20 Jan 01-12
Shopify Year In Review: 2011
It was another amazing year for Shopify and our store owners! We've seen a 61% growth in number of active online stores running on our platform, and their sales have more than doubled! We have taken the most interesting ecommerce and company data and put it into an infograph - thanks for a great year everyone, and here's to 2012 being even better!
Comments
January 20, 2012 10:26AM EST
This is the prettiest report I’ve ever seen. Any analyst would drool to produce something this nice. Great growth and traction, congrats Shopify.
January 20, 2012 10:28AM EST
..I guess I should start making some themes…
January 20, 2012 03:04PM EST
Cool, enjoyable facts!
January 20, 2012 03:05PM EST
Is there any revenue or transaction count (theoretical) limit to a Shopify store? Not that I’m going anywhere anytime soon, but is it possible to have a store too big for Shopify?
January 20, 2012 03:06PM EST
Amazing!! Congratulations! We’re super happy to be a part of it.
January 20, 2012 03:24PM EST
Chris: No, there is no revenue or transaction limit to Shopify. Some of our stores do millions in revenue.
January 20, 2012 03:29PM EST
Well done. With so much data and information to pull from, creating an infographic that tells the right story—and basically replaces those tired old annual reports, is no small feat.
Congratulations on a great 2011!!
January 20, 2012 04:48PM EST
when will the Canadian contest winners be announced?
January 20, 2012 07:32PM EST
Great information as always… I so love my shopify store ..xxx
January 20, 2012 09:37PM EST
This graphic is awesome! You guys are seriously the coolest company.
January 21, 2012 08:26AM EST
Great illustration! I officially <3 Shopify…
January 22, 2012 12:34PM EST
Nice review. What criteria did you use for the “staff picks” ?
January 23, 2012 12:21PM EST
Ole: Staff Picks were cool shops that did really well, but not well enough to break the top 10.
They were chosen more for their unique products or awesome store design than anything else. Products like Wooden Watches, iPod Nano watch bands, beer opener iPhone cases. Designs by famous artists such as SwissMiss. A couple others were simply cool brands with a little bit of celebrity status, like Epic Meal Time and SMS by 50 Cent.
January 27, 2012 02:59PM EST
The data drew me in, the design kept me intrigued. What font is that used for the 2011 date in the banner? Love the fraudulent sign-ups report. Genius!
January 27, 2012 03:35PM EST
Cesar: Cheers, thanks for the kudos.
The “2011” typeface is “Ribbon”, by Dan Gneiding. It’s a pay-what-you-like typeface over at Lost Type (http://www.losttype.com/special/?name=ribbon). I had to do some tweaking to the kerning of the 1’s, but it’s pure awesome other than that.