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OpenCart Stores in South Africa

Updated Dec 20 2024

There are 831 live OpenCart stores in South Africa.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on OpenCart stores in South Africa.

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OpenCart Growth in South Africa

  • OpenCart stores in South Africa decreased -6.1% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • OpenCart stores in South Africa decreased -10% year-over-year in 2024 Q3.

Here is OpenCart's quarter-over-quarter growth in South Africa.

Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q4
519
2021 Q1
552
2021 Q2
873
2021 Q3
861
2021 Q4
830
2022 Q1
805
2022 Q2
776
2022 Q3
792
2022 Q4
748
2023 Q1
838
2023 Q2
883
2023 Q3
986
2023 Q4
1,012
2024 Q1
978
2024 Q2
945
2024 Q3
885
2024 Q4 (to date)
831
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 OpenCart store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Top Categories For OpenCart Stores In South Africa

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for OpenCart stores in South Africa.

  • 14.0% of OpenCart stores in South Africa sell Home & Garden products.
  • 13.6% of OpenCart stores in South Africa sell Computers products.
  • 9.6% of OpenCart stores in South Africa sell Food & Drink products.

Social Media Usage On OpenCart Stores In South Africa

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 23.8% of OpenCart stores in South Africa.
  • Instagram is used by 16.6% of OpenCart stores in South Africa.
  • Twitter is used by 7.7% of OpenCart stores in South Africa.
Type
Stores
Facebook
198
Instagram
138
Twitter
64
YouTube
37
LinkedIn
31
WhatsApp
28
Facebook Group
10
Pinterest
9

Contact Information On OpenCart Stores In South Africa

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 OpenCart stores in South Africa provide a phone number on their website
  • 31% of OpenCart stores in South Africa have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
494
Email
255

Provinces With The Most OpenCart Stores In South Africa

It's relatively easy to identify the country in which an ecommerce store operates. However, very few ecommerce stores provide a location to the province-level or city-level and even fewer provide a street address.

Here is the province distribution of OpenCart stores in South Africa. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 20 OpenCart stores in South Africa are based in Gauteng.
  • 9 OpenCart stores in South Africa are based in Western Cape.
  • 1 OpenCart stores in South Africa are based in Limpopo.
Province
Stores
20

Cities With The Most OpenCart Stores in South Africa

Here is the city distribution of OpenCart stores in South Africa. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 799 OpenCart stores in South Africa are based in Unknown.
  • 9 OpenCart stores in South Africa are based in Johannesburg.
  • 7 OpenCart stores in South Africa are based in Cape Town.

Number of Employees for OpenCart stores in South Africa

  • 98.0% of OpenCart stores in South Africa have Unknown employees.
  • 0.6% of OpenCart stores in South Africa have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.6% of OpenCart stores in South Africa have 25 - 49 employees.

Here is the breakdown of OpenCart stores in South Africa by the number of employees.

Employees
Stores
Unknown
814
1 - 9
5
10 - 24
3
25 - 49
5
50 - 99
2
250 - 999
2

Top Shipping Carriers For OpenCart Stores In South Africa

  • 1.0% of OpenCart stores in South Africa ship by UPS.
  • 0.4% of OpenCart stores in South Africa ship by USPS.
  • 0.4% of OpenCart stores in South Africa ship by Fastway.

Here are the top shipping carriers for OpenCart stores in South Africa.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
8
USPS
3
Fastway
3
DHL
2
Fedex
1
Aramex
1

Top-level Domain Distribution For OpenCart Stores In South Africa

.com is the most common top-level domain, by far, for world-wide OpenCart stores. Some countries have been faster than others to adopt alternate (such as country-specific) top-level domains.

  • 93.5% of OpenCart stores in South Africa have a .co.za domain.
  • 4.9% of OpenCart stores in South Africa have a .com domain.
  • 0.5% of OpenCart stores in South Africa have a .org.za domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for OpenCart stores in South Africa.

Top-level Domain
Stores
.co.za
777
.com
41
.org.za
4
.net
2
.africa
2
.tv
1
.za.com
1
.info
1
.online
1
.net.za
1

Top OpenCart Stores In South Africa

Here are the top stores in South Africa ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Outdoorphoto
75,102
2018/11/09
www.livingseeds.co.za
129,162
2018/06/15
MCS Office National
254,942
2018/06/08
Tork Craft Power Tools
305,494
2016/12/30
Digicape
323,492
2016/12/30

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