Ms. Jackie Warren reports

SHOPIFY MERCHANTS ACHIEVE RECORD-BREAKING $14.6 BILLION IN BLACK FRIDAY-CYBER MONDAY SALES

Shopify Inc. merchants achieved a record $14.6-billion in sales over the Black Friday-Cyber Monday weekend -- up 27 per cent from last year, 24 per cent on a constant currency basis. From early Friday in New Zealand to late Monday in California, greater than 81 million customers around the world bought from brands powered by Shopify.

Shopping peaked at 12:01 p.m. EST on Black Friday, when sales reached a record $5.1-million per minute.

BFCM by the numbers

Here is a snapshot of the weekend's highlights:

• $14.6-billion in global sales from merchants, a 27-per-cent increase in sales from 2024 and 24 per cent on a constant currency basis;
• Greater than 81 million customers worldwide bought from Shopify-powered brands;
• Greater than 15,800 entrepreneurs made their first sale on Shopify;
• More than 94,900 merchants had their highest selling day ever on Shopify;
• Hottest product categories: cosmetics, clothing tops and pants, activewear, fitness and nutrition;
• Average cart price: $114.70 ($112.29 on a constant currency basis);
• Top selling countries: United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany and Canada;
• Top selling cities: Los Angeles, New York, London, San Francisco and Miami;
• Peak sales per minute: $5.1-million at 12:01 p.m. EST on Black Friday;
• Cross-border orders represented 16 per cent of all global orders;
• 39-per-cent year-over-year increase in sales made by Shop Pay;
• 32 per cent of orders placed used Shop Pay;
• Greater than 136 million packages globally were tracked on the Shop app.

Throughout the weekend, infrastructure processed 2.2 trillion Edge requests and served 90 petabytes of data, handling 14.8 trillion database queries and 1.75 trillion database writes.

Performance peaked at 489 million requests per minute on Edge and more than 117 million requests per minute on app servers, with API requests processed per minute peaking at 31.8 million.

About Shopify Inc.

Shopify provides essential Internet infrastructure for commerce. Shopify's all-in-one platform makes it easier to start, run and grow a business, powering sales on-line, in-store and everywhere in between. Millions of businesses in 175-plus countries use Shopify -- from entrepreneurs to brands like Aldo, BarkBox, Carrier, Meta, On Running, Skims and Supreme.