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The State of Rain in 2025

Updated Jul 11 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 2,952 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 2025 Q2.
  • Rain stores increased 3% year-over-year in 2025 Q2.
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
2,896
2025 Q2
2,946
2025 Q3 (to date)
2,952
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 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 73.4% of Rain stores.
  • Instagram is used by 52.5% of Rain stores.
  • Pinterest is used by 14.5% of Rain stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
2,168
Instagram
1,551
Pinterest
428
Twitter
321
YouTube
312
Facebook Group
118
Yelp
56
Tiktok
50
LinkedIn
34

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.

  • 76% of Rain stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 72% of Rain stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
2,249
Email
2,112

Top Categories For Rain Stores

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

  • 62.5% of Rain stores sell Toys & Hobbies products.
  • 21.1% of Rain stores sell Home & Garden products.
  • 11.4% of Rain stores sell Arts & Entertainment products.
  • 6.5% of Rain stores sell Apparel products.

Top Countries For Rain Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Rain.

  • 93.2% 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
184

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.
  • 0.2% of Rain stores have 50 - 99 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
2,920
1 - 9
24
10 - 24
2
25 - 49
1
50 - 99
5

Number Of Products Sold For Rain Stores

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

  • 22.1% of Rain stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
  • 16.7% of Rain stores sell 250000+ different products.
  • 13.9% of Rain stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
378
10 - 24
95
25 - 49
207
100 - 249
409
250 - 999
653
1000 - 4999
297
10000 - 24999
48
25000 - 99999
73
100000 - 249999
61
250000+
493

Top Technologies on Rain Stores

We're tracking 78 different technologies that have 24,778 collective installs on Rain stores.

  • reCAPTCHA is used by 99.9% of Rain stores.
  • Sellbrite is used by 99.9% of Rain stores.
  • Adyen Online Payments is used by 99.9% of Rain stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Rain Stores

  • USPS is used by 13.7% of Rain stores.
  • UPS is used by 6.6% of Rain stores.
  • Fedex is used by 2.5% of Rain stores.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
USPS
404
UPS
195
Fedex
73
Canada Post
70
Purolator
10
Australia Post
9
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.

  • 89.2% of Rain stores have a .com domain.
  • 3.3% of Rain stores have a .ca domain.
  • 3.3% of Rain stores have a .net domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
2,633
.ca
98
.net
96
.org
29
.shop
29
.biz
14
.com.au
14
.us
9
.store
7
.co
6

Top Rain Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Sylvia's Quilt Depot
18,497
2018/10/05
Sea Dwellers Dive Center
34,391
2020/12/25
lindon.gov
34,828
2024/04/19
www.fanaticu.com
39,970
2021/07/30
www.quiltedtwins.com
46,926
2021/02/12

New Rain Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
MY Coudre
5,093,194
2025/07/11
SEW Crazy! Quilts
6,898,167
2025/07/11
Ryan Jewelers
7,956,956
2025/07/11
www.madfabrics-studio.com
7,964,188
2025/07/11
Max Maxwell’s Drum Shop
1,538,639
2025/07/04

Stores Switching to Rain From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Rain has taken 30 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
Mountain Sports LTD
175,264
Squarespace
2025/05/04
Box Car Quilts
251,259
Shopify
2025/07/01
Klein's Jewelry
325,146
Shopify
2025/04/24
Quilted Works
403,582
Shopify
2025/05/31
City Blocks Quilt Shop
414,242
ecbeing
2025/05/11

Stores Switching from Rain To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Rain has lost 8 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores
1

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
High Call Outfitters
301,343
Shopify
2025/05/25
The Cotton Cupboard
309,482
Custom Cart
2025/06/01
VS Coatings
988,347
Wix
2025/06/01
The Fabric Shop
1,649,521
Shopify
2025/04/27
Flathead Threads
1,806,683
Squarespace
2025/06/15

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