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The State of BASE in 2024

Updated Mar 15 2024

BASE is an ecommerce platform, based in Japan, which allows merchants to seamlessly set up online storefronts, including all necessary digital payment capabilities.

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

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BASE Growth

At present, there are 73,964 live stores running on the BASE platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running BASE.

  • BASE stores increased 10.1% quarter-over-quarter in 2023 Q4.
  • BASE stores increased 55% year-over-year in 2023 Q4.
Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q4
36,581
2021 Q1
43,300
2021 Q2
53,094
2021 Q3
57,673
2021 Q4
59,822
2022 Q1
61,409
2022 Q2
61,604
2022 Q3
65,991
2022 Q4
66,858
2023 Q1
66,255
2023 Q2
70,642
2023 Q3
71,391
2023 Q4
72,476
2024 Q1 (to date)
73,964
Active Stores by Quarter

Note: the store counts displayed in this section are based on actual historical store counts.

It's hard to know exactly when a BASE store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On BASE 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 54.5% of BASE stores.
  • Facebook is used by 28.1% of BASE stores.
  • Twitter is used by 8.1% of BASE stores.
Type
Stores
Instagram
40,289
Facebook
20,811
Twitter
6,001
YouTube
4,446
Tiktok
1,298
LinkedIn
66
Facebook Group
38
Pinterest
28

Contact Information On BASE 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.

  • 14% of BASE stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 11% of BASE stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
10,573
Email
7,927

Top Categories For BASE Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on BASE.

  • 0.6% of BASE stores sell Apparel products.
  • 0.5% of BASE stores sell Food & Drink products.
  • 0.2% of BASE stores sell Home & Garden products.

Top Countries For BASE Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using BASE.

  • 100.0% of BASE stores are in Japan
Country
Stores
73,964

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

Number Of Employees For BASE Stores

Here is the breakdown of BASE stores by the number of employees.

  • 99.8% of BASE stores have Unknown employees.
  • 0.1% of BASE stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.0% of BASE stores have 10 - 24 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
73,818
1 - 9
50
10 - 24
29
25 - 49
15
50 - 99
10
100 - 249
21
250 - 999
8
1000 - 4999
7
5000+
6

Number Of Products Sold For BASE Stores

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

  • 67.2% of BASE stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 4.0% of BASE stores sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 3.2% of BASE stores sell 25 - 49 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
49,717
10 - 24
2,958
25 - 49
2,359
50 - 99
461
100 - 249
1,888
250 - 999
710
1000 - 4999
118
5000 - 9999
213
10000 - 24999
106
25000 - 99999
194

Top Technologies on BASE Stores

We're tracking 55 different technologies that have 661,754 collective installs on BASE stores.

  • New Relic is used by 100.0% of BASE stores.
  • Google Tag Manager is used by 99.9% of BASE stores.
  • Google Adsense is used by 99.9% of BASE stores.

Here are the top 10 third-party technologies, ordered by number of installs, across all BASE stores.

Technology
Stores
73,959
73,725
73,664
48,023
13,747

Top Shipping Carriers Used By BASE Stores

  • Japan Post is used by 0.3% of BASE stores.
  • Yamato Transport is used by 0.2% of BASE stores.
  • Sagawa Express is used by 0.1% of BASE stores.

Here are the top 7 shipping carriers across all BASE stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Japan Post
214
Yamato Transport
136
Sagawa Express
83
Fedex
15
USPS
14
UPS
6
Royal Mail
1

BASE Store Top-level Domain Distribution

Here is the top-level domain distribution for BASE stores.

  • 27.3% of BASE stores have a .in domain.
  • 23.7% of BASE stores have a .jp domain.
  • 17.8% of BASE stores have a .com domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.in
20,179
.jp
17,548
.com
13,131
.shop
10,210
.ec
6,718
.net
2,911
.co.jp
940
.tokyo
451
.online
178
.info
162

Top BASE Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
PLAYGROUND
205,869
2020/10/02
www.ghibligoodsfan.com
302,243
2018/11/16
KRY clothing
329,615
2017/10/27
www.nadirgulluonlinestore.jp
330,782
2021/12/17
Naval Watch Swiss
349,261
2019/04/26

New BASE Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
peche アトリエサロン ペッシュ
2,290,209
2024/03/15
Sabae
5,873,482
2024/03/15
www.kimononokimochi-shop.jp
6,041,939
2024/03/15
Unique Device Finds
6,117,652
2024/03/15
Marinature Jewels
6,192,492
2024/03/15

Stores Switching to BASE From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, BASE has taken 160 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
ennoy
373,162
Custom Cart
2024/03/05
Francesca von Sweets
1,321,783
Custom Cart
2024/02/26
【ポケカ オリパ】ポケモンカード専門店 ドリネオBASE店
1,588,980
Custom Cart
2024/02/06
333 & tay
1,810,704
Color Me Shop
2024/01/23
ZO MODELS STORE
1,834,277
Custom Cart
2024/03/13

Stores Switching from BASE To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, BASE has lost 136 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores
16
1

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
AaH bit アービット
802,951
Shopify
2024/01/03
vebet jewelry
1,055,699
Shopify
2024/02/26
For Brands
1,992,651
Cafe24
2024/03/12
苔テラリウム専門店Feel The Garden
2,119,898
Custom Cart
2024/03/05
www.ryourionline.shop
2,233,659
Custom Cart
2024/02/05

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