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The State of CTT in 2025

Updated May 9 2025

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

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CTT Growth

At present, there are 338 live stores running on the CTT platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running CTT.

Quarter
Active Stores
2025 Q2 (to date)
338
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 CTT store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On CTT 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 82.5% of CTT stores.
  • Facebook is used by 62.4% of CTT stores.
  • Tiktok is used by 15.4% of CTT stores.
Type
Stores
Instagram
279
Facebook
211
Tiktok
52
YouTube
35
Pinterest
17
LinkedIn
14
Twitter
11
WhatsApp
2
Facebook Group
1

Contact Information On CTT 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.

  • 71% of CTT stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 53% of CTT stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
240
Email
180

Top Categories For CTT Stores

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

  • 0.9% of CTT stores sell Food & Drink products.
  • 0.3% of CTT stores sell Smoking & Vaping products.
  • 0.3% of CTT stores sell Arts & Entertainment products.

Top Countries For CTT Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using CTT.

  • 76.3% of CTT stores are in Portugal
Country
Stores
258

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

Number Of Employees For CTT Stores

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

  • 98.8% of CTT stores have Unknown employees.
  • 0.6% of CTT stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.3% of CTT stores have 100 - 249 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
334
1 - 9
2
10 - 24
1
100 - 249
1

Number Of Products Sold For CTT Stores

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

  • 23.1% of CTT stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 10.4% of CTT stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
  • 10.4% of CTT stores sell 25 - 49 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
78
10 - 24
25
25 - 49
35
50 - 99
11
100 - 249
35
250 - 999
24
1000 - 4999
4
10000 - 24999
1

Top Technologies on CTT Stores

We're tracking 35 different technologies that have 2,475 collective installs on CTT stores.

  • Google Adsense is used by 100.0% of CTT stores.
  • Google Analytics 4 is used by 100.0% of CTT stores.
  • reCAPTCHA is used by 100.0% of CTT stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By CTT Stores

  • CTT is used by 0.6% of CTT stores.

Here are the top 1 shipping carriers across all CTT stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
CTT
2

CTT Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

  • 70.4% of CTT stores have a .pt domain.
  • 24.0% of CTT stores have a .com domain.
  • 1.8% of CTT stores have a .com.pt domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.pt
238
.com
81
.com.pt
6
.store
4
.net
2
.eu
2
.shop
2
.eco
1
.style
1
.beer
1

Top CTT Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Grilo Kitchenware
647,602
2020/05/22
Artesanato Duarte
853,064
2022/06/10
Dona Etiqueta
853,900
2021/05/28
Casa Caravela
1,027,961
2022/03/04
POP Dimension
1,119,899
2022/08/19

New CTT Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Batikart
7,239,570
2025/05/09
Portal do Equilíbrio
5,196,677
2025/05/02
Ria Ceramics
5,610,609
2025/05/02
Lord o Burro Apicultor
6,269,796
2025/05/02
Ricardo Campus
6,360,347
2025/05/02

Stores Switching to CTT From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, CTT has taken 282 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Platform
Stores
47

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
Grilo Kitchenware
647,602
Custom Cart
2025/05/06
Artesanato Duarte
853,064
Shopkit
2025/05/04
Dona Etiqueta
853,900
Custom Cart
2025/05/06
Casa Caravela
1,027,961
Shopkit
2025/05/04
POP Dimension
1,119,899
Shopkit
2025/05/04

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