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BigCommerce Stores in South Africa

Updated Nov 15 2024

There are 70 live BigCommerce stores in South Africa.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on BigCommerce stores in South Africa.

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BigCommerce Growth in South Africa

  • BigCommerce stores in South Africa increased 4.3% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • BigCommerce stores in South Africa increased 20% year-over-year in 2024 Q3.

Here is BigCommerce's quarter-over-quarter growth in South Africa.

Quarter
Active Stores
2019 Q1
63
2019 Q2
64
2019 Q3
68
2019 Q4
76
2020 Q1
76
2020 Q2
75
2020 Q3
78
2020 Q4
75
2021 Q1
73
2021 Q2
78
2021 Q3
80
2021 Q4
85
2022 Q1
84
2022 Q2
77
2022 Q3
80
2022 Q4
79
2023 Q1
80
2023 Q2
82
2023 Q3
78
2023 Q4
73
2024 Q1
72
2024 Q2
67
2024 Q3
72
2024 Q4 (to date)
70
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 BigCommerce store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Top Categories For BigCommerce Stores In South Africa

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for BigCommerce stores in South Africa.

  • 18.6% of BigCommerce stores in South Africa sell Business & Industrial products.
  • 17.1% of BigCommerce stores in South Africa sell Home & Garden products.
  • 12.9% of BigCommerce stores in South Africa sell Apparel products.

Social Media Usage On BigCommerce Stores In South Africa

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.

  • Facebook is used by 44.3% of BigCommerce stores in South Africa.
  • Instagram is used by 35.7% of BigCommerce stores in South Africa.
  • Twitter is used by 17.1% of BigCommerce stores in South Africa.
Type
Stores
Facebook
31
Instagram
25
Twitter
12
LinkedIn
10
YouTube
9
Pinterest
7
Tiktok
1

Contact Information On BigCommerce Stores In South Africa

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

  • 74% of BigCommerce stores in South Africa provide a phone number on their website
  • 66% of BigCommerce stores in South Africa have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
52
Email
46

Provinces With The Most BigCommerce Stores In South Africa

It's relatively easy to identify the country in which an ecommerce store operates. However, very few ecommerce stores provide a location to the province-level or city-level and even fewer provide a street address.

Here is the province distribution of BigCommerce stores in South Africa. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 7 BigCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Gauteng.
  • 1 BigCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Western Cape.
  • 1 BigCommerce stores in South Africa are based in KwaZulu-Natal.
Province
Stores

Cities With The Most BigCommerce Stores in South Africa

Here is the city distribution of BigCommerce stores in South Africa. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 61 BigCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Unknown.
  • 6 BigCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Johannesburg.
  • 1 BigCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Nottingham Road.

Number of Employees for BigCommerce stores in South Africa

  • 90.0% of BigCommerce stores in South Africa have Unknown employees.
  • 4.3% of BigCommerce stores in South Africa have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 2.9% of BigCommerce stores in South Africa have 10 - 24 employees.

Here is the breakdown of BigCommerce stores in South Africa by the number of employees.

Employees
Stores
Unknown
63
1 - 9
3
10 - 24
2
100 - 249
1
1000 - 4999
1

Top Shipping Carriers For BigCommerce Stores In South Africa

  • 4.3% of BigCommerce stores in South Africa ship by UPS.
  • 4.3% of BigCommerce stores in South Africa ship by USPS.
  • 2.9% of BigCommerce stores in South Africa ship by Fedex.

Here are the top shipping carriers for BigCommerce stores in South Africa.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
3
USPS
3
Fedex
2
Royal Mail
1

Top-level Domain Distribution For BigCommerce Stores In South Africa

.com is the most common top-level domain, by far, for world-wide BigCommerce stores. Some countries have been faster than others to adopt alternate (such as country-specific) top-level domains.

  • 61.4% of BigCommerce stores in South Africa have a .co.za domain.
  • 34.3% of BigCommerce stores in South Africa have a .com domain.
  • 2.9% of BigCommerce stores in South Africa have a .net domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for BigCommerce stores in South Africa.

Top-level Domain
Stores
.co.za
43
.com
24
.net
2
.store
1

Top BigCommerce Stores In South Africa

Here are the top stores in South Africa ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Workwear
316,047
2016/12/30
myaquaponics.co.za
351,885
2017/01/27
Buy Office Equipment Online
378,001
2018/06/08
Bali Trading
382,853
2018/06/15
Office Stock
460,743
2018/04/06

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