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The State of Ecwid in 2024

Updated Mar 15 2024

Ecwid is an ecommerce platform that, when first released, allowed merchants to add ecommerce functionality to an existing website. The platform has since evolved to support complete standalone websites.

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

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Ecwid Growth

At present, there are 178,500 live stores running on the Ecwid platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Ecwid.

  • Ecwid stores increased 9.0% quarter-over-quarter in 2023 Q4.
  • Ecwid stores increased 51% year-over-year in 2023 Q4.
Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q4
76,087
2021 Q1
86,274
2021 Q2
139,484
2021 Q3
178,883
2021 Q4
187,382
2022 Q1
185,710
2022 Q2
179,045
2022 Q3
186,141
2022 Q4
181,104
2023 Q1
178,595
2023 Q2
180,735
2023 Q3
175,129
2023 Q4
174,941
2024 Q1 (to date)
178,500
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 Ecwid store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Ecwid 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 51.5% of Ecwid stores.
  • Facebook is used by 49.9% of Ecwid stores.
  • Twitter is used by 14.3% of Ecwid stores.
Type
Stores
Instagram
91,962
Facebook
89,156
Twitter
25,493
YouTube
25,435
Pinterest
8,615
Tiktok
7,301
LinkedIn
7,168
WhatsApp
4,515
Facebook Group
3,609
Yelp
1,468
Snapchat
271

Contact Information On Ecwid 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.

  • 57% of Ecwid stores have an email on their website
  • 54% of Ecwid stores provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
101,243
Phone
97,036

Top Categories For Ecwid Stores

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

  • 7.1% of Ecwid stores sell Arts & Entertainment products.
  • 6.1% of Ecwid stores sell Apparel products.
  • 5.9% of Ecwid stores sell People & Society products.

Top Countries For Ecwid Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Ecwid.

  • 29.2% of Ecwid stores are in United States
  • 6.5% of Ecwid stores are in United Kingdom
  • 3.6% of Ecwid stores are in Canada
  • 3.3% of Ecwid stores are in Germany
Country
Stores
52,162
6,460
5,804
5,252
5,073
5,002
4,368
3,773

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

Number Of Employees For Ecwid Stores

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

  • 99.2% of Ecwid stores have Unknown employees.
  • 0.3% of Ecwid stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.1% of Ecwid stores have 10 - 24 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
177,150
1 - 9
618
10 - 24
259
25 - 49
176
50 - 99
106
100 - 249
80
250 - 999
61
1000 - 4999
42
5000+
8

Number Of Products Sold For Ecwid Stores

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

  • 58.2% of Ecwid stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 7.7% of Ecwid stores sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 4.9% of Ecwid stores sell 25 - 49 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
103,965
10 - 24
13,829
25 - 49
8,755
50 - 99
2,177
100 - 249
5,478
250 - 999
2,437
1000 - 4999
515
5000 - 9999
244
10000 - 24999
215
25000 - 99999
298

Top Technologies on Ecwid Stores

We're tracking 316 different technologies that have 220,897 collective installs on Ecwid stores.

  • Cloudfront CDN is used by 24.1% of Ecwid stores.
  • Vimeo is used by 17.2% of Ecwid stores.
  • Google Adsense is used by 10.4% of Ecwid stores.

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

Technology
Stores
30,651
10,907
6,434

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Ecwid Stores

  • USPS is used by 57.4% of Ecwid stores.
  • UPS is used by 57.2% of Ecwid stores.
  • Fedex is used by 0.7% of Ecwid stores.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
USPS
102,530
UPS
102,098
Fedex
1,302
Royal Mail
932
Australia Post
490
Canada Post
356
Correos
163
DHL
98
New Zealean Post
56
La Poste
45

Ecwid Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

  • 54.2% of Ecwid stores have a .com domain.
  • 11.0% of Ecwid stores have a .site domain.
  • 3.9% of Ecwid stores have a .org domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
96,746
.site
19,590
.org
6,977
.co.uk
6,134
.de
4,260
.net
3,837
.com.au
3,003
.ch
2,889
.com.br
2,842
.it
2,842

Top Ecwid Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Premium Times
1,317
2016/12/30
Wayback Burgers
1,458
2016/12/30
Carlo's Bakery
1,519
2019/03/15
Meyer Hatchery
2,275
2016/12/30
Pot Ladies
2,448
2016/12/30

New Ecwid Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Bluewater Cocina
335,720
2024/03/15
Myrtle Beach Elvis™ Festival
572,966
2024/03/15
www.visitandojalisco.com
1,188,098
2024/03/15
www.mrplastic.com
1,218,598
2024/03/15
The Okato
1,823,929
2024/03/15

Stores Switching to Ecwid From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Ecwid has taken 1,263 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
Arken Optics USA
7,465
Custom Cart
2024/01/23
Southfork Ranch
17,293
WooCommerce
2024/03/11
Mattison's
25,263
WooCommerce
2024/02/16
Tenison Park Golf Course
48,071
WooCommerce
2024/02/07
misterwrightfinewines.com
60,601
City Hive
2024/01/31

Stores Switching from Ecwid To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Ecwid has lost 783 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
www.reservegolf.com
25,892
WooCommerce
2024/02/06
Mayday Brewery
69,480
Custom Cart
2024/02/15
M. Fine Lumber
89,056
WooCommerce
2024/01/03
Patriot Foods, Inc.
106,255
Shopify
2024/01/22
Old Mill Brewpub
119,765
Wix
2024/03/07

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