The State of eCRATER in 2026

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

• eCRATER growth
• Social media usage on eCRATER stores
• Contact information on eCRATER stores
• Top categories for eCRATER stores
• Top countries for eCRATER stores
• Number of employees for eCRATER stores
• Number of products sold for eCRATER stores
• Top eCRATER technologies
• Top Shipping Carriers used by eCRATER stores
• eCRATER store top-level domain distribution
• Top eCRATER stores
• New eCRATER stores
• Stores switching to eCRATER from other platforms

eCRATER Growth

At present, there are 1,671 live stores running on the eCRATER platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running eCRATER.

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

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

Social Media Usage On eCRATER 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.

• Facebook is used by 14.8% of eCRATER stores.
• Twitter is used by 1.6% of eCRATER stores.
• Pinterest is used by 0.8% of eCRATER stores.

Contact Information On eCRATER 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.

• 29% of eCRATER stores have an email on their website
• 22% of eCRATER stores provide a phone number on their website

Top Categories For eCRATER Stores

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

• 16.7% of eCRATER stores sell Apparel products.
• 8.7% of eCRATER stores sell Toys & Hobbies products.
• 8.2% of eCRATER stores sell Home & Garden products.

Top Countries For eCRATER Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using eCRATER.

• 30.8% of eCRATER stores are in United Kingdom
• 11.3% of eCRATER stores are in United States
• 1.2% of eCRATER stores are in Australia
• 0.7% of eCRATER stores are in China

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

Number Of Employees For eCRATER Stores

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

• 68.0% of eCRATER stores have Unknown employees.
• 32.0% of eCRATER stores have 1 - 9 employees.

Number Of Products Sold For eCRATER Stores

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

• 10.5% of eCRATER stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
• 0.4% of eCRATER stores sell 25000 - 99999 different products.
• 0.3% of eCRATER stores sell 100000 - 249999 different products.

Top Technologies on eCRATER Stores

We're tracking 10 different technologies that have 10,798 collective installs on eCRATER stores.

• Google Analytics is used by 97.7% of eCRATER stores.
• Google Analytics 4 is used by 97.7% of eCRATER stores.
• Google Tag Manager is used by 97.7% of eCRATER stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By eCRATER Stores

• USPS is used by 27.4% of eCRATER stores.
• UPS is used by 7.1% of eCRATER stores.
• Fedex is used by 3.5% of eCRATER stores.

Here are the top 9 shipping carriers across all eCRATER stores.

eCRATER Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

• 67.9% of eCRATER stores have a .com domain.
• 30.8% of eCRATER stores have a .co.uk domain.
• 1.2% of eCRATER stores have a .com.au domain.

Top eCRATER Stores

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

New eCRATER Stores

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

Stores Switching to eCRATER From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, eCRATER has taken 219 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

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