Lightbox Technology Adoption in E-commerce

Discover 184.8k verified e-commerce stores using Lightbox. Analyze technology adoption, market trends, integration patterns, and business insights.

Detected across 386.2k domains. 184.8k verified as active stores with physical delivery.

Verified stores
184.8k
active stores with physical delivery
Top country
United States
26,581 verified stores
Top payment signal
PayPal
22,926 stores detected
Top carrier signal
DHL
9,504 stores detected
Top category
Clothing & Accessories
23,678 verified stores

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· · Next full refresh: July 2026

184.8k verified active stores out of 386.2k detected · 47.8% verification rate

E-commerce Platforms Distribution

WooCommerce stores with 50.7% of stores with physical delivery (90,108 stores) , followed by Custom (32.5%) and Shopify (4.5%) .

Note: This distribution covers only stores selling physical products with active shopping carts and physical product shipping. Digital products, services, and non-transactional sites are excluded. All stores are verified by our proprietary AI model to ensure accurate e-commerce classification.

Top 10 Platforms (Physical Delivery)

90,108 stores

Custom 32.5%

57,753 stores

7,953 stores

5,000 stores

4,995 stores

4,051 stores

2,440 stores

1,692 stores

United Profile 0.4%

764 stores

654 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 platforms by stores with physical delivery (June 2026)
E-commerce platforms distribution for stores with physical delivery in Lightbox
Platform Stores with Physical Delivery Percentage
WooCommerce 90108 50.66%
Custom 57753 32.47%
Shopify 7953 4.47%
JTL Shop 5000 2.81%
PrestaShop 4995 2.81%
OpenCart 4051 2.28%
Magento 2440 1.37%
1C-Bitrix 1692 0.95%
United Profile 764 0.43%
VirtueMart 654 0.37%
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All Stores Distribution

WooCommerce holds 71.8% share of all Lightbox e-commerce stores (263,447) , with Custom at 15.7% and Shopify at 2.6% (June 2026) .

Note: This broader view includes all domains where e-commerce signals were detected, useful for lead generation and competitive analysis. Some may be inactive or non-transactional. For verified active stores, see the default view above.

Top 10 Platforms (All Stores)

263,447 stores

Custom 15.7%

57,753 stores

9,641 stores

5,558 stores

5,364 stores

4,963 stores

3,449 stores

5,180 stores

United Profile 0.2%

814 stores

1,406 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 platforms by all stores (June 2026)
E-commerce platforms distribution for all stores in Lightbox
Platform Total Stores Percentage
WooCommerce 263447 71.78%
Custom 57753 15.74%
Shopify 9641 2.63%
JTL Shop 5558 1.51%
PrestaShop 5364 1.46%
OpenCart 4963 1.35%
Magento 3449 0.94%
1C-Bitrix 5180 1.41%
United Profile 814 0.22%
VirtueMart 1406 0.38%

Categories Distribution

Clothing & Accessories stores with 14.4% of all stores (23,678 stores) , followed by Food & Beverages (12.1%) and Health & Beauty (11.6%) .

Base: 163,983 AI-verified stores with physical delivery and detected product categories (88.8% of all verified stores). Percentages show share of stores within each category.

Top 10 Categories

Clothing & Accessories 14.4%

23,678 stores

Food & Beverages 12.1%

19,882 stores

Health & Beauty 11.6%

19,051 stores

Business & Industrial 9.2%

15,053 stores

Home & Garden 7.4%

12,195 stores

Tools & Hardware 7.0%

11,508 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 6.9%

11,261 stores

Arts & Entertainment 5.5%

9,039 stores

Electronics & Technology 5.1%

8,392 stores

Gifts & Special Occasions 4.6%

7,537 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Lightbox store categories (June 2026)
Distribution of categories in Lightbox e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Clothing & Accessories 23678 14.44%
Food & Beverages 19882 12.12%
Health & Beauty 19051 11.62%
Business & Industrial 15053 9.18%
Home & Garden 12195 7.44%
Tools & Hardware 11508 7.02%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 11261 6.87%
Arts & Entertainment 9039 5.51%
Electronics & Technology 8392 5.12%
Gifts & Special Occasions 7537 4.60%

Payment Providers Distribution

PayPal stores with 28.4% among AI-verified physical stores (22,926 stores) , followed by MasterCard (12.1%) and Klarna (10.2%) .

Base: 67,315 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (17.4% coverage of all stores). Percentages show share of detected provider instances (stores may use multiple providers).

Detected from checkout/payment scripts and provider tags; off-site/manual payments excluded where undetectable.

Top 10 Payment Providers

PayPal 28.4%

22,926 stores

9,772 stores

Klarna 10.2%

8,199 stores

7,984 stores

7,882 stores

VISA 6.4%

5,176 stores

4,810 stores

2,845 stores

1,965 stores

JCB 2.4%

1,903 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Lightbox payment providers (June 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in Lightbox e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
PayPal 22926 28.41%
MasterCard 9772 12.11%
Klarna 8199 10.16%
Stripe Connect 7984 9.89%
American Express 7882 9.77%
VISA 5176 6.41%
Apple Pay 4810 5.96%
Google Pay 2845 3.53%
Amazon Pay 1965 2.44%
JCB 1903 2.36%

Shipping Carriers Distribution

DHL stores with 19.8% among AI-verified physical stores (9,504 stores) , followed by UPS (15.4%) and DPD (11.2%) .

Base: 52,143 AI-verified physical stores with detectable shipping carriers (13.5% coverage of all stores). Percentages show share of detected carrier instances (stores may use multiple carriers).

Detected from checkout/shipping pages and shipment widgets; cross-border carriers included where visible.

Top 10 Shipping Carriers

DHL 19.8%

9,504 stores

UPS 15.4%

7,384 stores

DPD 11.2%

5,388 stores

FedEx 7.6%

3,650 stores

GLS 7.4%

3,528 stores

USPS 7.2%

3,462 stores

2,961 stores

2,758 stores

1,685 stores

1,481 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Lightbox shipping carriers (June 2026)
Distribution of shipping carriers in Lightbox e-commerce stores
Shipping Carrier Store Count Market Share
DHL 9504 19.80%
UPS 7384 15.38%
DPD 5388 11.23%
FedEx 3650 7.60%
GLS 3528 7.35%
USPS 3462 7.21%
Почта России 2961 6.17%
СДЭК 2758 5.75%
Colissimo 1685 3.51%
Royal Mail 1481 3.09%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 24,619 new stores were launched in Lightbox , with the highest activity in 2026-05 (1,863 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-05 7.6%

1,863 stores launched

2026-04 7.7%

1,907 stores launched

2026-03 7.8%

1,921 stores launched

2026-02 7.3%

1,786 stores launched

2026-01 10.0%

2,460 stores launched

2025-12 9.0%

2,227 stores launched

2025-11 8.7%

2,151 stores launched

2025-10 10.3%

2,541 stores launched

2025-09 9.2%

2,263 stores launched

2025-08 9.6%

2,357 stores launched

2025-07 9.1%

2,231 stores launched

2025-06 3.7%

912 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in Lightbox (June 2026)
Monthly store launches in Lightbox over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-05 1863 7.57%
2026-04 1907 7.75%
2026-03 1921 7.80%
2026-02 1786 7.25%
2026-01 2460 9.99%
2025-12 2227 9.05%
2025-11 2151 8.74%
2025-10 2541 10.32%
2025-09 2263 9.19%
2025-08 2357 9.57%
2025-07 2231 9.06%
2025-06 912 3.70%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 183,017 active stores in Lightbox are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (10,042 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 5.5%

10,042 active stores

2025 12.7%

23,287 active stores

2024 8.5%

15,542 active stores

2023 6.8%

12,405 active stores

2022 5.9%

10,791 active stores

2021 6.8%

12,406 active stores

2020 7.2%

13,223 active stores

2019 5.4%

9,941 active stores

2018 5.5%

9,991 active stores

2017 4.8%

8,865 active stores

2016 3.0%

5,576 active stores

2015 2.6%

4,705 active stores

2014 2.6%

4,737 active stores

2013 3.4%

6,206 active stores

2012 2.2%

4,024 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in Lightbox by original launch year (June 2026)
Active stores in Lightbox by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 10042 5.49%
2025 23287 12.72%
2024 15542 8.49%
2023 12405 6.78%
2022 10791 5.90%
2021 12406 6.78%
2020 13223 7.23%
2019 9941 5.43%
2018 9991 5.46%
2017 8865 4.84%
2016 5576 3.05%
2015 4705 2.57%
2014 4737 2.59%
2013 6206 3.39%
2012 4024 2.20%

Social Media Usage

Facebook stores with 32.6% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (92,527 stores) , followed by Instagram (28.4%) and YouTube (10.6%) .

Base: 249,622 stores with any detectable social profile (64.6% of all stores). Percentages show share of detected platform instances (stores may use multiple platforms).

Links and embeds detected on public pages; private/hidden profiles not counted.

Top 10 Social Platforms

Facebook 32.6%

92,527 stores

Instagram 28.4%

80,798 stores

YouTube 10.6%

30,090 stores

Twitter 8.3%

23,527 stores

LinkedIn 5.1%

14,375 stores

Pinterest 4.4%

12,544 stores

TikTok 4.0%

11,355 stores

WhatsApp 3.3%

9,353 stores

X 2.3%

6,672 stores

Vimeo 1.0%

2,957 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in Lightbox (June 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in Lightbox e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Facebook 92527 32.56%
Instagram 80798 28.43%
YouTube 30090 10.59%
Twitter 23527 8.28%
LinkedIn 14375 5.06%
Pinterest 12544 4.41%
TikTok 11355 4.00%
WhatsApp 9353 3.29%
X 6672 2.35%
Vimeo 2957 1.04%

Geographic Distribution

United States stores with 20.6% (26,581 AI-verified stores) , followed by Russia (10.8%) and Germany (9.4%) .

Base: 129,130 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

26,581 AI-verified stores

Russia 10.8%

13,966 AI-verified stores

12,193 AI-verified stores

9,228 AI-verified stores

7,808 AI-verified stores

India 5.5%

7,143 AI-verified stores

Italy 4.9%

6,301 AI-verified stores

5,266 AI-verified stores

Spain 3.8%

4,918 AI-verified stores

Japan 3.7%

4,740 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using Lightbox (June 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using Lightbox
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
United States 26581 20.58%
Russia 13966 10.82%
Germany 12193 9.44%
United Kingdom 9228 7.15%
France 7808 6.05%
India 7143 5.53%
Italy 6301 4.88%
Poland 5266 4.08%
Spain 4918 3.81%
Japan 4740 3.67%

Data Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 386.2k 100.00%
Emails 249.6k 64.64%
Phones 189.9k 49.17%
Ecommerce platform 383.7k 99.34%
Couriers 52.1k 13.50%
Payment Providers 67.3k 17.43%
Categories 181.0k 46.86%
Social Media 249.6k 64.63%

Coverage reflects detectability from public website analysis. Payment providers and shipping carriers are identified from checkout pages and shipping widgets. Stores using off-site payment flows or custom shipping integrations may not be detected. Actual adoption rates are higher than shown.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What data is included in the Lightbox e-commerce intelligence?

We track 184.8k verified Lightbox e-commerce stores with 50+ data points per store: e-commerce platform, product counts, categories, payment providers, shipping carriers, technology stack, merchant-size signals, and available business contact fields.

How is the data collected and how often is it updated?

We continuously crawl 300M+ domains using proprietary web crawlers, AI classification, and technology fingerprinting. The database is refreshed monthly, so you always work with current market data.

How do I access the data?

Self-service plans give you instant access through our web app and REST API. You can search, filter, and segment stores interactively or integrate programmatically into your workflows. View plans →

Can I filter by specific segments?

Yes. You can segment by country, platform, product category, payment provider, shipping carrier, technology stack, store age, cross-border signals, and merchant-size bands. Some advanced signals are plan-gated, and the same field contract is used by the web app, exports, and API.

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