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The State of Threadless in 2024

Updated Oct 25 2024

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

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Threadless Growth

At present, there are 6,473 live stores running on the Threadless platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Threadless.

  • Threadless stores increased 43.3% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • Threadless stores increased 408% 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)
6,473
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 33.2% of Threadless stores.
  • Facebook is used by 26.4% of Threadless stores.
  • Twitter is used by 19.1% of Threadless stores.
Type
Stores
Instagram
2,150
Facebook
1,706
Twitter
1,237
YouTube
378
Pinterest
338
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
2

Top Categories For Threadless Stores

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

  • 96.4% of Threadless stores sell Apparel products.
  • 5.3% 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.

  • 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
48
12
9
9
7

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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
6,473

Number Of Products Sold For Threadless Stores

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

  • 61.4% of Threadless stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
3,977

Top Technologies on Threadless Stores

We're tracking 16 different technologies that have 47,026 collective installs on Threadless stores.

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

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.
  • 0.0% of Threadless stores have a .shop domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
6,472
.shop
1

Top Threadless Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Glennz
3,295,696
2017/04/28
Challenge Mania Shop
3,558,113
2021/08/27
LUVmyCC
7,126,362
2020/08/21
Merriam
11,548,141
2020/02/28
Nathan W Pyle Shop
11,548,272
2019/03/15

New Threadless Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Stoner's Art Creations
11,909,712
2024/10/25
VinDavisDesigns
11,913,423
2024/10/25
LynnX's Artist Shop
12,390,415
2024/10/25
Verdant Moon Studio
12,665,676
2024/10/25
MelissaPothier's Artist Shop
12,053,819
2024/10/18

Stores Switching to Threadless From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Threadless has taken 1 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
CMMC Shop
11,862,716
Custom Cart
2024/10/25

Stores Switching from Threadless To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Threadless has lost 509 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
St Baldricks's Artist Shop
11,375,197
Custom Cart
2024/10/14
Cido Lopez Shop
11,375,548
Custom Cart
2024/10/08
Steven Rhodes
11,375,962
Custom Cart
2024/10/14
Buddy Gator's Artist Shop
11,376,045
Custom Cart
2024/10/14
micahulrich.threadless.com
11,376,718
Custom Cart
2024/10/14

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