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Ecwid Stores in South Africa

Updated Dec 20 2024

There are 2,395 live Ecwid stores in South Africa.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Ecwid stores in South Africa.

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Ecwid Growth in South Africa

  • Ecwid stores in South Africa decreased -3.0% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • Ecwid stores in South Africa decreased -4% year-over-year in 2024 Q3.

Here is Ecwid's quarter-over-quarter growth in South Africa.

Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q4
655
2021 Q1
984
2021 Q2
1,296
2021 Q3
1,691
2021 Q4
1,848
2022 Q1
2,205
2022 Q2
2,136
2022 Q3
2,611
2022 Q4
2,542
2023 Q1
2,530
2023 Q2
2,529
2023 Q3
2,568
2023 Q4
2,588
2024 Q1
2,607
2024 Q2
2,574
2024 Q3
2,468
2024 Q4 (to date)
2,395
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 combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Top Categories For Ecwid Stores In South Africa

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for Ecwid stores in South Africa.

  • 11.9% of Ecwid stores in South Africa sell Home & Garden products.
  • 9.3% of Ecwid stores in South Africa sell Apparel products.
  • 8.5% of Ecwid stores in South Africa sell Food & Drink products.

Social Media Usage On Ecwid Stores In South Africa

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 53.9% of Ecwid stores in South Africa.
  • Instagram is used by 53.4% of Ecwid stores in South Africa.
  • YouTube is used by 12.8% of Ecwid stores in South Africa.
Type
Stores
Facebook
1,291
Instagram
1,279
YouTube
307
Twitter
305
LinkedIn
186
Tiktok
95
WhatsApp
93
Pinterest
46

Contact Information On Ecwid Stores In South Africa

Email remains an extremely popular communication channel for merchants. Many merchants also provide a phone number so that their customers can reach them instantly.

  • 70% of Ecwid stores in South Africa provide a phone number on their website
  • 67% of Ecwid stores in South Africa have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
1,679
Email
1,606

Provinces With The Most Ecwid Stores In South Africa

It's relatively easy to identify the country in which an ecommerce store operates. However, very few ecommerce stores provide a location to the province-level or city-level and even fewer provide a street address.

Here is the province distribution of Ecwid stores in South Africa. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 360 Ecwid stores in South Africa are based in Gauteng.
  • 222 Ecwid stores in South Africa are based in Western Cape.
  • 67 Ecwid stores in South Africa are based in KwaZulu-Natal.

Cities With The Most Ecwid Stores in South Africa

Here is the city distribution of Ecwid stores in South Africa. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 1,655 Ecwid stores in South Africa are based in Unknown.
  • 171 Ecwid stores in South Africa are based in Cape Town.
  • 90 Ecwid stores in South Africa are based in Johannesburg.

Number of Employees for Ecwid stores in South Africa

  • 98.9% of Ecwid stores in South Africa have Unknown employees.
  • 0.5% of Ecwid stores in South Africa have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.3% of Ecwid stores in South Africa have 10 - 24 employees.

Here is the breakdown of Ecwid stores in South Africa by the number of employees.

Employees
Stores
Unknown
2,368
1 - 9
12
10 - 24
7
50 - 99
1
100 - 249
2
250 - 999
2
1000 - 4999
2
5000+
1

Top Shipping Carriers For Ecwid Stores In South Africa

  • 50.1% of Ecwid stores in South Africa ship by UPS.
  • 49.9% of Ecwid stores in South Africa ship by USPS.
  • 0.3% of Ecwid stores in South Africa ship by Fedex.

Here are the top shipping carriers for Ecwid stores in South Africa.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
1,200
USPS
1,195
Fedex
8
Fastway
6
Aramex
2
TNT
1
DPD
1

Top-level Domain Distribution For Ecwid Stores In South Africa

.com is the most common top-level domain, by far, for world-wide Ecwid stores. Some countries have been faster than others to adopt alternate (such as country-specific) top-level domains.

  • 62.2% of Ecwid stores in South Africa have a .co.za domain.
  • 21.9% of Ecwid stores in South Africa have a .com domain.
  • 8.4% of Ecwid stores in South Africa have a .site domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for Ecwid stores in South Africa.

Top-level Domain
Stores
.co.za
1,489
.com
524
.site
200
.org
45
.net
26
.org.za
25
.online
19
.shop
10
.store
7
.co
6

Top Ecwid Stores In South Africa

Here are the top stores in South Africa ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Afriski
112,682
2023/08/18
Van Loveren
284,739
2018/09/07
FIT BEST Training
327,329
2021/01/08
Core Pack
350,994
2018/06/15
Four Cousins
360,492
2017/01/27

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