⚡ E-Commerce Platforms in Japan

E-commerce platforms are online store builders, shopping cart systems, and specialized software solutions that enable businesses to sell products and services online.

Japan is an East Asian country with a population of around 125 million people.

According to our data, e-commerce platforms are detected on 5.7% of websites from Japan.

Statistics based on 159K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top e-commerce platforms in Japan in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Shopify with a share of 19.4%, followed by MakeShop Japan with 10.9% and WooCommerce with 8.7%.

Shopify 19.4%
MakeShop Japan 10.9%
WooCommerce 8.7%
EC-CUBE 8.5%
Color Me Shop 8.4%
WordPress Download Manager 6%
Welcart 5.6%
Shopserve 4.8%
Wix eCommerce 4.6%
Futureshop 4.4%
Ochanoko 3.5%
Ecbeing 2.6%
BASE 2.5%
Jimdo 1.8%
Other 8.3%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top platforms that are more popular in Japan than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. Shopify ^(-1)
2. MakeShop Japan ^(-31)
4. EC-CUBE ^(-38)
5. Color Me Shop ^(-38)
6. WordPress Download Manager ^(-4)
7. Welcart ^(-51)
8. Shopserve ^(-64)
10. Futureshop ^(-66)
11. Ochanoko ^(-74)
12. Ecbeing ^(-91)

✨ Best E-Commerce Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 76 e-commerce platforms used on sites from Japan, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Shopify Ottawa, Ontario, Canada A subscription-based software-as-a-service e-commerce platform that enables businesses to build and manage online stores, process payments, and sell across multiple channels. $39+/month	19.4%
2	MakeShop Japan Tokyo, Japan A Japanese e-commerce platform and SaaS service for building and managing online stores. 13,750 JPY+/month	10.9%
3	WooCommerce San Francisco, California, United States A customizable, open-source e-commerce platform built on WordPress that lets businesses sell online and retain full ownership of their site, data, and code. FreeOpen source	8.7%
4	EC-CUBE Osaka, Japan A Japanese open source e-commerce software platform for building and operating custom online stores. FreeOpen source2,980 JPY+/month	8.5%
5	Color Me Shop Tokyo, Japan A Japanese free-to-start online shop creation service. 4,950 JPY+/month	8.4%
6	WordPress Download Manager Chittagong, Bangladesh A document management plugin designed to manage downloads, control file access with passwords and member roles, and sell digital products on WordPress sites. FreeOpen source$99	6%
7	Welcart Fukui, Japan A Japanese e-commerce plugin for WordPress. Free	5.6%
8	Shopserve Tokyo, Japan A Japanese platform for building e-commerce websites.	4.8%
9	Wix eCommerce Tel Aviv, Israel An online store solution integrated into the Wix website builder, enabling users to create and manage digital storefronts with built-in tools for product listings, payments, and marketing. $17+/month	4.6%
10	Futureshop Japanese SaaS-based e-commerce platform.	4.4%
11	Ochanoko Kobe, Japan A Japanese e-commerce platform.	3.5%
12	Ecbeing A Japanese e-commerce platform for medium and large businesses.	2.6%
13	BASE Tokyo, Japan A Japanese e-shop builder service.	2.5%
14	Jimdo Hamburg, Germany An AI-powered website builder designed for users with basic computer skills. Free$11+/month	1.8%
15	Ebisumart Japanese cloud-based e-commerce solution for medium to large businesses.	1.1%
16	e-shops Cart Shimizu, Japan A Japanese e-commerce platform. $$$	0.9%
17	NHN Commerce Seongnam, Korea A Korean e-commerce platform. Free33,000 KRW+/month	0.6%
18	Salesforce Commerce Cloud San Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based SaaS platform that offers B2B and B2C e-commerce functionality, as well as AI-powered tools and automated workflows. $$$	0.6%
19	CS-Cart San Diego, California, United States A self-hosted e-commerce software for creating B2B and B2C online stores and marketplaces. $1,350+	0.6%
20	Stores A Japanese e-commerce platform.	0.5%
21	Strikingly Shanghai, China A drag-and-drop website builder from a Chinese company. Free$20+/month	0.4%
22	Magento San Jose, California, United States A popular open-source e-commerce platform based on PHP and MySQL, owned by Adobe since 2018. FreeOpen source	0.4%
23	Zen Cart Klamath Falls, Oregon, United States A self-hosted open source e-commerce system that was forked from osCommerce in 2003. FreeOpen source	0.3%
24	Ecwid Montreal, Quebec, Canada A cloud-based e-commerce platform with built-in management, marketing, and design tools. $5+/month	0.3%
25	Easy Digital Downloads Hutchinson, Kansas, United States A WordPress plugin for selling digital products online, providing product management, checkout, and payment processing tailored for downloadable files. Free$139.65+/year	0.3%

👉 See Also

🌎 E-Commerce in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 159,886 websites from Japan.
We currently track the presence of 310 e-commerce platforms across the web.
Of these, 76 were detected on websites from Japan.
Statistics were last calculated on May 2, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.