The State of MakeShop in 2025

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

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

MakeShop Growth

At present, there are 1,454 live stores running on the MakeShop platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running MakeShop.

• MakeShop stores decreased -1.1% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q1.
• MakeShop stores decreased -58% year-over-year in 2025 Q1.

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

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

Social Media Usage On MakeShop 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 33.8% of MakeShop stores.
• Facebook is used by 15.3% of MakeShop stores.
• YouTube is used by 10.5% of MakeShop stores.

Contact Information On MakeShop 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.

• 42% of MakeShop stores provide a phone number on their website
• 39% of MakeShop stores have an email on their website

Top Categories For MakeShop Stores

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

• 17.2% of MakeShop stores sell Apparel products.
• 5.7% of MakeShop stores sell Beauty & Fitness products.
• 3.6% of MakeShop stores sell Home & Garden products.

Top Countries For MakeShop Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using MakeShop.

• 57.5% of MakeShop stores are in Korea (the Republic of)
• 0.1% of MakeShop stores are in Montenegro
• 0.1% of MakeShop stores are in United States
• 0.1% of MakeShop stores are in Hong Kong

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

Number Of Employees For MakeShop Stores

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

• 97.6% of MakeShop stores have Unknown employees.
• 0.9% of MakeShop stores have 1 - 9 employees.
• 0.6% of MakeShop stores have 10 - 24 employees.

Number Of Products Sold For MakeShop Stores

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

• 21.9% of MakeShop stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
• 12.7% of MakeShop stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
• 10.5% of MakeShop stores sell 1000 - 4999 different products.

Top Technologies on MakeShop Stores

We're tracking 31 different technologies that have 3,019 collective installs on MakeShop stores.

• KakaoTalk is used by 39.0% of MakeShop stores.
• Facebook Pixel is used by 34.3% of MakeShop stores.
• Google Tag Manager is used by 23.5% of MakeShop stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By MakeShop Stores

• UPS is used by 0.1% of MakeShop stores.

Here are the top 1 shipping carriers across all MakeShop stores.

MakeShop Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

• 46.4% of MakeShop stores have a .co.kr domain.
• 37.3% of MakeShop stores have a .com domain.
• 10.0% of MakeShop stores have a .kr domain.

Top MakeShop Stores

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

New MakeShop Stores

Here are the 0 highest-ranked stores added most recently.

Stores Switching to MakeShop From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, MakeShop has taken 160 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Stores Switching from MakeShop To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, MakeShop has lost 92 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

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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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