The State of Launch Cart in 2022

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

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

Launch Cart Growth

At present, there are 535 live stores running on the Launch Cart platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Launch Cart.

• Launch Cart stores increased 5.1% quarter-over-quarter in 2022 Q1.
• Launch Cart stores increased 173% year-over-year in 2022 Q1.

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

Social Media Usage On Launch Cart 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 32.1% of Launch Cart stores.
• Facebook is used by 27.9% of Launch Cart stores.
• Twitter is used by 11.4% of Launch Cart stores.

Contact Information On Launch Cart 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.

• 38% of Launch Cart stores have an email on their website
• 14% of Launch Cart stores provide a phone number on their website

Top Categories For Launch Cart Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on Launch Cart.

• 29.0% of Launch Cart stores sell Apparel products.
• 5.0% of Launch Cart stores sell Home & Garden products.
• 3.6% of Launch Cart stores sell Arts & Entertainment products.

Top Countries For Launch Cart Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Launch Cart.

• 13.3% of Launch Cart stores are in United States
• 1.9% of Launch Cart stores are in United Kingdom
• 0.9% of Launch Cart stores are in Spain
• 0.6% of Launch Cart stores are in France

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

Number Of Employees For Launch Cart Stores

Here is the breakdown of Launch Cart stores by the number of employees.

• 0.2% of Launch Cart stores have 25 - 49 employees.

Number Of Products Sold For Launch Cart Stores

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

• 29.9% of Launch Cart stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
• 10.8% of Launch Cart stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
• 1.3% of Launch Cart stores sell 25 - 49 different products.

Top Technologies on Launch Cart Stores

We're tracking 17 different technologies that have 819 collective installs on Launch Cart stores.

• reCAPTCHA is used by 92.1% of Launch Cart stores.
• Google Tag Manager is used by 19.3% of Launch Cart stores.
• Facebook Pixel is used by 16.3% of Launch Cart stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Launch Cart Stores

• Fedex is used by 46.9% of Launch Cart stores.
• USPS is used by 3.0% of Launch Cart stores.
• UPS is used by 0.4% of Launch Cart stores.

Here are the top 5 shipping carriers across all Launch Cart stores.

Launch Cart Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for Launch Cart 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.

• 50.3% of Launch Cart stores have a .com domain.
• 36.8% of Launch Cart stores have a .store domain.
• 2.1% of Launch Cart stores have a .shop domain.

Top Launch Cart Stores

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

New Launch Cart Stores

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

Stores Switching to Launch Cart From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Launch Cart has taken 513 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Get more insights on Launch Cart stores

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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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