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The State of Zen Cart in 2024

Updated Apr 19 2024

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

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Zen Cart Growth

At present, there are 5,959 live stores running on the Zen Cart platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Zen Cart.

  • Zen Cart stores increased 97.0% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q1.
Quarter
Active Stores
2023 Q4
6,434
2024 Q1
6,239
2024 Q2 (to date)
5,959
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 Zen Cart store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Zen Cart 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 13.2% of Zen Cart stores.
  • Twitter is used by 8.4% of Zen Cart stores.
  • Instagram is used by 7.0% of Zen Cart stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
784
Twitter
498
Instagram
416
YouTube
257
Pinterest
213
WhatsApp
151
LinkedIn
70
Facebook Group
23
Tiktok
14
Yelp
5
Snapchat
2

Contact Information On Zen Cart 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.

  • 25% of Zen Cart stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 18% of Zen Cart stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
1,511
Email
1,097

Top Categories For Zen Cart Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on Zen Cart.

  • 31.7% of Zen Cart stores sell Apparel products.
  • 9.2% of Zen Cart stores sell Home & Garden products.
  • 6.7% of Zen Cart stores sell Sports products.

Top Countries For Zen Cart Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Zen Cart.

  • 8.0% of Zen Cart stores are in United States
  • 4.7% of Zen Cart stores are in Japan
  • 4.2% of Zen Cart stores are in United Kingdom
  • 3.1% of Zen Cart stores are in China
Country
Stores
283
185
132
115
85
79

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

Number Of Employees For Zen Cart Stores

Here is the breakdown of Zen Cart stores by the number of employees.

  • 99.0% of Zen Cart stores have Unknown employees.
  • 0.6% of Zen Cart stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.2% of Zen Cart stores have 50 - 99 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
5,900
1 - 9
33
10 - 24
6
25 - 49
1
50 - 99
14
100 - 249
3
250 - 999
1
5000+
1

Number Of Products Sold For Zen Cart Stores

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

  • 12.8% of Zen Cart stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
  • 10.0% of Zen Cart stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 9.0% of Zen Cart stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
593
10 - 24
208
25 - 49
307
50 - 99
97
100 - 249
536
250 - 999
761
1000 - 4999
325
5000 - 9999
86
10000 - 24999
54
25000 - 99999
20

Top Technologies on Zen Cart Stores

We're tracking 118 different technologies that have 10,933 collective installs on Zen Cart stores.

  • Cloudflare is used by 42.0% of Zen Cart stores.
  • Cloudflare CDN is used by 41.6% of Zen Cart stores.
  • Google Adsense is used by 13.3% of Zen Cart stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Zen Cart Stores

  • UPS is used by 4.9% of Zen Cart stores.
  • Fedex is used by 2.8% of Zen Cart stores.
  • USPS is used by 2.6% of Zen Cart stores.

Here are the top 10 shipping carriers across all Zen Cart stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
290
Fedex
164
USPS
157
Royal Mail
59
China Post
48
DHL
30
Canada Post
24
Australia Post
17
TNT
9
Correos
6

Zen Cart Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for Zen Cart 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.

  • 60.0% of Zen Cart stores have a .com domain.
  • 5.4% of Zen Cart stores have a .shop domain.
  • 3.4% of Zen Cart stores have a .co.uk domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
3,578
.shop
323
.co.uk
203
.net
166
.com.co
132
.life
129
.com.au
96
.live
91
.ru
91
.top
80

Top Zen Cart Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Model Rockets & How
18,997
2016/12/30
LeatherCult
21,297
2016/12/30
Parts for Honda Civic
22,694
2019/12/06
Ammo Supply Warehouse
27,488
2016/12/30
www.thinslimfoods.com
31,290
2016/12/30

New Zen Cart Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
www.montanasonlinestore.co.uk
1,915,603
2024/04/19
to Sweet Secrets Lingerie
3,148,789
2024/04/19
vm-waren.de
3,245,803
2024/04/19
lingerienyc.net
3,304,648
2024/04/19
pureravishingskin.net
3,317,382
2024/04/19

Stores Switching to Zen Cart From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Zen Cart has taken 45 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
BeadFX, Your Beading Store
265,612
Custom Cart
2024/03/06
www.nostalgiafineart.com
269,089
Custom Cart
2024/02/14
naniscreations.com
690,747
Shopify
2024/04/10
www.fairwayneedlecraft.com
1,131,183
Custom Cart
2024/04/17
floralmechanics.co.uk
1,874,169
Custom Cart
2024/04/08

Stores Switching from Zen Cart To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Zen Cart has lost 67 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Big Z Fabric
37,443
Shopify
2024/02/05
www.thatsmypan.com
94,862
Custom Cart
2024/02/12
現代ギター オンラインショップ
487,717
Shopify
2024/03/05
Digital Craft Supplies
528,728
Shopify
2024/03/28
Safari Coffee Roasters
582,996
Shopify
2024/04/08

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