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WooCommerce Stores in China

Updated Nov 15 2024

There are 19,833 live WooCommerce stores in China.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on WooCommerce stores in China.

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WooCommerce Growth in China

  • WooCommerce stores in China increased 9.9% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • WooCommerce stores in China increased 53% year-over-year in 2024 Q3.

Here is WooCommerce's quarter-over-quarter growth in China.

Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q1
4,357
2020 Q2
4,763
2020 Q3
6,156
2020 Q4
4,195
2021 Q1
6,343
2021 Q2
5,370
2021 Q3
6,569
2021 Q4
10,778
2022 Q1
11,357
2022 Q2
12,338
2022 Q3
13,552
2022 Q4
14,313
2023 Q1
14,604
2023 Q2
15,518
2023 Q3
16,473
2023 Q4
17,807
2024 Q1
19,091
2024 Q2
20,276
2024 Q3
20,283
2024 Q4 (to date)
19,833
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 WooCommerce store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Top Categories For WooCommerce Stores In China

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for WooCommerce stores in China.

  • 19.8% of WooCommerce stores in China sell Business & Industrial products.
  • 17.1% of WooCommerce stores in China sell Home & Garden products.
  • 8.3% of WooCommerce stores in China sell Apparel products.

Social Media Usage On WooCommerce Stores In China

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.

  • YouTube is used by 21.0% of WooCommerce stores in China.
  • Facebook is used by 20.1% of WooCommerce stores in China.
  • Instagram is used by 16.2% of WooCommerce stores in China.
Type
Stores
YouTube
4,169
Facebook
3,985
Instagram
3,204
WhatsApp
2,838
LinkedIn
2,738
Twitter
2,235
Pinterest
1,059
Tiktok
548

Contact Information On WooCommerce Stores In China

Email remains an extremely popular communication channel for merchants. Many merchants also provide a phone number so that their customers can reach them instantly.

  • 93% of WooCommerce stores in China provide a phone number on their website
  • 52% of WooCommerce stores in China have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
18,363
Email
10,359

Provinces With The Most WooCommerce Stores In China

It's relatively easy to identify the country in which an ecommerce store operates. However, very few ecommerce stores provide a location to the province-level or city-level and even fewer provide a street address.

Here is the province distribution of WooCommerce stores in China. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 247 WooCommerce stores in China are based in Guangdong Province.
  • 240 WooCommerce stores in China are based in Guangdong.
  • 125 WooCommerce stores in China are based in Shanghai.
Province
Stores
240
125
119
72
55
43
27
17
16
12
12
11

Cities With The Most WooCommerce Stores in China

Here is the city distribution of WooCommerce stores in China. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 18,809 WooCommerce stores in China are based in Unknown.
  • 234 WooCommerce stores in China are based in Shenzhen.
  • 119 WooCommerce stores in China are based in Shanghai.
City
Stores
18,809
234
119
41
35
34
33
29
25
17
17

Top WooCommerce Apps in China

Here are the top 10 apps, ordered by number of installs, across all WooCommerce stores in China.

With a paid account on Store Leads, you'll be able to see which stores have installed specific apps. You can also see when specific apps were installed (or uninstalled) by each store.

Number of Employees for WooCommerce stores in China

  • 99.1% of WooCommerce stores in China have Unknown employees.
  • 0.4% of WooCommerce stores in China have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.1% of WooCommerce stores in China have 25 - 49 employees.

Here is the breakdown of WooCommerce stores in China by the number of employees.

Employees
Stores
Unknown
19,652
1 - 9
77
10 - 24
27
25 - 49
28
50 - 99
13
100 - 249
15
250 - 999
18
1000 - 4999
3

Top Shipping Carriers For WooCommerce Stores In China

  • 6.3% of WooCommerce stores in China ship by UPS.
  • 6.0% of WooCommerce stores in China ship by Fedex.
  • 1.7% of WooCommerce stores in China ship by USPS.

Here are the top shipping carriers for WooCommerce stores in China.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
1,257
Fedex
1,191
USPS
347
China Post
78
DHL
58
Royal Mail
15
TNT
14
Canada Post
14
SF Express
13
Australia Post
11

Top-level Domain Distribution For WooCommerce Stores In China

.com is the most common top-level domain, by far, for world-wide WooCommerce stores. Some countries have been faster than others to adopt alternate (such as country-specific) top-level domains.

  • 78.7% of WooCommerce stores in China have a .com domain.
  • 11.2% of WooCommerce stores in China have a .cn domain.
  • 3.2% of WooCommerce stores in China have a .com.cn domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for WooCommerce stores in China.

Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
15,601
.cn
2,212
.com.cn
642
.net
419
.shop
339
.top
88
.store
65
.org
52
.co
39
.net.cn
33

Top WooCommerce Stores In China

Here are the top stores in China ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
designboom magazine
1,382
2016/12/30
Alcatel Mobile
4,088
2017/10/27
ESR
6,929
2018/11/16
Only Dinosaurs
7,206
2016/12/30
Smart Air
12,983
2016/12/30

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