Best Ecommerce Software Solution Rankings June, 2011

We just completed analysis of June 2011 eCommerce survey of the top 1 million Alexa sites on the web and discovered a total of 25,592 online stores. Through the use of special signatures that match for different types of eCommerce software. Our research took into account the country those sites were located in and whether they were using HTML 5. As for HTML5 adoption, only 646 of the 25,592 online stores found were using HTML 5.

Our findings show that Magento continues to reign as the most popular eCommerce platform with 4,705 sites, a 15% increase since February 2011. From a Magento developer’s point of view, of the 4,705 Magento sites found, 274 included indications that they were running on the "premium" Enterprise Edition of the Magento platform. Of Magento’s new hosted solution for small and emerging merchants, Magento GO, we uncovered only 8 stores were found and considering the results so we shouldn’t expect many to appear in the top 1 million.

Most Popular eCommerce Software – June 2011

VirtueMart, the second most prevalent software in February 2011, slipped to 2701, giving way to Zen Cart, doubling to 3,167. This results in Zen Cart becoming the 2^nd most used eCommerce software nowadays. Of all sites analyzed, osCommerce saw the largest loss, falling from 3,033 sites in February to 2,554. With results like this, the largest eCommerce players are now: Magento, Zencart and VirtueMart.

Full Results

See the table below to compare the results for each eCommerce software from the previous two surveys in November 2010 and February 2011.

Taking into account the above report, we still admit this is far from a comprehensive analysis. But it’s a good indication of eCommerce stores in use. This survey will be re-conducted in around 3 months, so we’ll see if Magento remains the leading player in the eCommerce industry.