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            TOP 10 UK






            E-COMMERCE







            COMPANIES:








            THE ONES TO WATCH





            Text: Leah Messenger // Photos: Similarweb

            Even post-Brexit, the UK still remains one of the biggest drivers of cross-border shipping in the
            region. So, naturally, you’ll want to keep a close eye on top performers in the space.
            That’s why we compile—and regularly update—these lists of the top e-commerce companies
            in the UK. There are two lists below: The UK’s top 5 e-commerce companies and top 5 fastest-
            growing e-commerce companies, as ranked by Similarweb. Keep reading to find out who came
            out ahead.


                   op 5 UK e-commerce companies
                   A deeper dive into the top 5 UK e-commerce
            Tcompanies

                1.  Amazon.co.uk
            Coming out on top with a casual 319.9 million visits in June
            2022 is a “lesser known” brand that you may have heard of…
            Nah, you guessed it – it’s the e-commerce giant Amazon.

            UK traffic clearly likes to stick to their guns and head to
            amazon.co.uk for all their essentials – and not to mention the
            next-day delivery. And our stats prove it, with five variations
            of searches, including “prime”, coming up in the site’s top 10   And if amazon.co.uk fails, where does UK traffic go?
            keywords and phrases that users are searching to get to them.   Amazon.com, of course – how original. In fact, amazon.com
                                                              is number 5 on this list, but more about that later…
            As you can imagine, amazon.co.uk stays pretty popular all
            year round. Guess where it spikes? Those of you that are   2.  eBay.co.uk
            guilty of last-minute Christmas shopping can probably guess.  Just another one you’ve probably *not* heard of… eBay. This
                                                              multinational e-commerce company—where you can find
            December, it is! With a steady incline leading up to it, thanks   absolutely everything, old and new—is undoubtedly popular,
            to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Looks like those January   with 225.3M website hits in June 2022 alone.
            sales aren’t quite up to scratch with Amazon, though, doesn’t
            it?                                               While its monthly or yearly traffic doesn’t come too close to
                                                              that of Amazon’s UK site, eBay.co.uk does better for direct







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