---
title: "Ecommerce Trends and Data: Platform Speed, Dropshipping"
description: "Decide with data: Core Web Vitals statistics for Shopify, WooCommerce and 46 other platforms from open data, and the real economics of dropshipping."
url: "https://carthacker.com/category/trends/"
image: "https://carthacker.com/wp-content/themes/carthacker-core/assets/og/trends.jpg?v=1791719545"
publisher: "CartHacker (carthacker.com)"
language: "en"
---

Strategy

# Trends & Strategy

Market analysis, platform roadmaps and strategic plays for the next quarter, not the last one - decide with data and move before the crowd.

## [Is Dropshipping Still Worth It? The Numbers Before You Start](https://carthacker.com/trends/is-dropshipping-worth-it/)

October 2, 2026, by [Adrian Wadowski](https://carthacker.com/author/adrian/)

[![One example dropshipping order for a product sold at 39.90 dollars: 12 dollars to the supplier, 6 dollars supplier shipping, 1.46 card fee, 3 dollars import duty and 2 dollars set aside for refunds leave 15.45 before ads; bought with ads at 1 dollar a click and a 1.4% conversion rate the order loses 55.98, from search traffic the store earned it keeps 15.45](https://carthacker.com/wp-content/uploads/is-dropshipping-worth-it-cover.jpg)](https://carthacker.com/trends/is-dropshipping-worth-it/)

A $39.90 dropshipping order leaves about $15 before advertising, and buying it with ads at a typical click price and conversion rate costs $71. Why the 20,000-product store fails, what changed in customs in 2025 and 2026, and the niche store that still works.

[Trends & Strategy](https://carthacker.com/category/trends/)

## [How Fast Are Online Stores? Speed Data by Platform](https://carthacker.com/trends/ecommerce-speed-statistics/)

September 10, 2026, by [Adrian Wadowski](https://carthacker.com/author/adrian/)

[![Bar chart of online stores passing all three Core Web Vitals on mobile in August 2026: Shopware 83.9%, Wix eCommerce 79.7%, Shopify 76.5%, OpenCart 73.7%, Squarespace Commerce 72.1%, Webflow Ecommerce 71.3%, BigCommerce 63.7%, PrestaShop 59.8%, all websites 53.0%, Magento 43.9%, WooCommerce 39.5%, Ecwid 38.1%, Square Online 0.0%](https://carthacker.com/wp-content/uploads/ecommerce-speed-by-platform-1.png)](https://carthacker.com/trends/ecommerce-speed-statistics/)

Real-visitor Core Web Vitals for 1.58 million online stores on 48 platforms: who passes, why self-hosted stores fail on the server, how the shopper's country moves the score, and the open dataset behind every number.

[Trends & Strategy](https://carthacker.com/category/trends/)

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Source: [Ecommerce Trends and Data: Platform Speed, Dropshipping](https://carthacker.com/category/trends/), CartHacker.

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