The State of Welcart in 2026

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

• Welcart growth
• Social media usage on Welcart stores
• Contact information on Welcart stores
• Top categories for Welcart stores
• Top countries for Welcart stores
• Number of employees for Welcart stores
• Number of products sold for Welcart stores
• Top Welcart technologies
• Top Shipping Carriers used by Welcart stores
• Welcart store top-level domain distribution
• Top Welcart stores
• New Welcart stores
• Stores switching to Welcart from other platforms
• Stores switching from Welcart to other platforms

Welcart Growth

At present, there are 8,668 live stores running on the Welcart platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Welcart.

• Welcart stores increased 0.9% quarter-over-quarter in 2026 Q3.

Note: the store counts displayed in this section are based on actual historical store counts.

It's hard to know exactly when a Welcart store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Welcart 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 28.1% of Welcart stores.
• Facebook is used by 16.6% of Welcart stores.
• Twitter is used by 12.0% of Welcart stores.

Contact Information On Welcart 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.

• 27% of Welcart stores provide a phone number on their website
• 17% of Welcart stores have an email on their website

Top Categories For Welcart Stores

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

• 12.5% of Welcart stores sell Food & Drink products.
• 5.9% of Welcart stores sell Home & Garden products.
• 5.5% of Welcart stores sell Apparel products.

Top Countries For Welcart Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Welcart.

• 34.5% of Welcart stores are in Japan
• 0.1% of Welcart stores are in United States
• 0.1% of Welcart stores are in Ecuador
• 0.1% of Welcart stores are in Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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

Number Of Employees For Welcart Stores

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

• 99.2% of Welcart stores have Unknown employees.
• 0.3% of Welcart stores have 1 - 9 employees.
• 0.1% of Welcart stores have 10 - 24 employees.

Number Of Products Sold For Welcart Stores

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

• 29.6% of Welcart stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
• 9.7% of Welcart stores sell 10 - 24 different products.
• 8.9% of Welcart stores sell 25 - 49 different products.

Top Technologies on Welcart Stores

We're tracking 90 different technologies that have 37,395 collective installs on Welcart stores.

• Wordpress is used by 96.8% of Welcart stores.
• Google Adsense is used by 49.3% of Welcart stores.
• Google Tag Manager is used by 48.2% of Welcart stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Welcart Stores

• Yamato Transport is used by 1.1% of Welcart stores.
• Japan Post is used by 1.1% of Welcart stores.
• Sagawa Express is used by 0.4% of Welcart stores.

Here are the top 7 shipping carriers across all Welcart stores.

Welcart Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

• 53.8% of Welcart stores have a .com domain.
• 18.9% of Welcart stores have a .jp domain.
• 8.9% of Welcart stores have a .co.jp domain.

Top Welcart Stores

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

New Welcart Stores

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

Stores Switching to Welcart From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Welcart has taken 9 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Stores Switching from Welcart To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Welcart has lost 19 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

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