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The State of Zid in 2025

Updated Feb 14 2025

Based in Saudi Arabia, Zid is an ecommerce in a box - solution that any retailer can use to start their eRetail. Zid helps them to build their own eStores (with their own name and identity) and integrates them with the supply chain players to enable them to manage and with ease.

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

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Zid Growth

At present, there are 7,987 live stores running on the Zid platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Zid.

  • Zid stores decreased -4.9% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q4.
  • Zid stores increased 34% year-over-year in 2024 Q4.
Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q4
445
2021 Q1
583
2021 Q2
1,859
2021 Q3
2,154
2021 Q4
2,513
2022 Q1
2,677
2022 Q2
3,764
2022 Q3
4,071
2022 Q4
3,657
2023 Q1
4,948
2023 Q2
5,388
2023 Q3
5,629
2023 Q4
6,253
2024 Q1
6,575
2024 Q2
8,154
2024 Q3
8,655
2024 Q4
8,396
2025 Q1 (to date)
7,987
Active Stores by Quarter
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q32021 Q42022 Q12022 Q22022 Q32022 Q42023 Q12023 Q22023 Q32023 Q42024 Q12024 Q22024 Q32024 Q42025 Q101,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0009,000

Note: the store counts displayed in this section are based on actual historical store counts.

It's hard to know exactly when a Zid store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Zid 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.

  • Instagram is used by 52.9% of Zid stores.
  • Snapchat is used by 28.5% of Zid stores.
  • Tiktok is used by 26.7% of Zid stores.
Type
Stores
Instagram
4,226
Snapchat
2,277
Tiktok
2,135
Twitter
1,979
Facebook
793
WhatsApp
274
LinkedIn
44
YouTube
36
Pinterest
3

Contact Information On Zid 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.

  • 12% of Zid stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 9% of Zid stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
924
Email
732

Top Categories For Zid Stores

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

  • 13.2% of Zid stores sell Beauty & Fitness products.
  • 11.4% of Zid stores sell Apparel products.
  • 9.6% of Zid stores sell Home & Garden products.
Beauty & FitnessApparelHome & GardenFood & DrinkPeople & SocietyConsumer ElectronicsHealthBusiness & IndustrialGifts & Special EventsAutos & VehiclesComputers

Top Countries For Zid Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Zid.

  • 51.1% of Zid stores are in Saudi Arabia
  • 0.6% of Zid stores are in United Arab Emirates
  • 0.4% of Zid stores are in United States
  • 0.3% of Zid stores are in Oman
Saudi Arabia

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

Number Of Employees For Zid Stores

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

  • 99.0% of Zid stores have Unknown employees.
  • 0.3% of Zid stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.3% of Zid stores have 10 - 24 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
7,908
1 - 9
23
10 - 24
20
25 - 49
8
50 - 99
7
100 - 249
6
250 - 999
8
1000 - 4999
5
5000+
2
Unknown

Number Of Products Sold For Zid Stores

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

  • 27.9% of Zid stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 9.6% of Zid stores sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 8.3% of Zid stores sell 25 - 49 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
2,230
10 - 24
770
25 - 49
661
50 - 99
156
100 - 249
590
250 - 999
352
1000 - 4999
79
5000 - 9999
4
10000 - 24999
6
25000 - 99999
3
1 - 910 - 2425 - 4950 - 99100 - 249250 - 9991000 - 4999

Top Technologies on Zid Stores

We're tracking 53 different technologies that have 54,191 collective installs on Zid stores.

  • Cloudflare is used by 99.9% of Zid stores.
  • Cloudflare CDN is used by 98.1% of Zid stores.
  • Apple Pay is used by 76.4% of Zid stores.

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

Technology
Stores
7,979
6,104
2,863
2,856

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Zid Stores

  • UPS is used by 0.1% of Zid stores.
  • Aramex is used by 0.0% of Zid stores.
  • USPS is used by 0.0% of Zid stores.

Here are the top 4 shipping carriers across all Zid stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
4
Aramex
3
USPS
2
Fedex
2

Zid Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

  • 64.5% of Zid stores have a .com domain.
  • 16.5% of Zid stores have a .store domain.
  • 8.0% of Zid stores have a .sa domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
5,155
.store
1,316
.sa
637
.com.sa
198
.net
188
.org.sa
152
.co
79
.shop
79
.ae
27
.online
24
.com.store.sa.com.sa.net.org.sa

Top Zid Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Dkhoon Emirates
39,378
2019/07/05
altuwijri.com
55,656
2019/06/14
Reefi
74,883
2018/06/15
Sayyar
83,062
2016/12/30
barllina.com
90,562
2020/12/11

New Zid Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
snditamr.com
6,118,147
2025/02/14
otibysd.com
6,144,412
2025/02/14
domicastor.com
6,166,574
2025/02/14
zemartmor.com
6,179,713
2025/02/14
piovere
6,196,069
2025/02/14

Stores Switching to Zid From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Zid has taken 48 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Platform
Stores
18
1
1
SallaWooCommerceShopifyCustom CartOpenCartMakanEYouCan

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
alsaifco.sa
232,202
Salla
2025/02/04
tuwaiq.shop
tuwaiq.shop
441,351
WooCommerce
2025/01/11
adab-book.com
449,392
WooCommerce
2025/02/13
jpdose.com
807,380
Salla
2025/01/12
bukhamseenbedding.com
988,564
Salla
2024/12/03

Stores Switching from Zid To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Zid has lost 29 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores
9
SallaShopifyWooCommerceCustom CartMagento

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
techpoint-sa.com
316,478
Salla
2025/02/12
alsaifperfumes.com
793,515
Salla
2025/01/27
7gm.sa
888,188
Shopify
2024/11/25
alatlaltelecom.com
892,634
Magento
2025/01/19
Fettsmal فيتسمال
1,184,704
WooCommerce
2024/11/25

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