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WooCommerce Stores in South Africa

Updated Apr 19 2024

There are 54,070 live WooCommerce stores in South Africa.

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

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WooCommerce Growth in South Africa

  • WooCommerce stores in South Africa increased 10.8% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q1.
  • WooCommerce stores in South Africa increased 54% year-over-year in 2024 Q1.

Here is WooCommerce's quarter-over-quarter growth in South Africa.

Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q1
18,411
2020 Q2
19,853
2020 Q3
22,318
2020 Q4
9,790
2021 Q1
28,064
2021 Q2
29,140
2021 Q3
29,799
2021 Q4
31,012
2022 Q1
32,645
2022 Q2
33,505
2022 Q3
34,749
2022 Q4
33,106
2023 Q1
32,931
2023 Q2
39,686
2023 Q3
47,820
2023 Q4
51,426
2024 Q1
53,517
2024 Q2 (to date)
54,070
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 South Africa

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

  • 12.8% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa sell Home & Garden products.
  • 9.9% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa sell Business & Industrial products.
  • 8.1% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa sell Apparel products.

Social Media Usage On WooCommerce Stores In South Africa

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 48.4% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa.
  • Instagram is used by 39.2% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa.
  • Twitter is used by 12.3% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa.
Type
Stores
Facebook
26,176
Instagram
21,204
Twitter
6,625
YouTube
5,226
LinkedIn
4,888
WhatsApp
2,649
Tiktok
1,586
Facebook Group
593

Contact Information On WooCommerce Stores In South Africa

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

  • 72% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa provide a phone number on their website
  • 67% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
38,867
Email
36,257

Provinces With The Most WooCommerce Stores In South Africa

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 South Africa. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 2,722 WooCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Gauteng.
  • 1,997 WooCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Western Cape.
  • 625 WooCommerce stores in South Africa are based in KwaZulu-Natal.

Cities With The Most WooCommerce Stores in South Africa

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

  • 48,408 WooCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Unknown.
  • 1,563 WooCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Cape Town.
  • 1,139 WooCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Johannesburg.

Top WooCommerce Apps in South Africa

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

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 South Africa

  • 98.0% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa have Unknown employees.
  • 0.7% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.4% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa have 10 - 24 employees.

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

Employees
Stores
Unknown
53,000
1 - 9
353
10 - 24
217
25 - 49
154
50 - 99
109
100 - 249
103
250 - 999
86
1000 - 4999
35
5000+
13

Top Shipping Carriers For WooCommerce Stores In South Africa

  • 1.3% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa ship by UPS.
  • 0.3% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa ship by Fastway.
  • 0.3% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa ship by Fedex.

Here are the top shipping carriers for WooCommerce stores in South Africa.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
677
Fastway
184
Fedex
161
USPS
63
Aramex
35
DHL
32
DSV
23
Royal Mail
19
DPD
5
Correos
4

Top-level Domain Distribution For WooCommerce Stores In South Africa

.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.

  • 88.2% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa have a .co.za domain.
  • 7.7% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa have a .com domain.
  • 1.5% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa have a .org.za domain.

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

Top-level Domain
Stores
.co.za
47,686
.com
4,189
.org.za
786
.org
308
.africa
187
.za.com
122
.net
117
.online
95
.co
67
.store
57

Top WooCommerce Stores In South Africa

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Cape Town Tourism
3,583
2021/02/05
Go2Africa
5,071
2017/10/27
mg.co.za
6,044
2016/12/30
Moneyweb
7,367
2016/12/30
Writers Write
9,247
2019/11/01

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