The State of wBuy in 2022
In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on wBuy usage.
- wBuy growth
- Social media usage on wBuy stores
- Contact information on wBuy stores
- Top categories for wBuy stores
- Top countries for wBuy stores
- Number of employees for wBuy stores
- Number of products sold for wBuy stores
- Top wBuy technologies
- Top Shipping Carriers used by wBuy stores
- wBuy store top-level domain distribution
- Top wBuy stores
- New wBuy stores
- Stores switching to wBuy from other platforms
- Stores switching from wBuy to other platforms
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wBuy Growth
At present, there are 1,187 live stores running on the wBuy platform.
Here is the historical growth of stores running wBuy.
- wBuy stores increased 19.0% quarter-over-quarter in 2022 Q2.
- wBuy stores increased 78% year-over-year in 2022 Q2.
Cumulative Stores by Quarter
It's hard to know exactly when a wBuy store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.
Social Media Usage On wBuy 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 60.4% of wBuy stores.
- Facebook is used by 39.3% of wBuy stores.
- YouTube is used by 6.3% of wBuy stores.
Contact Information On wBuy 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.
- 64% of wBuy stores provide a phone number on their website
- 57% of wBuy stores have an email on their website
Top Categories For wBuy Stores
Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on wBuy.
- 1.3% of wBuy stores sell Apparel products.
- 0.3% of wBuy stores sell Beauty & Fitness products.
- 0.3% of wBuy stores sell Food & Drink products.
Top Countries For wBuy Stores
Here are the top countries for stores using wBuy.
- 90.2% of wBuy stores are in Brazil
With a paid account, stores can also be segmented by region and city.
Number Of Employees For wBuy Stores
Here is the breakdown of wBuy stores by the number of employees.
- 0.1% of wBuy stores have 1 - 9 employees.
- 0.1% of wBuy stores have 100 - 249 employees.
- 0.1% of wBuy stores have 1000 - 4999 employees.
Number Of Products Sold For wBuy Stores
Here is the breakdown of wBuy stores by the number of products that they sell.
- 3.9% of wBuy stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
- 3.0% of wBuy stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
- 1.3% of wBuy stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
Top Technologies on wBuy Stores
We're tracking 33 different technologies that have 5,190 collective installs on wBuy stores.
- Cloudfront CDN is used by 99.4% of wBuy stores.
- reCAPTCHA is used by 97.7% of wBuy stores.
- Facebook Pixel is used by 53.6% of wBuy stores.
Here are the top 10 third-party technologies, ordered by number of installs, across all wBuy stores.
Top Shipping Carriers Used By wBuy Stores
- Correios is used by 5.8% of wBuy stores.
- TNT is used by 0.1% of wBuy stores.
Here are the top 2 shipping carriers across all wBuy stores.
wBuy Store Top-level Domain Distribution
Here is the top-level domain distribution for wBuy stores.
- 88.7% of wBuy stores have a .com.br domain.
- 8.8% of wBuy stores have a .com domain.
- 0.4% of wBuy stores have a .org.br domain.
Top wBuy Stores
Here are the top stores, powered by wBuy, ordered by store rank.
New wBuy Stores
Here are the 5 highest-ranked stores added most recently.
Stores Switching to wBuy From Other Platforms
Over the last 90 days, wBuy has taken 56 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.
Here are the top stores that have switched to wBuy from competitive ecommerce platforms.
Stores Switching from wBuy To Other Platforms
Over the last 90 days, wBuy has lost 10 merchants to competitive platforms.
Here are the top wBuy stores that have recently changed to a competitive platform.
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