The State of Snipcart in 2024

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

• Snipcart growth
• Social media usage on Snipcart stores
• Contact information on Snipcart stores
• Top categories for Snipcart stores
• Top countries for Snipcart stores
• Number of employees for Snipcart stores
• Number of products sold for Snipcart stores
• Top Snipcart technologies
• Top Shipping Carriers used by Snipcart stores
• Snipcart store top-level domain distribution
• Top Snipcart stores
• New Snipcart stores
• Stores switching to Snipcart from other platforms
• Stores switching from Snipcart to other platforms

Snipcart Growth

At present, there are 6,588 live stores running on the Snipcart platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Snipcart.

• Snipcart stores increased 6.3% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.

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

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

Social Media Usage On Snipcart 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.

• Instagram is used by 46.9% of Snipcart stores.
• Facebook is used by 38.2% of Snipcart stores.
• YouTube is used by 12.1% of Snipcart stores.

Contact Information On Snipcart 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.

• 56% of Snipcart stores have an email on their website
• 53% of Snipcart stores provide a phone number on their website

Top Categories For Snipcart Stores

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

• 7.8% of Snipcart stores sell Home & Garden products.
• 6.5% of Snipcart stores sell People & Society products.
• 5.7% of Snipcart stores sell Food & Drink products.

Top Countries For Snipcart Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Snipcart.

• 29.4% of Snipcart stores are in United States
• 5.1% of Snipcart stores are in United Kingdom
• 4.6% of Snipcart stores are in Mexico
• 3.2% of Snipcart stores are in Canada

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

Number Of Employees For Snipcart Stores

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

• 98.2% of Snipcart stores have Unknown employees.
• 0.7% of Snipcart stores have 1 - 9 employees.
• 0.5% of Snipcart stores have 50 - 99 employees.

Number Of Products Sold For Snipcart Stores

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

• 31.2% of Snipcart stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
• 7.1% of Snipcart stores sell 10 - 24 different products.
• 4.8% of Snipcart stores sell 25 - 49 different products.

Top Technologies on Snipcart Stores

We're tracking 224 different technologies that have 36,426 collective installs on Snipcart stores.

• Snipcart is used by 99.1% of Snipcart stores.
• Cloudfront CDN is used by 73.0% of Snipcart stores.
• Snowplow is used by 62.2% of Snipcart stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Snipcart Stores

• USPS is used by 1.4% of Snipcart stores.
• UPS is used by 1.3% of Snipcart stores.
• Fedex is used by 0.8% of Snipcart stores.

Here are the top 10 shipping carriers across all Snipcart stores.

Snipcart Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

• 61.1% of Snipcart stores have a .com domain.
• 4.6% of Snipcart stores have a .org domain.
• 3.3% of Snipcart stores have a .co.uk domain.

Top Snipcart Stores

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

New Snipcart Stores

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

Stores Switching to Snipcart From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Snipcart has taken 83 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Stores Switching from Snipcart To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Snipcart has lost 40 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

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