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The State of Yahoo Store in 2024

Updated Dec 13 2024

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

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Yahoo Store Growth

At present, there are 3,211 live stores running on the Yahoo Store platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Yahoo Store.

  • Yahoo Store stores decreased -6.1% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • Yahoo Store stores decreased -9% year-over-year in 2024 Q3.
Quarter
Active Stores
2021 Q2
1,734
2021 Q3
1,966
2021 Q4
1,889
2022 Q1
1,841
2022 Q2
1,790
2022 Q3
1,748
2022 Q4
4,085
2023 Q1
4,050
2023 Q2
3,797
2023 Q3
3,752
2023 Q4
3,774
2024 Q1
3,548
2024 Q2
3,439
2024 Q3
3,421
2024 Q4 (to date)
3,211
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 Yahoo Store store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Yahoo Store 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 13.4% of Yahoo Store stores.
  • Twitter is used by 8.5% of Yahoo Store stores.
  • Instagram is used by 5.1% of Yahoo Store stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
429
Twitter
274
Instagram
165
Pinterest
137
YouTube
132
LinkedIn
88
Yelp
15
Tiktok
7
Facebook Group
3
WhatsApp
2
Snapchat
1

Contact Information On Yahoo Store 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.

  • 55% of Yahoo Store stores have an email on their website
  • 51% of Yahoo Store stores provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
1,761
Phone
1,626

Top Categories For Yahoo Store Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on Yahoo Store.

  • 14.9% of Yahoo Store stores sell Home & Garden products.
  • 14.3% of Yahoo Store stores sell Apparel products.
  • 7.3% of Yahoo Store stores sell Autos & Vehicles products.

Top Countries For Yahoo Store Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Yahoo Store.

  • 34.4% of Yahoo Store stores are in United States
  • 0.3% of Yahoo Store stores are in Canada
  • 0.1% of Yahoo Store stores are in United Kingdom
  • 0.0% of Yahoo Store stores are in Kenya

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

Number Of Employees For Yahoo Store Stores

Here is the breakdown of Yahoo Store stores by the number of employees.

  • 97.5% of Yahoo Store stores have Unknown employees.
  • 2.0% of Yahoo Store stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.4% of Yahoo Store stores have 10 - 24 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
3,132
1 - 9
64
10 - 24
12
25 - 49
2
100 - 249
1

Number Of Products Sold For Yahoo Store Stores

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

  • 20.0% of Yahoo Store stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 12.9% of Yahoo Store stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
  • 11.7% of Yahoo Store stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
643
10 - 24
217
25 - 49
256
50 - 99
76
100 - 249
376
250 - 999
415
1000 - 4999
219
5000 - 9999
53
10000 - 24999
52
25000 - 99999
18

Top Technologies on Yahoo Store Stores

We're tracking 118 different technologies that have 8,411 collective installs on Yahoo Store stores.

  • Cloudfront CDN is used by 98.2% of Yahoo Store stores.
  • Google Adsense is used by 29.2% of Yahoo Store stores.
  • Google Tag Manager is used by 28.2% of Yahoo Store stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Yahoo Store Stores

  • UPS is used by 19.6% of Yahoo Store stores.
  • USPS is used by 17.9% of Yahoo Store stores.
  • Fedex is used by 8.5% of Yahoo Store stores.

Here are the top 10 shipping carriers across all Yahoo Store stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
628
USPS
574
Fedex
274
Canada Post
13
Purolator
7
Royal Mail
5
Australia Post
4
Japan Post
3
Correos
2
Posti
1

Yahoo Store Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for Yahoo Store 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.

  • 79.9% of Yahoo Store stores have a .com domain.
  • 17.8% of Yahoo Store stores have a .net domain.
  • 0.9% of Yahoo Store stores have a .org domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
2,564
.net
573
.org
30
.biz
22
.us
13
.info
4
.expert
1
.store
1
.co.in
1
.rocks
1

Top Yahoo Store Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Mexgrocer Limited
8,899
2017/10/27
Gun Dog Supply
10,223
2017/01/27
ChefKnivesToGo.com
11,937
2016/12/30
BRP Box Shop
13,052
2016/12/30
www.hitecpet.com
16,355
2016/12/30

New Yahoo Store Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
store.licesolutions.org
11,888,766
2024/11/22
AV Lubricants
3,295,287
2024/11/15
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4,135,155
2024/11/15
www.homexpressions.com
8,674,898
2024/11/01
Decor Hardware
11,611,953
2024/09/27

Stores Switching to Yahoo Store From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Yahoo Store has taken 2 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Platform
Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
US Appliance Search™
11,281,252
Custom Cart
2024/10/04
TV Store Online
11,309,662
Shopify
2024/10/12

Stores Switching from Yahoo Store To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Yahoo Store has lost 13 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores
1

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
www.earplugstore.com
82,974
BigCommerce
2024/12/09
AaltoUSA
240,458
Shopify
2024/10/28
CanvasPlace.com
361,810
BigCommerce
2024/10/07
kencofire.com
661,143
Shopify
2024/11/05
MyBarStools.com
711,115
Shopify
2024/12/02

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