The State of osCommerce in 2024

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

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

osCommerce Growth

At present, there are 10,389 live stores running on the osCommerce platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running osCommerce.

• osCommerce stores decreased -6.7% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.

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

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

Social Media Usage On osCommerce 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 22.8% of osCommerce stores.
• Instagram is used by 14.3% of osCommerce stores.
• YouTube is used by 10.3% of osCommerce stores.

Contact Information On osCommerce 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.

• 53% of osCommerce stores have an email on their website
• 50% of osCommerce stores provide a phone number on their website

Top Categories For osCommerce Stores

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

• 4.1% of osCommerce stores sell Home & Garden products.
• 3.2% of osCommerce stores sell Apparel products.
• 2.4% of osCommerce stores sell Autos & Vehicles products.

Top Countries For osCommerce Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using osCommerce.

• 31.8% of osCommerce stores are in Germany
• 5.8% of osCommerce stores are in Poland
• 5.1% of osCommerce stores are in United States
• 4.5% of osCommerce stores are in Netherlands

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

Number Of Employees For osCommerce Stores

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

• 96.2% of osCommerce stores have Unknown employees.
• 1.9% of osCommerce stores have 10 - 24 employees.
• 1.2% of osCommerce stores have 1 - 9 employees.

Number Of Products Sold For osCommerce Stores

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

• 19.0% of osCommerce stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
• 16.4% of osCommerce stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
• 13.3% of osCommerce stores sell 1 - 9 different products.

Top Technologies on osCommerce Stores

We're tracking 199 different technologies that have 21,132 collective installs on osCommerce stores.

• Google Adsense is used by 26.9% of osCommerce stores.
• Google Tag Manager is used by 26.4% of osCommerce stores.
• reCAPTCHA is used by 23.1% of osCommerce stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By osCommerce Stores

• UPS is used by 5.7% of osCommerce stores.
• USPS is used by 2.3% of osCommerce stores.
• Fedex is used by 2.0% of osCommerce stores.

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

osCommerce Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

• 30.3% of osCommerce stores have a .de domain.
• 27.1% of osCommerce stores have a .com domain.
• 5.1% of osCommerce stores have a .pl domain.

Top osCommerce Stores

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

New osCommerce Stores

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

Stores Switching to osCommerce From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, osCommerce has taken 143 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Stores Switching from osCommerce To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, osCommerce has lost 225 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

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