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Insights, analysis, and updates from the ShopRank team
Shopify Is Eating Europe
analysisIn the Netherlands, 54% of new stores launched in 2025 chose Shopify. In France, 49%. We analyzed 324,000 new European stores to understand what's actually happening - and what it doesn't mean.
We Tracked 6.8 Million E-commerce Stores for 6 Months. Here's Who Survived.
analysisNearly a million e-commerce stores disappeared in 6 months. We tracked 6.8 million stores domain by domain. WooCommerce lost 1 in 5. Shopify lost 1 in 12.
Why More Than Half of WooCommerce Sites Aren't Real Stores
analysisWe analyzed 5.7 million classifiable WooCommerce domains. Only 2.5 million are actual stores. The rest are blogs, corporate sites, and abandoned projects. Here's what that means for everyone who relies on platform detection.
Why 19% of E-commerce Is Invisible - And How We Learned to See It
analysisMost e-commerce reports miss 1.75 million stores running custom platforms. We built a system that finds them - not by detecting technology signatures, but by reading what a website actually does.