The State of Alibaba Minisite in 2023

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Alibaba Minisite usage.

• Alibaba Minisite growth
• Social media usage on Alibaba Minisite stores
• Contact information on Alibaba Minisite stores
• Top categories for Alibaba Minisite stores
• Top countries for Alibaba Minisite stores
• Number of employees for Alibaba Minisite stores
• Number of products sold for Alibaba Minisite stores
• Top Alibaba Minisite technologies
• Top Shipping Carriers used by Alibaba Minisite stores
• Alibaba Minisite store top-level domain distribution
• Top Alibaba Minisite stores
• New Alibaba Minisite stores
• Stores switching to Alibaba Minisite from other platforms
• Stores switching from Alibaba Minisite to other platforms

Alibaba Minisite Growth

At present, there are 14,902 live stores running on the Alibaba Minisite platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Alibaba Minisite.

• Alibaba Minisite stores increased 6.0% quarter-over-quarter in 2022 Q4.
• Alibaba Minisite stores increased 147% year-over-year in 2022 Q4.

It's hard to know exactly when a Alibaba Minisite store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Alibaba Minisite Stores

Ecommerce brands use social media sites to engage with millions of consumers. Instagram and Facebook are the dominant social media sites for ecommerce stores, by far, with Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube also having notable usage.

• Instagram is used by 20.3% of Alibaba Minisite stores.
• Tiktok is used by 20.0% of Alibaba Minisite stores.
• YouTube is used by 11.2% of Alibaba Minisite stores.

Contact Information On Alibaba Minisite Stores

Email remains an extremely popular communication channel for merchants. Many merchants also provide a phone number so that their customers can reach them instantly.

• 1% of Alibaba Minisite stores provide a phone number on their website
• 0% of Alibaba Minisite stores have an email on their website

Top Categories For Alibaba Minisite Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on Alibaba Minisite.

• 20.9% of Alibaba Minisite stores sell Business & Industrial products.
• 18.2% of Alibaba Minisite stores sell Home & Garden products.
• 10.5% of Alibaba Minisite stores sell Computers products.

Top Countries For Alibaba Minisite Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Alibaba Minisite.

• 26.3% of Alibaba Minisite stores are in China
• 0.1% of Alibaba Minisite stores are in Cocos (Keeling) Islands
• 0.1% of Alibaba Minisite stores are in United States
• 0.0% of Alibaba Minisite stores are in Hong Kong

With a paid account, stores can also be segmented by region and city.

Number Of Employees For Alibaba Minisite Stores

Here is the breakdown of Alibaba Minisite stores by the number of employees.

• 0.1% of Alibaba Minisite stores have 1 - 9 employees.
• 0.0% of Alibaba Minisite stores have 10 - 24 employees.
• 0.0% of Alibaba Minisite stores have 25 - 49 employees.

Number Of Products Sold For Alibaba Minisite Stores

Here is the breakdown of Alibaba Minisite stores by the number of products that they sell.

• 31.2% of Alibaba Minisite stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
• 12.2% of Alibaba Minisite stores sell 250000+ different products.
• 5.1% of Alibaba Minisite stores sell 25 - 49 different products.

Top Technologies on Alibaba Minisite Stores

We're tracking 8 different technologies that have 69 collective installs on Alibaba Minisite stores.

• Cloudflare CDN is used by 0.3% of Alibaba Minisite stores.
• Cloudfront CDN is used by 0.1% of Alibaba Minisite stores.
• Google Adsense is used by 0.0% of Alibaba Minisite stores.

Here are the top 8 third-party technologies, ordered by number of installs, across all Alibaba Minisite stores.

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Alibaba Minisite Stores

• UPS is used by 1.1% of Alibaba Minisite stores.
• Fedex is used by 0.7% of Alibaba Minisite stores.
• China Post is used by 0.1% of Alibaba Minisite stores.

Here are the top 6 shipping carriers across all Alibaba Minisite stores.

Alibaba Minisite Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for Alibaba Minisite stores. This is not surprising since alternate top-level domains have only been introduced somewhat recently and there is still a certain cachet associated with .com domains.

That said, you'll find stark regional differences in certain countries. In Australia, .com.au is the most common top-level domain with .com a close second. This is the exception however as .com domains dominate in virtually all other countries.

• 70.4% of Alibaba Minisite stores have a .com domain.
• 16.2% of Alibaba Minisite stores have a .cn domain.
• 8.6% of Alibaba Minisite stores have a .com.cn domain.

Top Alibaba Minisite Stores

Here are the top stores, powered by Alibaba Minisite, ordered by store rank.

New Alibaba Minisite Stores

Here are the 5 highest-ranked stores added most recently.

Stores Switching to Alibaba Minisite From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Alibaba Minisite has taken 20 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Here are the top stores that have switched to Alibaba Minisite from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Stores Switching from Alibaba Minisite To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Alibaba Minisite has lost 22 merchants to competitive platforms.

Here are the top Alibaba Minisite stores that have recently changed to a competitive platform.

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• Social Media accounts
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• Country
• Third-party technologies
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• Top-level domains
• Domain status
• Domain type

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