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Ecommerce Market Data and Ecommerce Benchmarks

LIVE GROWTH PROJECTIONS
TODAY'S GROWTH %
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Ecommerce Market Data March 2026

Ecommerce Metric March 2026 March 2025 Difference Growth
Sales Growth Withheld Withheld Withheld +5.74%
Cost Per Acquisition 9.24% 7.54% +1.70% +22.53%
Visitors Withheld Withheld Withheld -7.61%
Conversion Rate 1.59% 1.72% -0.13% -7.56%
Average Order Value £137.49 £128.52 +£8.97 +6.98%
Average Sale Price of Item £62.43 £66.02 -£3.59 -5.44%
Revenue Per Session £1.60 £1.41 +£0.19 +13.47%
Cost Per Session £0.13 £0.10 +£0.03 +29.25%

Ecommerce Traffic Data March 2026

Rank   Traffic Source March 2026 March 2025 Growth % % of Total Sales Participating % CPA %
1st Google PPC Withheld Withheld + 8.96% 60.88% 93.3% 11.02%
2nd IRP Email Marketing Withheld Withheld -1.25% 9.81% 100% 0.91%
3rd AWIN Withheld Withheld + 66.10% 5.16% 30% 7.16%
4th Bing & Yahoo PPC Withheld Withheld -7.39% 2.02% 33.3% 7.53%
5th Facebook Paid Withheld Withheld + 126.63% 0.70% 26.7% 41.55%
6th Webgains Withheld Withheld -82.69% 0.08% 3.3% 14.68%
7th TikTok Withheld Withheld 0.00% 0.00% 3.3% 0.00%

Ecommerce Service Provider Data March 2026

Traffic Source:
Rank Service Provider March 2026 March 2025 Growth % Source CPA % Overall CPA %
1st Withheld Withheld Withheld + 61.34% 19.80% 10.74%
2nd Withheld Withheld Withheld + 27.53% 10.73% 5.02%
3rd Withheld Withheld Withheld + 27.09% 25.04% 17.41%
4th Withheld Withheld Withheld + 23.82% 14.25% 14.00%
5th Withheld Withheld Withheld + 8.42% 8.65% 6.26%
6th Withheld Withheld Withheld + 7.51% 12.72% 8.79%
7th Withheld Withheld Withheld + 5.56% 15.34% 10.83%
8th Withheld Withheld Withheld -3.57% 12.60% 9.60%
9th Withheld Withheld Withheld -6.49% 16.06% 10.02%
10th Withheld Withheld Withheld -6.90% 15.60% 7.99%

Historical Ecommerce Market Data March 2026

Ecommerce Sales Growth Data 2026 v 2025

Summary

Sales Growth in the Ecommerce Market decreased by 66.74% from 17.25% to 5.74% in March 2026 compared to March 2025.

Ecommerce Sales Data 2026 v 2025

Summary

Sales in the Ecommerce Market increased by an average of 5.74% in March 2026 compared to March 2025.

Ecommerce Cost Per Acquisition Data 2026 v 2025

Summary

The average CPA in the Ecommerce Market increased by 22.42% from 7.54% to 9.24% in March 2026 compared to March 2025.

Ecommerce Conversion Rate Data 2026 v 2025

Summary

The average conversion rate in the Ecommerce Market decreased by 7.74% from 1.72% to 1.59% in March 2026 compared to March 2025.

Ecommerce Average Order Value Data 2026 v 2025

Summary

Average Order Values in the Ecommerce Market increased by 6.98% from £128.52 to £137.49 in March 2026 compared to March 2025.

Ecommerce Visitors Data 2026 v 2025

Summary

Visitors in the Ecommerce Market decreased by an average of 7.61% in March 2026 compared to March 2025.

Ecommerce Revenue Per Session Data 2026 v 2025

Summary

Revenue Per Session in the Ecommerce Market increased by 13.13% from £1.41 to £1.60 in March 2026 compared to March 2025.

Ecommerce Cost Per Session Data 2026 v 2025

Summary

Cost Per Session in the Ecommerce Market increased by 21.96% from £0.10 to £0.13 in March 2026 compared to March 2025.

Ecommerce Bounce Rate Data 2026 v 2025

Summary

The bounce rate in the Ecommerce Market increased by 26.43% from 38.79% to 49.04% in March 2026 compared to March 2025.

Ecommerce Traffic Channel Data March 2026

Summary

In March 2026 the sales breakdown in the ecommerce market by Traffic Channel is Paid Search Marketing 62.9%, Direct 19.4%, Email Marketing 9.8%, Affiliate Marketing 5.3%, Other 1.9% and Paid Social Media Marketing 0.7%.

Ecommerce Revenue by Location March 2026

Summary

In March 2026 the sales breakdown in the ecommerce market by Location is Domestic 56.3% and International 43.7%.

Ecommerce Revenue by Device March 2026

Summary

In March 2026 the sales breakdown in the ecommerce market by Device is Mobile 62.3%, Desktop 36.3% and Tablet 1.4%.

International Sales Data 2026 v 2025

Summary

International sales percentage of total sales in the Ecommerce Market increased by an average of 1.22% from 43.15% to 43.68% in March 2026 compared to March 2025.

Ecommerce Average Sale Price Data 2026 v 2025

Summary

Average Sale Price of Item sales in the Ecommerce Market decreased by an average of 5.44% from £66.02 to £62.43 in March 2026 compared to March 2025.

Ecommerce Agency Performance Data March 2026

Rank   Agency March 2026 March 2025 Growth % CPA %
1st Withheld Withheld Withheld + 14.83% 4.13%
2nd Withheld Withheld Withheld + 4.40% 11.03%
3rd Withheld Withheld Withheld + 4.33% 7.23%
4th Withheld Withheld Withheld + 3.95% 9.18%
5th Withheld Withheld Withheld + 3.13% 7.62%
6th Withheld Withheld Withheld + 2.19% 5.21%
7th Withheld Withheld Withheld -2.06% 17.41%
8th Withheld Withheld Withheld -4.76% 9.32%

Ecommerce Markets Risers & Fallers March 2026

Ecommerce Sales Data

RankEcommerce MarketMar 2026Mar 2025DifferenceGrowth
1Arts and CraftsWithheldWithheldWithheld+29.66%
2Food & DrinkWithheldWithheldWithheld+29.13%
3Baby & ChildWithheldWithheldWithheld+26.63%
4Toys, Games & CollectablesWithheldWithheldWithheld+20.28%
5Sports and RecreationWithheldWithheldWithheld+19.56%
6Fashion Clothing & AccessoriesWithheldWithheldWithheld+5.91%
7Pet CareWithheldWithheldWithheld+5.26%
8Health and WellbeingWithheldWithheldWithheld+0.97%
9Cars and MotorcyclingWithheldWithheldWithheld-5.20%
10Kitchen & Home AppliancesWithheldWithheldWithheld-12.55%
11Electrical & Commercial EquipmentWithheldWithheldWithheld-71.79%

Ecommerce Cost Per Acquisition Data

RankEcommerce MarketMar 2026Mar 2025DifferenceGrowth
1Arts and Crafts1.46%1.86%-0.41%-21.84%
2Electrical & Commercial Equipment7.99%10.18%-2.19%-21.55%
3Food & Drink2.38%2.78%-0.40%-14.43%
4Cars and Motorcycling6.52%7.40%-0.89%-11.97%
5Pet Care8.84%8.15%+0.69%+8.53%
6Sports and Recreation6.98%6.31%+0.68%+10.71%
7Fashion Clothing & Accessories10.68%8.73%+1.94%+22.26%
8Health and Wellbeing12.96%10.51%+2.44%+23.22%
9Kitchen & Home Appliances7.99%6.09%+1.90%+31.18%
10Toys, Games & Collectables8.32%5.21%+3.11%+59.58%
11Baby & Child10.87%6.13%+4.74%+77.36%

Conversion Rate

RankEcommerce MarketMar 2026Mar 2025DifferenceGrowth
1Arts and Crafts5.28%3.52%+1.77%+50.29%
2Fashion Clothing & Accessories1.45%1.23%+0.22%+18.13%
3Pet Care2.75%2.56%+0.19%+7.41%
4Cars and Motorcycling1.08%1.03%+0.05%+5.14%
5Sports and Recreation1.59%1.80%-0.20%-11.37%
6Toys, Games & Collectables1.62%1.90%-0.28%-14.98%
7Food & Drink0.87%1.23%-0.35%-28.79%
8Baby & Child0.44%0.64%-0.20%-31.02%
9Health and Wellbeing1.77%2.94%-1.16%-39.67%
10Kitchen & Home Appliances1.60%3.38%-1.78%-52.65%
11Electrical & Commercial Equipment0.39%1.26%-0.88%-69.48%

Ecommerce Average Order Value Data

RankEcommerce MarketMar 2026Mar 2025DifferenceGrowth
1Electrical & Commercial Equipment£311.53£113.58+£197.96+174.29%
2Health and Wellbeing£58.30£53.72+£4.58+8.53%
3Arts and Crafts£120.11£111.05+£9.06+8.16%
4Kitchen & Home Appliances£50.53£47.14+£3.39+7.19%
5Cars and Motorcycling£226.85£218.15+£8.71+3.99%
6Sports and Recreation£111.04£111.76-£0.72-0.65%
7Food & Drink£123.84£125.77-£1.93-1.53%
8Baby & Child£690.42£723.09-£32.67-4.52%
9Fashion Clothing & Accessories£91.34£99.95-£8.62-8.62%
10Toys, Games & Collectables£61.13£67.13-£6.00-8.94%
11Pet Care£87.52£100.11-£12.59-12.58%

All figures shown include VAT (Tax). Growth figures, if positive, are coloured green; if negative they are coloured red.

For consistency, this convention applies also to Cost Per Acquisition figures. Growth figures are calculated using the formula: (Difference between Most Recent Month & Earlier Month / Earlier Month) * 100. The formulae are applied to the underlying data and then rounded off; thus re-applying the formulae to the rounded off figures may produce very slightly different figures.

Sales Forecasts
These are based on machine learning to calculate what the Growth YOY is for the current month and year.  These are updated every 30 minutes based on Live IRP Market Data.

Sales Growth
This is the percentage difference (positive or negative) between the Total Revenue (£) for the selected months. Monthly monetary values are not shown.

Cost Per Acquisition
This indicates how much it costs in terms of marketing spend to acquire sales, expressed as a percentage. For each month, the CPA% is calculated using the formula: Total Marketing Cost / Total Revenue (£) * 100.  It can be thought of as the ecommerce cost of sale.

Conversion Rate
The Conversion Rate is the number of buyers by session - and is calculated using the formula: Total Transactions / Total Sessions * 100. Note that sessions are used in this calculation and not visitors. So if a visitor comes back 3 times it is 3 sessions - this lowers conversion rate but is the most consistent measurement to use.

Average Order Value
This is defined as the average monetary value of all orders in a single month. For each month, the AOV is calculated using the formula: Total Revenue (£) / Number of Orders.

Average Sale Price of Item
This is defined as the average price that products are sold for within a particular market or across all markets. For each month, the Average Sale Price is calculated using the formula: Total Revenue (£) / Number of Units Sold.

Traffic Channels
The pie chart shows the percentage contribution made by individual traffic channels to overall sales. The figures are calculated using the formula: Revenue from Traffic Channel (£) / Total Revenue (£) * 100.

Note Googles Bounce Rate Definition changed to "anyone leaving before 10 seconds on a single page view" in GA4 in August 2023. This affected the Bounce Rates from August 2023 onwards.

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* The ecommerce market data information is provided as is and is free to use provided the source is cited.  On citation please reference IRP Commerce as the source.

Live Market Data
Today v Yesterday 0.13%
April 2026 v April 2025 10.15%
YTD 2026 v 2025 9.49%
Arts and Crafts 0.25%
Baby & Child 1.19%
Cars and Motorcycling 0.74%
Electrical & Commercial Equipment 0.32%
Fashion Clothing & Accessories 0.07%
Health and Wellbeing 0.09%
Kitchen & Home Appliances 0.18%
Pet Care 0.17%
Sports and Recreation 0.05%
Toys, Games & Collectables 1.52%

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