There are over 12 million eCommerce sites in the world and around 576,000 new websites created daily. This number continues to grow in 2021. If you are one of the many that run an online business, you know the landscape is ever changing and 2020 brought on several changes, to say the least.
If you say your business wasn’t affected by the pandemic, we wouldn’t believe you. If anything, the pandemic amplified the eCommerce industry. Consumers have embraced new shopping habits and it forced companies to adapt quickly.
So, how exactly is the eCommerce industry doing and how can you prepare your business for 2021? In this guide, we dissect the most important eCommerce statistics, facts, figures, and trends to help boost your sales this year.
One thing is for sure, the growth of eCommerce has accelerated in the past few years and 2020 was no exception. While the COVID-19 pandemic forced many small businesses to close, it didn’t stop people from creating online stores.
With that said, WordPress reigns as the number one CMS powering websites and Shopify saw a huge surge in new shops created at the start of the pandemic. Below are a few additional statistics that sum up the biggest changes in eCommerce in the past year…
