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The State of Cafe24 in 2025

Updated May 2 2025

Cafe24 is a Korean ecommerce platform.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Cafe24 usage.

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Cafe24 Growth

At present, there are 113,456 live stores running on the Cafe24 platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Cafe24.

  • Cafe24 stores increased 0.6% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q1.
  • Cafe24 stores increased 3% year-over-year in 2025 Q1.
Quarter
Active Stores
2021 Q3
130,106
2021 Q4
130,735
2022 Q1
118,562
2022 Q2
112,441
2022 Q3
236,427
2022 Q4
231,829
2023 Q1
221,431
2023 Q2
123,937
2023 Q3
116,362
2023 Q4
113,799
2024 Q1
109,638
2024 Q2
108,965
2024 Q3
108,426
2024 Q4
110,734
2025 Q1
112,760
2025 Q2 (to date)
113,456
Active Stores by Quarter
2021 Q32021 Q42022 Q12022 Q22022 Q32022 Q42023 Q12023 Q22023 Q32023 Q42024 Q12024 Q22024 Q32024 Q42025 Q12025 Q2020,00040,00060,00080,000100,000120,000140,000160,000180,000200,000220,000240,000

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

It's hard to know exactly when a Cafe24 store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Cafe24 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 38.8% of Cafe24 stores.
  • YouTube is used by 8.9% of Cafe24 stores.
  • Facebook is used by 8.7% of Cafe24 stores.
Type
Stores
Instagram
44,023
YouTube
10,093
Facebook
9,882
Twitter
1,353
LinkedIn
874
Tiktok
369
Pinterest
220
Facebook Group
41
WhatsApp
31
Yelp
1

Contact Information On Cafe24 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.

  • 75% of Cafe24 stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 35% of Cafe24 stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
84,750
Email
39,710

Top Categories For Cafe24 Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on Cafe24.

  • 1.4% of Cafe24 stores sell Apparel products.
  • 0.8% of Cafe24 stores sell Beauty & Fitness products.
  • 0.3% of Cafe24 stores sell Home & Garden products.
ApparelBeauty & FitnessHome & GardenFood & DrinkHealthArts & EntertainmentPeople & SocietySportsToys & HobbiesConsumer Electronics

Top Countries For Cafe24 Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Cafe24.

  • 99.6% of Cafe24 stores are in Korea (the Republic of)
  • 0.3% of Cafe24 stores are in Japan
  • 0.0% of Cafe24 stores are in Vietnam
  • 0.0% of Cafe24 stores are in India
Korea (the Republic of)

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

Number Of Employees For Cafe24 Stores

Here is the breakdown of Cafe24 stores by the number of employees.

  • 98.6% of Cafe24 stores have Unknown employees.
  • 0.5% of Cafe24 stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.3% of Cafe24 stores have 10 - 24 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
111,862
1 - 9
607
10 - 24
320
25 - 49
196
50 - 99
141
100 - 249
158
250 - 999
116
1000 - 4999
40
5000+
16
Unknown

Number Of Products Sold For Cafe24 Stores

Here is the breakdown of Cafe24 stores by the number of products that they sell.

  • 28.9% of Cafe24 stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 10.7% of Cafe24 stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
  • 9.3% of Cafe24 stores sell 25 - 49 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
32,749
10 - 24
8,709
25 - 49
10,498
50 - 99
2,374
100 - 249
12,180
250 - 999
8,259
1000 - 4999
2,760
5000 - 9999
752
10000 - 24999
847
25000 - 99999
372
1 - 910 - 2425 - 4950 - 99100 - 249250 - 9991000 - 4999

Top Technologies on Cafe24 Stores

We're tracking 107 different technologies that have 364,188 collective installs on Cafe24 stores.

  • Zendesk is used by 99.9% of Cafe24 stores.
  • KakaoTalk is used by 57.4% of Cafe24 stores.
  • Facebook Pixel is used by 26.5% of Cafe24 stores.

Here are the top 10 third-party technologies, ordered by number of installs, across all Cafe24 stores.

Technology
Stores
113,370
65,120
8,525

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Cafe24 Stores

  • Japan Post is used by 0.4% of Cafe24 stores.
  • UPS is used by 0.1% of Cafe24 stores.
  • USPS is used by 0.1% of Cafe24 stores.

Here are the top 10 shipping carriers across all Cafe24 stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Japan Post
415
UPS
72
USPS
61
Fedex
61
DHL
20
Sagawa Express
16
Yamato Transport
8
SF Express
4
ORLEN
3
TNT
1

Cafe24 Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for Cafe24 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.

  • 41.7% of Cafe24 stores have a .com domain.
  • 35.3% of Cafe24 stores have a .co.kr domain.
  • 12.8% of Cafe24 stores have a .kr domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
47,279
.co.kr
40,034
.kr
14,556
.shop
4,931
.store
2,545
.net
2,000
.jp
326
.or.kr
288
.biz
142
.org
108
.com.co.kr.kr.shop.store.net

Top Cafe24 Stores

Here are the top stores, powered by Cafe24, ordered by store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
JYP SHOP
7,380
2022/07/15
T1
16,139
2021/07/16
Jolse
24,356
2016/12/30
MARITHÉ FRANÇOIS GIRBAUD
28,731
2022/07/15
ADERERROR
33,115
2016/12/30

New Cafe24 Stores

Here are the 0 highest-ranked stores added most recently.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
maisofficial.com
3,564,175
2025/05/02
tlsrl.net
3,865,809
2025/05/02
angelin.art
3,928,181
2025/05/02
ismsi.co.kr
4,006,179
2025/05/02
logevykorea.kr
4,013,411
2025/05/02

Stores Switching to Cafe24 From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Cafe24 has taken 261 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Platform
Stores
65
29
24
13
I'm WebNHN GodoCustom CartsixshopShopifyWooCommerceMakeShopWixecbeing

Here are the top stores that have switched to Cafe24 from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
KBO마켓
238,762
NHN Godo
2025/03/09
XIOM (エクシオン)
342,788
Color Me Shop
2025/02/25
numbuzin.com
407,498
NHN Godo
2025/02/25
Huxley
505,876
Custom Cart
2025/04/06
supplyroute.co.kr
526,994
NHN Godo
2025/03/03

Stores Switching from Cafe24 To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Cafe24 has lost 372 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores
152
31
4
3
I'm WebCustom CartWooCommerceShopifyNHN GodosixshopMakeShop

Here are the top Cafe24 stores that have recently changed to a competitive platform.

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
sculptor-worldwide.com
102,356
Shopify
2025/04/02
BORNTOSTANDOUT_GLOBAL
163,000
Shopify
2025/02/13
Shangpree
350,928
Wix
2025/04/01
SUPRA 공식 온라인몰
378,198
Custom Cart
2025/03/16
럭스마일 [LUXMILE]
586,875
NHN Godo
2025/02/26

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