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The State of Nexternal in 2025

Updated Mar 14 2025

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

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Nexternal Growth

At present, there are 240 live stores running on the Nexternal platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Nexternal.

  • Nexternal stores increased 1400.0% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q4.
Quarter
Active Stores
2024 Q3
213
2024 Q4
16
2025 Q1 (to date)
240
Active Stores by Quarter
2024 Q32024 Q42025 Q1020406080100120140160180200220240

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

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

Social Media Usage On Nexternal 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 47.1% of Nexternal stores.
  • Instagram is used by 39.2% of Nexternal stores.
  • Twitter is used by 31.7% of Nexternal stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
113
Instagram
94
Twitter
76
LinkedIn
51
YouTube
44
Pinterest
19
Yelp
8

Contact Information On Nexternal 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.

  • 84% of Nexternal stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 77% of Nexternal stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
202
Email
185

Top Categories For Nexternal Stores

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

  • 33.8% of Nexternal stores sell Food & Drink products.
  • 8.3% of Nexternal stores sell Home & Garden products.
  • 7.5% of Nexternal stores sell Business & Industrial products.
Food & DrinkHome & GardenBusiness & IndustrialHealthAutos & VehiclesComputersSportsBeauty & FitnessPeople & SocietyPets & AnimalsJobs & Education

Top Countries For Nexternal Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Nexternal.

  • 73.8% of Nexternal stores are in United States
  • 1.7% of Nexternal stores are in Canada
Country
Stores
4
United StatesCanada

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

Number Of Employees For Nexternal Stores

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

  • 88.8% of Nexternal stores have Unknown employees.
  • 2.9% of Nexternal stores have 10 - 24 employees.
  • 2.1% of Nexternal stores have 100 - 249 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
213
1 - 9
3
10 - 24
7
25 - 49
2
50 - 99
5
100 - 249
5
250 - 999
3
1000 - 4999
2
Unknown10 - 2450 - 99100 - 249

Number Of Products Sold For Nexternal Stores

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

  • 7.1% of Nexternal stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
  • 5.0% of Nexternal stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 4.6% of Nexternal stores sell 25 - 49 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
12
10 - 24
9
25 - 49
11
50 - 99
8
100 - 249
17
250 - 999
10
1000 - 4999
5
25000 - 99999
1
1 - 910 - 2425 - 4950 - 99100 - 249250 - 9991000 - 4999

Top Technologies on Nexternal Stores

We're tracking 54 different technologies that have 868 collective installs on Nexternal stores.

  • Facebook SDK is used by 59.6% of Nexternal stores.
  • reCAPTCHA is used by 55.4% of Nexternal stores.
  • Google Tag Manager is used by 34.6% of Nexternal stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Nexternal Stores

  • Fedex is used by 18.3% of Nexternal stores.
  • UPS is used by 8.8% of Nexternal stores.
  • USPS is used by 7.9% of Nexternal stores.

Here are the top 4 shipping carriers across all Nexternal stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Fedex
44
UPS
21
USPS
19
Canada Post
1

Nexternal Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

  • 92.9% of Nexternal stores have a .com domain.
  • 3.3% of Nexternal stores have a .org domain.
  • 2.1% of Nexternal stores have a .net domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
223
.org
8
.net
5
.ca
3
.biz
1
.com.org.net

Top Nexternal Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
www.hiwaysafety.com
314,758
2019/03/22
www.txscientific.com
400,920
2019/12/13
www.vet-ez-order.com
453,571
2021/06/11
StoreFront – Healthnut
1,601,893
2018/06/15
www.order.naturecast.com
3,775,717
2020/08/14

New Nexternal Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
order.aerohawkcatering.com
12,501,628
2024/11/08
retailsolutions.blancdisplaygroup.com
12,615,025
2024/11/08
Adega Vinho
11,339,274
2024/10/18
www.stockli.ca
10,640,828
2024/08/23
www.store.adaptivelivingstore.com
4,735,542
2024/07/12

Stores Switching to Nexternal From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Nexternal has taken 3 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Platform
Stores
Custom Cart

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
store.nonnis.com
11,282,014
Custom Cart
2025/03/14
store.schrammsmead.com
11,325,874
Custom Cart
2025/03/14
store.dermaceutic.com
11,329,459
Custom Cart
2025/03/14

Stores Switching from Nexternal To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Nexternal has lost 1 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores
WooCommerce

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
store.droolinmoose.com
11,304,875
WooCommerce
2025/03/09

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