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The State of WineDirect in 2026

Updated May 15 2026

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

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WineDirect Growth

At present, there are 564 live stores running on the WineDirect platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running WineDirect.

  • WineDirect stores decreased -7.7% quarter-over-quarter in 2026 Q1.
  • WineDirect stores decreased -51% year-over-year in 2026 Q1.
Quarter
Active Stores
2022 Q2
1,288
2022 Q3
1,520
2022 Q4
1,472
2023 Q1
1,460
2023 Q2
1,467
2023 Q3
1,466
2023 Q4
1,461
2024 Q1
1,424
2024 Q2
1,374
2024 Q3
1,395
2024 Q4
1,313
2025 Q1
1,255
2025 Q2
1,119
2025 Q3
906
2025 Q4
773
2026 Q1
611
2026 Q2 (to date)
564
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 WineDirect store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On WineDirect 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 65.1% of WineDirect stores.
  • Instagram is used by 64.7% of WineDirect stores.
  • Twitter is used by 34.2% of WineDirect stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
367
Instagram
365
Twitter
193
Yelp
63
YouTube
47
LinkedIn
41
Pinterest
40
Tiktok
5
Facebook Group
1

Contact Information On WineDirect 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.

  • 81% of WineDirect stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 69% of WineDirect stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
459
Email
389

Top Categories For WineDirect Stores

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

  • 90.2% of WineDirect stores sell Food & Drink products.
  • 1.8% of WineDirect stores sell Travel products.
  • 0.7% of WineDirect stores sell People & Society products.

Top Countries For WineDirect Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using WineDirect.

  • 78.4% of WineDirect stores are in United States
  • 10.3% of WineDirect stores are in Australia
  • 3.4% of WineDirect stores are in Canada
  • 0.4% of WineDirect stores are in France
Country
Stores
19
2
1

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Number Of Employees For WineDirect Stores

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

  • 93.1% of WineDirect stores have Unknown employees.
  • 2.8% of WineDirect stores have 10 - 24 employees.
  • 2.0% of WineDirect stores have 1 - 9 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
525
1 - 9
11
10 - 24
16
25 - 49
8
50 - 99
2
250 - 999
1
1000 - 4999
1

Number Of Products Sold For WineDirect Stores

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

  • 36.5% of WineDirect stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 19.9% of WineDirect stores sell 25 - 49 different products.
  • 16.1% of WineDirect stores sell 10 - 24 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
206
10 - 24
91
25 - 49
112
50 - 99
15
100 - 249
67
250 - 999
26
1000 - 4999
4
10000 - 24999
1
25000 - 99999
1
100000 - 249999
1

Top Technologies on WineDirect Stores

We're tracking 93 different technologies that have 3,890 collective installs on WineDirect stores.

  • reCAPTCHA is used by 89.4% of WineDirect stores.
  • New Relic is used by 77.8% of WineDirect stores.
  • FullStory is used by 75.7% of WineDirect stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By WineDirect Stores

  • UPS is used by 18.4% of WineDirect stores.
  • Fedex is used by 11.5% of WineDirect stores.
  • Australia Post is used by 6.2% of WineDirect stores.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
104
Fedex
65
Australia Post
35
USPS
10
Canada Post
6
Fastway
3
GLS Parcel
1

WineDirect Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

  • 87.4% of WineDirect stores have a .com domain.
  • 7.6% of WineDirect stores have a .com.au domain.
  • 1.4% of WineDirect stores have a .ca domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
493
.com.au
43
.ca
8
.co
7
.wine
4
.net
2
.co.nz
1
.org
1
.jp
1
.fr
1

Top WineDirect Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Michael David Winery
7,192
2016/12/30
Domaine Carneros
9,997
2016/12/30
Duckhorn Vineyards
12,373
2016/12/30
Amaterra
17,646
2020/04/10
veritaswines.com
21,727
2016/12/30

New WineDirect Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Rodney Strong Wine Estates
12,588,369
2026/04/10
Le Cuvier Winery
13,367,860
2026/01/09
phiferpavittwine.uswest.vin65dev.com
13,367,862
2025/12/26
tdb_vin65cloud2
12,688,023
2025/12/12
tdb_vin65cloud3
12,849,899
2025/12/12

Stores Switching from WineDirect To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, WineDirect has lost 53 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores
2

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
St. Julian
20,054
Commerce7
2026/04/06
Willamette Valley Vineyards
20,690
Commerce7
2026/04/06
Fox Run Vineyards
30,745
Commerce7
2026/04/12
Rodney Strong Vineyards
33,236
Commerce7
2026/04/06
Jefferson Vineyards
40,421
Commerce7
2026/03/23

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