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The State of EC Force in 2024

Updated Jul 19 2024

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

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EC Force Growth

At present, there are 728 live stores running on the EC Force platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running EC Force.

Quarter
Active Stores
2024 Q2
717
2024 Q3 (to date)
728
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 EC Force store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On EC Force 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 50.0% of EC Force stores.
  • Twitter is used by 24.0% of EC Force stores.
  • Facebook is used by 13.9% of EC Force stores.
Type
Stores
Instagram
364
Twitter
175
Facebook
101
YouTube
29
Tiktok
18
LinkedIn
8
Pinterest
2
Facebook Group
1

Contact Information On EC Force 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.

  • 35% of EC Force stores have an email on their website
  • 24% of EC Force stores provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
254
Phone
173

Top Categories For EC Force Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on EC Force.

  • 2.9% of EC Force stores sell Beauty & Fitness products.
  • 1.1% of EC Force stores sell Health products.
  • 0.7% of EC Force stores sell Food & Drink products.

Top Countries For EC Force Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using EC Force.

  • 52.6% of EC Force stores are in Japan
  • 1.0% of EC Force stores are in Ecuador
  • 0.1% of EC Force stores are in Montenegro
Country
Stores
383

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

Number Of Employees For EC Force Stores

Here is the breakdown of EC Force stores by the number of employees.

  • 98.2% of EC Force stores have Unknown employees.
  • 0.5% of EC Force stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.5% of EC Force stores have 50 - 99 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
715
1 - 9
4
10 - 24
2
25 - 49
2
50 - 99
4
100 - 249
1

Number Of Products Sold For EC Force Stores

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

  • 41.9% of EC Force stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 14.0% of EC Force stores sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 10.9% of EC Force stores sell 25 - 49 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
305
10 - 24
102
25 - 49
79
50 - 99
10
100 - 249
45
250 - 999
23
1000 - 4999
3
5000 - 9999
2
100000 - 249999
1
250000+
1

Top Technologies on EC Force Stores

We're tracking 60 different technologies that have 6,440 collective installs on EC Force stores.

  • New Relic is used by 99.5% of EC Force stores.
  • Cloudfront CDN is used by 99.3% of EC Force stores.
  • reCAPTCHA is used by 98.1% of EC Force stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By EC Force Stores

  • Yamato Transport is used by 39.7% of EC Force stores.
  • Sagawa Express is used by 2.5% of EC Force stores.
  • Japan Post is used by 1.4% of EC Force stores.

Here are the top 3 shipping carriers across all EC Force stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Yamato Transport
289
Sagawa Express
18
Japan Post
10

EC Force Store Top-level Domain Distribution

Here is the top-level domain distribution for EC Force stores.

  • 39.6% of EC Force stores have a .jp domain.
  • 35.7% of EC Force stores have a .com domain.
  • 9.8% of EC Force stores have a .co.jp domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.jp
288
.com
260
.co.jp
71
.shop
39
.net
28
.tokyo
7
.store
4
.style
3
.site
3
.online
3

Top EC Force Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
MEDIHEAL公式オンラインストア
68,120
2021/05/14
ethicame
73,420
2019/04/05
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78,474
2018/07/06
キューサイ(株)
84,310
2017/04/28
lululun.com
85,877
2018/02/23

New EC Force Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
RETOX SHOP
3,996,145
2024/07/19
【公式】RÉGLAGE(レグラージュ)byコスメ博物館
7,319,354
2024/07/19
WINSKINコスメ
7,877,899
2024/07/19
BAR MUSEUM
8,354,079
2024/07/19
オーラルケアブランドOBJÉT(オブジェ)/LE DENTIFRICE BR01
3,555,900
2024/07/12

Stores Switching to EC Force From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, EC Force has taken 19 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
muk-store.com
646,675
Shopify
2024/05/17
REVOPRO(レボãƒ
1,397,217
WooCommerce
2024/06/13
coffeebeans-mashiro.com
1,611,844
WooCommerce
2024/05/31
Gear
1,635,187
Custom Cart
2024/06/04
anoma(アノマ)
1,661,742
Shopify
2024/06/30

Stores Switching from EC Force To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, EC Force has lost 4 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
IBUKI bottled tea
1,435,968
Future Shop
2024/06/03
Default Title
4,856,652
Custom Cart
2024/04/29
kindplants
8,903,610
Shopify
2024/06/30
kaguya-rental.com
10,395,842
Custom Cart
2024/07/07

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