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The State of PhotoShelter in 2025

Updated Feb 7 2025

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

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PhotoShelter Growth

At present, there are 8,498 live stores running on the PhotoShelter platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running PhotoShelter.

  • PhotoShelter stores decreased -0.6% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q4.
  • PhotoShelter stores increased 810% year-over-year in 2024 Q4.
Quarter
Active Stores
2023 Q3
922
2023 Q4
939
2024 Q1
923
2024 Q2
2,506
2024 Q3
8,665
2024 Q4
8,549
2025 Q1 (to date)
8,498
Active Stores by Quarter
2023 Q32023 Q42024 Q12024 Q22024 Q32024 Q42025 Q101,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0009,000

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 2.9% of PhotoShelter stores.
  • Twitter is used by 2.0% of PhotoShelter stores.
  • Instagram is used by 1.2% of PhotoShelter stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
245
Twitter
170
Instagram
98
YouTube
15
LinkedIn
15
Pinterest
8
Yelp
2
Facebook Group
1
WhatsApp
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.

  • 6% of PhotoShelter stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 6% of PhotoShelter stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
545
Email
487

Top Categories For PhotoShelter Stores

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

  • 2.7% of PhotoShelter stores sell Photo & Video Services products.
  • 1.1% of PhotoShelter stores sell Sports products.
  • 0.6% of PhotoShelter stores sell Arts & Entertainment products.
Photo & Video ServicesSportsArts & EntertainmentPeople & SocietyWeddingJobs & EducationPets & AnimalsTravel

Top Countries For PhotoShelter Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using PhotoShelter.

  • 4.7% of PhotoShelter stores are in United States
  • 2.7% of PhotoShelter stores are in United Kingdom
  • 0.9% of PhotoShelter stores are in Canada
  • 0.9% of PhotoShelter stores are in Australia
United StatesUnited KingdomCanadaAustraliaNetherlandsNew ZealandItalySwitzerlandGermany

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.

  • 99.7% of PhotoShelter stores have Unknown employees.
  • 0.1% of PhotoShelter stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.1% of PhotoShelter stores have 50 - 99 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
8,475
1 - 9
9
10 - 24
3
25 - 49
1
50 - 99
5
100 - 249
1
250 - 999
1
1000 - 4999
2
5000+
1
Unknown

Number Of Products Sold For PhotoShelter Stores

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

  • 26.8% of PhotoShelter stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 6.1% of PhotoShelter stores sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 6.0% of PhotoShelter stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
2,279
10 - 24
522
25 - 49
440
50 - 99
105
100 - 249
508
250 - 999
505
1000 - 4999
219
5000 - 9999
70
10000 - 24999
64
25000 - 99999
27
1 - 910 - 2425 - 4950 - 99100 - 249250 - 9991000 - 4999

Top Technologies on PhotoShelter Stores

We're tracking 59 different technologies that have 89,926 collective installs on PhotoShelter stores.

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

  • Fedex is used by 0.1% of PhotoShelter stores.
  • UPS is used by 0.1% of PhotoShelter stores.
  • USPS is used by 0.1% of PhotoShelter stores.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Fedex
6
UPS
5
USPS
5
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.

  • 87.2% of PhotoShelter stores have a .com domain.
  • 2.1% of PhotoShelter stores have a .co.uk domain.
  • 1.4% of PhotoShelter stores have a .net domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
7,410
.co.uk
180
.net
122
.photography
72
.com.au
64
.ca
59
.nl
51
.org
38
.co.nz
37
.photo
32
.com.co.uk

Top PhotoShelter Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Dafydd Jones
99,969
2016/12/30
Peter Menzel
107,226
2020/12/04
CAPITAL PICTURES
120,407
2016/12/30
Robin Platzer
131,057
2018/06/15
Doctor Stock
140,490
2016/12/30

New PhotoShelter Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Noah Godwin
6,322,818
2025/02/07
KLC fotos
11,064,588
2025/02/07
KLC fotos
11,064,589
2025/02/07
Jay Drowns
11,257,659
2025/02/07
rekfotos.photoshelter.com
11,535,740
2025/02/07

Stores Switching to PhotoShelter From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, PhotoShelter has taken 1 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Platform
Stores
Squarespace

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
Ron Wheeler
9,474,758
Squarespace
2025/01/13

Stores Switching from PhotoShelter To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, PhotoShelter has lost 10 merchants to competitive platforms.

Custom CartSquarespaceWooCommerceShopifyArt Storefronts

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Marcus Mantino Photography
2,201,561
Squarespace
2024/11/18
Lori Davis Photography.com
2,530,748
Art Storefronts
2024/11/25
REVd Productions
3,092,865
Squarespace
2025/01/05
Meghan Murphy
3,391,573
Custom Cart
2024/12/29
Ed Clews Photography
4,951,695
Squarespace
2024/12/22

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