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The State of Threadless in 2024

Updated Dec 13 2024

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

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Threadless Growth

At present, there are 7,113 live stores running on the Threadless platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Threadless.

  • Threadless stores increased 2.3% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • Threadless stores increased 53% year-over-year in 2024 Q3.
Quarter
Active Stores
2023 Q3
4,530
2023 Q4
2,207
2024 Q1
2,682
2024 Q2
6,644
2024 Q3
6,950
2024 Q4 (to date)
7,113
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 32.8% of Threadless stores.
  • Facebook is used by 26.2% of Threadless stores.
  • Twitter is used by 18.3% of Threadless stores.
Type
Stores
Instagram
2,332
Facebook
1,862
Twitter
1,303
YouTube
410
Pinterest
359
Facebook Group
1

Contact Information On Threadless 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.

  • 0% of Threadless stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 0% of Threadless stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
10
Email
3

Top Categories For Threadless Stores

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

  • 96.1% of Threadless stores sell Apparel products.
  • 5.4% of Threadless stores sell Arts & Entertainment products.
  • 1.0% of Threadless stores sell Sports products.

Top Countries For Threadless Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Threadless.

  • 8.3% of Threadless stores are in United States
  • 0.7% of Threadless stores are in Canada
  • 0.3% of Threadless stores are in United Kingdom
  • 0.2% of Threadless stores are in Australia
Country
Stores
50
12
10
8
6

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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.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
7,113

Number Of Products Sold For Threadless Stores

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

  • 59.9% of Threadless stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
4,259

Top Technologies on Threadless Stores

We're tracking 17 different technologies that have 51,908 collective installs on Threadless stores.

  • Help Scout is used by 100.0% of Threadless stores.
  • Google Ads Pixel is used by 100.0% of Threadless stores.
  • Google Tag Manager is used by 100.0% of Threadless stores.

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

Technology
Stores
7,113
7,113
7,113
223

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Threadless Stores

  • UPS is used by 0.0% of Threadless stores.
  • Royal Mail is used by 0.0% of Threadless stores.
  • Canada Post is used by 0.0% of Threadless stores.

Here are the top 3 shipping carriers across all Threadless stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
1
Royal Mail
1
Canada Post
1

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.

  • 100.0% of Threadless stores have a .com domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
7,113

Top Threadless Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Merriam
11,439,219
2020/02/28
Glennz
11,439,532
2019/03/22
Nathan W Pyle Shop
11,439,753
2019/03/15
St Baldricks's Artist Shop
11,439,874
2019/03/22
obinsun
11,439,974
2019/03/22

New Threadless Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
townsquaretexarkana's Artist Shop
11,647,698
2024/12/13
houseofjackcasino's Artist Shop
11,662,744
2024/12/13
CassieMakesArt
11,769,493
2024/12/13
Violet Cold
11,778,471
2024/12/13
Featuring custom t
11,796,873
2024/12/13

Stores Switching to Threadless From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Threadless has taken 510 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Platform
Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
St Baldricks's Artist Shop
11,439,874
Custom Cart
2024/10/27
Cido Lopez Shop
11,440,444
Custom Cart
2024/10/28
chicagomanual.threadless.com
11,441,036
Custom Cart
2024/10/27
Steven Rhodes
11,441,110
Custom Cart
2024/10/27
Buddy Gator's Artist Shop
11,441,486
Custom Cart
2024/10/27

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