android app store.

2. Could you send me a list of your current and previous clients?

Unlike reading a movie’s credits, it’s usually impossible to determine who created an app. This is why interacting directly with applicants’ present and past clients can ensure that the developers developed the products they claim to have worked on.

Checking references also allows you to inquire about the applicants’ dependability, responsiveness, and results-orientedness. You might, for example, ask about whether they met their deadlines and stayed under budget, as well as how effectively they perform under pressure.

Candidates sometimes only provide references who are optimistic about them. Experts recommend looking at a candidate’s LinkedIn page to determine whether you have any professional colleagues or past coworkers. If that’s the case, go out to your standard contacts and inquire about the candidate’s experience, talents, and work ethic.

3. What type of phone do you have?

According to experts, this inquiry might reveal how enthusiastic and educated a candidate is about specific mobile platforms. “If you’re telling me you can develop an iPhone app, then you should have an iPhone, and you should be playing with the applications you’re making as well as other people’s apps daily.” Android and BlackBerry are in the same boat.

4. How can my app generate revenue?

If the primary objective of your app is to create income, the developer must understand how to incorporate features that will allow you to do so. You may use a pay-per-download revenue model, costing anything from 99 cents to $4.99 depending on the number of features your software has.

If you choose a free app, make sure the applicant is familiar with mobile display advertisements, in-app purchases, and paid subscription services.

5. How will we interact with one another during the development process?

The clarity and frequency with which you express your app design and functionality requirements during the development process significantly impact the quality of your app.

Do you like to communicate with your app developer in person?. Over the phone, over Skype, instant message, or email, and how often? Or do they prefer to communicate with you using 37signals’ Basecamp, a popular project and task management system? How frequently will they provide you status updates?

6. What kinds of unique features can you come up with?

Apps that lack unique and helpful features seldom capture the attention of users. Determine the features you want and then evaluate your developer’s ability. Can your candidate, for example, incorporate 3-D gaming, social network sharing, GPS check-ins, or product coupons into your app?

7. Who will be in charge of the mobile app?

The person or corporation who pays for a mobile app usually owns the final product. You and the app developer should sign a formal “copyright assignment” or “work created for hire” contract. This ensures that you control all of the rights to the software you commissioned. The agreement should indicate that you own the app’s design, source code, and all of its content and ensure confidentiality.

8. How will you put my software to the test?

In most cases, the most straightforward approach to test an app is to run it on a specific phone type. The applicant should explain how they conduct a comprehensive beta test to eliminate any bugs. What will the applicant do if flaws are discovered, and how fast will they repair them?

9. Are you going to submit my app to the app stores?

After you’ve accepted the beta-tested version of your app, the developer submits it to an app store for approval. App submission is frequently a lengthy, multi-step process that your developer should be familiar with.

10. What are your rates and terms of payment?

Create a formal contract that specifies whether you will pay the developer per hour or in a lump sum. Most developers need a one-time payment. Others demand a deposit at the start of a project. Generally, up to half of the entire anticipated cost, and the remainder payable after the app is finished.

The most basic mobile apps cost between $1,000 and $5,000. But if you pay a developer by the hour, you might wind up paying much more. Thousands of dollars can be spent developing more sophisticated mobile applications, such as database-driven or feature 3-D games.

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