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The State of nopCommerce in 2024

Updated Mar 15 2024

nopCommerce is an open-source ecommerce solution based on Microsoft's ASP.NET Core framework and MS SQL Server 2012 backend Database. It provides a catalog frontend and an administration tool backend, allowing shopping cart creation.

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

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nopCommerce Growth

At present, there are 14,701 live stores running on the nopCommerce platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running nopCommerce.

  • nopCommerce stores increased 14.9% quarter-over-quarter in 2023 Q4.
  • nopCommerce stores increased 80% year-over-year in 2023 Q4.
Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q4
1,403
2021 Q1
3,548
2021 Q2
8,290
2021 Q3
8,281
2021 Q4
8,465
2022 Q1
8,228
2022 Q2
8,071
2022 Q3
8,046
2022 Q4
7,765
2023 Q1
7,661
2023 Q2
13,494
2023 Q3
14,167
2023 Q4
14,468
2024 Q1 (to date)
14,701
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 nopCommerce store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On nopCommerce 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 50.2% of nopCommerce stores.
  • Instagram is used by 28.7% of nopCommerce stores.
  • Twitter is used by 20.3% of nopCommerce stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
7,376
Instagram
4,212
Twitter
2,979
YouTube
2,920
LinkedIn
1,387
Pinterest
547
WhatsApp
460
Tiktok
148
Facebook Group
75
Snapchat
22
Yelp
16

Contact Information On nopCommerce 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.

  • 55% of nopCommerce stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 46% of nopCommerce stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
8,141
Email
6,798

Top Categories For nopCommerce Stores

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

  • 7.3% of nopCommerce stores sell Home & Garden products.
  • 6.9% of nopCommerce stores sell Apparel products.
  • 6.3% of nopCommerce stores sell Business & Industrial products.

Top Countries For nopCommerce Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using nopCommerce.

  • 11.0% of nopCommerce stores are in United States
  • 5.3% of nopCommerce stores are in United Kingdom
  • 3.9% of nopCommerce stores are in Canada
  • 3.5% of nopCommerce stores are in Italy
Country
Stores
572
518
383
338

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

Number Of Employees For nopCommerce Stores

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

  • 91.4% of nopCommerce stores have Unknown employees.
  • 4.2% of nopCommerce stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 1.1% of nopCommerce stores have 10 - 24 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
13,435
1 - 9
622
10 - 24
164
25 - 49
103
50 - 99
101
100 - 249
73
250 - 999
99
1000 - 4999
80
5000+
24

Number Of Products Sold For nopCommerce Stores

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

  • 17.6% of nopCommerce stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
  • 13.8% of nopCommerce stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
  • 13.1% of nopCommerce stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
1,924
10 - 24
815
25 - 49
1,075
50 - 99
283
100 - 249
2,028
250 - 999
2,589
1000 - 4999
1,409
5000 - 9999
513
10000 - 24999
617
25000 - 99999
233

Top Technologies on nopCommerce Stores

We're tracking 231 different technologies that have 54,393 collective installs on nopCommerce stores.

  • reCAPTCHA is used by 61.3% of nopCommerce stores.
  • Google Tag Manager is used by 52.1% of nopCommerce stores.
  • Google Adsense is used by 51.4% of nopCommerce stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By nopCommerce Stores

  • UPS is used by 5.4% of nopCommerce stores.
  • USPS is used by 3.4% of nopCommerce stores.
  • Fedex is used by 3.1% of nopCommerce stores.

Here are the top 10 shipping carriers across all nopCommerce stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
796
USPS
506
Fedex
458
Royal Mail
182
Australia Post
122
Purolator
69
Canada Post
63
PostNord
32
DHL
25
Correos
16

nopCommerce Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

  • 46.8% of nopCommerce stores have a .com domain.
  • 3.8% of nopCommerce stores have a .co.uk domain.
  • 3.1% of nopCommerce stores have a .azurewebsites.net domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
6,878
.co.uk
561
.azurewebsites.net
453
.it
390
.com.au
320
.gr
309
.net
294
.ch
263
.nl
243
.ca
238

Top nopCommerce Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
WallPops
2,007
2017/01/27
WARN Industries
2,228
2020/08/14
Badcock Furniture &more
2,440
2016/12/30
Red Line Synthetic Oil
3,255
2020/01/24
ABC Warehouse
3,449
2016/12/30

New nopCommerce Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
PayFor
2,145,716
2024/03/15
Sport en Kennis
2,966,046
2024/03/15
allinz.ir
3,069,595
2024/03/15
Banderas
3,160,342
2024/03/15
SolaflectEV. Solar
3,453,301
2024/03/15

Stores Switching to nopCommerce From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, nopCommerce has taken 107 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
Farah Talib Aziz
27,714
Shopify
2024/02/28
Scots Connection
37,226
Custom Cart
2024/02/21
Shooting Surplus
40,055
BigCommerce
2024/03/04
Tovolo Kitchen Accessories
40,666
WooCommerce
2023/12/28
GrowJoy, Inc.
41,800
Custom Cart
2024/02/06

Stores Switching from nopCommerce To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, nopCommerce has lost 93 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Smith's Consumer Products
32,717
BigCommerce
2024/01/29
Diesel Power Source
79,602
BigCommerce
2024/02/12
JM Street Tuxedo
115,513
WooCommerce
2024/01/08
Wizard Labels
119,673
WooCommerce
2024/01/22
EyeWeb
144,584
Custom Cart
2024/01/29

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