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The State of WACA in 2023

Updated Mar 24 2023

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

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WACA Growth

At present, there are 580 live stores running on the WACA platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running WACA.

  • WACA stores increased 4.4% quarter-over-quarter in 2022 Q4.
  • WACA stores increased 22% year-over-year in 2022 Q4.
Quarter
New Active Stores
2017 Q2
1
2017 Q3
1
2017 Q4
1
2018 Q1
1
2018 Q2
31
2018 Q3
5
2018 Q4
3
2019 Q1
20
2019 Q3
9
2019 Q4
3
2020 Q1
7
2020 Q2
10
2020 Q3
1
2020 Q4
14
2021 Q1
85
2021 Q2
173
2021 Q3
33
2021 Q4
60
2022 Q1
15
2022 Q2
24
2022 Q3
41
2022 Q4
24
2023 Q1 (to date)
13
Cumulative Stores by Quarter

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

Social Media Usage On WACA 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 67.8% of WACA stores.
  • Instagram is used by 58.3% of WACA stores.
  • YouTube is used by 16.7% of WACA stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
393
Instagram
338
YouTube
97
Twitter
16
Facebook Group
7
Pinterest
1

Contact Information On WACA 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.

  • 41% of WACA stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 28% of WACA stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
235
Email
164

Top Categories For WACA Stores

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

  • 25.0% of WACA stores sell Food & Drink products.
  • 14.1% of WACA stores sell Apparel products.
  • 9.0% of WACA stores sell Beauty & Fitness products.

Top Countries For WACA Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using WACA.

  • 55.9% of WACA stores are in Taiwan
  • 5.5% of WACA stores are in Ecuador
  • 1.9% of WACA stores are in United States
  • 0.7% of WACA stores are in Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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

Number Of Employees For WACA Stores

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

  • 2.1% of WACA stores have 1 - 9 employees.
Employees
Stores
1 - 9
12

Number Of Products Sold For WACA Stores

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

  • 28.3% of WACA stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 16.9% of WACA stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
  • 14.8% of WACA stores sell 25 - 49 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
164
10 - 24
85
25 - 49
86
50 - 99
42
100 - 249
98
250 - 999
44
1000 - 4999
15
5000 - 9999
2
10000 - 24999
4
25000 - 99999
2

Top Technologies on WACA Stores

We're tracking 15 different technologies that have 3,480 collective installs on WACA stores.

  • Google Analytics is used by 100.0% of WACA stores.
  • Google Analytics 4 is used by 100.0% of WACA stores.
  • Google Tag Manager is used by 100.0% of WACA stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By WACA Stores

  • SF Express is used by 2.9% of WACA stores.
  • DHL is used by 0.2% of WACA stores.
  • Fedex is used by 0.2% of WACA stores.

Here are the top 4 shipping carriers across all WACA stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
SF Express
17
DHL
1
Fedex
1
UPS
1

WACA Store Top-level Domain Distribution

Here is the top-level domain distribution for WACA stores.

  • 37.8% of WACA stores have a .com.tw domain.
  • 37.1% of WACA stores have a .com domain.
  • 13.3% of WACA stores have a .tw domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com.tw
219
.com
215
.tw
77
.ec
32
.shop
7
.co
5
.cc
4
.store
4
.me
3
.net
3

Top WACA Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
BHK’s 無瑕机力 官方網站︱台灣保健領導品牌
139,624
2018/05/25
毛孩時代Petstimes|寵物保健食品領導品牌NO.1
315,435
2021/02/19
模型格納庫HOBBYGARAGE
329,498
2018/05/25
www.fishermart.com.tw
360,622
2017/05/26
www.damokampo.com
371,184
2019/03/01

New WACA Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
www.zhongzhenvillageshop.tw
2,375,193
2023/03/24
www.goodpet.tw
6,422,617
2023/03/24
www.pigpopcorn.com.tw
7,628,615
2023/03/24
www.liyangcake.tw
4,504,552
2023/03/17
www.gigifresh.com
9,754,759
2023/03/10

Stores Switching to WACA From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, WACA has taken 5 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Platform
Stores
1

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
萬年東海模型玩具-鋼彈模型.公仔.PVC.轉扭蛋.盒玩.四驅車最新推薦與線上購買
2,135,609
91APP
2023/01/19
Sheryl's Recipe 嗜甜女子
3,407,529
Cyberbiz
2023/02/06
Funtina邡隄娜歐洲生活精品
4,423,953
Cyberbiz
2023/01/16
✦愛莉莎的夢遊仙境✦ Elisa's Wonderland
5,083,946
Cyberbiz
2023/01/23
Queen’s Garden
7,105,459
Shopify
2023/02/25

Stores Switching from WACA To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, WACA has lost 2 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
New Taiwan Dollar
4,970,389
SHOPLINE
2023/02/27
New Taiwan Dollar
5,431,191
SHOPLINE
2023/03/13

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