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Shopify Stores in China

Updated Apr 19 2024

There are 6,812 live Shopify stores in China.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Shopify stores in China.

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Shopify Growth in China

Shopify's worldwide quarter-over-quarter growth has been quite impressive over the last few years, and that trend is visible within most countries.

  • Shopify stores in China increased 6.8% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q1.
  • Shopify stores in China increased 24% year-over-year in 2024 Q1.

Here is Shopify's quarter-over-quarter growth in China.

Quarter
Active Stores
2019 Q1
1,794
2019 Q2
4,067
2019 Q3
5,317
2019 Q4
5,388
2020 Q1
4,500
2020 Q2
6,519
2020 Q3
7,086
2020 Q4
7,501
2021 Q1
7,193
2021 Q2
5,604
2021 Q3
6,415
2021 Q4
6,806
2022 Q1
4,102
2022 Q2
3,446
2022 Q3
3,721
2022 Q4
3,521
2023 Q1
3,531
2023 Q2
3,606
2023 Q3
4,167
2023 Q4
6,516
2024 Q1
6,807
2024 Q2 (to date)
6,812
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 Shopify store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Top Categories For Shopify Stores In China

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for Shopify stores in China.

  • 20.0% of Shopify stores in China sell Apparel products.
  • 14.8% of Shopify stores in China sell Home & Garden products.
  • 6.0% of Shopify stores in China sell Beauty & Fitness products.

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In China

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.

  • Instagram is used by 18.9% of Shopify stores in China.
  • Facebook is used by 15.2% of Shopify stores in China.
  • YouTube is used by 13.2% of Shopify stores in China.
Type
Stores
Instagram
1,290
Facebook
1,034
YouTube
901
Pinterest
500
Tiktok
444
Twitter
418
LinkedIn
134
Facebook Group
76

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In China

Email remains an extremely popular communication channel for merchants. Many merchants also provide a phone number so that their customers can reach them instantly.

  • 47% of Shopify stores in China have an email on their website
  • 27% of Shopify stores in China provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
3,181
Phone
1,848

Shopify Plus Stores In China

There are 33 Shopify Plus stores in China. For more information on Shopify Plus, read our Shopify Plus report.

Provinces With The Most Shopify Stores In China

It's relatively easy to identify the country in which an ecommerce store operates. However, very few ecommerce stores provide a location to the province-level or city-level and even fewer provide a street address.

Here is the province distribution of Shopify stores in China. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 2,639 Shopify stores in China are based in Guangdong Province.
  • 728 Shopify stores in China are based in Zhejiang.
  • 410 Shopify stores in China are based in Jiangsu.
Province
Stores
728
410
370
335
225
181
157
144
106
98
90
79
75

Cities With The Most Shopify Stores in China

Here is the city distribution of Shopify stores in China. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 1,399 Shopify stores in China are based in Shenzhen.
  • 1,289 Shopify stores in China are based in Unknown.
  • 679 Shopify stores in China are based in Guangzhou.
City
Stores
1,399
1,289
679
249
210
198
178
176
148
118
109
106
92
79

Top Shopify Apps in China

Here are the top 10 apps, ordered by number of installs, across all Shopify stores in China.

With a paid account on Store Leads, you'll be able to see which stores have installed specific apps. You can also see when specific apps were installed (or uninstalled) by each store.

Number of Employees for Shopify stores in China

  • 98.3% of Shopify stores in China have Unknown employees.
  • 1.0% of Shopify stores in China have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.2% of Shopify stores in China have 100 - 249 employees.

Here is the breakdown of Shopify stores in China by the number of employees.

Employees
Stores
Unknown
6,695
1 - 9
68
10 - 24
12
25 - 49
6
50 - 99
10
100 - 249
14
250 - 999
1
1000 - 4999
5
5000+
1

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In China

  • 7.9% of Shopify stores in China ship by UPS.
  • 7.6% of Shopify stores in China ship by Fedex.
  • 6.6% of Shopify stores in China ship by USPS.

Here are the top shipping carriers for Shopify stores in China.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
538
Fedex
515
USPS
450
DHL
79
China Post
55
Royal Mail
28
TNT
22
Canada Post
20
YunExpress
18
Australia Post
17

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In China

.com is the most common top-level domain, by far, for world-wide Shopify stores. Some countries have been faster than others to adopt alternate (such as country-specific) top-level domains.

  • 80.9% of Shopify stores in China have a .com domain.
  • 3.1% of Shopify stores in China have a .shop domain.
  • 2.7% of Shopify stores in China have a .net domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for Shopify stores in China.

Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
5,509
.shop
208
.net
183
.cn
122
.store
111
.co
66
.top
64
.com.cn
53
.cc
44
.de
38

Top Shopify Stores In China

Here are the top stores in China ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Kate Backdrop
3,610
2017/04/21
Aelfric eden
7,223
2016/03/18
EngineDIY
16,019
2019/01/11
IMALENT®
16,026
2019/05/10
M5Stack
19,444
2019/05/24

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