The State of Fastcommerce in 2023

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

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

Fastcommerce Growth

At present, there are 257 live stores running on the Fastcommerce platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Fastcommerce.

• Fastcommerce stores increased 2.4% quarter-over-quarter in 2022 Q4.
• Fastcommerce stores increased 55% year-over-year in 2022 Q4.

It's hard to know exactly when a Fastcommerce store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Fastcommerce 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 36.6% of Fastcommerce stores.
• Instagram is used by 31.5% of Fastcommerce stores.
• YouTube is used by 12.8% of Fastcommerce stores.

Contact Information On Fastcommerce 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.

• 80% of Fastcommerce stores provide a phone number on their website
• 51% of Fastcommerce stores have an email on their website

Top Categories For Fastcommerce Stores

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

• 1.6% of Fastcommerce stores sell Apparel products.
• 0.4% of Fastcommerce stores sell Adult products.
• 0.4% of Fastcommerce stores sell Beauty & Fitness products.

Top Countries For Fastcommerce Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Fastcommerce.

• 98.4% of Fastcommerce stores are in Brazil
• 1.2% of Fastcommerce stores are in United States

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

Number Of Employees For Fastcommerce Stores

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

• 2.3% of Fastcommerce stores have 1 - 9 employees.
• 1.9% of Fastcommerce stores have 10 - 24 employees.
• 0.4% of Fastcommerce stores have 100 - 249 employees.

Number Of Products Sold For Fastcommerce Stores

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

• 19.5% of Fastcommerce stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
• 18.3% of Fastcommerce stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
• 14.4% of Fastcommerce stores sell 25 - 49 different products.

Top Technologies on Fastcommerce Stores

We're tracking 26 different technologies that have 1,337 collective installs on Fastcommerce stores.

• Facebook SDK is used by 99.6% of Fastcommerce stores.
• reCAPTCHA is used by 96.1% of Fastcommerce stores.
• Google Analytics is used by 66.1% of Fastcommerce stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Fastcommerce Stores

• Correios is used by 99.6% of Fastcommerce stores.
• UPS is used by 1.2% of Fastcommerce stores.
• Fedex is used by 0.4% of Fastcommerce stores.

Here are the top 3 shipping carriers across all Fastcommerce stores.

Fastcommerce Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

• 92.6% of Fastcommerce stores have a .com.br domain.
• 4.3% of Fastcommerce stores have a .com domain.
• 0.4% of Fastcommerce stores have a .app domain.

Top Fastcommerce Stores

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

New Fastcommerce Stores

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

Stores Switching to Fastcommerce From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Fastcommerce has taken 4 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Stores Switching from Fastcommerce To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Fastcommerce has lost 5 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

Get more insights on Fastcommerce stores

Our search interface is easy to use and helps you find the Fastcommerce stores that are relevant to you.

You can segment stores on a variety of dimensions:

• Social Media accounts
• Email address
• Phone numbers
• Country
• Third-party technologies
• Creation date
• Platform
• Top-level domains
• Domain status
• Domain type

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