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The State of nopCommerce in 2023

Updated Mar 24 2023

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 7,758 live stores running on the nopCommerce platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running nopCommerce.

  • nopCommerce stores increased 1.3% quarter-over-quarter in 2022 Q4.
  • nopCommerce stores increased 6% year-over-year in 2022 Q4.
Quarter
New Active Stores
2017 Q1
102
2017 Q2
187
2017 Q3
100
2017 Q4
113
2018 Q1
175
2018 Q2
576
2018 Q3
264
2018 Q4
266
2019 Q1
750
2019 Q2
233
2019 Q3
262
2019 Q4
217
2020 Q1
213
2020 Q2
331
2020 Q3
191
2020 Q4
442
2021 Q1
479
2021 Q2
794
2021 Q3
131
2021 Q4
139
2022 Q1
74
2022 Q2
96
2022 Q3
180
2022 Q4
97
2023 Q1 (to date)
180
Cumulative Stores by Quarter

It's hard to know exactly when a nopCommerce store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that 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 52.3% of nopCommerce stores.
  • Instagram is used by 27.8% of nopCommerce stores.
  • Twitter is used by 22.1% of nopCommerce stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
4,057
Instagram
2,155
Twitter
1,713
YouTube
1,579
LinkedIn
814
Pinterest
348
Facebook Group
54
Tiktok
35
Yelp
9
Snapchat
9

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.

  • 59% of nopCommerce stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 47% of nopCommerce stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
4,570
Email
3,662
WhatsApp
210

Top Categories For nopCommerce Stores

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

  • 7.9% of nopCommerce stores sell Home & Garden products.
  • 6.7% of nopCommerce stores sell Business & Industrial products.
  • 6.4% of nopCommerce stores sell Food & Drink products.

Top Countries For nopCommerce Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using nopCommerce.

  • 12.9% of nopCommerce stores are in United States
  • 6.0% of nopCommerce stores are in United Kingdom
  • 4.1% of nopCommerce stores are in Italy
  • 3.6% of nopCommerce stores are in Canada
Country
Stores
317
278
186
185
154

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.

  • 2.0% of nopCommerce stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 1.4% of nopCommerce stores have 10 - 24 employees.
  • 1.0% of nopCommerce stores have 25 - 49 employees.
Employees
Stores
1 - 9
152
10 - 24
111
25 - 49
78
50 - 99
50
100 - 249
51
250 - 999
69
1000 - 4999
31
5000+
6

Number Of Products Sold For nopCommerce Stores

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

  • 20.4% of nopCommerce stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
  • 17.4% of nopCommerce stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 15.2% of nopCommerce stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
1,351
10 - 24
490
25 - 49
689
50 - 99
169
100 - 249
1,183
250 - 999
1,581
1000 - 4999
848
5000 - 9999
338
10000 - 24999
497
25000 - 99999
132

Top Technologies on nopCommerce Stores

We're tracking 164 different technologies that have 24,119 collective installs on nopCommerce stores.

  • reCAPTCHA is used by 49.4% of nopCommerce stores.
  • Google Tag Manager is used by 47.0% of nopCommerce stores.
  • Google Analytics is used by 45.0% 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 5.3% of nopCommerce stores.
  • USPS is used by 3.3% 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
412
USPS
255
Fedex
237
Royal Mail
91
Australia Post
45
Purolator
40
Canada Post
31
PostNord
16
DHL
7
GLS Parcel
5

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.

  • 48.8% of nopCommerce stores have a .com domain.
  • 4.4% of nopCommerce stores have a .co.uk domain.
  • 3.0% of nopCommerce stores have a .it domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
3,785
.co.uk
345
.it
236
.se
174
.com.au
169
.net
156
.ch
147
.ca
146
.gr
136
.no
127

Top nopCommerce Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
100% Grass
1,640
2016/12/30
Badcock Furniture &more
2,395
2016/12/30
RAW Wheels + Tires
2,451
2016/12/30
CanvasPeople
2,459
2016/12/30
The Furniture Mart
4,045
2019/04/05

New nopCommerce Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Rodel Comercial. Loja fechada
1,541,043
2023/03/24
Rodel
1,541,044
2023/03/24
Superior / Sany Solutions
2,729,271
2023/03/24
goldennepal.com.np
5,712,640
2023/03/24
jongenroos.nl
5,750,454
2023/03/24

Stores Switching to nopCommerce From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, nopCommerce has taken 209 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
ABC Warehouse
4,212
Custom Cart
2023/03/21
Exclusive Furniture
16,642
Custom Cart
2022/12/28
Lee Precision, Inc.
19,396
Custom Cart
2023/03/07
Toys from Character
22,615
Custom Cart
2023/03/15
SharpTruck.com
40,946
Custom Cart
2023/02/07

Stores Switching from nopCommerce To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, nopCommerce has lost 193 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Dansko
2,458
Shopify
2023/03/13
CATAN Shop
12,518
Custom Cart
2023/03/20
Chalk Couture
18,297
Custom Cart
2023/03/20
farahtalibaziz
28,722
Shopify
2023/01/30
Diesel Parts Direct
43,153
Custom Cart
2023/03/20

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