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Shopify Sees 100 Cannabis Orders Per Minute on Canadian Websites for Legalization Day

Online stores have seen “millions of visitors” since cannabis was legalized Oct. 17.

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TORONTO — The Canadian online cannabis stores powered by Shopify Inc.’s e-commerce software are collectively processing more than 100 orders per minute, the Ottawa-based company said, an indication of the high demand for newly-legal marijuana.

Since recreational cannabis was legalized in Canada at midnight Oct. 17, local time, the government-operated websites and private retailer portals powered by Shopify have processed “hundreds of thousands” of orders since cannabis was legalized at the stroke of midnight, said vice-president Loren Padelford.

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These online stores have seen “millions of visitors” from Canada and around the world in the hours since they went live at 12:01 a.m. local time.

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“For 12 hours in and the number of stores that are live, that’s a pretty big number,” Padelford said.

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