A logo of Civil app

See how Civil doubled their mobile conversion rate with Shopney!

Industry Fashion
Platform Shopify
Region Global
Website civilim.com
Civil brand visual featuring children in seasonal outfits
2x more mobile conversion rate
3x more customer engagement
60% increase in mobile app revenue

About

Civil is a well-established Turkish fashion and retail brand specializing in affordable, trendy clothing for babies and kids, serving a customer base of over 4.5 million. The brand offers a wide range of products including everyday wear, seasonal collections, and special occasion outfits, targeting families looking for quality children’s apparel at accessible prices. Civil operates both online and through physical retail stores, positioning itself as a value-driven children’s fashion retailer.

Child holding a paper boat hat

Summary

Civil had previously launched a mobile app but struggled to fully engage customers due to limitations in personalization and interaction.

While their online store attracted strong traffic, their mobile web conversion rate remained around 0.5%, revealing the limitations of mobile websites when it comes to delivering seamless shopping experiences.

Civil needed a solution that could:

  • Increase mobile conversions
  • Improve engagement with mobile shoppers
  • Provide a more personalized shopping journey
  • Turn mobile into a stronger revenue channel

After launching their new mobile app with Shopney, Civil was able to transform its mobile experience. The new infrastructure enabled better customer engagement, more effective communication tools, and improved personalization, helping the brand significantly increase conversions and drive a major share of revenue through the mobile app.

Civil mobile app interface showcasing kids clothing collections and homepage layout
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Challenges

As mobile commerce continues to dominate online shopping, brands must go beyond responsive websites to provide truly optimized mobile experiences.

For Civil, the main challenge was converting growing mobile traffic into meaningful engagement and sales.

Limited mobile engagement and personalization

Before working with Shopney, Civil faced several limitations with its previous mobile infrastructure:

  • Mobile web conversion rate remained around 0.5%
  • The previous mobile app lacked personalization
  • Customer engagement was limited
  • Communication with shoppers was not optimized

Even though the website was responsive, it could not provide the level of interaction and convenience that mobile shoppers expect today.

Recognizing this gap, Civil began searching for a mobile commerce solution that could provide a more engaging and personalized shopping experience.

With the previous app, we were unable to personalize the experience and struggled to engage customers. The new infrastructure allows us to offer a more personalized customer journey and has improved many processes.
Logo of Civil
Three children wearing sunglasses and colorful outfits.

Solutions

To help Civil improve engagement and increase conversions, Shopney focused on creating a mobile experience optimized for both customer interaction and marketing efficiency.

Creating a mobile experience built to convert

Civil used Shopney’s no-code mobile app builder to integrate their store data in real time instantly. This allowed Civil to manage essential elements like product images, descriptions, and pricing directly within the design editor.

By installing Shopney on their Shopify store, Civil was able to sync their entire store in real time with Shopney’s no-code mobile app builder.

This allowed the brand to build a fully branded mobile experience aligned with their website and customer expectations.

The new mobile infrastructure enabled Civil to:

  • Provide a smoother and faster shopping experience
  • Improve product discovery for mobile shoppers
  • Deliver a more intuitive mobile interface
  • Offer a personalized shopping journey

The result was a mobile experience designed specifically for engagement and conversion.

Comparison graphic showing Civil’s previous mobile app versus its upgraded Shopney app
Civil mobile app product listing screen. Shows product discovery and category browsing.
Civil mobile app cart screen with product recommendations. Highlights cross-sell opportunities in the cart.
Activating push notifications for customer engagement

Push notifications became one of the most effective communication tools for Civil after launching their mobile app.

Through push notifications, the brand can instantly reach customers with promotional campaigns and special offers.

Civil reports that promotional push notifications generate the highest engagement, particularly campaigns that include discounts and limited-time offers.

Push notifications currently outperform other marketing channels such as email and SMS when it comes to driving engagement and conversions.

in-app chat example for Lash oasis app
Leveraging In-App Campaigns to Shorten the Path to Purchase

Civil uses Shopney In-App Campaigns to create automated in-app pop-ups that guide shoppers to a specific offer, product, or collection right when they open the app. Instead of relying on customers to find promotions while browsing, Civil surfaces the most relevant campaign upfront shortening the path to purchase and increasing conversion during key periods.

Since running In-App Campaigns, Civil has seen:

  • Increased visibility of promotions by reaching shoppers directly inside the app
  • More engagement during active browsing sessions through timely campaign placements
  • Faster paths to purchase by guiding users to specific products, collections, and offers
  • Higher interaction with promotional campaigns compared to passive browsing
  • Stronger conversion opportunities by combining push notifications with in-app campaigns

In-app campaigns helped Civil turn active app sessions into structured, conversion-focused journeys.

Civil mobile in-app campaign visual with performance metrics. Highlights higher retention, engagement, and mobile conversion.
Bringing Civil’s tech stack into the app
Civil mobile in-app campaign visual with performance metrics. Highlights higher retention, engagement, and mobile conversion.

Civil runs several marketing and analytics initiatives to support its mobile commerce strategy and deliver a consistent shopping experience for app users. To support this approach, Shopney integrated the mobile app with Civil’s most used solutions,enabling smooth data exchange between the app and their existing marketing and analytics tools.

These integrations allow Civil to better understand user behavior inside the mobile app, optimize campaigns, and deliver more relevant experiences to shoppers.

Among the solutions Civil currently uses are:

  • Yotpo: Displays product reviews and ratings directly inside the mobile app, helping customers make confident purchase decisions while browsing products.
  • Google Analytics: Provides insights into how customers interact with the mobile app, allowing Civil to track engagement, session duration, and performance.
  • Facebook: Helps Civil analyze how social media campaigns drive traffic and conversions within the mobile app.
  • Klaviyo: Enables coordinated marketing campaigns across email, SMS, and push notifications while keeping the mobile app connected to their marketing automation workflows.
  • Shopify Search & Discovery: Improves the product search and filtering experience inside the mobile app, helping shoppers find relevant products faster.
  • Live Me Up!: Brings interactive media and livestream shopping experiences directly into the mobile app.
  • Adjust: Provides mobile attribution and analytics to help Civil understand how users discover and install the mobile app.

Through these integrations, Civil ensures its mobile app remains fully connected to its broader marketing ecosystem while delivering a richer and more personalized mobile shopping experience.

Three Civil mobile app screens showing different homepage layouts and collections.

Results - The Shopney Effect

Launching their new mobile app with Shopney significantly improved Civil’s mobile commerce performance.

The app now plays a central role in the brand’s digital strategy, driving stronger engagement, higher conversions, and a large share of total revenue.

Here are the key results.

2x higher mobile conversion rate

Civil’s mobile app conversion rate is now 1%, which is double their mobile web conversion rate of 0.5%.

The mobile app now delivers the highest conversion rate across all sales channels, outperforming both mobile and desktop web.

3x higher customer engagement

Customer engagement increased significantly after launching the mobile app.

  • Mobile website session duration: 51 seconds
  • Mobile app session duration: 2 minutes 48 seconds

This represents more than three times longer engagement inside the app, demonstrating the impact of a dedicated mobile experience.

60% of total revenue now comes from the mobile app

The mobile app quickly became a major revenue driver for Civil.
Currently:

  • 60% of total revenue comes directly from the mobile app

The app has become one of Civil’s most important digital sales channels.

40% of total sales driven directly by the app

When considering all sales channels, including their website and multiple marketplaces, 40% of Civil’s total sales now come directly from the mobile app.

The remaining sales are distributed between their website and eight different marketplaces.

30% increase in app downloads

Since launching their mobile app, Civil has also seen steady growth in mobile adoption.

  • App downloads increased by up to 30%
  • The app currently holds an average rating of 4.2 stars in app stores
Civil mobile app displaying product categories and fashion collections for kids
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