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The State of Rain in 2025

Updated Mar 14 2025

Rain provides an integrated Point-of-Sale and Website system for retailers.

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

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Rain Growth

At present, there are 2,881 live stores running on the Rain platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Rain.

  • Rain stores increased 0.2% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q4.
  • Rain stores decreased -0% year-over-year in 2024 Q4.
Quarter
Active Stores
2021 Q1
843
2021 Q2
1,742
2021 Q3
2,022
2021 Q4
2,485
2022 Q1
2,528
2022 Q2
2,580
2022 Q3
2,612
2022 Q4
2,696
2023 Q1
2,729
2023 Q2
2,755
2023 Q3
2,786
2023 Q4
2,878
2024 Q1
2,907
2024 Q2
2,865
2024 Q3
2,857
2024 Q4
2,874
2025 Q1 (to date)
2,881
Active Stores by Quarter
2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q32021 Q42022 Q12022 Q22022 Q32022 Q42023 Q12023 Q22023 Q32023 Q42024 Q12024 Q22024 Q32024 Q42025 Q102004006008001,0001,2001,4001,6001,8002,0002,2002,4002,6002,8003,000

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

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

Social Media Usage On Rain 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 75.0% of Rain stores.
  • Instagram is used by 52.4% of Rain stores.
  • Pinterest is used by 14.9% of Rain stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
2,162
Instagram
1,509
Pinterest
429
Twitter
323
YouTube
299
Facebook Group
81
Yelp
54
Tiktok
43
LinkedIn
32
WhatsApp
1

Contact Information On Rain 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.

  • 95% of Rain stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 72% of Rain stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
2,748
Email
2,062

Top Categories For Rain Stores

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

  • 59.4% of Rain stores sell Toys & Hobbies products.
  • 20.3% of Rain stores sell Home & Garden products.
  • 11.0% of Rain stores sell Arts & Entertainment products.
  • 6.2% of Rain stores sell Apparel products.

Top Countries For Rain Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Rain.

  • 93.3% of Rain stores are in United States
  • 6.2% of Rain stores are in Canada
  • 0.5% of Rain stores are in Australia
  • 0.0% of Rain stores are in United Kingdom
Country
Stores
178
United StatesCanada

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

Number Of Employees For Rain Stores

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

  • 98.9% of Rain stores have Unknown employees.
  • 0.8% of Rain stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.1% of Rain stores have 50 - 99 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
2,850
1 - 9
23
10 - 24
3
25 - 49
2
50 - 99
3
Unknown

Number Of Products Sold For Rain Stores

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

  • 33.6% of Rain stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
  • 18.5% of Rain stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
  • 13.9% of Rain stores sell 1000 - 4999 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
367
10 - 24
119
25 - 49
245
50 - 99
54
100 - 249
534
250 - 999
967
1000 - 4999
401
5000 - 9999
62
10000 - 24999
30
25000 - 99999
4
1 - 910 - 2425 - 4950 - 99100 - 249250 - 9991000 - 49995000 - 9999

Top Technologies on Rain Stores

We're tracking 81 different technologies that have 23,302 collective installs on Rain stores.

  • Sellbrite is used by 100.0% of Rain stores.
  • Adyen Online Payments is used by 100.0% of Rain stores.
  • reCAPTCHA is used by 100.0% of Rain stores.

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

Technology
Stores
2,881
2,880
2,880
1,188

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Rain Stores

  • USPS is used by 13.5% of Rain stores.
  • UPS is used by 6.8% of Rain stores.
  • Canada Post is used by 2.5% of Rain stores.

Here are the top 7 shipping carriers across all Rain stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
USPS
390
UPS
196
Canada Post
73
Fedex
66
Australia Post
9
Purolator
6
Royal Mail
1

Rain Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

  • 89.6% of Rain stores have a .com domain.
  • 3.4% of Rain stores have a .net domain.
  • 3.3% of Rain stores have a .ca domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
2,582
.net
99
.ca
94
.org
30
.biz
14
.com.au
14
.us
9
.shop
9
.store
7
.co
5
.com.net.ca

Top Rain Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
www.35thavesewandvac.com
33,340
2018/11/23
www.quiltedtwins.com
33,419
2021/02/12
Sea Dwellers Dive Center
35,878
2020/12/25
Sylvia's Quilt Depot
49,082
2018/10/05
lindon.gov
54,286
2024/04/19

New Rain Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
www.baronsjewelry.com
3,983,569
2025/03/14
Greeley Guitar Lounge
5,420,022
2025/03/14
garrettparkmusic.com
9,109,406
2025/03/14
The Creative Needle
6,315,956
2025/03/07
TC3 Music Supply
5,196,952
2025/02/28

Stores Switching to Rain From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Rain has taken 24 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

ShopifySquarespaceCustom CartWooCommerceVolusionBigCommerceWeebly Commerce

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
VacuumStore.com
123,996
Shopify
2025/01/21
South Bay Marina
329,118
WooCommerce
2025/01/01
K Bond Jewelers
455,619
Weebly Commerce
2025/01/12
Mystic Fabrics
471,030
Shopify
2025/02/05
wwsvandspas.com
594,060
Shopify
2024/12/25

Stores Switching from Rain To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Rain has lost 11 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores
1
ShopifySquare OnlineSquarespaceOdoo

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Rita's needlepoint
283,151
Shopify
2025/03/03
Top Shelf Quilts
318,818
Odoo
2025/02/25
REVIVAL DRUM SHOP
798,741
Square Online
2025/03/10
John's Stettler
1,097,968
Shopify
2025/02/03
Cozy Cottons Quilting
2,180,636
Square Online
2025/02/03

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