The State of Spree Commerce in 2021

Spree Commerce Initially released in 2007, Spree Commerce is an open-source ecommerce platform that can be self-hosted or run on a variety of cloud platforms.

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

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

Spree Commerce Growth

At present, there are 1,837 live stores running on the Spree Commerce platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Spree Commerce.

• Spree Commerce stores increased 16.1% quarter-over-quarter in 2021 Q3.
• Spree Commerce stores increased 70% year-over-year in 2021 Q3.

It's hard to know exactly when a Spree Commerce store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Spree Commerce 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 46.8% of Spree Commerce stores.
• Instagram is used by 37.8% of Spree Commerce stores.
• Twitter is used by 16.1% of Spree Commerce stores.

Contact Information On Spree Commerce 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.

• 65% of Spree Commerce stores provide a phone number on their website
• 51% of Spree Commerce stores have an email on their website

Top Categories For Spree Commerce Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on Spree Commerce.

• 15.6% of Spree Commerce stores sell Health products.
• 7.2% of Spree Commerce stores sell Food & Drink products.
• 5.4% of Spree Commerce stores sell Apparel products.

Top Countries For Spree Commerce Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Spree Commerce.

• 28.8% of Spree Commerce stores are in Italy
• 19.4% of Spree Commerce stores are in United States
• 3.0% of Spree Commerce stores are in Germany
• 2.6% of Spree Commerce stores are in France

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

Number Of Employees For Spree Commerce Stores

Here is the breakdown of Spree Commerce stores by the number of employees.

• 3.2% of Spree Commerce stores have 1 - 9 employees.
• 1.4% of Spree Commerce stores have 10 - 24 employees.
• 1.0% of Spree Commerce stores have 25 - 49 employees.

Number Of Products Sold For Spree Commerce Stores

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

• 4.7% of Spree Commerce stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
• 3.4% of Spree Commerce stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
• 2.5% of Spree Commerce stores sell 1000 - 4999 different products.

Top Technologies on Spree Commerce Stores

We're tracking 105 different technologies that have 5,181 collective installs on Spree Commerce stores.

• Cloudfront CDN is used by 51.6% of Spree Commerce stores.
• reCAPTCHA is used by 50.9% of Spree Commerce stores.
• Google Analytics Enhanced Ecommerce is used by 29.3% of Spree Commerce stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Spree Commerce Stores

• UPS is used by 7.3% of Spree Commerce stores.
• USPS is used by 1.7% of Spree Commerce stores.
• Fedex is used by 1.5% of Spree Commerce stores.

Here are the top 10 shipping carriers across all Spree Commerce stores.

Spree Commerce Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for Spree Commerce 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.

• 55.9% of Spree Commerce stores have a .com domain.
• 21.2% of Spree Commerce stores have a .it domain.
• 2.4% of Spree Commerce stores have a .de domain.

Top Spree Commerce Stores

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

New Spree Commerce Stores

Here are the 5 highest-ranked stores added most recently.

Stores Switching to Spree Commerce From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Spree Commerce has taken 7 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Stores Switching from Spree Commerce To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Spree Commerce has lost 22 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

Get more insights on Spree Commerce stores

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You can segment stores on a variety of dimensions:

• Social Media accounts
• Email address
• Phone numbers
• Country
• Third-party technologies
• Creation date
• Platform
• Top-level domains
• Domain status
• Domain type

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