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The State of 3DCart in 2024

Updated Apr 19 2024

Released to the public in 2001, you won't find many ecommerce platforms that predate 3DCart. Despite it's longevity, it is still under active development and is integrated with modern payment platforms like Stripe and Square.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on 3DCart usage.

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3DCart Growth

At present, there are 6,845 live stores running on the 3DCart platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running 3DCart.

  • 3DCart stores increased 4.8% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q1.
  • 3DCart stores increased 24% year-over-year in 2024 Q1.
Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q1
3,699
2020 Q2
6,207
2020 Q3
7,129
2020 Q4
7,271
2021 Q1
8,193
2021 Q2
10,697
2021 Q3
12,567
2021 Q4
12,865
2022 Q1
12,638
2022 Q2
11,572
2022 Q3
10,120
2022 Q4
9,776
2023 Q1
8,504
2023 Q2
7,795
2023 Q3
7,539
2023 Q4
7,202
2024 Q1
6,914
2024 Q2 (to date)
6,856
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 3DCart store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On 3DCart 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 35.8% of 3DCart stores.
  • Instagram is used by 25.6% of 3DCart stores.
  • Twitter is used by 15.6% of 3DCart stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
2,450
Instagram
1,752
Twitter
1,065
YouTube
918
Pinterest
640
LinkedIn
259
Facebook Group
89
Tiktok
36
Yelp
29
WhatsApp
8
Snapchat
2

Contact Information On 3DCart 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.

  • 72% of 3DCart stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 7% of 3DCart stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
4,920
Email
461

Top Categories For 3DCart Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on 3DCart.

  • 13.9% of 3DCart stores sell Home & Garden products.
  • 11.6% of 3DCart stores sell Apparel products.
  • 7.6% of 3DCart stores sell Autos & Vehicles products.

Top Countries For 3DCart Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using 3DCart.

  • 91.5% of 3DCart stores are in United States
  • 2.7% of 3DCart stores are in Canada
  • 0.8% of 3DCart stores are in United Kingdom
  • 0.6% of 3DCart stores are in Australia

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

Number Of Employees For 3DCart Stores

Here is the breakdown of 3DCart stores by the number of employees.

  • 95.6% of 3DCart stores have Unknown employees.
  • 3.1% of 3DCart stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.6% of 3DCart stores have 10 - 24 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
6,543
1 - 9
212
10 - 24
39
25 - 49
16
50 - 99
12
100 - 249
14
250 - 999
6
1000 - 4999
2
5000+
1

Number Of Products Sold For 3DCart Stores

Here is the breakdown of 3DCart stores by the number of products that they sell.

  • 29.7% of 3DCart stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 14.0% of 3DCart stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
  • 12.4% of 3DCart stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
2,035
10 - 24
736
25 - 49
763
50 - 99
178
100 - 249
955
250 - 999
850
1000 - 4999
338
5000 - 9999
66
10000 - 24999
61
25000 - 99999
23

Top Technologies on 3DCart Stores

We're tracking 190 different technologies that have 27,081 collective installs on 3DCart stores.

  • Cloudflare is used by 96.0% of 3DCart stores.
  • Extend is used by 60.8% of 3DCart stores.
  • reCAPTCHA is used by 49.7% of 3DCart stores.

Here are the top 10 third-party technologies, ordered by number of installs, across all 3DCart stores.

Top Shipping Carriers Used By 3DCart Stores

  • USPS is used by 20.7% of 3DCart stores.
  • UPS is used by 18.2% of 3DCart stores.
  • Fedex is used by 10.5% of 3DCart stores.

Here are the top 10 shipping carriers across all 3DCart stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
USPS
1,415
UPS
1,246
Fedex
716
Canada Post
70
Royal Mail
21
Australia Post
18
Purolator
12
DHL
5
Correos
2
GLS Parcel
1

3DCart Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for 3DCart 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.

  • 91.5% of 3DCart stores have a .com domain.
  • 2.2% of 3DCart stores have a .net domain.
  • 1.3% of 3DCart stores have a .org domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
6,264
.net
153
.org
91
.ca
74
.us
43
.biz
32
.com.au
29
.co.uk
28
.store
18
.shop
14

Top 3DCart Stores

Here are the top stores, powered by 3DCart, ordered by store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Jon Taffer
6,198
2022/12/16
www.wilsonbrosgardens.com
6,887
2016/12/30
LED Light Expert
6,944
2017/05/26
Stage3 Motorsports
7,129
2016/12/30
Door Hardware and Supplies
7,641
2016/12/30

New 3DCart Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
to UrineRX
4,830,431
2024/04/26
www.sunshinestatearms.com
6,160,533
2024/04/26
to 907 Ammo
6,366,329
2024/04/26
Kenneson Farms
6,537,196
2024/04/26
to Ybarra Real Estate
7,088,465
2024/04/26

Stores Switching to 3DCart From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, 3DCart has taken 25 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Here are the top stores that have switched to 3DCart from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
MotoTec USA
125,074
Network Solutions Commerce
2024/04/22
Fass Fuel System
334,666
Custom Cart
2024/04/16
to USA Zincs
739,972
Wix
2024/04/18
My Transfer Source
818,319
WooCommerce
2024/04/11
tristaraerial.com
834,191
WooCommerce
2024/03/08

Stores Switching from 3DCart To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, 3DCart has lost 70 merchants to competitive platforms.

Here are the top 3DCart stores that have recently changed to a competitive platform.

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
TopFlight Dubia
34,641
BigCommerce
2024/04/08
idealbaby
69,089
Shopify
2024/03/18
Tycon Systems Inc
94,748
WooCommerce
2024/03/18
RSL
108,587
Shopify
2024/03/11
Payless Rugs
136,467
BigCommerce
2024/04/01

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