The State of Crystal Commerce in 2024

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

• Crystal Commerce growth
• Social media usage on Crystal Commerce stores
• Contact information on Crystal Commerce stores
• Top categories for Crystal Commerce stores
• Top countries for Crystal Commerce stores
• Number of employees for Crystal Commerce stores
• Number of products sold for Crystal Commerce stores
• Top Crystal Commerce technologies
• Top Shipping Carriers used by Crystal Commerce stores
• Crystal Commerce store top-level domain distribution
• Top Crystal Commerce stores
• New Crystal Commerce stores
• Stores switching to Crystal Commerce from other platforms
• Stores switching from Crystal Commerce to other platforms

Crystal Commerce Growth

At present, there are 569 live stores running on the Crystal Commerce platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Crystal Commerce.

• Crystal Commerce stores increased 33.7% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q1.

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

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

Social Media Usage On Crystal Commerce 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 79.3% of Crystal Commerce stores.
• Twitter is used by 48.0% of Crystal Commerce stores.
• Instagram is used by 33.2% of Crystal Commerce stores.

Contact Information On Crystal Commerce 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.

• 76% of Crystal Commerce stores provide a phone number on their website
• 63% of Crystal Commerce stores have an email on their website

Top Categories For Crystal Commerce Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on Crystal Commerce.

• 90.5% of Crystal Commerce stores sell Games products.
• 6.7% of Crystal Commerce stores sell Arts & Entertainment products.
• 1.4% of Crystal Commerce stores sell Toys & Hobbies products.

Top Countries For Crystal Commerce Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Crystal Commerce.

• 95.3% of Crystal Commerce stores are in United States
• 3.9% of Crystal Commerce stores are in Canada
• 0.4% of Crystal Commerce stores are in Guernsey
• 0.4% of Crystal Commerce stores are in United Kingdom

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

Number Of Employees For Crystal Commerce Stores

Here is the breakdown of Crystal Commerce stores by the number of employees.

• 98.4% of Crystal Commerce stores have Unknown employees.
• 1.1% of Crystal Commerce stores have 1 - 9 employees.
• 0.4% of Crystal Commerce stores have 10 - 24 employees.

Number Of Products Sold For Crystal Commerce Stores

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

• 35.7% of Crystal Commerce stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
• 12.1% of Crystal Commerce stores sell 1000 - 4999 different products.
• 11.6% of Crystal Commerce stores sell 250 - 999 different products.

Top Technologies on Crystal Commerce Stores

We're tracking 29 different technologies that have 3,221 collective installs on Crystal Commerce stores.

• Refersion is used by 100.0% of Crystal Commerce stores.
• Google Tag Manager is used by 100.0% of Crystal Commerce stores.
• Google Adsense is used by 100.0% of Crystal Commerce stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Crystal Commerce Stores

• USPS is used by 7.0% of Crystal Commerce stores.
• Canada Post is used by 4.2% of Crystal Commerce stores.
• UPS is used by 3.5% of Crystal Commerce stores.

Here are the top 6 shipping carriers across all Crystal Commerce stores.

Crystal Commerce Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for Crystal Commerce 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.

• 91.4% of Crystal Commerce stores have a .com domain.
• 3.9% of Crystal Commerce stores have a .ca domain.
• 2.5% of Crystal Commerce stores have a .net domain.

Top Crystal Commerce Stores

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

New Crystal Commerce Stores

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

Stores Switching to Crystal Commerce From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Crystal Commerce has taken 3 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Stores Switching from Crystal Commerce To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Crystal Commerce has lost 14 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

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