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The State of Threadless in 2023

Updated Nov 24 2023

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

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Threadless Growth

At present, there are 2,378 live stores running on the Threadless platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Threadless.

Quarter
Active Stores
2023 Q3
4,530
2023 Q4 (to date)
2,378
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 Threadless store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Threadless 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 0.0% of Threadless stores.
  • LinkedIn is used by 0.0% of Threadless stores.
Type
Stores
Instagram
1
LinkedIn
1

Top Categories For Threadless Stores

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

  • 95.2% of Threadless stores sell Apparel products.
  • 5.7% of Threadless stores sell Arts & Entertainment products.
  • 0.8% of Threadless stores sell Sports products.

Top Countries For Threadless Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Threadless.

  • 0.1% of Threadless stores are in United States
  • 0.0% of Threadless stores are in Netherlands
  • 0.0% of Threadless stores are in Poland
  • 0.0% of Threadless stores are in Turkmenistan
Country
Stores
1

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

Number Of Employees For Threadless Stores

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

  • 100.0% of Threadless stores have Unknown employees.
  • 0.0% of Threadless stores have 1 - 9 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
2,377
1 - 9
1

Number Of Products Sold For Threadless Stores

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

  • 65.4% of Threadless stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 0.1% of Threadless stores sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 0.0% of Threadless stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
1,555
10 - 24
2
100 - 249
1

Top Technologies on Threadless Stores

We're tracking 11 different technologies that have 6,247 collective installs on Threadless stores.

  • Google Tag Manager is used by 99.8% of Threadless stores.
  • Help Scout is used by 99.8% of Threadless stores.
  • Emarsys is used by 32.7% of Threadless stores.

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

Threadless Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

  • 99.3% of Threadless stores have a .com domain.
  • 0.2% of Threadless stores have a .shop domain.
  • 0.1% of Threadless stores have a .art domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
2,362
.shop
4
.art
2
.net
2
.org
2
.app
1
.club
1
.co
1
.nl
1
.pl
1

Top Threadless Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Teenage Stepdad Shop
3,218,405
2023/06/09
Merriam
3,223,013
2023/06/09
Rec Room Official Gear
3,235,498
2023/06/09
Behemot's doodles
3,243,735
2023/06/09
chetzar's Artist Shop
3,257,650
2023/06/09

New Threadless Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Friday Flicks Swag
6,648,484
2023/11/24
ZanArt
11,384,782
2023/11/24
AllSaintsLiteracy's Artist Shop
11,603,973
2023/11/24
Quadcityrollers's Artist Shop
11,614,429
2023/11/24
Big Chooch's Artist Shop
11,636,731
2023/11/24

Stores Switching to Threadless From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Threadless has taken 205 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Platform
Stores
1

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
Sunny Legends Shop
3,416,902
Custom Cart
2023/09/23
divaworksofart.com
3,419,866
Square Online
2023/10/31
USUWE by Pugs Atomz
3,490,920
Custom Cart
2023/10/06
Flatirony
3,662,138
Custom Cart
2023/09/28
IDEASYSTM
3,810,568
Custom Cart
2023/09/23

Stores Switching from Threadless To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Threadless has lost 6 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Threadless
1,677,671
Custom Cart
2023/11/16
Threadless
1,704,624
Custom Cart
2023/11/09
Threadless
1,744,786
Custom Cart
2023/11/17
Threadless
1,744,825
Custom Cart
2023/11/23
Threadless
1,744,826
Custom Cart
2023/11/17

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