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The State of PhotoShelter in 2023

Updated Nov 24 2023

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

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PhotoShelter Growth

At present, there are 948 live stores running on the PhotoShelter platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running PhotoShelter.

Quarter
Active Stores
2023 Q3
922
2023 Q4 (to date)
948
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 PhotoShelter store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On PhotoShelter 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 8.3% of PhotoShelter stores.
  • Twitter is used by 4.6% of PhotoShelter stores.
  • Instagram is used by 2.6% of PhotoShelter stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
79
Twitter
44
Instagram
25
YouTube
7
Pinterest
4
Yelp
1

Contact Information On PhotoShelter 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.

  • 57% of PhotoShelter stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 17% of PhotoShelter stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
539
Email
164

Top Categories For PhotoShelter Stores

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

  • 18.6% of PhotoShelter stores sell Photo & Video Services products.
  • 9.2% of PhotoShelter stores sell Sports products.
  • 4.7% of PhotoShelter stores sell Arts & Entertainment products.

Top Countries For PhotoShelter Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using PhotoShelter.

  • 35.7% of PhotoShelter stores are in United States
  • 3.7% of PhotoShelter stores are in United Kingdom
  • 2.6% of PhotoShelter stores are in Canada
  • 1.6% of PhotoShelter stores are in Italy

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

Number Of Employees For PhotoShelter Stores

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

  • 100.0% of PhotoShelter stores have Unknown employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
948

Number Of Products Sold For PhotoShelter Stores

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

  • 8.2% of PhotoShelter stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 6.5% of PhotoShelter stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
  • 4.9% of PhotoShelter stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
78
10 - 24
36
25 - 49
40
50 - 99
6
100 - 249
46
250 - 999
62
1000 - 4999
22
5000 - 9999
9
10000 - 24999
7
25000 - 99999
9

Top Technologies on PhotoShelter Stores

We're tracking 19 different technologies that have 6,620 collective installs on PhotoShelter stores.

  • Google Adsense is used by 100.0% of PhotoShelter stores.
  • Google Analytics is used by 100.0% of PhotoShelter stores.
  • Google Analytics 4 is used by 100.0% of PhotoShelter stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By PhotoShelter Stores

  • UPS is used by 0.6% of PhotoShelter stores.
  • Fedex is used by 0.5% of PhotoShelter stores.
  • USPS is used by 0.3% of PhotoShelter stores.

Here are the top 6 shipping carriers across all PhotoShelter stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
6
Fedex
5
USPS
3
Royal Mail
2
Canada Post
1
New Zealean Post
1

PhotoShelter Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

  • 93.2% of PhotoShelter stores have a .com domain.
  • 1.6% of PhotoShelter stores have a .net domain.
  • 1.1% of PhotoShelter stores have a .co.uk domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
884
.net
15
.co.uk
10
.ca
7
.co.nz
3
.com.au
3
.photos
3
.info
2
.org
2
.photography
2

Top PhotoShelter Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
CAPITAL PICTURES
231,247
2016/12/30
Robin Platzer/Twin Images
359,170
2018/06/15
AdMediaPhoto.com
386,287
2020/05/01
Umberto Pizzi Photographer
393,718
2023/09/22
Walter McBride
558,036
2018/06/15

New PhotoShelter Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Marcotography.com
6,723,600
2023/11/24
Diagonal Lines
12,004,247
2023/11/17
Remmanuelli.com
5,561,432
2023/11/03
James Menges Photography
11,452,097
2023/10/27
LUCEO Student Project Award
11,787,021
2023/10/20

Stores Switching to PhotoShelter From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, PhotoShelter has taken 228 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Platform
Stores
217

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
THE HONEYBEE PHOTOGRAPHER
882,264
Shopify
2023/09/28
Jon Fuller / NaturePhoto
981,846
Shopify
2023/09/28
Jim Salge Photograpy
1,091,242
Shopify
2023/09/30
Xpress Media
1,178,177
Shopify
2023/09/28
Atlas Icons
1,353,506
Shopify
2023/09/28

Stores Switching from PhotoShelter To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, PhotoShelter has lost 3 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Farrow Photography
3,584,040
Shopify
2023/11/06
Chuck Hall / CHALLPHOTOS.COM
4,479,820
Squarespace
2023/10/24
Jonathan Works Photography
7,676,189
Custom Cart
2023/10/24

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